ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus married for the third time!
On Saturday, September 21, a message posted on Ulvaeus’ Instagram account confirmed that the musician and Christina Sas tied the knot in Copenhagen, Denmark – her native country – that day.
Ulvaeus, 79, confirmed the news with more photos showing his ex The Great British Baking Show host Sandi Toksvig apparently served while wearing a long red and gold robe.
Toksvig previously worked on the screenplay for Mamma Mia! Party; an ABBA-themed dining experience held at the O2 Arena in London.
Ulvaeus and his wife were dressed for the ceremony by fashion designer Soeren Le Schmidt, an Instagram post confirmed. The ABBA star wore a dark suit and white T-shirt for the ceremony, while Sas wore a long green dress and carried a blue bouquet of flowers.
Björn Ulvaeus and Sandi Toksvig in London on September 4, 2024.
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“Today, September 21, 2024, Björn Ulvaeus married Christina Sas from Herning, Denmark,” reads the post’s caption.
“They met in Nuremberg in 2021 in connection with the release of ABBA’s last album Travel and they started dating in the spring of 2022,” the message continues.
The title added: “The wedding took place in Copenhagen in the presence of close friends and family. Sandi Toksvig, Anne Linnet and Kaya Brüel generously performed and made the evening special.”
Among the carousel of pictures, the newlyweds posed with Danish musicians Linnet and Brüel, with the first photo showing the couple posing among the trees.
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Ulvaeus was previously married to fellow ABBA bandmate Agnetha Fältski from 1971 to 1980, before marrying Lena Kallersjö in 1981. He has two children with each of his ex-wives.
Ulvaeus and Kallersjö were married for 41 years before divorcing in 2022.
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Benny Andersson from ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältski and Björn Ulvaeus.
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On February 23 of that year, the former couple released a statement confirming the breakup, per The Independent.
“We remain close and good friends and will continue to celebrate our grandchildren’s birthdays and other family celebrations together,” the message read at the time.
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Musically, ABBA – which also consists of Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – released their ninth and final studio album, Travelin November 2021, announcing an ABBA Voyage virtual concert in a purpose-built arena in London to accompany the release.
While talking to Rolling Stone UK in an interview published in May 2023, Ulvaeus said of whether he ever envisioned a “digital version” of himself “performing to thousands every night” after ABBA’s breakup in 1982, “Of course not! Back in 1982 I had just bought my first IBM PC and there was no internet, there was nothing.”
“We had 64K of RAM and that’s about it. At that point I thought ABBA might get back together and maybe record a new album, but that never happened. What’s happened to us now is just amazing,” he added. is.
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