Stig Andersons Begravning (The Funeral of Stig Anderson)

Filmed Friday 10th October 1997 at 3pm
Location St Jakobs Church, Kungstradgarden, Stockholm, Sweden
Broadcast LIVE, STV, Sweden
Notes Björn, Benny and Frida all attended the funeral in person. Agnetha sent a floral tribute.

Björn and Benny can be seen entering the church with wives Lena and Mona and Benny is seen a couple of times throughout the service with Mona. Frida can be seen paying tribute at the coffin at the very end of the broadcast.

Ann-Louise Hanson, Lars Lönndahl, Siw Malmkvist, Barbro Svensson (Lill-Babs) and Svante Thuresson performed "Vackra sagor är så korta" ("The Beautiful Stories  Are Always Too Short") with swedish lyrics written by Stig.

(Trust me, I've wrestled with my conscience over listing this one.  It's here for completeness.)

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Thanks to Mohamed for the translation of the programme title