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Stockholm ( or ) is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries ; 932 , 917 ___MASK3___ live in the municipality , approximately 1 . 5 million in the urban area , and 2 . 3 million in the metropolitan area . The city is spread across 14 islands on the coast in the southeast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren , by the Stockholm archipelago and the Baltic Sea . The area has been settled since the Stone Age , in the 6th millennium BC , and was founded as a city in 1252 by a Swedish statesman Birger Jarl . It is also the capital of Stockholm County . Björn Kristian Ulvaeus ( born 25 April 1945 ; credited as Björn Ulvæus ) is a Swedish songwriter , producer , a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA ( 1972  1982 ), and co - composer of the musicals " Chess ", " Kristina från Duvemåla ", and " Mamma Mia !". He co - produced the film " Mamma Mia !" with fellow ABBA member and close friend ___MASK16___ . ABBA ( stylised ) are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog , Björn Ulvaeus , ___MASK16___ , and Anni - Frid Lyngstad . They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music , topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982 . ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton , UK , giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest , and are the most successful group to ever take part in the competition . `` The Name of the Game '' is a 1977 song by Swedish pop group ABBA , and was released as the first single from the group ' s fifth studio album , ABBA : The Album . It became a UK number one , topping the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in November 1977 . Anni - Frid Synni , Princess Reuss of Plauen ( born Anni - Frid Synni Lyngstad , 15 November 1945 ), widely known as Frida Lyngstad or by just the mononym Frida , is a Swedish pop and jazz singer . Born in Norway to a Norwegian mother and a German father , she grew up in Sweden and reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA , which has sold over 380 million albums and singles worldwide , making them one of the best - selling music artists in history . After the break - up of ABBA , she continued an international solo singing career with mixed success . In 1996 , Frida recorded her final album before ' retiring ' from music . She now focuses on environmental issues . In April 1964 , aged 18 she married Ragnar Fredriksson . Immediately after their divorce in 1970 , Lyngstad courted eventual ABBA band member ___MASK16___ , co - habiting until they officially married in 1978 . The couple separated in 1980 and divorced in 1981 . In 1992 , Lyngstad married Heinrich Ruzzo , Prince Reuss of Plauen , who was a German Prince of the former sovereign House of Reuss . The prince died of lymphoma in October 1999 . Lyngstad currently lives in Zermatt , Switzerland , sharing a home with her British boyfriend , Henry Smith , 5th Viscount Hambleden , since 2008 . Göran Bror ___MASK16___ ( born 16 December 1946 ) is a Swedish musician , composer , member of the Swedish music group ABBA ( 1972  1982 ), and co - composer of the musicals " Chess ", " Kristina från Duvemåla ", and " Mamma Mia !". For the 2008 film version of " Mamma Mia !", he worked also as an executive producer . Since 2001 , he is active with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester .