Sven-Olof Walldoff

Sven-Olof Walldoff
Born(1929-05-02)2 May 1929
Lerbäck, Sweden
Died7 June 2011(2011-06-07) (aged 82)[1]
Masthugget, Sweden
Years active1956–2011

Sven-Olof Walldoff (2 May 1929 – 7 June 2011) was a Swedish record producer, composer and orchestra conductor who is best known for conducting the orchestra for ABBA's song "Waterloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest 1974,[1] wearing a Napoleon costume.

Walldoff also collaborated on ABBA's first album Ring Ring. He has composed the music for the movies The Seduction of Inga, Georgia, Georgia, The White Wall, and Jungle Adventure Campa Campa. Besides ABBA, he also worked with Anita Lindblom, Agnetha Fältskog, Lill-Babs, Östen Warnerbring, Gunnar Wiklund, Zarah Leander, and Brita Borg.[2]

  1. ^ a b Escudero, Victor M. "Sven-Olof Walldoff, ABBA conductor, passed away". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Abbas egen Napoleon". 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017.