I saw Roxette for their first North American concert in Boston and then I even flew to Norway to see them when they reunited. They have always been my favorite and Marie had the voice of a Rock Angel. She was loved and will be miss. Thank you for all the amazing music and memories....
Remembrance book for Marie Fredriksson
Dear fellow friends, dear fans of Marie Fredriksson, dear Roxette fans, dear kind people in this world,
our friend Marie has passed away on December 9, and many, many people in the world are heartbroken and would like to express their feelings. Not everyone can do so on the social media, not everyone can do so by coming to Sweden and signing the official remembrance book laid out in Stockholm.
We want to collect your thoughts, your grieve, but also your finest memories with Marie here. Please write down what you always wanted to say to her, we will collect each single entry of yours, put them into one single book and send it over to Marie’s family to show them how much she made this world better through you.
Thank you.
[All entries made before January 1, 2020 were taken over for the book. You will still be able to add your messages now but we cannot consider them for the book to Marie’s family anymore as it has been printed by now.]
The Daily Roxette had one copy of the book printed early January 2020 and handed it over to Marie Dimberg, Roxette’s manager and a very good friend of Marie Fredriksson and her family, in Göteborg on January 20, 2020. The printed version of the book is nearly 800 pages thick and it has a white cover. Its title “Tack för allt Marie” (Thank you for everything Marie) is written in silver and red letters on its sleeve.
Here you see some quick photos of the book, sadly there has never been a chance to take proper photos of this one copy as it arrived just before the evening we headed to Göteborg for the “En kväll för Marie Fredriksson” show.
If you are interested, you can download a simplified version (the printed version contains a few more blank pages to separate the chapters, for instance) of the book with all entries right here.
The entries are sorted alphabetically by names, this file is also searchable.
Entries with non-latin character sets are at the very end of the book. Most URLs have been removed as they make little sense in a printed book.
Download the file “TackForAlltMarieByTDR.pdf”
6663 entries.
Dear Marie friends and family,
my heart is broken and full of tears. But I am also thankfull to have had Marie in my life. I luckily got the chance to meet her many times. She's always wonderfull and smiling happyly. She's been an amazing support for me throughout the 30 years I fell in love with her voice and I had struggles in my own life. She wished me all the best many times and that I take care of myself. Gratefull for all the concerts throughout Europe, it has been so much fun.. and for all the wonderfull friends I got.
Marie's strenght left a huge impression in my soul. She'll be with me in my heart forever.
An angel has gone to heaven.
Sincere condoleances to Micke, Josefin & Oscar. And all to her closest friends and family.
❤❤❤
I Roxette e la tua voce hanno fatto da colonna sonora di una buona parte della mia vita.... e continuerete a esserlo nonostante il vuoto che lasci.... RIP Marie
Look Sharp was one of the first albums I owned. Listen To Your Heart is still today one of my favourite songs. Paint is one of the best slices of pop ever created. Then came album after album of simply great music, to my ears, and to millions of others across the world. Your voice is just like home to me. It has been with me throughout my life. Just so many song’s over the years that take me back when I hear them today. Queen Of Rain, a strong favourite, used to help me when my worries would keep me awake at night. The entire Tourism album which I used to listen to on the buses at the weekend, on our Walkmans, with my first (and only) girlfriend.
In 2015 I got to see you at the o2 in London and it was a massive tick on my bucket list, after so many years as a fan. Hearing you sing Spending My Time live, the tears were streaming down my face, I was overwhelmed with emotion. When you sang a snippet of Paint it felt as if you were singing my favourite song just for me and it was a moment I will never forget. Even your more recent solo release I Want To Go holds a special place in my heart. Fading Like A Flower is one of the best ever power ballads and vocal performances of all time. Your voice had so many levels, from the sultry ballads like Watercolours In The Rain, to the fiery sass of Do You Wanna Go The Whole Way. Almost Unreal was another favourite of mine. You’ve just given me so much.
To hear of your passing has been a very sad day. Your light shone so brightly. We were all so very lucky to witness it. Thank you for sharing it with us. It makes me so sad to read about how ill you were. No more suffering. RIP. Dream about the sun...
Dear Marie,
Today has been such a sad day, not only for me, but for many other fans all over the world. I have been lucky enough to seen you perform live many times.
Your voice and songs, have gotten me through many difficult times in my life.
You are now pain free, and flying with the angels, fly high beautiful lady. Gone but never forgotten. Always in my heart.
One wonderful memory of Marie for me was trying to figure out if I was going to get along with my new flat mate when Listen To Your Heart came on the tv. My flat mate said "Oh, she's just so beautiful, don't you think?" and I knew there and then that we would get on splendidly. Marie was simply wonderful in concert and growing up listening to her and Per made those awkward teenage years a little brighter and more hopeful. My love to her friends and family, I wish you peace and I wish you the best.
I've gotten up with the new, Marie has passed away. I'm so sad. I grew up with Roxette songs and I met my first love with them. Your lyrics are part of my live and I will never forget you. I send all my love to Marie's family in this hard moment.
"You're so far away,
So far away,
You left me,
You told me you would stay"
Really sad to know that you left us. But your memories stay in our hearts.
Selamat jalan Marrie!
