May 1st is a public holiday in Sweden, where Swedes have a day off in celebration of the workers' movement. How are shops, ...

The Swedish pop group ABBA says “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” to a 50th anniversary reissue of their 1975 self-titled record ...

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This has been helped by two blockbuster Mamma Mia! films, adapted from the hit West End musical of the same name, and ABBA Voyage, a concert experience that takes place in a purpose-built London ...

Switzerland is the birthplace of Eurovision — it staged the first-ever contest, and the European Broadcasting Union, which ...

On record and stage, Abba exemplified all that was fun and exhilarating in pop music. And leading the chorus in a string of worldwide hits was the distinctive, mellow voice of Frida Lyngstad ...

Past champions range from Sweden’s ABBA — with “Waterloo” in 1974 ... Last year’s event in the Swedish city of Malmo attracted large pro-Palestinian protests that called for Israel ...

Last year's event in the Swedish city of Malmo attracted large pro-Palestinian protests that called for Israel to be dropped from the contest over its conduct of its war against Hamas. Tensions ...