Life as a recluse, her mother's suicide and a traumatic relationship with her own stalker: As ABBA's Agnetha Faltskog returns to public eye to receive Swedish knighthood, how the pop superstar's life spiralled after Eurovision fame By Taryn Pedler Published: 08:27, 8 June 2024 | Updated: 08:36, 8 June 2024 e-mail View comments Life in the limelight for global superstar and pop princess Agnetha Faltskog was not all glittering stages and trendy dance numbers. The ABBA singer, 74, rose to international stardom after winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest alongside her bandmates Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and her then-husband Bjorn Ulvaeus. As the youngest member of one of the best-selling music acts in history, the blonde bombshell won hearts with her catchy tunes and girly on-stage get-up, before it all came crashing down.
The Swedish popstar traded sparkly go-go boots for wellies when she fled the spotlight to live as a recluse on a farm, and was thrown into a pit of depression when her mother took her own life in 1994 and her father died just a year later. And in the midst of it all, Faltskog became embroiled in a shocking two year affair with her stalker - a man 16 years her junior, before he was thrown behind bars in the early 2000s. The intense ups and downs of global fame wreaked havoc on the singer's life but the star pulled through it all, resulting in her and her fellow ABBA members reunited in Stockholm in May 2024, where they were knighted for their 'outst.
