30 Facts About Marie Fredriksson

Marie Fredriksson was a member of punk group Strul, a band which created their own music festival in 1979.

In 2002, after fainting at home, Marie Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Marie Fredriksson died on 9 December 2019 as a result of health issues stemming from her brain tumour.

Gun-Marie Fredriksson was born on 30 May 1958 outside the small Swedish village of Ossjo.

Marie Fredriksson enrolled in a music school in the Svalov Municipality at the age of seventeen, where she befriended students from the theatre department by composing music for their amateur plays.

Dernbrant exited the group in December 1980 when he and Marie Fredriksson ended their relationship.

Marie Fredriksson performed duet vocals on "Sa nara nu", the lead single from the Lasse Lindbom Band's 1982 album Romantisk Blackout.

On Gessle's insistence, Marie Fredriksson agreed to embark on a solo career in late 1983, recording her debut album from December 1983 to June 1984, with Lindbom as co-writer and producer.

The album was promoted by a three-month double bill concert tour, featuring Marie Fredriksson performing as a solo artist alongside Lindbom's eponymous band.

Marie Fredriksson won the 1986 Rockbjornen award for Best Swedish Female, and embarked on her second tour as a solo artist.

Marie Fredriksson ended 1989 performing on-stage as part of The Husbands, a cover band formed by Lasse Lindbom and Niklas Stromstedt.

In 1990, Marie Fredriksson contributed a cover of the Evert Taube composition "Sa skimrande var aldrig havet" to the tribute album Taube.

Marie Fredriksson returned to solo work following the recording of Roxette's fourth album, Tourism.

Marie Fredriksson was a featured vocalist on "Anglamark", a Band Aid-style recording spearheaded by former ABBA vocalist Anni-Frid Lyngstad under the banner Artister for Miljo, which was released in July 1992.

Marie Fredriksson performed the track alongside all of the other featured artists during a televised gala the following month.

Marie Fredriksson was nominated for three awards at the 1993 Grammis, including Songwriter of the Year and Artist of the Year, winning the latter.

Marie Fredriksson took part in this residency every summer between 1995 and 2002, performing vocals on several of Bolyos' original compositions and numerous cover versions, including "The Good Life".

Marie Fredriksson was more involved in its composition and production than on previous Roxette releases, recording numerous demos at her Djursholm studio and singing lead vocals on ten of the album's fourteen songs.

Marie Fredriksson complained to everyone that my voice was weak, that I needed to re-record vocals, and that my songs weren't good enough.

The latter song featured Patrik Isaksson, and was a Swedish re-recording of a demo originally produced by Marie Fredriksson for Have a Nice Day.

The album was supported with a European tour, after which Marie Fredriksson "called for a meeting" with Gessle, wherein she discussed disbanding Roxette, to which Gessle agreed.

Marie Fredriksson issued a box set containing all of her previous studio albums, Karlekens guld, in June 2002.

On 11 September 2002, Marie Fredriksson complained of feeling unwell after jogging with her husband.

Marie Fredriksson collapsed in a bathroom after becoming nauseated, with the impact of the fall fracturing her cranium.

Marie Fredriksson was unable to speak for a considerable period of time after her treatment.

Marie Fredriksson held further art exhibitions, titled "A Table in the Sun", in both Stockholm and Gothenburg in 2008.

Marie Fredriksson performed vocals on several tracks of Bolyos' debut solo album A Family Affair, which was released in June 2007.

In June 2013, Marie Fredriksson performed "Annu doftar karlek" at the Wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill.

However, these concerts were cancelled after Marie Fredriksson was advised by her doctors to cease all touring activity, due to poor health.

Marie Fredriksson died on 9 December 2019 at the age of 61, having had cancer for 17 years since her 2002 brain tumour diagnosis.