ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus marries for the third time with a very special guest leading the ceremony

23 September 2024, 11:00

Björn Ulvaeus weds his Danish girlfriend Christina Sas.

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus has got married for the third time, tying the knot with his partner Christina Sas at the weekend.

The singer-songwriter married in Copenhagen, Denmark, and it was the city's own Sandi Toksvig who officiated the ceremony between them.

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"Today on the 21st of September 2024, Björn Ulvaeus married Christina Sas from Herning, Denmark," read a post on Björn's official Instagram account.

"They met in Nürnberg in 2021 in connection with the release of ABBA's last album Voyage and started dating in the spring of 2022. The wedding took place in Copenhagen in the presence of close friends and family."

It continued: "Sandi Toksvig, Anne Linnet and Kaya Brüel generously performed and made the evening extra special."

Björn's representatives have confirmed to PA that, as it appeared on the photos from the occasion, Toksvig did indeed officiate the ceremony.

Ulvaeus has been married twice before. His first wedding was to his ABBA bandmate Agnetha Fältskog in 1971, and they had two children before they split in 1980 – a couple of years before the group initially called it a day.

He then married music journalist Lena Källersjö in 1981, and they had two daughters together before parting ways in 2022.

Björn recently told Gold that one of the most special songs in his back catalogue is 'Slipping Through My Fingers', which was inspired by Linda Ulvaeus, a child he had with then-wife Agnetha.

"She was six, seven," he told James Bassam. "She was allowed to go to school on her own because the school was very close to where we lived. Sweden back then was so safe. You didn't lock your doors.

"She was very proud. She had a bag or backpack... she left and she went by herself to school. She was so proud. I remember when she looked back and waved, looking so proud.

"At that moment, it was a step into independence. And therefore, I was kind of losing her, and she was slipping through my fingers. So that's what that song is about, and it's very personal."