Schmetterling said on February 1, 2003 11:08:

I can start with the artice about marie in about 30 min. If you can wait that long? :-)

Pascal said on February 1, 2003 11:38:

Another picture from Roxette in the royal palace:

http://svt.se/content/1/c6/05/57/91/roxette290topp.jpg

Schmetterling said on February 1, 2003 12:02:

Here is the article about Marie... I’m sorry for any mistakes! :)

Yesterday Marie got a medal from the Swedish king. It was a very good day, now I only look forward, she said to aftonbladet.
For a long time it wasn’t sure if Marie had the strength to be present at the ceremony which she attended yesterday at Stockholm castle. It was her first official appearance in public. Together with Per Gessle she received a medal from the Swedish king for Roxettes achievements both in Sweden and international.

Today Marie talks exclusively about the medal and the future. This is very nice. Me and Per feel proud and honored, she says. Four months ago her braintumor was discovered and ever since the operation in which the tumor was removed her condition has been varying very much. There are ups and downs and it’s the state she’s in each day that determines how much she can do, Per Gessle said in an interview earlier this week. Now Marie tries to get back to a normal life. Aftonbladet learned that she gets radiation treatment twice a week in Stockholm. Furthermore she gets strong cytotoxic drugs which are supposed to prevent the tumor from spreading.

Any new tumors haven’t been found – in contrary to what expressen said yesterday. Marie is probably the one with least cancer in her body right now, thinking of how many times her body was examined, Per says.

Besides the medical help she gets, Marie also was offered help with the psychological part of the process. Furthermore Marie takes long walkes together with her husband to get her strength back. The rest of her time she is with her two children.

After the ceremony yesterday Marie was full of confidence. This was a very good day, now I onlöy look forward she says to aftonbladet. When the ceremony had ended (4.30 pm) Marie and her husband went over to Per and Åsa’s place to celebrate the medals.

The official appearance was no effort for Marie. Marie felt very fit, it was no effort for her, Marie Dimberg said. Some eyewitnesses gave the same picture of Marie: Marie seemed ‘sound to the core’, I didn’t get the impression that she was sick. She seemed happy and fit, Kristine Lugn said. (She’s an author who got a medal as well.)

Santi said on February 1, 2003 12:26:

I can translate that :D

Santi said on February 1, 2003 12:34:

“New Roxette song
Åkerlund returns after the recordings to Stockholm for “cutting works”. Here waits also the work with the video to Roxette’s single “Oppurtunity nox”. One of the two new songs that are included in the compilation “The Pop hits” (release 24 mars).
- Kristoffer Diös directs the video under my supervision. Per Gessle, Marie Fredriksson and I had a fantastic collaboration. This is how I work more willingly, when I come back to the same artists again and again, säger Jonas Åkerlund.”

Pascal said on February 1, 2003 12:42:

Thanx for the translation!

So it’s actually Kristoffer Diös who’s the director of the ON video? Maybe he can bring in some new ideas?