This 1981 television special features the pop icons ABBA being interviewed by American television legend Dick Cavett. ABBA also took to the stage, performing nine songs in a so-called "mini-concert" at SVT Studios, Stockholm.
After ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 Sweden was tasked with hosting it the next year. This documentary tells the story of that production and places it in the social and political context of Sweden in 1975 and a music scene that was anything but supportive of the endeavour.
This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkakan" coincides with Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute". Despite the cold war, the USA and the Soviet Union take the opportunity to meet - in space!...
It's 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. To celebrate one of music's 'big bang' moments, the story of Swedish pop - from ABBA to Max Martin, Roxette Europe and Robyn.
The year begins with an energy crisis and petrol rationing. And there will be parental insurance so that even fathers can stay at home with their children. Cleaners around Sweden are on strike for better conditions. Worry grows for the Swedish tourists in the holiday paradise of Cyprus. That and...
It has been 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. But of all who celebrated there on the stage in Brighton, perhaps the biggest rock star of them all wasn't even in the band, but was instead a gentleman in a suit and mustache: Stikkan Anderson.
The pop group Abba is one of Swedens biggest export success stories ever. But how did it all begin? And how was their unique style created, which made such an impact in it's time?
One of the traditions peculiar to Europe is the annual Eurovision Song Contest, in which hopeful singers from across the continent - from Slovenia to Sweden and Cyprus to Croatia - attempt to prove their nation's dominance in the field of pop music. Filmmaker Marina Zenovich took her cameras to...
We reveal the secrets of ABBA's missing 40 years and uncover the rollercoaster story of what happened to the band members after going their separate ways in 1982.
We'll discover exactly what happened in the studio when they were recorded; what inspired them; the cultural and personal circumstances; and crucially, the drama that surrounded them as they were created.
A brand new album out November 5 and revolutionary concert coming to London Spring 2022. Listen to two brand new songs and pre-order the album from the official store for first access to tickets.
"Hagström - Everything in Music" is a documentary about Albin Hagström who, based on his love of music, built an international empire with manufacturing accordions, guitars and amplifiers. Hagström started a variety of music stores, music schools, and published booklets. The headquarters were...
Swedish-Canadian television special hosted by Swedish artist Ted Gärdestad and Canadian artist Lisa Hartt, where they presented artists and groups from their respective countries, sang some of their own songs and performed a couple of duets.
