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martes, 7 de octubre de 2025

Frida / 1992

 


Aftonbladet – February 8th 1992

 

GOTHENBURG. 

 

This is what a super-happy Frida looks like. A Frida who works and does it so happily that she does it for free.

 

She even pays to do it.

 

It's about Annifrid Lyngstad and it's about the environment. It's also about a Frida who has found peace with herself after many years of searching. Peace after times of anxiety and chaos in her soul. Or as she says herself:

- Now I have found myself.

She works for the environmental movement "The Natural Step". She sits on the movement's management team and is chairwoman of the project group "Artists for the Environment". She arranges training days for the current 80 or so members.

It's basically a full-time job, but like many others within "The Natural Step", she doesn't have a salary. And when she travels to the headquarters in Stockholm for a week every month, she usually pays for her own travel and living expenses.

The rest of the time she does her work via computer, fax and telephone from her home in Switzerland.

46 years old and a multi-millionaire, she has started a new phase in her life. What happened?

Well, it didn't happen in one day. It's quite a long story actually.

 

Sitting as if in a glass ball

 

More than half of the seventies had passed, and Frida and Abba were at the absolute top.

- My girlhood dream had come true. But the higher I got towards the top, the smaller my world became. At the top there was no room for a normal life. You were sitting as if you were in a small glass ball far away from all ordinary life. You see ordinary life, you can sense it outside, but you can't reach it.

Frida experienced anxiety, chaos in her soul and began to search for something else. She became a vegetarian, she began to study philosophy, the history of religions. She began to search for a meaning in life. It wasn't enough to be one of the world's most popular artists. Then came the divorce with Benny and her life became a deep dive.

- The worst time of my life. Everything was terrible then.

Then the Abba era was over, and she moved out into the world. England, Switzerland. And she should feel a kind of freedom.

-I started to get distanced. Now I could fully devote myself to finding out who I was, what I wanted to do with my life. Money was no problem and even though Frida lets it be known that she felt small and trapped in an event she could not influence, she was smart. She had skin on her nose.

 

Declared for 43 million

 

Abba's million was invested by Stickan Andersson but Frida had an outside expert look at the deals and was advised: - Sell NOW!

And she did. When the crisis came with Abbas's money and Monark and all that, she was no longer involved. Among other things, she received 225 SEK each for her shares in Kuben. The others received 25 SEK.

She declared 43 million SEK in assets in her last Swedish tax return in 1983. How much does she have today? Double, triple after the golden eighties.

Well, you can't ask her about that. This private sector is PRIVATE. Or as she says herself:

- My integrity has ALWAYS been very high.

Yet she makes a much more open impression than during the ABBA era. And softer. And more confident. Gone is the dyed pop hair and trendy clothes.

Now she has her natural brown-red hair. She is soft and fresh. The makeup is light, and she looks younger than her 46 years. The clothes are tasty, but certainly not cheap.

She actually looks that elegant and expensively simple look that the upper class is so good at.

And of course she lives an upper-class life with connections to the international jet set.

Her partner Ruzzo Reuss is a prince, descended from one of those countless German princely families.

But his mother was Swedish and he studied at the Lundsberg boarding school in Värmland and is an old friend of our Swedish king. He himself is a trained architect and builds golf courses, among other things.

 

Frida wants to talk about the environment

 

Enough about this because he also belongs to the private sector.

- Now we're talking about the environment, says Frida with a certain sharpness.

Yeah, okay. How did it start then?

It started when she read an article in DN about acidification of forests a few years ago and became extremely involved. The management of "The Natural Step" found out about it and got in touch. And then it has been rolling on. And she is deeply, deeply involved. The words fly out of her mouth as soon as the environment comes up.

Sweden is good, but why are we closing so many railways? In Switzerland, they are expanding the railways so that no village is more than a kilometer from the station.

 

I take the train myself whenever I can. What about Abba? How does she view those days today?

I am proud. We were actually very, very good. And it is funny that our music now seems to be experiencing a renaissance.

Abba is a big part of my life. And as Abba Frida, I still have a status that is useful now that I am involved in environmental issues.

Tomorrow. What happens then?

Oh well, tomorrow... I'll take it one day at a time. And today I am... HAPPY.

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Abba from the peak of its heyday in 1980. Annifrid's girlish dreams had come true Photo: CAMERA PRESS in.

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Name: Annifrid Lyngstad

Family: Partner Prince Ruzzo Reuss and his fifteen-year-old twins. She herself has two children from her first marriage. Before her marriage to Benny Andersson.

Lives: House in Mallorca, residence in Switzerland.

Car: Saab, drives unleaded.

Smokes: ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Drinks: Moderately.

Wealth: Last Swedish tax return 1983: 43 million. Probably significantly more today.

BOSSE SANDSTRÖM

 

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"The divorce from Benny was the worst time of my life"

 

New job. New husband. Annifrid Lyngstad talks about the ABBA years, the divorce and her new life as an environmentalist.

Ruzzo Reuss, Frida's partner

 

-I was sitting like in a glass dome, far away from all ordinary life, says Annifrid Lyngstad about the time when ABBA was at its greatest. Outside the dome she could sense life, but she couldn't reach it. Today she is an environmentalist, still incredibly rich and living with Prince Ruzzo Reuss (small picture). Annifrid has important advice for everyone: Sort your garbage, join the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and learn about environmental problems!

Photo: ERIK YNGVESSON, PILA PHOTO

 

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This is how Annifrid Lyngstad's life has been:

 

At 25, my career started to take off, but it wasn't until I was 40 that my life took shape.

 

10 years. Good. My mother died when I was only two, so I was raised by my grandmother. But it was safe and good.

 

15 years: Good. Discovered music early. Was on stage at eleven. I was working as a vocalist already at thirteen.

 

20 years: Good. Had met my first husband and had a child. (The furniture dealer and leisure music Ragnar Fredriksson).

