Born on December 16, 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden. Benny has his own studio, Rixmixningsverket. One of the two main songwriters and producers in ABBA. If you are making an addition where he is credited together with Björn Ulvaeus please credit as Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson .
In 2002 he was appointed Professor by the Swedish government.
6th April 1974: As a member of ABBA , he won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, in 1974, with the song "Waterloo".
Son Ludvig Andersson with Mona Nrklit and son Peter Grnvall and daughter Helena Grnvall with former girlfriend Christina Grnvall.
He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season) for Best New Musical for "Mamma Mia!", based on the music of ABBA.
The name ABBA was comprised of the first letters of the first names of the groups members: Agnetha Fltskog , Bjrn Ulvaeus , Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
In 1998, he was awarded Swedens Royal Order of the Seraphim by Konung King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Was nominated with collaborators Bjrn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch for Broadways 2002 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for "Mamma Mia!"
Benny Andersson has a fortune worth at least US$ 130 million.
He and his wife Mona were marriage witnesses when Tommy Krberg was secretly married to Ann-Charlotte Nilsson in a church in Trosa on 14 June 2007.
