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Variety reports:

ABBA fans had not necessarily expected to see the group together again. But the prospect of being knighted brought all four members back together again Friday in their native Sweden, as they showed up at the royal palace in Stockholm to be honored by the king and queen.

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Benny Andersson were receiving the Royal Order of Vasa, establishing them as Commanders of the First Class, for “very outstanding efforts in Swedish and international music life.

The particular knighthood that the four members were being honored with in Stockholm had been dormant for a half-century, until the granting of knighthoods to ordinary Swedish citizens was revived in 2022. Others being knighted along with the pop group included two physicists who were 2023 winners of the Nobel Prize.

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The four members of iconic Swedish pop group ABBA reunited to receive one of the country’s top honors, the Royal Order of Vasa, during a ceremony in the royal palace in Stockholm https://t.co/cnkRfbwB4Q pic.twitter.com/27Ejg9Vddm

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ABBA reunite to receive Swedish knighthoods.

They were honored with the Royal Order of Vasa — its first time being handed out in nearly 50 years. pic.twitter.com/CBUFfaNsY4

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