- Benny Andersson has a fortune worth at least US$ 130 million.
- He and his wife Mona were marriage witnesses when Tommy Körberg was secretly married to Ann-Charlotte Nilsson in a church in Trosa on 14 June 2007.
- In 2002 he was appointed Professor by the Swedish government.
- 6th April 1974: As a member of ABBA, he won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, in 1974, with the song "Waterloo".
- The name ABBA was comprised of the first letters of the first names of the group's members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
- Was nominated with collaborators Björn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch for Broadway's 2002 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for "Mamma Mia!"
- He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season) for Best New Musical for "Mamma Mia!", based on the music of ABBA.
- In 1998, he was awarded Sweden's Royal Order of the Seraphim by Konung 'King Carl XVI Gustaf'.
- Son Ludvig Andersson with Mona Nörklit and son Peter Grönvall and daughter Helena Grönvall with former girlfriend Christina Grönvall.
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