Frida was born in Ballangen a small Norwegian Village about 30  Kilometers west of Narvik, at that time 1945 the country was still  occupied by the Germans who ruled the country by fear promoting the Nazi Regime as the way forward.

At that time Synni Lyngstad. Frida's Mother had Befriended a German Soldier named Alfred Haase 25 years of age, being 6 years Synni's senior, gradually they began to trust each other and fell in love. At no time did Synni think or see him as the enemy in any way she just saw a man far from home performing a duty he hated.
 
Regardless of warnings from family and friends Synni continued to see Alfred in secret, the scandal soon became common knowledge and people started talking. the end of the war came quickly so Alfred had to return to Germany but promised Synni he would return as soon as possible Synni dare not tell him she was pregnant asAlfred was already Married in Germany. Ann-Frid Lyngstad. was born on the 15th of November 1945, the inhabitants of Ballangen called her German Child and insulted Synni as she walked up the street with her child, however Synni could not care less, Frida was too important to her, she also believed that Alfred would return to her but to no avail she never heard from him, it was then that Synni decided to leave her home town.
Synni found work in the south and left Anna- Frid in the care of her Mother , she  eventually crossed the  Swedish border  with her Grandmother Agny.-Agny rented a small two roomed flat and worked as a dressmaker and when money was short at the end of each month Agny would wash dishes in a Cafe so she could make ends meet.

So far away from her family and daughter Synni could stand it no longer, with no news of her love Alfred she left her job in Norway and travelled to Torshalla to be with her family. Synni found a job as a waitress but after some months became seriously  ill and died at the young age of twenty one.