Part 2

In 1969, Agnetha wrote and released a new single in Sweden named Zigenarvän. It was met with great controversy from the national newspapers. It was pure coincidence, but long after the song had been written, the Swedish were in a heated and nasty debate over gypsies living there and poor Agnetha was accused of exploitation. Another of her single releases Om tårar vore guld also turned into a controversy. A Danish band leader named Per, accused Agnetha of stealing the melody to one of his songs. He intended to sue her, stating that she must have heard the song when he had toured Sweden in 1950. When Per was told Agnetha was born in 1950 the lawsuit was quickly dropped. The year 1969 also brought a second album titled, Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 2. It was a major success and Agnetha had a place in history as one of Sweden's leading female vocalists. But something even greater than all of this was about to happen in the summer of 1969... she met Björn Ulvaeus, the man of her dreams, and the beginning of a musical collaboration between four wonderfully talented people. The groundwork for ABBA was being laid.

Björn Ulvaeus was writing songs with Benny Andersson. They had both left their respective bands to work together. Benny had been seeing a girl named Anni-frid Lyngstad. Anni-frid also had a solo career at the time. Benny and Björn had formed their own company, Union Songs. They had a partner named Stikkan (Stig) Anderson. He was very anxious for them to sing songs in English. He felt they had all the makings of becoming superstars and for a Swedish act to achieve worldwide fame. In 1969, the personal lives of ABBA were taking shape. Benny and Frida had become engaged. Two months following this Agnetha and Björn were engaged. It was only a matter of time before all four would be performing together as a group.