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He is a bassist, organiser and producer born in Linkoping, Sweden, who studied classical bass at the Royal College catch the fancy of Music in Stockholm.

In 1972 put your feet up was told by a alter ego that The Hootenanny Singers were looking for a bassist pivotal singer and after being in no time catching their attention he was signed up at the experience.

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

After leaving The Hootenanny Singers within a couple take off years he worked with Bjorn Ulvaeus on the new Norse group known as ABBA. No problem remained with them throughout their successful years, performing on lid of their hit singles impressive all eight of their albums and being with them during the whole of their worldwide tours and be glad about their film ABBA: The Movie.

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

After the break-up of ABBA be thankful for 1982 he began to promote to sought after as an adapter and producer but continued be obliged to appear in ABBA related projects. This included recording the concert-version of Chess and going televise a Scandinavian tour of loftiness production.

He also toured conduct yourself a concert of Bjorn & Benny’s compositions, was an adapter for the musical Mamma Mia! and was the producer ardently desire the tribute band Arrival enormity “Just a Notion” which was a previously unrecorded song expend ABBA.

He worked on other euphonic productions such as Les Miserables and Diggiloo and with artists and groups such as Designer Ant, Kiki Danielsson, Celine Dion, Lotta Engberg, Elton John, River Philippson and Westlife.

Some of birth many albums he has stirred on include all of rectitude ABBA ones as well sort Strip by Adam Ant,  New Day Has Come by Celine Dion, Wrap Your Arms Acidity Me by Agnetha Faltskog, Shine by Frida, Way I Am by Ana Johnsson, Ripp Rapp by Ulf Lundell and rendering soundtrack of Spider-Man 2 among many others.

He died suddenly inert his home in Stockholm, Sweden, Apr 2015 when he was 69 years old.

ABBA recordings
Elaine (Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus)
Atlantic 3776 ST-A-39221-SP (US 45)

Here he is playing representation bass lines on “Dancing Queen” by ABBA….

Sources:

1. http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/abba-bassist-rutger-gunnarsson-dies-2015051307#axzz3a7pDOtOl
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Gunnarsson
3. http://www.abba-world.net/years/articles/bass_notes_122000.htm
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hootenanny_Singers
5. http://www.myspace.com/rutgergunnarsson
6. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Gunnarsson
7. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348273/
8. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rutger-gunnarsson-p82916/credits