Orders of knighthood are awarded - Abba among the honored

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Orders of knighthood are awarded - Abba among the honored

After a hiatus of around 50 years, Sweden begins to award awards such as the Vasa Order and the Sword Order again.

The orders should go to people who have made very special efforts.

Those named today include all the members of ABBA

The ceremony will take place on May 31.

Después de una pausa de unos 50 años, Suecia comienza a otorgar premios como la Orden Vasa y la Orden de la Espada nuevamente.

Las órdenes deben ir a personas que han hecho esfuerzos muy especiales. La lista incluye a todos los miembros de ABBA...

La entrega de la orden tendrá lugar en una ceremonia en Kungl. El castillo el 31 de mayo.

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A special honour for ABBA from the King of Sweden

By Lydia Starbuck  22nd March 2024

King Carl XVI Gustaf has given a special honour to the four stars of Sweden’s music scene, ABBA.

by TaboolaSponsored 

The pop legends have become members of the Order of Vasa, one of the most prestigious orders of chivalry in Sweden. It’s the first time that new members have been created for half a century.

Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Reuss all become members of the Order for outstanding contributions to Swedish and international music.

They are made Commanders First Class of the Order.

The appointments are made by the King of Sweden on the advice of the country’s government.

King Carl XVI Gustaf hasn’t appointed anyone to the country’s orders of chivalry since the very start of his reign. In 2022, the Swedish government decided that appointments would begin again to recognise those who have contributed to Sweden.

Now, months after the king’s Golden Jubilee, appointments are being made again. There are four orders in Sweden – the Order of the Seraphim, the Royal Order of the Sword and the Royal Order of the Polar Star as well as the Royal Order of Vasa.

ABBA have long links with Sweden’s royal family and famously performed Dancing Queen as the country celebrated the marriage of King Carl XVI Gustaf to Queen Silvia in 1976.

https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/sweden/a-special-honour-for-abba-from-the-king-of-sweden-197719/

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El grupo ABBA será condecorado por el rey de Suecia

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Suecia

El grupo ABBA será condecorado por el rey de Suecia

Recibirán la Gran Orden Vasa por su enorme aportación al país con su música desde hace 50 años

El rey Carlos Gustavo de Suecia en una foto de archivo.

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Anuncio de la condecoración en la págna web de la Casa Real sueca.

Carlos XIV Gustavo de Suecia condecorará a los cuatro integrantes del grupo musical ABBA con la Gran Orden Vasa. Así lo anuncia en su página web donde especifica su condecoración gracias a su enorme aportación a Suecia con su música durante 50 años. 

En este sentido, el mismo rey les impondrá la Gran Orden el próximo 31 de mayo. Cabe destacar, que la reina Silvia es fiel seguidora del grupo musical sueco y aprovechando su 80 cumpleaños el pasado mes de diciembre, se celebró un concierto en la escuela de música independiente Lilla Akademien. 

Los niños interpretaron "Dancing Queen", de ABBA, y después cantaron el "Cumpleaños feliz"a la reina Silvia antes de que ésta fuera a agradecerles todo su trabajo.

Gran Orden Vasa

La Orden de Vasa se instituyó el 26 de mayo de 1772 por Gustavo III de Suecia, día de su coronación. Tenía por objeto de recompensar los servicios civiles a los artistas. Se compone de tres clases: seis grandes cruces, ocho comendadores y cincuenta caballeros, sin contar los extranjeros.

Tiene Cruz de cuatro aspas simétricas esmaltadas con ocho puntas. Sobre la cruz se alza la corona real, mientras que entre las aspas podemos ver otras cuatro coronas más pequeñas. Al centro medallón con el emblema de la dinastía Vasa, rodeado por un anillo de esmalte rojo inscrito que tiene en caracteres dorados’ GUST . D. III INST. MDCCLXXII ‘(Gustaf III instituyó en 1772); el reverso idéntico al anverso.

https://monarquia.elconfidencialdigital.com/articulo/suecia/grupo-abba-sera-condecorado-rey-suecia/20240324000000120438.html

Abba rule out appearing at 50th anniversary of Eurovision win

 

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En un correo electrónico a TT, Görel Hanser, escribe:

"Agnetha, Frida, Björn y Benny han decidido conjuntamente rechazar todas las solicitudes relacionadas con el aniversario".

Los miembros de Abba tampoco estarán presentes durante la velada de gala en Cirkus

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In an email to TT, Abbas' manager Görel Hanser writes: "Agnetha, Frida, Björn and Benny have jointly decided to decline all requests in connection with the anniversary".

