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ABBA Receives Prestigious Swedish Knighthood for Career That Started at Eurovision
ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, got one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Agnetha Faltskog, Björn 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.” Andersson, Faltskog, Lyngstad, who now uses the last name Reuss walked up using a cane, and Ulvaeus received the order in an event that was aired live on Swedish media. Two other receipients were two 2023 Nobel Prize winners: French-Swedish physicist Anne L’Huillier, and Svante Pääbo, who won the coveted award in physics and medicine.
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