 

25 years: Very good. Had met Benny and my career started to take off in earnest.

 

30 years.: Very good. Abba was at the top and now all the girl’s dreams started to come true.

 

35 years: Terrible. The divorce from Benny was incredibly difficult. Biggest "dip" of my life. I didn't know where I stood.

 

40 years: Very good. Had met my current partner. Life was starting to take shape.

 

45 years: THE TOP. Wonderfully good.

You can pull the curve up much further than "Very good".

 

And it feels like it's getting better all the time. I try to live a clean life both in my soul and when I sort the garbage.

Today I finally feel a great peace.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ABBA/comments/1mdptjt/the_divorce_from_benny_was_the_worst_time_of_my/


jueves, 18 de enero de 2018

La carta que cambió todo. Brevet som förändrade allt

La carta que cambió todo. Brevet som förändrade allt



Björn Ulvaeus föddes i Göteborg men växte upp i Västervik, dit familjen kom 1951. Inspirerad av kusinen Joen odlade han sitt musikintresse under senare hälften av 1950-talet och tillsammans startade Björn och Joen en skiffelgrupp. På sin 13-årsdag fick Björn sin första akustiska gitarr i present av föräldrarna, vilket blev startskottet för en framgångsrik musikkarriär.
Som 12-åring jobbade Björn som springpojke på restaurang Slottsholmen.
”Jag var för ung och hade inte heller råd att dansa till Arne Hardes Orkester. Men vi gick ofta förbi där, kompisarnaoch jag, efter att ha delat en halv flaska starkvin på tre pålördagskvällen. Vi hörde tonerna därinifrån restaurangen och såg de dansande paren genom de stora glasrutorna. Vilka låtar spelade dom? Lasse Lönndahl hade en hit med Volare” året 1958, den fanns nog med på repertoaren. Jagvar inte intresserad av dansmusik, fnyste säkert åt den, sådet var inte den som lockade. Men det var något så magiskt med platsen, med musiken som ekade ut över vattnet i sommarkvällen.
Folk gick fram och tillbaks på strandpromenaden på holmen, som ingen annan svensk stad har en motsvarighet till. Restaurangen på holmen fanns i mitt liv på ett lika självklart sätt som föräldrahemmet på Norrtullsgatan 6, även om den stängde ute snarare än bjöd in den gången.
När jag sedan hade åldern inne hade ödet sett till att jag var ute och spelade på lördagarna när jag kunde ha dansat på Slottsholmen. Men då var jag tonårsidol och behövde inte dansa längre för att få ihop det med tjejer”
Om inte min mamma hade anmält Hootenanny Singers till en amatörtävling, så hade jag varit civilingenjör idag. Så kan livet vara, det berömda bananskalet blir avgörande. Jag kan säga det med säkerhet, för så målmedveten var jag. Och då hade jag aldrig fått stå bredvid Cornelis Vreesvijk på en scen i slottsruinen. Inte fått uppleva visfestivalens första trevande somrar. Innanför ruinens murar har jag sett Fred och Cornelis trollbinda publiken under kvällar som nu tillhör saga och legend. De murarna har bevisat att de är stadigt byggda och ska stå där i tusen år till, hoppas jag, men med den andra byggnaden på Slottsholmen kan det vara annorlunda”
http://www.slottsholmen.com/om-oss/bjoern-ulvaeus
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Björn Ulvaeus nació en Gotemburgo, pero creció en Västervik, donde la familia se produjo en 1951. Inspirado por su primo Joe cultivó su interés por la música a finales de 1950 y juntos comenzó Bjorn y Jo un skiffelgrupp. En su décimotercero cumpleaños, Björn consiguió su primera guitarra acústica en el regalo de los padres, que era el punto de partida para una carrera musical acertada.
Cuando tenía 12 años, Björn trabajó como saltador en el restaurante Slottsholmen.
"Era demasiado joven y no podía darme el lujo de bailar con Arne Hardes Orchestra.Pero a menudo pasamos por allí, mis amigos y yo, después de compartir media botella de vino fuerte los sábados por la noche. Escuchamos los tonos desde el restaurante y vimos a las parejas de baile a través de los grandes paneles de vidrio.¿Qué canciones tocaron? Lasse Lönndahl tuvo un éxito con Volare "en 1958, había suficiente en el repertorio. No estaba interesado en la música de baile, estaba seguro, así que no era el que atraía. Pero era algo tan mágico con el lugar, con la música que resonó en el agua en la noche de verano.
La gente iba y venía en el paseo marítimo en el islote, que ninguna otra ciudad sueca tiene como contrapartida. El restaurante en la isla estaba en mi vida de una manera igualmente obvia como la casa de los padres en Norrtullsgatan 6, aunque se cerró afuera en lugar de invitarla en ese momento.
Cuando tenía la edad, el destino significaba que estaba jugando los sábados cuando podía haber bailado en Slottsholmen. Pero entonces yo era adolescente y no tenía que bailar más para tenerlo con chicas ".
Si mi madre no hubiera notificado a Hootenanny Singers a una competencia de aficionados, hoy habría sido ingeniero civil. Así que la vida puede ser, el famoso pastel de banana se vuelve crucial. Puedo decir eso con seguridad, para ese propósito que era. Y luego nunca había estado junto a Cornelis Vreesvijk en una escena en las ruinas del castillo. No experimenté los primeros veranos festivos del espectáculo. Dentro de las paredes de la ruina, he visto a Fred y Cornelis cautivar a la audiencia por las noches que ahora pertenecen a la saga y la leyenda. Las paredes han demostrado que están construidas de forma constante y que permanecerán allí durante miles de años, espero, pero con el segundo edificio en Slottsholmen puede ser diferente ".
http://www.slottsholmen.com/om-oss/...
Brevet som förändrade allt


