ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus was “troubled” with “severe problems” over age gap with wife

ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus has opened up about his relationship with his wife, saying he was initially “troubled” over “severe problems” with their age gap when they met.

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Ulvaeusis met his now third wife, Christina Sas, in 2021, while they were both working on the release of ABBA’s last album ‘Voyage‘. They began dating the following year after he divorced music journalist Lena Kallersjo, whom he had been married to for 41 years.

He and Sas got married in September 2024, in a ceremony officiated by comedian and TV presenter Sandi Toksvig. Now, the Swedish musician and composer has opened up about their relationship and their age gap of almost three decades, with Sas, 52, being 28 years Ulvaeus’s junior.

In a new interview with The Times, Ulvaeus, who is 79, said it was “love at first sight”, but added: “Immediately I had severe problems with myself and the age difference.”

He went on to say: “When a man or a woman meets someone much younger and falls in love they think, ‘Am I doing the right thing?’”

In the end, though, he said he “just gave up”, explaining: “I decided, ‘It’s up to her – if she wants to live with someone older and we love each other…’ Age doesn’t come between us now – we rarely even talk about it.”

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In other news, last month it was revealed that the setlist for ABBA’s virtual Voyage concert residency is receiving a “small” revamp this May for its third anniversary in London.

ABBA Voyage first kicked off in May 2022, and was due to wrap in November last year, but has since been extended to January 2026 due to overwhelming demand – you can get tickets here.

The change in setlist comes after Ulvaeus hinted that more songs could work their way into future iterations of the show. Speaking to NME in April 2023, Ulvaeus said: “We did motion capture more songs that we have in this concert.”

“There are songs in the pipeline which might be animated and ‘ABBA-tarred’ in the future. Who knows? There might be a new song every now and then somewhere – but I can’t give you any details as of right now.”

Once the show wraps in London, the band intend on bringing the Voyage experience around the world, including Asia, Australia and North America though concrete plans have yet to be made public.

Reviewing the first night of the show on May 27 2022, NME gave it five stars and called it “an epic avatar mega-mix from a brave new world,” and said, “Ageing rockers and poppers are bound to imitate the idea, but it’ll be a struggle to come close to the experience of ABBA Voyage.

“We for one welcome our new ABBAtar overlords, if only for giving these songs back to us in a totally new and joyful way.”

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