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In the mid to late '70s, there was a sudden interest in Swedish arts and culture in North America and the U.K. Hockey players like Roland Eriksson and Anders Hedberg became stars in the NHL; Bjorn Borg was the tennis star; you had the children's mini-series Den Vita Stenen (The White Stone), among others, going over big on the CBC and the BBC; etc., etc. Abba was the musical slice of that mini cultural invasion. A similar thing happened in the mid '60s with English arts and pop culture, and in the mid to late '80s with anything Aussie.
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