So sad, Marie. Your songs have been part of my life in happy moments and also sad ones. That's what we'll treasure, you voice and songs forever. My thoughts and condolences to your family and Per and all the people around Roxette.
Roxette was my favorite rock band. When I was a kid I was unpopular and spent a lot of sad nights by myself in my room. One night I hear Fading Like a Flower on my little clock radio and my life changed after. Marie's voice was like an angel. I discovered more and more of her music, buying not just their Cds but also piano music as I took lessons. Seeing them perform was on my bucket list and was so thankful I could see them perform in NYC about 2011. They put on a great show and I had such fun with my wife. Now that I also teach piano privately I will keep Marie's legacy going by having my students learn their music. Thank you Marie for being that angelic voice I needed to hear so many years ago. You saved my life that night and know Heaven's Choir is that much greater today with you joining them!
Dear Mary and family...
It is so dificult express my feelings today. I am so proud of you, your husband and your kids because all of you gave us the best example of a family must be, always together supporting each other everyday.
Thanks you so much for every moment that you shared with us trough your music. You will be always in my heart. BLove
Her voice was an incentive and a pain balm that I suffered in childhood and adolescence. Instead of resorting to the typical vices, my only vice when I had time was to listen to Roxette. Again and again at the beginning I put the same songs (The Look and Joyride). Later, when I managed to buy Joyride's cassette, I listened to them day and night. That was how I continued to buy his records, cassettes and then CDs. They were my pills for depression, and thanks to Marie I was interested in learning English.
I have followed their trajectory for almost 30 years, and when I had the chance I saw them in 2001 in Barcelona and Madrid, then I saw them again at the National Auditorium in CDMX and I was fortunate to receive a hug from them.
Shealways beautiful in all aspects, so real, sings passionate author, her voice, her charisma, always human, simple, always Marie.
Kisses and hugs to heaven my favorite vocalist ?.
#ThingsWillNeverBeTheSame
Ho cantato centinaia, migliaia di volte le canzoni dei Roxette sognando di possedere la tua voce. Per me non morirai mai.
Que decir, sin palabra, creci con tu música, creci con la música de roxette, una voz inigualable. Hoy la música está de luto. Se fue un ser maravilloso. Marie Siempre estarás presente en mi. Seras eterna. ?????
My heart goes out to you and your family! You will be truly missed and the world will be a sadder place without you. You have touched so many people with your immense talent, beautiful voice and good heart, god bless your soul! Heaven just added its brightest star!!!! Love forever...❤?❤
I was so sad to read the news that Marie has passed. I have so many happy memories of Roxette’s music. Playing The Look, the album, on a loop on my Walkman was my go to soundtrack on my paper round as a boy. The joyful music was a welcome escape from an otherwise dull life.
Anticipating every album, every music video and just melting at the power of Marie’s voice. As an adult I have continued to enjoy the music and joy. I was thrilled to get to enjoy Roxette and Marie’s amazing voice live in 2012. This was something I thought would never happen after Marie’s illness. She was just as fantastic as I had imagined.
We have lost a true star who was loved and brought love and happiness to many. Thank you for sharing Marie with us.
Very sad news in a rainy days, in the wetly trees and road. I am a big Roxette since i was 12 years old. Marie's voice almost colouring my whole days... this sad news shocking my breath...Rest in peace, my dear. You always live here in my heart. Unreplaceable forever. No voice like you, no rainbow like yours ..
Dearest Marie! Today is such a sad day after hearing that you got your wings. For 28 years you and Roxette were in my life and even though you're not here anymore you will still be a part of it forever. "Joyride" was my first Roxette album and I was connected to your music from the start. That connection can never be broken, not even by your passing. You will be missed terribly! My deepest condolences go to your family and friends ?❤❤
One of the greatest and most beautiful souls to grace this earth with her presence. I met her many times and she was very gracious, kind and loving. Her voice is the stitching to the quilt of my life....
Today is a very sad day for all Marie/Roxette fans but it must be even more intense for her family, Mikael, Oscar and Josefin. My prayers and thoughts are with them and all the Roxette fans all over the world.
It truly has been an honour and listening to your voice and your heart was like a long joyride and we will always have the power of technology to serve as your memory lives on in your beautiful music. Marie, as you Go to Sleep, we will think about you.
To Per, Gabriel and Asa, our thoughts and condolences to you both as well.
Love forever - Roxette forever
I have had the pleasure of seeing Roxette perform live 4 times and were the band I went to see for my first ever concert in Glasgow in July 1992. I fell in love with them when It Must Have Been Love was released and bought every CD album, single, video and poster I could find. My best friend Caroline Lennox was also a huge fan and saw them perform at Ingliston, Edinburgh in November 1994. Sadly my best friend passed away also from cancer in September 2017 and she never had the chance to see the band perform again although we had planned to travel to Berlin in July 2016 to attend a concert however these were sadly cancelled due to Marie’s ill health. Marie was our teenage years, our twenties and our thirties. I often listen to Roxette as it brings happy memories of my best friend and why I fell in love with Roxette in the first place. No group have ever come close to my love for Roxette. Glasgow July 2012 and Berlin June 2015 were my final two concerts and I will cherish those memories forever too. Sleep tight Marie and thank you so much for the memories. Just like Caroline you certainly had The Look xxx