Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Princess Anni-Frid
Dowager Countess of Plauen
Lyngstad at the opening of ABBA The Museum, 6 May 2013
Born	Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad (1945-11-15) 15 November 1945 Bjørkåsen, Ballangen, Norway
Spouse	Ragnar Fredriksson ​ ​ (m. 1964; div. 1970)​ Benny Andersson ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1981)​ Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss of Plauen ​ ​ (m. 1992; died 1999)​
Issue	2
House	Reuss (by marriage)
Signature
Musical career
Also known as	Frida
Origin	Torshälla, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Genres	Pop jazz
Instruments	Vocals piano
Years active	1958–present
Labels	His Master's Voice (1967) Columbia (EMI) (1968–1972) Polar (1972–1984) Anderson (1996)

Anni-Frid Synni, Dowager Princess Reuss of Plauen (German: Anni-Frid Synni, Prinzessin Reuß von Plauen; née Lyngstad, born 15 November 1945), commonly known as Frida Lyngstad (Norwegian: [ˈlyŋstɑ]; Swedish: [ˈlʏŋstɑːd]), or just by the mononym, Frida (Swedish: [²friːda]), is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer-songwriter, and environmentalist. Frida is best known as one of the singers of the Swedish pop band ABBA.

Career

In 1992, Lyngstad married Heinrich Ruzzo, Prince Reuss of Plauen, who was a prince of the former sovereign House of Reuss. Heinrich died of lymphoma in 1999. In 1996, Lyngstad recorded her final album in Swedish, Djupa andetag (Deep Breaths), released by Anderson Records, before retiring from music.