Så här långt i efterhand kan jag se många vändpunkter i mitt liv, men ingen så avgörande som den dagen det där brevet damp ned i brevlådan hemma på Norrtullsgatan 8 i Västervik. Jag har stått vid korsvägar många gånger och medvetet valt den ena vägen eller den andra och valen har sedan visat sig livsavgörande. Men då har jag också haft en aning om att de skulle kunna komma att bli det. Det finns också vändpunkter eller snarare monumentala händelser i en människas liv, som när man får barn eller upptäcker att man älskar någon, men dom förväntas på något sätt ingå i livsödet. Så var det inte med brevet. Det låg där bara plötsligt en dag på dörrmattan nedanför inkastet och såg ut som vilket brev som helst.
Det var september och det var början på det skolåret då jag skulle förbättra mina betyg från bra till jättebra. Intagningskraven på KTH och Chalmers var hisnande och det var till en av de högskolorna jag ville till varje pris. Mina två farbröder var framgångsrika företagsledare, den ene ägde till och med en papperskoncern, och det var dom jag hade som förebilder. De hade börjat med tomma händer och lyckats komma dit de var med hjälp av charm, järnvilja och begåvning. Jag inbillade mig att jag kunde göra detsamma och med en civilingenjörsexamen i botten borde förutsättningarna vara ännu bättre. Höstterminen hade börjat och jag hade börjat plugga stenhårt med studentbetyget för ögonen.
West Bay Singers hade tagit upp alldeles för mycket tid, det var alla medlemmar ense om. Vi hade repeterat åtminstone fem kvällar i veckan under flera år, men nu skulle vi trappa ner till kanske en kväll högst. Hansi, Totta och Johan skulle precis som jag ta studenten våren 1964 och alla skulle läsa vidare på universitet eller högskola. Fyra förståndiga och lite småstadskonservativa grabbar, som inte hade en tanke på att låta musiken inkräkta på den kommande karriären. Musiken var en hobby, punkt slut. Vanliga grabbar i Västervik drömde inte ens om att lyckas i nöjesbranschen.
Visst saknade jag kvällarna hos Hansi, som hade egen våning och levde ett mycket friare liv än vi andra. Hans mamma bodde i Munchen och han gjorde ungefär som han ville här uppe i Västervik. Det var kvällar med Kingston Trio, te och rostat bröd. Jag saknade det där med att försöka lista att vad de spelade på plattorna Hansi hade och att ta ut sångstämmor och sen få höra hur bra det lät när vi iblandfick till det. När vi stod runt den enda micken, så nära att vi hörde varann andas. Den sommaren hade vi åkt i en PV till Sitges i Spanien. Vi hade ett tvåmanstält med oss och turades om att sova i det och i bilen. Totta och jag, som varit kompisar längst kamperade oftast ihop. Gitarrerna fick vi på något sätt också in i PV:n och vi spelade på klubbar och fick Cuba Libre och mat som gage. Det var den sista resan vi skulle göra tillsammans, sedan skulle vi skingras för vinden. Trodde vi. Så kom brevet.
Bara min mamma visste att det skulle komma och hon berättade inte för någon vad hon hade gjort. Hon sa alltid att vi var väldigt duktiga och jag tror att hon också tyckte att vi förtjänade mer framgång än andraplatser i lokala amatörtävlingar. Hon hade anmält oss till en rikstäckande tävling, Plats på Scen, arrangerad av Sveriges Radio. Anmält oss i mitt namn och därför var brevet addresserat till mig.
Nu låg det där på dörrmattan. Jag tog upp det, sprättade och läste. Och mitt liv ändrade riktning. Då och där. Det hade jag naturligtvis ingen aning om, men nu alla dessa år efteråt kan jag konstatera att det var så. Mitt rationella, förnuftiga jag hade bestämt sig för en kurs, men musiken drog mig åt ett helt annat håll. I tron, för att inte säga förvissningen om att det bara skulle vara en kort tid lät jag mig dras med, men så småningom var jag ohjälpligt på väg mot en karriär jag aldrig kunnat drömma om. Förnuftet försökte i det längsta föra mig tillbaka till den rätta vägen, men förgäves.
"Vi har mottagit Er anmälan och ni kallas till prov fredagen 13 september 1963.” stod det i brevet och eftersom jag bestod provet är jag den jag är.
http://www.slottsholmen.com/om-oss/...
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La carta que cambió todo
