Marie Fredriksson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1958-05-30

Deathday 2019-12-09 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Össjö, Ängelholm, Skåne, Sweden

Also Known As Gun-Marie Fredriksson, Mari Fredriksson, Roxette

Marie Fredriksson

Biography

Gun-Marie Fredriksson (Swedish: [maˈriː ˈfrêːdrɪkˌsɔn] (About this soundlisten); 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success in the late-1980s and early-1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and had six top two hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "Dangerous", "It Must Have Been Love", "Joyride" and "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)". Gun-Marie Fredriksson was born on 30 May 1958 outside the small Swedish village of Össjö. She was the youngest of five children born of Charles Gösta Fredriksson (1914–1981) and Inez Dagmar Fredriksson (née Hoffert, 1922–1998). When she was four years old, her parents sold their farm and relocated to Östra Ljungby, where Gösta took a job as a postman and Inez became a factory worker. Three years later, her oldest sister Anna-Lisa was involved in a fatal traffic collision; her car was crushed by a tanker truck while she was travelling to purchase a dress for her engagement party. Marie explained: "She was 20 – and I can barely remember her today. But I remember the grief, how the family was torn apart. Completely. After that I had to fend for myself. I was only seven years old."

Known For

Actor

2020
En kväll för Marie Fredriksson

as Self (archive footage)

2016
2013
2011
2009
Roxette - Joyride in Australia 92

as Self - Lead Vocals

2001
Roxette - Room Service Tour ’01

as Self - Lead Singer

2001
Roxette - Showcase in Barcelona

as Self - Lead Vocals

1996
1995
1995
1993
Roxette: MTV Unplugged

as Self - Lead Vocals

1992
Parabéns

as Self

1991
Roxette ‎– Live in Zürich

as Self - Lead Vocals

1991
Roxette - Live-Ism

as Self - Vocals, Keyboards

1989
1987
Le monde est à vous

as Self - Roxette

1987
På spåret

as Self - Gästartist

1985
ANC-galan

as Self

Sound

1996
Such Is Life

as Original Music Composer

1989
Sparvöga

as Music