Dear marie, you shaped my youth with your wonderful hits. I am a big fan of yours and your voice. Unfortunately I could never see you on stage, but in my heart you will always live on. Thank you so much. Rest in peace ?
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”
6662 entries.
Dear Marie,
the Joyride-Tour was my first concert in the Berlin Waldbühne. This was so awesome and I saved my ticket for all this years. I know the songs of Roxette all so well and they bring me to all the Ups and downs of my life. From my first heartache, through my Diagnosis of Crohns Disease, through losses and good times. You both, Per and you, Marie, will stay in my life forever. Your sound fills up my heart forever and I will miss you much. Roxette meant so much to me and I think I’m not the only one. Hopefully you knew how important you and Roxette was. Everyday I try to follow you in your footsteps, you never give up your hope of cure and so will I, I envy your strength to fight so hard. Hope you found painfree peace in the end. Rest in peace. Love you much thanks for all you have given to me ?❤️
"I am singing for the people." Marie Fredriksson used to say. She was growing up in a family valuing basic social rights for everybody. Often she was singing about love. Love she was carrying in her voice: bittersweet, whipping, that jazzy & souly timbre and at the same time she seemed to be such a warm and loveable human being with that very special talent. Roxette's Joyride was my very first disc ever that I received as a birthday present in September 1991. I got addicted. Roxette released 10 albums since 1986. Marie at the same time published eight studio albums since 1984 - which enormous creativity! She wrote the most amazing songs in Swedish, created wonderful melodies and played the piano beautifully. My favourite Roxette Songs often were the ones written by both Per and Marie like "Hotblooded" (1991) or "Every Day" (2013). There are so many treasures that never received widespread attention: "Watercolours In The Rain" as the eighth of five teen songs in the very centre of Joyride is the heart of the album. And no other song on the "Have A Nice Day" opus contains as many organic instruments as Marie's "Waiting For The Rain" : Saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn, tambourine, strings, clavinet, piano, acoustic guitar... When I was 12 I went camping with friends and going there by car my friend's mum played Joyride for us over and over. What a Joyride indeed!! Most of us were singing along every song and listening to "I Remember You" even the last one would be able to join in: Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na - "... and I believed that summer would go on and on for the rest of my life." I remember hearing "How Do You Do" for the first time in Gothenburg. Being there as a kid on holiday in August 1992 it had just been released and came out of every second record store, café and restaurant. My god did Marie nail that refrain or what?! :"Did it ever make sense to you to cry bye, bye bye!" How I was looking forward to the much in advance announced "Crash Boom Bang" record...when it came out listening to it for the first time was Christmas and first day of Summer Vacation all at the same day. Marie seemed to be able to sing anything. Hymns like "Baesta Dagen" or "En Stund"- one can't stop wondering if there was anything that woman couldn't sing. As if she was taking off and invited us to fly away with her. 1998/99 I was living in the States. My roommate had brought a sampler from the UK containing "I Wish I could Fly". I didn't know that Roxette had published new music. Listening to that song, Marie's voice, felt like being at home, no matter where. All my gratitude also goes to Per Gessle for this absolute magnificent catalogue of timeless ongs. Roxette was there most of my lifetime. I've been listening to Roxette and Marie's solo albums since I was a kid, and I will do so in the future. Most Swedish vocabulary I know because of her. All my thoughts go to her family. First of all Marie Fredriksson was also a mother, wife, sister, aunt and friend. I am shocked and deeply sad. Reading all this heartfelt comments here is really great. Marie is my favourite singer and it feels wonderful to see how many people cherish her work. I never met her in person. I was lucky enough for seeing Roxette live in October 2001 in Leipzig and May 2015 in Paris. We were "So lucky you came by" Marie. Thank you for your courage, your strength, thank you for singing for us.
Tack Marie, tack för din soul, tack för att du var du, tack för ditt hjärta och tack för din gärning! Tack Marie för att DU har förgyllt mitt liv och att du kommer att fortsätta att göra så. Må du få vila frid Marie. Kramar/Gustav
It's so sad news that I can't believe. Thank you Marie for your great talent and voice. I had a chance to be at New Year's Concert 2000 in Warsaw and after in 2015. It was a great to hear you live!! Always in my heart and mind. RIP....
Thanks Marie! Thank you very much! You and your music will always be in my heart!
"May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face and may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars."
Dear Family Bolyos, we send you our condolences from Germany.
Cancer is a asshole… We lost a very good friend also on cancer some time ago. we knew it six months in advance, so we could still spend an intensive time with her. we hope you also had the opportunity to spend a lot of intensive time with Marie.
The mourning is the biggest for the husband and the children, we wish you so much strength in this bad time!
Dear Marie, you were a great singer, always the strong and my HEROINE! we could see you in Stuttgart in 2015 and three weeks later in Gothenburg, it was great and you were the greatest! We will never forget those concerts! Unfortunately you left everyone too early, thank you for your great music also as a solo artist and your entertaining. Our 13 month old daughter is called Marie, like you. That’s why you will be always be alive for us!
Dear Family Bolyos, we send you our condolences from Germany.
Cancer is a asshole… We lost a very good friend also on cancer some time ago. We knew it six months in advance, so we could still spend an intensive time with her. We hope you also had the opportunity to spend a lot of intensive time with Marie.
The mourning is the biggest for the husband and the children, we wish you so much strength in this bad time!
