JONATHAN WRIGHT
Swedish pop may be dominated by ABBA, but Roxette also made waves across the world in the 80s and 90s
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It’s easy to define the moment that Swedish pop music crashed into the wider world’s consciousness. On 6 April 1974, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, collectively known as ABBA, took to the stage at the Brighton Dome to perform a stomper called Waterloo, Sweden’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.