Marie Fredriksson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marie Fredriksson
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	May 30, 1958(1958-05-30)
Age	66
Date Of Death	2019-12-09
Birthplace	Össjö
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Skåne
Horoscope	Taurus

Marie Fredriksson Biography

Marie Fredriksson is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on May 30, 1958 in Össjö, Skåne, Sweden. One half of popular rock band Roxette The group is famous for its singles, including “Listen to Your Heart” and “Dangerous.”

Her desire to create music increased after she learned about Her interest in creating music grew stronger when she discovered Joni Mitchell’s music. music.

Gun-Marie Fredriksson (Swedish: [maˈriː ˈfrêːdrɪkˌsɔn] ( listen ) ; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success in the late-1980s and early-1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and had multiple hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four number ones.

After graduating from music school in 1977, Fredriksson moved to Halmstad, where she worked in theatre before becoming involved in the local indie music scene. She formed punk group Strul (English: Hassle) in 1978 with then- boyfriend Stefan Dernbrant—the band consisted of an extensive and fractious lineup of musicians, the majority of whom would leave after a single performance; Per Gessle and Mats Persson of Gyllene Tider (English: Golden Ages) were briefly members. Strul established their own independent music festival in 1979, Strulfestivalen, which was financially lucrative for the band. The festival was held each summer for three years, until 1981. Dernbrant exited the group in December 1980 when he and Fredriksson ended their relationship. Due to the success of the festival, Fredriksson opted to continue performing under the Strul name alongside the band’s other longest- serving member, guitarist Martin Sternhufvud. The group’s popularity increased substantially in 1981, culminating in several performances on Swedish music television programmes. This exposure led to Strul signing with independent record label Bastun, which released their first and only single in June, the double A-side “Ki-I-Ai-Oo” / “Strul igen”. The release was timed to coincide with the 1981 version of Strulfestivalen, which would be the last; three months later, the group permanently disbanded following a “disastrous” performance at the Pop Around the Clock festival, which was broadcast nationally on Swedish radio.

She got married to Swedish musician, singer as well as pianist and guitarist Mickael Bolyos in 1994 and she had a daughter and son with Bolyos.

Marie Fredriksson Net Worth

Marie Fredriksson is one of the richest Pop Singer from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marie Fredriksson 's net worth $60 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a student at a music school and also performed in local theatres.

She underwent surgery in 2002 to treat an aggressive brain tumor that was located in the rear of her head. This resulted in her becoming blind in her right eye.

Gun-Marie Fredriksson was born on 30 May 1958 outside the small Swedish village of Össjö. She was the youngest of five children born of Charles Gösta Fredriksson (1914–1981) and Inez Dagmar Fredriksson (née Hoffert, 1922–1998). When she was four years old, her parents sold their farm and relocated to Östra Ljungby, where Gösta took a job as a postman and Inez became a factory worker. Three years later, her oldest sister Anna-Lisa was involved in a fatal traffic collision; her car was crushed by a tanker truck while she was travelling to purchase a dress for her engagement party. Marie explained: “She was 20 – and I can barely remember her today. But I remember the grief, how the family was torn apart. Completely. After that I had to fend for myself. I was only seven years old.”

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Her first solo tour took place from March to June 1985, after which she performed vocals for Spännande Ostar (English: Exciting Cheeses). This cover band appeared on several Swedish television programmes, and consisted of Fredriksson and Lindbom performing alongside Per Gessle and Mats Persson. The same year, Fredriksson and Lindbom travelled to the Canary Islands to write songs for her second solo album. Den sjunde vågen (English: The Seventh Wave) was released in February 1986 and peaked at number six on Sverigetopplistan, selling over 90,000 copies. “Den bästa dagen” (English: “The Best Day”) and “Silver i din hand” (English: “Silver in Your Hand”) were issued as singles, while the title track and “Mot okända hav” (English: “Toward Unknown Seas”) were top ten hits on Svensktoppen, Sweden’s airplay-based chart. She won the 1986 Rockbjörnen award for Best Swedish Female, and embarked on her second tour as a solo artist.

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Marie Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Marie Fredriksson celebrates birthday on May 30 of every year.

“The Look” was issued as the third single from Look Sharp! in Sweden, and was a top ten hit upon release in January 1989. The following month, the track unexpectedly entered the Billboard Hot 100, despite the duo not having a recording contract in the US; the local branch of EMI had previously rejected Roxette as “unsuitable for the American market.” An exchange student from Minnesota returned from Sweden and asked his local Minneapolis-based Top 40 radio station to play the song. The track quickly became popular, and the station began distributing the song to their sister radio operations throughout the US. “The Look” topped the chart after just eight weeks, and went on to peak at number one in a total of 25 countries. The single’s parent album eventually sold over 9 million copies worldwide. “Listen to Your Heart” was the band’s second number one on the Hot 100, while the album’s final single, “Dangerous”, spent two weeks at number two. Fredriksson ended 1989 performing on-stage as part of The Husbands, a cover band formed by Lasse Lindbom and Niklas Strömstedt.