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Stockholm has been Sweden's political and economic center since the 13th century and is currently the largest municipality of Sweden, with a population of 776,000. The populations of the Stockholm urban area and Metropolitan Stockholm are roughly 1.2 and 1.7 million, respectively, this also makes it the largest city in the Nordic countries.Stockholm is located on the east coast of Sweden at the mouth of lake Malaren and its adjacent Stockholm archipelago, a site reputed for its natural beauty. Stockholm is often referred to as the Venice of Scandinavia because of its many water channels.The music comes from ABBA the most successful act ever to come from Scandinavia and one of the most successful acts in the history of popular music. The group topped worldwide charts during the mid-to-late 1970s and gained widespread airplay during the early 1980s, selling many hit singles and albums. They were the first act from the European continent to become a regular fixture on the charts of the anglophonic world (the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand), and their success subsequently opened the doors for many other European acts. Their lasting legacy is the legitimisation of the Swedish music industry as a mainstream player.ABBA: The Movie is a feature length film about the pop group ABBA's 1977 Australian tour. It was directed by Lasse Hallstr?m, who directed most of the group's videos, and who went on to greater things. The Movie has become something of a cult film, both among Abba fans and students of kitsch.The film's release coincided with the release of ABBA: The Album, that year's studio album from the group, and features many songs from that album as well as many of their earlier hits, and one, Get On The Carousel, unavailable anywhere else.super 8 film, runtime 4 minutes

• Category

  How To

• Release Date

  Sep 6, 2006

• Runtime

  03:42