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After ABBA 6
1996
Frida turns 50 years old this year.
Djupa Andetåg (Deep Breaths)
"I wanted the lyrics and music to express the woman I am today,
with all the experience and the age that I have, about the life I've
been a part of for the last half century. The urge to sing has always
been there, but I had decided to do other things for awhile.
Eventually the longing became too strong and took over...
The album is about our deep connection to nature.
That's always been important to me, more more so the older I
become...my foundation has started children's environmental camps
together with Stockholm's welfare department."
Anders Glenmark produced this album with Frida. Anders is the male half of Gemini.
Sept.20, Djupa Andetag, Frida's 5th album, was released.
The film crew went to Frida's home in Mallorca to film promotions for her new album.
Here she is walking down the driveway and out on the terrace by the pool.
Alla mina bästa är is a duet with Marie Fredricksson of Roxette.
Agnetha was asked to do the duet but declined the offer.
The song is a favorite of mine and it's a shame Agnetha
didn't do it with Frida, as it would have been perfect for her.
See the making of this album HERE
"I'm not easily impressed. I have found my place, and there noone can touch me."
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Frida gives a prize to schools children.
Queen Sylvia and Frida
3 fan photo's
1997
September 12,1997 Stig Andersson dies. Frida attends the funeral, as does
Benny and Björn and their wives.
It isn't held until October 10th at Jacob's church in Stockholm.
Frida and her husband are hosting a golf tournament this weekend.The golf tournament is part of Mentor's
annual meeting in Mallorca.
On Mallorca at Santa Ponsas golf course. Frida and Ruzzo loved playing golf. Ruzzo was a golf course designer.
Even though she nowadays lives in Switzerland she is in Sweden quite often due to her work with
Anni-Frid Lyngstad Environmental Foundation and the Mentor Foundation which is working against drugs.
"I always put myself first. All the time. That didn't change until I met my husband, Ruzzo.
Once we had moved in together, I made my decision.
For the first time in my life I would someone else's needs first. I devoted myself to him."
1998
A tradgedy occurs
January 13. 1998 Frida's daughter Lise-Lotte(30)
dies tragicaly in a car accident in the USA where
she has been living for the past 10 years.
At this time Lotte was divorced.
She leaves behind a young son, Jonathan.
In Expressen there was an obituary for Lise-Lotta.
The obituary has a poem in it written by Lise-Lotte's son Jonathan:
Dear Mom,
I hope you are having
a good time in heaven
With God and the Angels
We here on earth
love you very, very much
And we miss you very, very much too.
Your son Jonathan
(http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9803/12/frida.html)
In Aftonbladet today, Peter Grönvall talks about Lise-Lotte's death
"We were like brother and sister."
The article says that she died in a car accident and she was 30 years old.
"We were like brother and sister and I miss her", says Peter. Frida and her familiy have taken her death very hard.
"It's a tragedy but Frida doesn't want to talk about it, it's private",says Görel Hanser,
who has spoken with Frida after Lise-Lotte's death.
Frida rarely does interviews but she did one for Aftonbladet 2 years ago in which she
talked about her familiy;
"There's a lot of love between me and my children, I appreciated them alot,
the only thing I wish I could have given them is more closeness. I'm not a
particulary physical person."
Peter grew up up with Lise-Lotte even though they didn't have familiy ties.
Lise-lotte became a step-sister when her mother, Anni-Frid, married Peter's father
Benny Andersson. Lise-lotte and her brother Hans were Frida's children from her first
marrige with Ragnar Fredriksson.
Peter said,"all the children were a big family, we became close. We miss her so
much, she died in a car accident on January 13. She had moved a long time ago
to Livona, USA. She went to America to study. The last time I saw her was last
summer, she was at our summer house in Trosa. We had a nice time".
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