Roger Palm

Roger Palm (31 March 1949 – 22 September 2024^[1]) was a Swedish drummer. He played drums on ABBA recordings in the 1970s.

Roger Palm
Born	(1949-03-31)31 March 1949 Kyrktåsjö, Sweden
Died	22 September 2024(2024-09-22) (aged 75) Stockholm, Sweden
Instrument	Drums
Years active	1960s–2024
Formerly of	ABBA

ABBA

Roger met Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus in the early 70s.^[2] Palm's first ABBA-related recording was on a solo single by Anni-Frid Lyngstad and produced Andersson.^[3][4] His first recording with ABBA was "Rock'n Roll Band", recorded in August 1972 and released in 1973.^[5] Palm was not the main drummer for the band, as Ola Brunkert played on more tracks, but Palm did play on singles including "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "Thank You For The Music" and "Take A Chance On Me".^[3][6] He also played on "Satellit", a hit song for Ted Gärdestad who represented Sweden in the 1979 Eurovision song contest with the song.^[4]

Personal life

He was born in Kyrktåsjö in 1949. His first band, The Skymen, was formed in 1964 was a guitar band and then a dance orchestra.^[4] played in bands such as The Gimmicks and then the Beatmakers until 1974 before working as a session musician in 1970.^[4] He was also in the band Moonlighters in 1974.^[4]

Palm died from Alzheimer's disease on 22 September 2024.^[4][7][8][9] He was 75.