Hasta ahora, en retrospectiva, puedo ver muchos puntos de inflexión en mi vida, pero ninguno tan importante como el día en que la carta caído abajo en el buzón en su casa en la calle Northgate 8 en Västervik. Me he mantenido en una encrucijada muchas veces y escogido deliberadamente de una forma u otra, y las elecciones han demostrado ser vitales. Pero luego también tuve una pista de que podrían serlo.También hay puntos de inflexión o más bien eventos monumentales en la vida de una persona, como cuando tienes hijos o descubres que amas a alguien, pero se espera que de alguna manera formen parte de la vida. Entonces no fue con la letra. De repente, solo había un día en la puerta y parecía una carta.
Era septiembre y era el comienzo del año escolar cuando mejoraba mis calificaciones de bueno a excelente. Los requisitos de admisión en KTH y Chalmers fueron impresionantes y fue una de las universidades que quería a toda costa. Mis dos tíos fueron líderes empresariales exitosos, uno incluso tenía un grupo de papel, y eso fue lo que tuve como modelos a seguir. Habían comenzado con las manos vacías y lograron llegar, estaban usando encanto, voluntad de hierro y talento. Me imaginé que podría hacer lo mismo, y con un título de Maestría en Ciencias en la parte inferior, las condiciones deberían ser aún mejores. El término de otoño había comenzado, y había empezado a estudiar duro como una piedra con la marca de estudiante para los ojos.
West Bay Singers había tomado demasiado tiempo, todos los miembros estuvieron de acuerdo. Habíamos repetido al menos cinco noches a la semana durante varios años, pero ahora deberíamos descender hasta una noche como mucho. Hansi, Totta y Johan, como yo, tomarían al estudiante en la primavera de 1964 y todos irían a la universidad o a la universidad. Cuatro sabios y algunos tipos conservadores de la pequeña ciudad, que no tenían intención de dejar que la música interfiriera con la próxima carrera. La música era un hobby, fin de los tiempos. Los chicos normales en Västervik ni siquiera soñaban con tener éxito en la industria del entretenimiento.
Por supuesto, extrañaba las tardes a Hansi, que tenía su propio piso y vivía una vida mucho más libre que nosotros. Su madre vivía en Munich y le gustaba mucho que quisiera ir a Västervik. Había noches con Kingston Trio, té y pan tostado. Eché de menos que al tratar de enumerar lo que tocaban en los platos, Hansi tuvo que sacar las reuniones de canto y luego escuchó lo bien que sonaba cuando solíamos hacerlo.Cuando nos paramos alrededor de la única cosa tan cerca que nos escuchamos respirar. Ese verano habíamos llevado un PV a Sitges en España. Tuvimos una carpa para dos hombres con nosotros y tuvimos la suerte de dormir en ella y en el automóvil. Totta y yo, que hemos sido amigos a menudo acampamos juntos. También conseguimos las guitarras en el PV y tocamos en los clubes y conseguimos Cuba Libre y comida como instrumento. Era el último viaje que íbamos a hacer juntos, luego nos haría añicos el viento. Nosotros pensamos Luego vino la carta.
Solo mi madre sabía que vendría y no le contó a nadie lo que había hecho. Ella siempre dijo que teníamos mucho talento y creo que también pensó que merecíamos más éxito que otros lugares en competencias de aficionados locales. Se había inscrito en un concurso nacional, Plats på Scen, organizado por Sveriges Radio. Nos llamó en mi nombre y por lo tanto la carta fue dirigida a mí.
Ahora estaba en la alfombra de la puerta. Lo recogí, me reí y leí. Y mi vida cambió de dirección. Entonces y allí. Por supuesto, no tenía idea, pero ahora todos estos años después puedo decir que sí. Mi racional, sensato, había decidido hacer un curso, pero la música me atraía de una manera diferente. En la fe, para no decir la seguridad de que fue solo un corto tiempo, me dejé arrastrar, pero finalmente no fui de ayuda en mi camino a una carrera que nunca podría haber soñado. La razón por la que he intentado durante más tiempo me ha devuelto al camino correcto, pero fue en vano.
"Hemos recibido su solicitud y se le llama para una prueba el viernes 13 de septiembre de 1963". Estaba escrito en la carta y porque supere el examen, soy quien soy.
http://www.slottsholmen.com/om-oss/...
Med rötterna i Tjust

