ABBA reunite to collect prestigious knighthood from Swedish King and Queen in incredible pics
ok.co.ukOne of the biggest bands in pop music have reunited, more than 40 years since their last performance.The four members of ABBA gathered together to receive knighthoods in Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad became Commander of the First Class of the order for "very outstanding efforts in Swedish and international music life".
A Eurovision victory in 1974 with the song Waterloo turned Abba into a musical juggernaut, with their melodic disco pop selling hundreds of millions of records worldwide.They went on to have a string of chart-topping hits including Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia, and they remain one of pop music's most loved bands.The successful stage musical Mamma Mia!
was also based on the band's songs is 25 years old and spawned two movies. The Swedish band members have not performed together live for four decades but released a comeback album, Voyage, in 2021.
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