About Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, also known simply as Frida, is a Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA. Born in Bjørkåsen, Norway, to a Norwegian mother and a German father, she grew up in Torshälla, Sweden. A few months later, at the instigation of Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid met her father in Stockholm for the first time. At the age of 13, Lyngstad gained her first job as a dance band and schlager singer in 1958, with the Evald Ek's Orchestra. On 3 September 1967, Lyngstad won the Swedish national talent competition "New Faces", arranged by record company EMI Svenska and held at Skansen, Stockholm.
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