Today Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the gala night for the Pink Ribbon with the musical “Mamma Mia!” at the Folketeateret in Oslo.
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The performance was part of the Cancer Society and the Association for the “Pink Ribbon” campaign.
All proceeds from the musical show is also going to be used for breast cancer research.
The Queen pointed out how important that topic is for her:
“This is about raising awareness. It is very, very many who are affected, and we all know someone who is affected. Who knows when it’s our turn? I think Pink Ribbon action is a great and very great way to meet a challenge on.”
Queen Sonja also revealed that she already saw “Mamma Mia!” 3 times:
“I’ve seen it twice before with Lisa Stokke in London. And it was fun”, the Queen reveals.
You can find the official homepage of the “Pink Ribbon” campaign here.
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Princess Anni-Frid “Frida” Reuss, former singer of the Swedish pop-group ABBA, is one of the member of the “Swedish Heros” (Svenska Hjältar) jury this year. “Svenska Hjältar” is a gala, where celebrities are sitting in the audience and ordinary people, who did something unusual or heroic, are celebrated on the stage. On Monday, December 14th, six heroes will be celebrated at a grand gala at the cirkus in Stockholm.
In an interview the Princess Reuss was asked if she has a personal “hero of all heroes”: “My grandmother who took me and moved to Sweden when I was two years old. She had no idea what was waiting. She had style, emotion and pride. It is now at later age that I only realise what deed she did.” Frida was raised by her grandmother after her mother’s death.
Furthermore the Princess was asked to describe a hero in 3 words: “Heart, caring, courage.”
You can find a thread about the Princely House of Reuss here.
Her_Majesty German Royals ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad
“I am in fact very up and down. I am very different from day to day. I am a serious person. But I have a fright in me which is very difficult to forget. I thought that it would be better when I would be older, but it seems to be worse and worse…”
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
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Frida Lyngstad became successful worldwide as a member of the Swedish pop group ABBA.
Songs like “Dancing Queen”, “Mamma Mia!”, “Fernando”or “Super Trouper” made them unforgettable. Frida became known as ‘the brunette’ or ‘the redhead’ of the girls, always surrounded by an air of style, elegance and beauty.
How does it happen that the 70s popstar is titled “Her Serene Highness, Princess Reuss of Plauen” nowadays?
Well let’s have a look at her life!
Early Life
Anni-Frid Lyngstad was born on November 15th 1945 in Bjørkåsen (Norway). She was the result of a liaison between 19-year-old Synni Lyngstad and a German officer, Alfred Haase, just before the end of the Second World War. Alfred Haase returned to Germany without knowing about Synni’s pregnancy.
Frida, aged 2, and her mother soon left Norway and moved to Sweden where Synni died in 1949. Frida was raised by her grandmother alone. Already as a child she showed huge interest in music and used every possibility to start a career in the music business.
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