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Inside the life of ABBA 50 years on from their Eurovision Song contest triumph: From marriage collapses and heartbreaking family tragedies to restraining orders
In 1974, ABBA, representing Sweden, won the nineteenth Eurovision Song Contest with their song Waterloo. Fifty years later, they tease their return. Here is a look back at their biggest moments.
But, in an astonishing interlude that unfolded 25 years ago, Gert van der Graaf (pictured), who worked at a water-pump factory, was briefly the man of her dreams During the 1980s and early 1990s, Agnetha had suffered a succession of tragedies: two divorces (from bandmate Bjorn Ulvaeus and lawyer Tomas Sonnenfeld), the suicide of her mother followed closely by the death of her father. Van der Graaf had also driven circles around her car, after following her to a supermarket; sent her a newspaper cutting about a jealous drama that ended in bloodshed; and warned her portentously that he was 'counting down the days' to her 50th birthday.
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