“I remember when it entered the Billboard charts, when it was number one – then we had champagne in the office the whole day”: ABBA confirm that their ‘fifth member’ Gorel Hanser has died, aged 76

Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Benny Andersson, 2022.

It is has been announced on the ABBA website that Gorel Hanser has died.

Who, you are probably asking, is Gorel Hanser? Well, she has been described by many aficionados of the band as ‘the fifth member of ABBA’. Her time with them started long before they were even ABBA and continued up until the present day.