Your voice is in so many songs wich I connected to so many of my memories. It's like I can't imagine my life without them. Sounds that I have in my heart forever. Since my childhood I have been listening to Roxette songs. My older sister had a cassette of the Joyride album and most of the times it was in my Walkman. Everybody who ever had a Walkman knows you listened to the entire album, never skipping a song, because that cost your batteries. But with the Joyride album that didn't matter, every song was a good one and I listened to it the entire holyday on the backseat of my parents car on a trip to Sweden (wich was a coinsidence) Since then I never stopped loving Roxette.
For me you are the voice of Sweden and now singing together with the angels in heaven.
I bet you can teach them well, they have to start from scratch ;')
Marie I love you, You're on a cloud watching over us and you're voice is still inside my head, Forever
Thank you for the wonderful music throughout the years Marie , you and Roxette have been the music I go to when I’m sad and need cheering , and to celebrate achievements in my life ,
I’ve been lucky enough to see the band 6 times , and I cherish these memories , you were wonderful every time ,
You will be sadly missed , condolences to your family ,Marie has gone but her voice will remain in our ears and hearts forever x ??
I remember listening to Joyride over and over in my bedroom and on my Walkman when I was 15. I couldn’t get enough of the lyrics and the voice. Marie’s voice was rock power and it spoke to my soul. Everything else would melt away and I would be singing my heart out to how do you do as if nobody was listening. Roxette was my youth. Marie was confidence personified and an amazing inspiration for the teenage me. We have truly lost one of the greats. I will always treasure how Roxette’s music made me feel xx
It is interesting how some people can change other people's lives without even trying it, knowing about it, just by being themselves and doing their best. Marie was one of them. So special. I have admired her not only as a great singer but also as a person, for her strength and modesty which is so rare in the pop business and in life in general. Having heard the news of her death has made me so sad, the first person ever which I haven't known personally that made me feel so. It is like losing a part of me… once again in my life. And that's why I'm writing this, as a way of saying thank you. Jag vill tacka dig, Marie, för allt, för all den underbara musiken, för att du inte gett upp, för att du varit med oss. Du har betytt mycket för mig och jag kommer aldrig att glömma dig. Du och Per är en viktig del av mitt liv. Jag är så ledsen för din familj som var ett sånt stort stöd för dig. Mina varmaste kondoleanser.
I still remember a Saturday afternoon in late October 1989 - I was 13 years old, watching a popular German TV show called Formel 1 where they presented the current US Top 10 and among others they played the video for "Listen To Your Heart" (back then still at No. 9, think). I fell in love with this song instantly. It was not only the superb melody but also Marie's powerful and beautiful voice which made this song so amazing. And she looked so pretty in that black dress, barefoot. All the cover versions I heard later are such throwaway, stupid and bad songs. This moment has influenced my life so much. One of two songs (two bands) that have changed my life forever. I have become a Roxette fan ever since and this band has been an important part of my life for 30 years. I've never been fanatical trying to get in contact with them but I have never stopped listening to their music, buying their albums, looking for news, reading books about them, following their solo careers, even when the Roxette hype of the early 90s was over. Roxette are certainly not just 2 albums from 1988-1991 era to me. It has brought me so much joy during all these years. I am so thankful they have put out 3 more albums after Marie's recovery and went touring again. Roxette's latest CD Good Karma from 2016 helped me in a difficult time and I still love it. Being a Roxette fan has influenced me a lot. I have learnt Swedish, developed love for Sweden and visited it many times. And now…I am just sad, lost for words.
Dearest Marie (and Per),
Words can not even begin to express how much your music and moreso words have helped me through the darkest days and nights during times of my 38 years. I use to fall asleep listening to your voice. I even just fell asleep knowing my walkman with a Roxette tape was in my bed, comforting enough. I am so glad i mamaged to see you twice in concert in Cape Town and in London. I think we made eye contact in Cape Town and hope my eyes showed you just how grateful I am for you, your voice, the lyrics and music.
Thank you Marie. Sleep sweet.
Nadia x
Marie dziękuję za wszystkie wspaniałe chwile których byłaś częścią lub autorką. Twój głos towarzyszył mi przez całą młodość i dorosłość. Serce pęka z żalu po Twoim odejściu. Łączę się w bólu z Twoja rodziną i przyjaciółmi. Niech zastępy aniołów otoczą Cię miłością.
Dear Marie,
Such a beautiful voice taken our lives. Fly high with the riders in the sky. Thank you for being the most inspiring artist of my youth and grown up years. Time to join heaven’s Joyride. Xxx
Marie, your wonderful voice will be always in our heart! So sorry for your loss! When I've heard the sad news it was a great shock for me! Now you're singing with the angels!
Thank you! ???? you‘ll always be in my Heart
Грустно и тяжело на душе. Ощущение потери близкого человека. Мощная энергетика, невероятный голос...сколько раз ты спасала меня, не сосчитать. Мне больно, потому что я ничем не могла тебе помочь.
Спасибо, Мари, за то, что ты есть. Ты не ушла и никогда не уйдешь из моего сердца.
In the summer of 1989 on a TV show I could see for the first time the video of "Listen to yuor Heart" .. I had no idea where that castle was in ruins, those landscapes and especially that voice and song. Then there was no "internet" From there that voice, those lyrics and that country have accompanied me at every moment of my life. Today I am father and husband ... and I can say that they continue and will continue to accompany me ... Marie, your voice will always remain ... Thank you for everything ... Winter Angel ...