Lasse Wellander started recording with ABBA in October 1974.
Swedish music group ABBA's long-term guitarist Lasse Wellander died on Friday. He was 70. According to news.co.au, Mr Wellander died after a short battle with cancer.
Here are 5 points on Lasse Wellander:
- Lasse Wellander was born on June 18, 1952, in Viker, in Sweden's Orebro. According to the website verywellander.se, his parents ran a grocery store, selling everything from freshly ground coffee to horseshoes, nails and petrol from barrels.
- His family moved to a small city called Nora, where Mr Wellander started playing the recorder and the accordion.
- Mr Wellander started recording with ABBA in October 1974, according to Metro. He went on to play on a total of 24 of Abba's studio recordings, including all eight of their albums.
- He also toured with the group and performed to sold-out crowds in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1980.
- When ABBA disbanded the first time, he performed for other Swedish artists.