Bruken ligger tätt i Tjust. Många är sedan länge nedlagda, men många blomstrar fortfarande och det är de som lyckats förändra verksamheten i takt med tiden. När jag var ung hörde jag historier om hur disponenterna for mellan bruksherrgårdarna och roade sig ungefär som Gösta Berling och hans kavaljerer med den skillnaden att de förra var rika och de senare fattiga. Det låg ett skimmer över deras eskapader och jag kom i närheten av den för mig ouppnåeliga världen när jag blev invald i en märklig klubb, som hade fem medlemmar och som endast hade en raison d’être; överdådigt festande. De tre disponentsönerna från Västerviks Pappersbruk, Ankarsrums Bruk och Blankaholms Sågverk var tongivande, sedan kom sonen till överläkaren på Västerviks Lasarett och sist jag, fast jag var en främmande fågel. Pappersbrukssonen var min kusin och det var utan varje tvivel därför jag fick vara med. Jag fick på det sättet andas in luften i de fina salongerna och jag kunde stå där länge och betrakta de gamla oljeporträtten av generationer av bruksdisponenter. Det som Selma Lagerlöf skrev om i Värmland hade sin motsvarighet här i Tjust.
Min pappa var förman på pappersbruket och där jobbade jag i fabriken flera somrar. Under rasterna rotade jag i returpappersbalarna efter serietidningar när jag inte åt ur matlådan tillsammans med de andra arbetarna. Jag fick en stark känsla för vad bruket betydde för Västervik och även om brukskulturen inte var lika starkt närvarande när jag växte upp som den varit hundra år tidigare, så fanns den fortfarande där och när nu det nya Slottsholmen söker sitt uttryck, exteriört och interiört, är det för mig en självklarhet att vi ska suga inspiration ur den. Malmen, skogen, stenen och vattnet som företagsamma smålänningar och inflyttade valloner så skickligt utnyttjade, skeppsbyggeriet och fiskenäringen, allt det finns med i tankarna när vi väljer material, form och uttryck.
Långt inne i Gamlebyviken låg sedan början av 1600-talet Almviks Tegelbruk. År 1669 gick lastbåtarna i skytteltrafik därifrån till Stegeholms Slott. Man levererade fyratusen tegel bara det året till reparationsarbeten och det teglet kan vi se än i dag på olika ställen i ruinen. Det var inte svårt att komma fram till att Nya Slottsholmen ska ha tegelfasad. Vackert färgskiftande tegel i varmt röda och rostbruna nyanser.
Mitt emellan Nya Slottsholmen och ruinen låg det skeppsvarv som Gustav Vasa lät anlägga 1548. Det var början till Västerviks storhetstid som skeppsbyggarstad, faktiskt var staden den fjärde största under lång tid. Fyra varv fanns det och hundratals skepp byggdes, de första alltså ett stenkast från Nya Slottsholmen. Och skeppen byggdes naturligtvis i ek. Det träslaget gifter sig som alla vet så bra med tegel och därför ska hela markplanet ska ha väggar av glas och ek. Ovanför tar teglet vid.
När jag blundar kan jag se regalskeppet Svärdet (?) sjösättas och flyta ut på vattnet där småbåtsmarinan nu ligger och i fantasin är steget är inte långt till vårt flytande hotell, som ska ligga förankrat några tiotals meter därifrån. Det ligger på en ponton och ska byggas i massivt trä och kläs med ekpanel. Som en vördsam gest till skickliga skeppsbyggare från en svunnen tid.
Det järn i form av spik och annat, som användes vid varven måste ha tillverkats av järnbruken i trakten. Där fanns Ankarsrums, Överums och Eds bruk. Och Gunnebo Bruk. Min ungdoms stora kärlek var dotter till disponenten där (alla dessa disponenter!) och jag minns att jag en gång satt i disponentvillans bibliotek och läste om brukets historia. På ett ställe berättades det att man till skeppsbyggnad i Västervik hade levererat "eke- och fuhru Spik, Band och Bult Järn til Skiepps-Byggnad samt annat småsmide".
Järn, ek och tegel – material med sträng skönhet och karaktär och som är så naturligt hemma på den lilla ön som skiljer Gamlebyviken från Skeppsbrofjärden (?). Det känns som om platsen och dess historia pekar ut vägen för oss när vi söker oss fram mot det uttryck Nya Slottsholmen ska ha. Gräv där du står. Och det finns mer att upptäcka.
En av mina skolkompisar hade möjlighet att låna en segelbåt närhelst han ville. Det var en Folkbåt i trä och vi var oftast tre som gav oss ut i den; den tredje en av dem som så småningom skulle bli medmusikant i Hootenanny Singers. Vi seglade så ofta vi kunde och låg ute till havs hela dagar, ute bland öarna i Västerviks sagolika skärgård. Ibland gav vi oss norrut på den långa fjärden Gudingen och seglade förbi ön med det vackra namnet Vinökalv. Vi visste det inte då, men senare har jag fått veta att Smedviken, ett av skärgårdens största stenbrott, ligger där. Man bröt diorit, som transporterades in till Bröderna Flinks stenhuggeri för ornamentstenstillverkning. Stenhuggarkonsten har länge varit mycket livaktig i Västervik och i Nya Slottsholmen vill vi bära den traditionen vidare på något sätt. Diorit i golv eller någon annanstans. För övrigt hade jag också en flickvän som var dotter till en stenhuggare, men det hör inte hit.
Jag har talat om varv och skeppsbyggeri, men inte om den inspiration som själva havet ger. Slottsholmen är omgivet av vatten i alla väderstreck och byggnaden når ända ner till sjökanten. Där ska det ligga bryggor, där ska det levas brygg- och båtliv på sommaren. När strömmingsfiskarna kom in till Fiskarhamnen med sin fångst en gång i tiden föreställer jag mig att det måste ha vimlat av människor där. Ett sådant vimmel kan jag se på bryggorna framför Nya Slottsholmen. För fiskarna förr innebar havet inte bara utkomst utan också umbäranden och faror, så när de väl hade fast mark under fötterna vände de sig bort från det, inåt land. Vi har i dag ett helt annat förhållande till havet och vänder oss ut mot det och bejakar det och knappast någon annan byggnad i Sverige gör det så förbehållslöst som Slottsholmen. Den marina känslan kommer att vara tydlig, men aldrig överdriven i sitt uttryck.
Järn, ek, tegel, sten och hav – där har vi våra inspirationskällor. Alla med rötter i Tjust.
