The iconic pop group Ace of Base was formed in Gothenburg in 1987 and consisted of Ulf Ekberg and siblings Jenny Berggren, Malin Berggren and Jonas Berggren. At first the band was called Tech Noir, and the breakthrough came in 1993 with the single “All that she wants”.
Documentary series about Ace of Base on Viaplay
In May 2024, the documentary series “Ace of Base – All That She Wants” premiered on Viaplay, where viewers can take part in interviews with Ulf Ekberg and Jenny Berggren, as well as see material that has never been shown before from the group’s heyday.
Photo: Press image/Viaplay/”Ace of Base – All that she wants”
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This is how Ulf Ekberg lives today – after the years in Ace of Base
For News24 has Ulf Ekberg told about how he lives today, roughly 20 years after the breakthrough, and whether we will see the group together again.
What does your life look like today? What do you work with?
– I work with some families in Europe, and we do a lot of so-called impact and sustainability investments. So we invest in companies that make this planet a little better, and that’s a very important calling for me.
– We work a lot with that globally, but also a lot in Sweden. I help Swedish entrepreneurs who have good ideas in impact and sustainability. Since then, I have been very involved in the Amazon. I have a big project in the Amazon, where I work with 200 tribes, protecting a huge area of rainforest from deforestation. I am in the Amazon at least four times a year and have offices in São Paulo and Bogotá.
The relationship between the Ace of Base members today
Ace of Base members’ relationship today
How much contact do you have with the other three members today?
– Jenny and I meet sometimes, and our daughters have contact. When we are in Gothenburg and go to Liseberg with the children, the children call each other and then we meet. And it’s really nice. But then we don’t talk business at all.
– I talked to Jonas a lot before covid. We had a lot of ideas and projects that we talked about, and since covid we haven’t had the same contact. But there have never been any problems with Jonas and me.
– Unfortunately, I have no contact with Malin. I haven’t seen her in 20 years. She has made her decision to live her life, and I respect that one hundred percent. So I haven’t tried to contact her either. But I get some reports from her siblings about how she is, of course.
Jenny Berggren and Ulf Ekberg at the Grammy Awards. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT
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Will Ace of Base ever be resurrected?
– It is, after all, “the billion dollar question”. If I had gotten exactly what I wanted, we probably would have done it. It is not completely straightforward. There is an aspect that Malin will never be there because she has dropped out.
– Will the other three of us ever play again? I’m not ruling anything out. I would think it was fun. Is this something we are talking about? Absolutely not. Not even close. We’ll see how this documentary lands. It might bring us together a little. Jenny is doing her solo thing, but who knows. I leave it unsaid. But there are no discussions going on right now anyway.
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