Weekend, 1981: ABBA's Benny got married in all secrecy

ABBA’s Benny Andersson has got married in all secrecy with the three years older television reporter Mona Norklit, whom he had been engaged to for a year already. The 35-year-old ABBA-pianist says about his brand-new spouse: “Mona has become a haven of peace and quiet for me. She hardly occupies herself with my work at all. I think that’s very pleasant, because with Anni-Frid, the subject of conversation was always ABBA. ABBA here and ABBA there. Mona and I almost never discuss our work, apart from the times when she asks me or I ask her for advise. Mona is a rather quiet woman, but she is very romantic. When we are together, just the two of us, we can listen to music for hours, without saying much to each other. I think that’s wonderful.”
Benny Andersson already has a 17-year-old son and a 15-year-old daughter. In 1978, he married Anni-Frid Lyngstad after they had been living together for thirteen years. Soon after that, the two ABBA-members separated, as friends, like they have shown. The other ABBA-couple, Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus got a divorce in 1979 as well. Shortly after that, Björn remarried the blonde Lena Kallersjo. Agnetha doesn’t have any marriage plans yet with her new boyfriend who works as a detective at the Stockholm police. For the past few months, Benny has lived a secluded life, but this was not only due to his marriage plans. He says: “Together with Björn, I’ve worked very hard on new song material and I think that we’ve succeeded quite nicely.”