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El uso está cerca de Tjust. Muchos han estado cerrados durante mucho tiempo, pero muchos todavía florecen y lograron cambiar el negocio a medida que pasaba el tiempo. Cuando era joven, escuché historias de cómo los dispensadores entre los gobernantes del ministerio y se divertían como Gösta Berling y su caballero, con la diferencia de que los primeros eran ricos y los segundos pobres. Hubo un brillo en sus escapadas, y me acerqué al mundo inalcanzable cuando fui recogido en un club notable, que tenía cinco miembros y solo tenía una razón de ser; espléndidamente festivo. Los tres hijos de gestión Västervik papel, Ankarsrums Molino y Aserradero Blankaholm llevaba, luego vino el hijo del médico jefe en el Hospital de Occidente, y por último, a pesar de que era un extraño pájaro. El hijo de Paperbridge era mi primo y sin duda alguna tenía que unirme. Conseguí respirar en el aire en los hermosos salones y pude quedarme allí por mucho tiempo y mirar los viejos retratos de petróleo de generaciones de habitantes de servicios públicos. Lo que Selma Lagerlöf escribió en Värmland tenía su contraparte aquí en Tjust.
Mi padre era el capataz de la fábrica de papel y trabajé allí durante varios veranos en la fábrica. Durante los descansos, rotaba las pacas de papel reciclado después de los comics cuando no comía fuera de la caja de comida junto con los otros trabajadores. Tengo un fuerte sentido de lo que significaba la práctica Vastervik y aunque la cultura de servicio no es tan fuertemente presente cuando yo estaba creciendo era de cien años atrás, por lo que todavía estaba allí, y ahora que la nueva Slottsholmen que busca su expresión, exterior e interior, es obvio para mí que debemos inspirarlo. El mineral, madera, piedra y agua emprendedores Småland y ocupado valones tan hábilmente explotada, la construcción naval y la pesca, todo lo que está en la mente cuando elegimos los materiales, forma y expresión.
Long in the Old Town, el comienzo del siglo XVII fue Tegelbruk de Almvik. En 1669, los camiones tomaron una lanzadera desde allí hasta Stegeholms Slott. Usted entregó el ladrillo de cuatro quintiles solo ese año al trabajo de reparación, y podemos ver ese ladrillo hoy en diferentes lugares en la ruina. No fue difícil encontrar que Nya Slottsholmen debería tener una fachada de ladrillo. Hermoso ladrillo de color cambiante en tonos cálidos rojos y marrón óxido.
A medio camino entre New Castle Park y la ruina fue los astilleros Gustav Vasa fundada en 1548. Fue el comienzo del auge de Occidente como una ciudad de la construcción naval, de hecho, la ciudad fue el cuarto más grande por mucho tiempo. Cuatro yardas estaban allí y se estaban construyendo cientos de barcos, el primero, por lo tanto, a un tiro de piedra de Nya Slottsholmen. Y, por supuesto, los barcos fueron construidos en el roble. Los bosques se casan como todo el mundo sabe tan bien con ladrillos y, por lo tanto, toda la planta baja debe tener paredes de vidrio y roble. Arriba, el azulejo pasa.
Cuando cierro los ojos puedo ver svärdet (?) Lanzado y flotar en el agua donde småbåtsmarinan es ahora, en la dureza, el paso no es mucho en nuestro hotel flotante, que será anclado a unas pocas decenas de metros de distancia. Está ubicado en un pontón y debe construirse en madera maciza y revestirse con ekpanel. Como un gesto gratificante para astilleros expertos de una época pasada.
El hierro en forma de clavos y otros usados ​​en los patios deben haber sido hechos de hierro en el vecindario. Hubo uso de Ankarsrum, Överum y Ed. Y el uso de Gunnebo. El gran amor de mi juventud fue la hija del devoto allí (¡todos estos recursos!) Y recuerdo una vez en la biblioteca de Aldeas Disponibles y leyendo sobre la historia del uso. En un momento se dijo que la construcción naval Västervik había entregado "Tapes Ekeberga y fuhru uñas y cerrojo de hierro til-edificio Skiepps y otra småsmide".
Hierro, roble y ladrillo - material de estricta belleza y carácter, y por lo tanto, naturalmente, el hogar en la pequeña isla que separa Gamlebyviken de Skeppsbrofjärden (?). Se siente como si el lugar y su historia nos señalaran el camino cuando esperamos la expresión que New Slottsholmen debería tener. Excava donde estás parado. Y hay más por descubrir.
Uno de mis compañeros de clase tuvo la oportunidad de tomar prestado un velero cuando quería. Era un bote de madera y solíamos ser tres quienes nos lo dieron. el tercero de ellos que eventualmente se convirtió en músico en Hootenanny Singers. Navegamos con la mayor frecuencia posible y nos dispusimos en el mar todo el día, entre las islas del fabuloso archipiélago de Västervik. Algunas veces dejamos el norte en la larga bahía de Gudingen y navegamos más allá de la isla con el hermoso nombre Vinökalv. No sabíamos entonces, pero más tarde me dijeron que Smedviken, una de las canteras más grandes del archipiélago, se encuentra allí. Uno rompió diorita, que fue transportada a la cantera de piedra de Brinken Flink para la producción de piedra ornamental. Stenhuggarkonst ha sido muy animado en Västervik y en Nya Slottsholmen queremos llevar esa tradición de alguna manera. Diorita en el piso o en otro lugar. Por cierto, también tuve una novia que era hija de un montículo de piedra son, pero no pertenecen aquí. He hablado sobre astilleros y construcción naval, pero no sobre la inspiración que el mar mismo ofrece. Slottsholmen está rodeado de agua en todas las direcciones y el edificio llega hasta la orilla del mar. Habrá puentes donde habrá cerveza y paseos en bote en el verano. Cuando los peces de paja venían a Fiskarhamnen con su captura de vez en cuando, me imagino que debe haber surgido por personas allí. Tal explosión puedo ver los muelles frente a Nya Slottsholmen. Para los peces anteriores, el mar no solo significaba ingresos, sino que también acarreaba peligros, por lo que cuando tenían tierra firme bajo sus pies, se alejaban del interior. Hoy tenemos una relación completamente diferente con el océano y lo sacamos y lo agarramos, y casi ningún otro edificio en Suecia lo hace sin reservas como Slottsholmen. El sentimiento marino será claro, pero nunca exagerado en su expresión: hierro, roble, ladrillo, piedra y mar: allí tenemos nuestras fuentes de inspiración. Todo con raíces en Tjust.
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"For the first time in my life I would someone else's needs first"





