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AFTER ABBA

1982
Frida was wanting something different for her first solo album after ABBA.
She wanted very much for Phil Collins to produce it, and he did.
                     
Frida and her new love, "Bobo" Bertil Hjert. This is him now
             
    
February 15, 1982 Frida begins recording at Polar Studios with Phil Collins as producer,
a new album called Something's Going On. The album is released on Sept. 6, 1982.
      
Her promotional tour takes her all over the world, Austria, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Holland,  
Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and North America.                                                                               
    Paul McCartney and Frida in the recording studio.

   
At the end of the summer in 1982 Frida is on Swedish TV. The program is called Casablanca and she is interviewed.
She reveals her love of Vivaldi, about her promotional tour, her favorite day (Friday's), and what she might be
 doing in 10 years time.      (pics and info from raffem.com)
Somethings Going On goes gold. It was a hit all over the world!
                                     
Sept. in Denmark                                                                                     
                       
 October 1st Frida appeared on Dutch TV with Cliff Richard. She sang To Turn the Stone   

        
  On October 7, 1982 Frida goes to France to promo Something's Going On
 
 France     
                         
                                                                                                             3  Fan pics from France
                 
Fan pics. Frida liked them so much she had them used as promo photo's!
     
In the Netherlands Oct. 3, 1982 on the Toppop Show with host Ed Visser   (pics and info from abbaontv)
  
Sept 18, 1982 in Copenhagen   (fan pics from Kiti of Copenhagen)

She performed on the Eddy Skoller Show
See a clip HERE
       
November 25, 18 months after her split with Benny, Frida announces she is moving away from
Sweden to the Mayfair district in London. She sells all her intrests in Polar Music and everything associated with it.
She was tired of the press and their speculations and didn't want what happened with the press
 and Agnetha and Björn's divorce to happen with her. At age 37 she is starting a new life in a new country..
"I couldn't stand living the life I did in Sweden anymore. It felt like I was in prison.
I would have suffocated if I hadn't moved."
        See a clip HERE      
Madrid, Spain on Applauso Singing Tell Me That It's Over

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