Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, also known simply as Frida, is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA. Courtesy titles Princess Reuss and Countess of Plauen are also in use because of her third marriage. Born in Bjørkåsen (Ballangen), Norway, to a Norwegian mother and a German father, she grew up in Torshälla, Sweden, and started her first solo career there, as a jazz singer in 1967, through a talent competition called New Faces.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad at the opening of ABBA The Museum on 7 May 2013.
Lyngstad in September 1967
Lyngstad in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 1982
Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Agnetha Fältskog, Lyngstad (centre), Christine Baranski and Colin Firth in 2008
The Royal Order of Vasa is a Swedish order of chivalry founded on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It is awarded to Swedish citizens for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It is the most junior Swedish honour.
Knight 1st Class Cross of the Swedish Order of Vasa (1945)
The royal barge built for Gustav III, named Vasaorden, is still used on rare ceremonial occasions
Star and collar of the order.