Rutger gunnarsson biography of albert

He is a bassist, arranger and producer born in Linkoping, Sweden, who studied classical guitar at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

In he was told by a classmate that The Hootenanny Singers were looking for a bassist and singer and after being immediately catching their attention he was signed up at the audition.

Rutger gunnarsson biography of albert

Two of his co-members were the singer-songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson

After leaving The Hootenanny Singers within a couple of years he worked with Bjorn Ulvaeus on the new Swedish group known as ABBA. He remained with them throughout their successful years, performing on most of their hit singles and all eight of their albums and being with them throughout their worldwide tours and in their film ABBA: The Movie.

At the same time he is credited as being the writer of the scores they used for horns and strings.

After the break-up of ABBA in he began to be sought after as an arranger and producer but