Frida have no regrets

When Frida was promoting her 1996 album "Djupa Andetag" she did this fashion shoot and interview for Swedish magazine "Månadsjournalen". I find this to be a very good interview and the pictures, taken by photographer Denise Grünstein, are beautiful. I think you can tell that this reporter got to spend some time with Frida and met her more than just one time. Interesting what she has to say about Agnetha and also the relationship to her father. Enjoy, my friends:


There are so much more than her voice that has matured with Anni-Frid Lyngstad, when she now is back after twelve years. Life has never been easy for the ABBA-princess, but she has gone through it.

- Talk naturally to each other, says the guy with the TV-camera.
- Ignore us, just sit there and talk." Anni-Frid Lyngstad is picking the sallad with her plastic fork. Anders Glenmark raises his water glass. The microphone is dingling a decimetre away, the silence feels complete, like in a recording studio, three men from the state television are observing them:
- Sit like that, a little more to the right, naturally, you hear?
- Talk now, it could be useful, talk now, there, to the left for the light for Frida, be natural.
Frida says something about that it must be fun for the philharmonics to play pop music. What can you say. The tone of the conversation is so positive:
- I had no idea you were so talented...
It's a very unnatural situation. But pretend closeness is part of promoting almost any product nowadays, even music. Swedish Television has followed Anni-Frid Lyngstad monthly to make a film to show when she releases her first album in twelve years. It will probably be great, shots from Mallorca where Frida has a luxurious house, the mild voice of Mark Levengood and so on. But anyone who is genuinally curious about the ABBA-singer, the international celebrity, the multimillionnaire and friend of the Swedish royal family Anni-Frid Lyngstad, married to prince Ruzzo Reuss for a decade or so, should choose to listen to the lyrics of her songs.
That's where she is. The music is written by Anders Glenmark, and the lyrics also and he is in charge of the production. But the feeling is Frida's:
- I have been dwelling on myself in these songs.
So despite the fact that Anders Glenmark, who is ten years younger and a man, has written the lyrics, this is what's behind it:
- I wanted to portray the mature woman I am. The fact that I still have a little girl inside me, that I allow myself to be young, but don't have to be 20 anymore, all at the same time.
No wonder Glenmark's wife said she didn't recognize her husband anymore. Among the eternal pop words always and never flows intoxicating minor chords and the dream of being the woman of your life, your loved one and your best friend. Among the caressing sounds that reminds you of outdoor dancing we will see what happens, may it be good, suddenly a dandelion appears that longs for the sun. An intense longing after closeness, I want more, a breath from your soul.
- You become more brave as you get older. It would be great if women my age can relate to this. It's 1996 now, I want time and room for both sex and sensuality.
It's almost twenty years since ABBA was at the height of their fame, so long ago that the group has had a revival and their records have been re-released. Recently, earlier this year, a bestselling British book was published, telling the "truth" about the differences and separations within ABBA.
Frida's attitude towards the media and the reporters is not divided. It's totally negative. The book is not worth anything more than a shrug of the shoulders, "just a concoction of the old gossip". And this interview for this magazine is of course a part of promoting the new album, just like the TV-film. Frida is out "doing press". The magazine has to be approved, just like the reporter, the photographer has to be the right one, clothes have be carefully picked, the copy has to be read, the pictures seen. Those are the conditions, I should have gotten used to it. For our first meeting I arrive with a surly face, but friendly, just to not ruin the job. I never get used to it. I feel like I'm forced to do it.
But how did Frida feel?
Who never got a positive reaction from the media (apart from her break through the night when Sweden changed their traffic rules and started driving on the right side of the road instead of the left in 1967. When the mother-of-two Anni-Frid Lystad-Fredriksson, 21, from Eskilstuna, (including the misspelling of her last name, sang on TV so well that the whole population forgot their worries about the new traffic rules). Whose professional ambitions were despised, whose world fame didn't sit well with the political situation in Sweden in the 70's, whose finances were something suspicious, whose success were laughed at, whose looks were watched like they were an issue of international importance, whose private life was sold in the form of colourfull eye candy?
Not to mention her relationship to Agnetha Fältskog.
- When we first met Agnetha was 17 years old. I was married and had two children - I got pregnant for the first time when I was 16. Five years age difference is enormous when you are that age - and besides that Agnetha and I had, and will always have, two completely different personalities. That does not mean that we don't like each other a lot. She has had her hardships as well. The famous animosity has never existed.
- How was it back then, when you were singing together?
- We pushed each other in a positive way. Anything you can do I can do better! Now, when I listen to what we did, I think our voices sound fantastic together. I have wanted us to make a record together for years, and Agnetha wants to do that too. But not yet. I have to wait until she feels ready.
But long lasting friendship does not make very good headlines.
Divorces, on the other hand, do. There was a day when Frida popped in to her local store in Lidingö to buy milk and was faced with the billboards announcing her and Benny Andersson's divorce. Frida left the milk and went home:
- That was the moment I decided I had to move abroad. I understood that I would be easy prey for the press. This spring I got to relive that feeling, good friends faxed me billboards saying that I and Ruzzo were divorcing. I felt sick. It physically hurt. For eleven years they had left me alone, now I was back in that position again. To be honest I wanted to tell the whole press and media to go to hell. I'm hurt. I really don't want to spend any time with that category of people.
From the archives I retrieve a typical article from Dagens Nyheter, published in 1977, where the culture reporter Ingemar Glanzelius is taking offence over "ABBA ignoring the idealistic dream of culture and aim straight for the capitalistic reality of our society". Glanzelius mean that ABBA "are making the most political music in our country". It is "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" he is talking about.
Twenty years later it's funny but back then it was serious. During the years when Frida continued to be a celebrity because she is a celebrity, the distrust hasn't gone away at all.
Here starts the process for a wish of total control. The wish to be in control. The new album will only be released in Scandinavia, it is in Swedish, mostly because Frida wanted to avoid the international media circus:
- People like to gossip about others, I do to. But if you choose to make up lies for a living, you must lead a pretty empty life.
Before our second meeting Frida has called a mutual friend and the conversations between us flows much easier.
So finally both her and me stop acting like we were on a stage. It's now we talk about grandmother.
Frida2_2In every person's life there is a base that explains a lot of what comes later. In Frida's life it's her grandmother. It's from her she has made her race to the top. When media through the years have compared the former ABBA member's ability to manage their fortunes, Frida has always come out on top. Smart girl. Emotions drove her from Sweden, and it was important that the money came with her. They were, and are, the ticket to a completely different life than the one she shared with her grandmother. During the interview Frida says that she is a socialist. That surprises me. Afterwards she calls me up and says that she has looked up the word:
- And I'm not a socialist. But I have my roots in the working class, it has to do with my reality, I grew up in it. I know what it means to be poor and left behind. My race to the top has nothing to do with cottage and castle, but with self worth. I have made the transition from being a loser to some who has made a success of her life.
