ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus remarries with Sandi Toksvig officiating
ABBA singer Björn Ulvaeus has married his partner Christina Sas in a ceremony officiated by the comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.
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Ulvaeus, who has been married twice before, met Sas in Nuremberg, Germany, in 2021 in connection with the release of his band’s last album ‘Voyage’.
“Today on the 21st of September 2024, Björn Ulvaeus married Christina Sas from Herning, Denmark,” a post on his Instagram page said on the day of the wedding.
“They met in Nürnberg in 2021 in connection with the release of Abba’s last album Voyage and started dating in the spring of 2022.”
The wedding took place in Copenhagen in the presence of close friends and family.
Ulvaeus posted a number of photos from the day, one of which showed the host of BBC show QI, Toksvig, dressed in red robes standing next to Ulvaeus and his wife Sas.
Representatives for the singer confirmed to PA (via The Guardian) that Toksvig had officiated the ceremony.
ABBA originally comprised two couples – Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog, and Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Fältskog and Ulvaeus, who married in 1971, divorced in 1980, while Andersson and Lyngstad divorced in 1981 – a year before the band split. Ulvaeus was also previously married to Lena Kallersjö.
Earlier this year, they marked the 50th anniversary of their Eurovision win with ‘Waterloo’ by releasing a 50th-anniversary reissue of their iconic album in celebration of the milestone.
In 2005, the track was chosen as the best song in Eurovision’s history as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the contest.
Meanwhile, ABBA recently demanded that Donald Trump cease his usage of their songs during his campaign rallies.
The former president of the United States used multiple ABBA hits including the likes of ‘Money, Money, Money’, ‘The Winner Takes It All’ and ‘Dancing Queen’ during his rally event earlier this summer (July 27) in St Cloud, Minnesota. Minnesota happens to be the US state with the highest Swedish population.
Beyoncé reportedly threatened the former president with legal action for using her song ‘Freedom’ in a social media video. That same song is now being used – with permission – by Kamala Harris as the official anthem of her presidential campaign.
The estate of Isaac Hayes also threatened to sue for Trump’s use of ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’, Celine Dion said she did not endorse his use of ‘My Heart Will Go On’, Johnny Marr “shut down” his use of The Smiths’ ‘Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want’, and Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Queen and The Animals have all made similar objections in the past.
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