Agnetha story in Expressen

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"Frida was much better than myself"

Agnetha Fältskog talked openly about her sorrow and her fears in the documentary on SVT yesterday.

-I've been very sad, many times, the star said.

Not a day goes by without her not thinking or dreaming of ABBA.

It's been 17 years since the ABBA-star sang in public, or gave a longer interview. That's why the interest was so high in what the reclusive singer would say in the documentary. And it's the time with ABBA she constantly returns to.

-ABBA is with me all the time, and has meant incredibly much to me.

But the need for silence after her long career was great. During many years Agnetha wasn't able to listen to a tone of the music which made her world famous.

-That period was probably quite long. Five, sex, maybe up to ten years. When I wasn't able to even listen to it.

Careful

The interviewer Lotta Bromé wants to talk about love, but the star is careful with giving any details.

-There's a very large unhappy part in my lovelife, unfortunately, she says when she's pressed for an answer.

She also says she's an emotional person, who has been unhappy several times.

-But I'm not always (unhappy), she says and laughs, well aware of how the image of her isolated life on Ekerö often is portrayed.

Protect them from herself

But she's been wanting to protect her children, both from publicity and sometimes - from parts of herself.

-I easily cry, and my mood goes up and down a bit. -I don't want to pass on to them how I feel. I want them to live their lives, and that they should feel well.

If she could choose herself, she wishes she was a bit more adventurous, and if she's forced to choose which one of the ABBA members she would like to be - then she doesn't pick herself.

-On stage Frida was much cooler, much better than myself. So when it comes to that, I probably would have wanted to be Frida.

Sympathetic impression

Carl-Magnus Palm is a pop historian and has written several books about ABBA. He watched the documentary yesterday but didn't think the interview revealed anything new.

-These are things we already knew. But Agnetha looked like she was feeling well, and she made a very sympathetic impression, he says.

By Susan Ritzén

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Thanks to ABBAMAILer Claes Davidsson Orlando, Florida, USA