Frida's mother fell in love with a German soldier when she was a teenager i Norway during the war. She became one of the despised "German's girls" and on top of it she got pregnant. The man was married, and had children whom he went back to when the war was over. In the sorrow over his betrayal her mother didn't want to live anymore. She died when she was 19.
- My grandmother had already lost her husband, now she lost her daughter and was stuck with me. I wasn't even two years old when she left Norway to find a new life in Sweden. An incredibly strong woman. She found an apartmentbuilding where she became the caretaker so she didn't have to pay any rent, she grew potatoes and vegetables, kept everything tidy and made all my clothes. Frida smiles.
- Do you remember those sleeveless ribbed shirts? I really wanted one. But there was no chance she would buy me clothes as long as she could sew.
Now, with some distance to the past, Frida is able to see the pain in her granmother's life and she also realize that one way to express love is to take care of someone's basic needs. That wasn't as obvious as she was growing up. Her grandmother didn't express her affection and didn't hug or kiss her.
- We were two lonely people who were together, you could say. Even as a grown up I have the need to be completely alone at times. Especially when I need to heal from something bad, there has been some hard times in my life.
Is it starting to sound sad?
Well, let's change that then.
1996fridaexhaustedchairFrida may have had a rocky start in life, but it gave her strength. When the unknown, German father appeared during the most hectic ABBA years, suddenly interested in her, Frida was curious to meet him. Who wouldn't have been? After she had noticed some similarities, and after realizing that her father had known that his Norwegian girlfriend was pregnant, but still didn't reply to her letters, she decided the contact with her father was something she could do without.
- I'm rather with people who dont betray. Her voice is firm.
- I'm not easily impressed. I have found my place, and there noone can touch me.
I don't know how Frida is in private. Like the three other former members of ABBA she is surrounded by people who limit their comments about them to superlatives. Or they do as Michael B Tretow did in a TV-interview recently; make up a story about how ABBA drank 'gäddjuice' (pike juice). Gäddjuice? But it sounded true. The next day a reporter was really excited over the new, true ABBA story.
How many times during the years have people enjoyed themselves by spreading rumours. Though, in Frida's case, her description of herself is immovable, that's the word that comes to me. An incredible volition. The voice is pleasant, the tone is stern. The look in her eyes is friendly and she never looks away from you. She is not giving in.
Is it her attitude towards the media again? Her upbringing with her grandmother? Never exposed again? How much should an interview try to find the answers to these questions when Frida herself says that maybe it's all in her personality, from birth?
But as long as Frida can remember she always had a vision of a different life. Her singing voice was her chance, the ambition, limitless. The fact that she had children didn't stop her professional ambition. Everytime an opportunity came she took it:
- All fame cost, mine too. Today I have a loving relationship to both my grown up children. But there was a time when my daughter denied that I was her mother. I'm afraid the loneliness from my childhood with my grandmother was transferred to my children, I'm not a very physical person either. The only one I touch gladly, without hesitation is my husband.
To summarize, Frida's children got to see the bad sides of being famous.
- Suddenly some fans walked in through the door, and there stood my children. Not all of the fans are completely sane. That hurt me and it hurt my children. It has taken a long time, and many talks between us to heal our relations. Now,in hindsight, I can see the price of fame, but I don't regret what I did. Did?
- I always put myself first. All the time. That didn't change until I met my husband, Ruzzo. Once we had moved in together, I made my decision. For the first time in my life I would someone else's needs first. I devoted myself to him.
Ruzzo Reuss, a German prince, is a golf course architecht. Frida became his caddie, around the world and learned to play golf at the same time. Suddenly she was part of the royal circle who hunt and skii together. Since the 70s Ruzzo is a friend of the Swedish king and queen. And now, so is Frida. Their common interest in nature and children's well being has deepend their relationship and queen Silvia is, among other prominent people, a member of an international foundation, which Frida, in classic upper class style, is a member of:
- I think it's important to give something back when I have received so much.
Her involvement in Mentor Foundation for the prevention of substance abuse is not the only one. An article in a paper about the acid rain, in the early 80's, made Frida so upset she immediately joind the environmental foundation The Natural Step. In the legacy from her grandmother she is, as Frida herself calls it "extremely pedantic". The work consumed her. After founding and being the CEO of Artister För Miljö, she preferred her own foundation, Stiftelsen Anni-Frid Lyngstads Miljöfond, which for example support two summer camps that teaches children about ecology.
In the mid 80's, when Frida's interest in the environment still was new, I interviewed her for Expressen. We were at Skeppsholmen, where The Natural Step had its office. I liked her, she was unexpectedly serious. But what impressed me most was her hair colour. Wasn't she the one who introduced the unlikely colour "black tulip"? There she was, in total different light. She had changed class, that's how it felt. What used to be glass pearls were now real.
Even at home at her grandmother's she used a napkin to wipe her mouth. But:
- Where I started, that's where I belong. A part of me is still the little girl my grandmother led around the house showing me how house work was done.
Describe that girl:
- Always searching, often alone, never scared.
She would not have put it like that during the ABBA years. She says that ABBA belongs to her youth, there is so much more than here voice that has matured, gotten deeper.
- The big change came after the divorce from Benny. It was then I broke out of the little world. I was forced to change my life radically. The safety net was gone, I was alone.
The step out into the unknown killed the feeling of break up. The need to hide from the world would have come no matter where in the world she was. However, in London, it became possible. "My need for solitude" as Frida calls it has only grown stronger. It started when she read some of what the Indian philosopher Krishnamurti wrote when she was in the middle of the big ABBA era.
- I took his advice, I focused on one thing at a time. In the middle of the chaos I could sit down and completely devot myself to lifting a glass of water.
Nowadays Frida finds the solitude and calmness in Switzerland. The farm outside of Bern, the smell of cows. And of course the Alps.
Fridamjwalking - To go hiking the way I do nowadays is a way expose one self. You reach a narrow passage and it's literally a matter of life and death to get passed it. That situation is similar to what I have been through emotionally. It is such a liberating feeling to get passed it, if you have done it once you will be able to face your pain in a completely different way.
Her biggest spiritual experiences has always happend on mountains, like last year when she was hiking on Mount Kenya. On the morning of New Year's Day she was approaching 5000 metres. At the noon the group reached the difficult passages. Suddenly there was a sign:
Go careful friend, for here is high
Go daringly where eagles fly
Go eternally with Jesus nigh
- I cried, it was so big, I felt close to God, and the feeling of that allmightiness it lifts you.
And now she releases a CD.
- When I walked into the studio I remembered something Tina Turner said once, that the voice is hanging in there, just waiting for you. That's exactly how it felt.


LENA KATARINA SWANBERG

http://abbamikory.blogs.com/abbamikory/2005/05/frida_have_no_r.html
31 May 2005

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