Abba star Björn Ulvaeus
“Serious Problems” because of 28 years of age difference
Björn Ulvaeus from Abba calls Christina Sas his third great love and yet the couple separates 28 years old age difference, which is not always so easy.
It was the creative head of one of the largest pop sensations of the 20th century. But when Björn Ulvaeus talks about his life today, a lot is no longer about charts, but about the most oldest history in the world: love.
At the age of 79, the Abba co-founder dared a third time last year and married 52-year-old Christina Sas. The two got to know each other in 2021, while working on “Voyage”, the band’s comeback album. For Ulvaeus it was the beginning of an emotional upheaval. “It was love at first glance,” he says about the first encounter today – even though he was still married at that time. But the stronger the feelings became, the louder the doubts became.
The age difference of 28 years? For Abbas Björn Ulvaeus an inner sample
“I immediately had serious problems with myself and the age difference,” he admits to the “Times”. And he remembers his moral concerns: “If a man or a woman falls in love with someone much younger, you ask himself: ‘Do I do the right thing?'” He wrestled with him for a long time – and finally let go. “I just stopped thinking about it,” he says soberly.
He left the decision to Christina: “I said to myself: ‘It is her thing – if she wants to live with someone older and we love each other …'” Today age is no longer an issue: “It is not between us – we hardly talk about it.” The wedding was intimate and international: 130 guests, a wedding in Danish, Swedish and English-led by the British-Danish comedian Sandi Toksvig. “Christina, his new wife, is a Danish,” said Toksvig, “and I was able to keep the ceremony in three languages.”
Toksvig reacted narrowly when asked whether Agnetha Fallskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were also there: “No.” Ulvaeus looks at his late love today – and with curiosity about what is still coming. While his holographic self appears in the digital show Abba Voyage, the person behind it remains realistic. The virtual show is planned until 2029, but: “This will be shown. We can stay in the current venue until then, but maybe the ticket sales will decrease – you never know. But it is correct to continue when someone is dead? This is a big ethical question.”
Source: Stern
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