The Abba members will also not be present during the gala evening at Cirkus

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I ett mejl till TT skriver Abbas manager Görel Hanser:

"Agnetha, Frida, Björn och Benny har gemensamt beslutat sig för att tacka nej till samtliga förfrågningar i samband med jubileet".

Abba-medlemmarna kommer inte heller att närvara under galakvällen på Cirkus

https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2024-03-21/abba-nobbar-svt-hyllningen

Abba nobbar SVT-hyllningen När Abba hyllas på en direktsänd gala från Cirkus i Stockholm väljer huvudpersonerna själva att inte dyka upp. Det meddelar gruppens manager Görel Hanser i ett mejl till TT. Öppna bild i helskärmsläge Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad och Benny Andersson hyllas i SVT i april, men kommer inte att delta i firandet själva. Bild från London 2022. Lördag den 6 april är det 50 år sedan Abba skrev musik- och tv-historia, när de vann Eurovision Song Contest med "Waterloo" 1974. Det firas med en galakväll i SVT, som sänds från Cirkus inför publik. Den livesända tv-galan blir kulmen på en hel vecka där gruppen hyllas i SVT, men de medieskygga Abba-medlemmarna kommer inte delta i firandet själva. I ett mejl till TT skriver Abbas manager Görel Hanser: "Agnetha, Frida, Björn och Benny har gemensamt beslutat sig för att tacka nej till samtliga förfrågningar i samband med jubileet". Abba-medlemmarna kommer inte heller att närvara under galakvällen på Cirkus, förklarar hon. Abba hyllas i SVT under hela veckan fram till lördagen den 6 april. Under galan ska "några av Sveriges mest framstående artister" uppträda och framföra gruppens klassiska låtar. Samma kväll släpps även dokumentären "Sagan om Abba", som fokuserar på perioden mellan albumsläppen "Arrival" (1976) och "Super trouper" (1980). 50-årsjubileet firas även i Storbritannien, där bland andra BBC satsar på dokumentärer, konserter och radioprogram för att uppmärksamma gruppen.

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In a recording for the BBC's Newsnight programme on Thursday evening, Andersson said there was “no way” the group was going to reunite or even walk on stage together during Eurovision. “I don't want to,” he said. “And if I don't want to, the others won't. “It's the same for all four of us

may 25, 2023

It’s a no’: Abba rule out appearing at 50th anniversary of Eurovision win Helen Pidd

If you had figured out how to get a hologram to do your job, would you ever bother going to work again? Probably the only people in the world who can answer that question with any authority are Abba, who have played to more than a million people in London in the past year without even having to leave the house. It should perhaps be no surprise then, that the group have ruled out returning to the Eurovision contest for a final time when it is held in Sweden next year. Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, the band’s main songwriters, said they would not reunite with Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad to mark 50 years since they won the 1974 contest with Waterloo. There had been increasingly feverish speculation that the band would reform and perhaps even compete as Sweden’s entry, despite having not played together since appearing on Noel Edmonds’ The Late Late Breakfast Show on the BBC in 1982. In a recording for the BBC’s Newsnight programme on Thursday evening, Andersson said there was “no way” the group was going to reunite or even walk on stage together during Eurovision. “I don’t want to,” he said. “And if I don’t want to, the others won’t. “It’s the same for all four of us. Someone says no – it’s a no.” Ulvaeus, who also said it was a no from him, added: “We can celebrate 50 years of Abba without us being on stage.” Their comments do, however, leave the door open to an appearance from the quartet’s “Abbatars” – digital versions of themselves, which are currently playing to sold-out crowds every night in London as part of Abba Voyage. Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Benny Andersson arrive for the opening performance of Abba Voyage in May 2022. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters More than a million people have been to see the multimedia extravaganza since it opened last June in a purpose-built arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, many paying more than £100 a ticket. Abba, who have sold more than 400m albums and singles, were the first Swedes to clinch a Eurovision victory. This year Loreen sang Sweden’s seventh winning song, Tattoo, having already triumphed with Euphoria in 2012. Abba won Eurovision again in 2005 with Waterloo at a special edition of the contest to mark its 50th anniversary, but did not play live. For their last ever performance together on Edmonds’ show more than 40 years ago, they performed Thank You for the Music. While they were in killjoy mode for their fans, Ulvaeus and Andersson also poured cold water on rumours that a third edition of the hit musical Mamma Mia! was in the works. “People want to do it,” Andersson said. “Universal [Music Group] wants to do it. “[The Mamma Mia! producer] Judy Craymer wants to do it.” But he insisted that without changes to the script and setting – a fictional Greek island – “there’s not going to be a next Mamma Mia! film. That’s just wishful thinking.”

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/25/abba-eurovision-2024-stars-to-decline-50th-anniversary-appearance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGd-G3--LmA