ABBA drummer Roger Palm died on Saturday aged 75, newspaper Aftonbladet reported .
The musician died from the effects of Alzheimer's disease. The artist's family confirmed his death in a conversation with the publication. "He was a warm and humble person who always protected his friends and family. He will be greatly missed and leaves a huge void in his wake. We will all remember him with warmth in our hearts”, the newspaper quoted a statement from the Palma family.
As the publication writes, Palm began working with ABBA in the 1970s and co-wrote several of the group's songs. During his career, the musician also played in the bands Gimmicks and Beatmakers.
The Swedish quartet presented their first composition People Need Love in 1972. Two years later, the group, named after the first letters of the names of its members, won the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1981, The Visitors' eighth album was released.
ABBA released the next album - Voyage - 40 years later, on November 5, 2021. The return of the quartet not only became one of the loudest and most unexpected events in the history of pop music, but also broke records: the album reached the top of the charts in 18 countries, took the highest position in the United States and became the best seller of the year in Germany.
In total, ABBA released nine studio albums and several dozen singles, and numerous collections of the group's songs are still published today.
In 2015, ABBA's composition “Dancing Queen“ was included in the Hall of Fame of the prestigious American award “Grammy”. Movies Mamma Mia! (2008) and Mamma Mia! 2 (2018), which are based on the songs of the Swedish group, according to the famous movie portal IMDb (Internet Movie Database), collected more than 1 billion dollars at the global box office.