Marie Fredriksson

Marie Fredriksson, 2011

Gun-Marie Fredriksson , after marriage Gun-Marie Bolyos (born May 30, 1958 in Össjö ; † December 9, 2019 in Danderyd ) was a Swedish musician . She was best known as a band member of Roxette .

Life

Marie Fredriksson, 1987

After studying at the Svalöv University of Music , Fredriksson got a record deal with her band MaMas Barn (“Mommy's Children”). Since the band achieved only moderate success, they began a solo career in 1984 and gained great popularity in Sweden.

After she had previously worked as a background singer for Per Gessle's band Gyllene Tider or for himself (both in studio recordings and in live performances), she teamed up with Gessle to form the duo Roxette in 1986 . The debut album Pearls of Passion , released in the same year, was initially only successful in Sweden. The worldwide breakthrough came in 1989 with the song The Look and the album Look Sharp! . World tours with millions of viewers and record sales in the double-digit million range followed.

During Roxette's creative break, Fredriksson produced her own albums with self-written songs. For this she was awarded three times as the best singer in Sweden. Her most successful single was the ballad Tro ("Faith"). In 1992 she took part in the charity concert Artister för miljö in Stockholm with other personalities from the Swedish music industry . In 1996 she recorded the duet Alla mina bästa år ("All my best years") with Anni-Frid Lyngstad from ABBA for their album Djupa andetag . In 2000 her best-of album Äntligen (“Endlich”) was released, and in the summer of that year Fredriksson toured Sweden.

In September 2002 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. In October 2004 she released another solo album, The Change . An album followed in 2006 with interpretations of their favorite hits from the 1960s and 1970s. This time she sang in Swedish again, the title of the album is Min bäste vän . In the summer of 2006 she recorded two new songs with Per Gessle, which appeared on another of Roxette's greatest hits album in the fall .

After the group hadn't come back since Fredriksson's cancer, Roxette made a comeback at the Night of the Proms in 2009. In February 2011, after ten years, the first studio album called Charm School was released , which entered the German charts at first place. This was followed by a tour across several continents. In March 2012, another Roxette album was released with Traveling .

The tour, announced for summer 2016, was canceled due to Fredriksson's health condition. A short time later she announced her final farewell to tour life. Fredriksson was married to the musician Mikael Bolyos , with whom she has two children (* 1993 and * 1996). She died on December 9, 2019 at the age of 61 from complications from her cancer.

Fredriksson's long-time music partner Per Gessle said goodbye with personal words: “Time goes by so quickly. It wasn't long ago that we spent days and nights in my tiny apartment sharing impossible dreams. And what a dream it was that we were finally able to share! I am honored to have met your talent and your generosity. All my love goes to you and your family. Things will never be the same. "

Discography

For publications as part of Roxette, see Roxette / Discography .

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		SE
1984	Het vind	SE20 (4 weeks) SE
1985	Den sjunde vågen	SE6 (10 weeks) SE
1987	Storm more often	SE1 (11 weeks) SE
1992	The constant resan	SE1 platinum (9 weeks)SE
1996	I en tid som vår	SE2 platinum (20 weeks)SE
2000	Äntligen - Marie Fredrikssons bästa 1984-2000	SE1 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)SE
2004	The Change	SE1 gold (15 weeks)SE
2006	Min bäste vän	SE3 (11 weeks) SE
2007	Tid för tystnad - Marie Fredrikssons ballader	SE32 (5 weeks) SE
2013	Nu!	SE6 (8 weeks) SE

More albums

• 2000: Äntligen en sommarturne Live

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		SE
1984	Ännu doftar kärlek Het vind	SE18 (1 week) SE
1987	Efter storm Efter storm	SE7 (6 weeks) SE
1989	Sparvöga	SE6 (5 weeks) SE
1996	Tro I en tid som vår	SE8 (29 weeks) SE
1997	Alla mina bästa år	SE54 (1 week) SE	with Frida
2000	Complaints	SE34 (8 weeks) SE
	Det som var nu	SE59 (2 weeks) SE	with Patrik Isaksson
2004	2: nd Chance The Change	SE8 (13 weeks) SE
2006	Sommaräng Min bäste vän	SE21 (9 weeks) SE
2008	Där you andas	SE1 (10 weeks) SE	Theme song from the Swedish movie ARN - Riket vid vägens slut

literature

• Marie Fredriksson / Helena von Zweigbergk : Kärleken till livet. German: Listen to my heart / Meine Liebe zum Leben, Edel Verlag 2016, translated from Swedish by Ulrike Brauns, ISBN 978-3841904881 .

Web links

Commons : Marie Fredriksson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Marie Fredriksson at Discogs (English)
• Works by and about Marie Fredriksson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Marie Fredriksson in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marie Fredriksson. Retrieved December 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ auktionsverket.se: Marie Fredriksson blandteknik
3. ^ Roxette's homepage , accessed April 18, 2016.
4. ↑ Sick singer: Roxette cancel all tour dates. In: Spiegel Online . April 18, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Roxette singer has no more strength to tour. In: General-Anzeiger . dpa , April 26, 2016, accessed on May 8, 2016 . 
6. ^ Biography - Marie Fredriksson Online. Retrieved December 11, 2019 (American English). 
7. ↑ https://www.regioactive.de/news/2019/12/10/roxette-marie-fredriksson-ist-tot-8Vk722ZrfC - Regioactive.de, accessed on December 10, 2019
8. ↑ Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson is dead , on n-tv.de, from December 10, 2019.
9. ↑ Laura Ewert: On the death of Marie Fredriksson: This saucoole woman . In: Spiegel Online . December 10, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 11, 2019]).
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/TheRealRoxette/status/1204377956853932033/photo/1
11. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: SE
12. ↑ Awards for music sales: SE