After decades of silence, Agnetha Fältskog — the golden voice of ABBA — has finally opened up about one of the most tender and complicated chapters of her life: her past with Björn Ulvaeus. At 75 years old, the woman who once sang of heartbreak and hope with such haunting beauty has chosen to speak with the same quiet honesty that once made millions fall in love with her songs.
In a recent interview from her home in Sweden, Agnetha looked back on the years that defined not just her career, but her heart. “Time changes everything,” she began softly. “When you are young, love feels eternal. But sometimes, even when it ends, a part of it stays forever — in the songs, in the memories, in the silence between two people who once shared everything.”
For fans who grew up with “The Winner Takes It All”, her words carried a heavy resonance. That 1980 classic, written by Björn shortly after their divorce, was long rumored to be Agnetha’s personal confession set to melody. But now, after all these years, she finally clarified what that song truly meant to her.
“It wasn’t revenge. It wasn’t bitterness,” she explained. “It was truth. We both knew the song came from a real place — but it also gave us peace. Singing it helped me accept what had happened, and I think it helped him, too.”
Her voice, still delicate yet steady, revealed no trace of regret — only gratitude. Agnetha described how their marriage, though brief in the long span of time, became the emotional heartbeat of ABBA’s golden years. Together with Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, they created music that turned personal pain into global joy. “We were four people living one story,” she said. “And every song was a chapter.”
What touched fans most, however, was her reflection on forgiveness. “It took me many years to understand that love doesn’t disappear — it just changes form. Björn will always be part of my story, not because of the past, but because of everything we created together after it.”
Those words echoed deeply across generations of listeners who grew up watching the two stand side by side on stage — smiling through heartbreak, blending their voices into something eternal.
Now, decades later, Agnetha Fältskog’s confession feels like the closing of a circle — a gentle acknowledgment that behind the glitter of pop perfection was a woman who lived, loved, lost, and learned to find peace again.
As one longtime fan wrote after watching her interview, “When Agnetha speaks, you don’t just hear her story — you feel your own.”
And perhaps that’s the secret of her enduring magic: even after all these years, her voice still turns truth into melody, and memory into something beautiful that never fades.