LOVE STORY FOR ALWAYS

Benny went up and introduced himself to the
pretty brown haired girl he saw having a drink
in the bar in 1969.


He thought she looked slim, elegant and very nice.
She recognized him and they began talking while having a few beers. No sparks.
At the end of the month they met again at a radio show in Stockholm.
Benny asked her to dinner.
They talked easily together and wound up realizing there was definatly chemistry between them.


It was the begining of a 12 year love affair.
"Benny and I are quite different, and naturally there has been conflicts and missunderstandings sometimes. Benny is more outgoing, happy and positive. I'm more of a serious kind of person."
They became engaged in 1969 and lived together and worked together during the ABBA years.


It's said that Frida and Benny's relationship had always had it's share of up's and down's. It was a strormy relationship occasionaly between 2 passionate people.


Frida was a bit insecure at the begining of their relationship.


She had alot of self doubts and she leaned heavily on Benny and his stable outlook on life.


"Personally I prefer French and Italian fashion," she says.
Also when it comes to food she likes France and Italy.
"The Italian cuisine is wonderful," she says." Spagetti and pasta. When we're at home I prefer to cook myself."
" I play chess in front of an open window", says Benny when the world press ask him what he does to keep in shape.



They didn't marry until 1978 but divorced in 1981.
As time went on, Frida began to grow out of some of the insecurities and self doubts.
Her confidence began to grow and she became more independent and self assured.


The relationship between them began to have a different aspect.


Differences began to take form and the couple found themselves spending alot of time going out together at night instead of facing their problems and talking them out.






They sought counseling for their marriage but that didn't work either. It was almost like they stayed together because it was a habit, it was what they were used to, but the emotional attachment was unraveling.


On Benny's part, it happened that he began a relationship with another woman in 1980.
He and Frida were trying to work out the differences but he finally had to tell her he was
in love with Mona Nörklit, a TV personality.


It was a difficult seperation in the begining for Frida and she said that watching him walk out the door and knowing it was for the last time was particulary difficult.


Benny moved to an apartment with Mona, and Frida remained in the Lidingö villa for a while.
Within 2 months she was also involved with a new man, Bertil (Bobo) Hjert.
Frida has maintained that Benny was the best thing that ever happened to her.






They went through a rough time during the divorce, but have remained friends all these years later.
They have such an extended family together.