How Ace of Base overcame death threats, vile abuse and fan attacks to become 90s pop icons

ICONIC 90s popular radical Ace of Base faced harrowing ordeals including decease threats and instrumentality attacks.

The band's philharmonic travel is explored successful a caller documentary, Ace of Base: All That She Wants.

Formed successful 1987, they had their archetypal worldwide deed with debut medium Happy Nation.

Their different notable songs see All That She Wants, Beautiful Life and Cruel Summer.

Behind the success, the set faced terrifying offstage experiences - including threats to their lives.

Here is simply a look astatine immoderate of these past instances.

Death threats

Among the band, Ulf Ekberg was the lone non-sibling subordinate successful Ace of Base.

In his teen years, the instrumentalist had been progressive with a radical of "angry" young extremists.

After deciding to permission that manner behind, Ulf incurred the group's choler - and decease threats.

He told The Sun Online: "For a fewer years, I was portion of a precise convulsive gang.

"But I woke up erstwhile I was 17, 18, years old, and, realised that 'is this truly the beingness I want'? 

"So I decided to permission these guys behind, but they were precise angry.

"They thought I was a traitor, and they came aft maine precise violently. They wanted to termination me."

He continued: "“When [Ace of Base] became famous, they were adjacent much angry.

"And it became a beauteous large decease menace – they did effort to termination maine a fewer times.

“So it was a pugnacious time, due to the fact that besides the full set was threatened. 

"It was not lone me, but they went aft maine especially.

“We’ve got 4 radical lasting connected the stage. So of course, it was unsafe for each of us."

Knife attack

In 1994, set subordinate Jenny Berggren faced a terrifying weapon onslaught successful her parents' home.

Jenny, present 52, was awoken by a pistillate holding a hunting knife.

The intruder, who claimed to beryllium fan, held a weapon to the singer's pharynx and grabbed her hair.

Jenny's parent Birgitta received stab wounds successful some hands portion disarming the attacker.

Speaking to The Sun Online, Jenny said: "There was humor each implicit the place, my parent got caught..

"So, yeah, that was bad, but besides my parents were there, truthful I wasn't alone.

"I don't cognize what would've happened if they weren't there."

She added: "I deliberation that nighttime made maine a existent artist.

"I had to see what was important for me. And fans were important.

"So aft that, I became dedicated to fans, due to the fact that it was lone 1 idiosyncratic who got brainsick 1 night.

"That wouldn't wounded the different ones who were lovely, fantastic and had large moments and memories from our songs."

Fraught narration with father

Ulf Ekberg and his begetter were estranged for a fig of years.

Speaking to The Sun Online, the instrumentalist said: "When I was a teenager, I mislaid my narration with my dad.

"I became a precise mislaid teen and aggravated teenager.

"My begetter was precise convulsive to maine and precise abusive.

"I near location erstwhile I was 16 years old, and didn't talk to him until I was much, overmuch older."

Negative absorption from location country

Although Ace of Base enjoyed worldwide success, their location nation's media effect was initially unpleasant.

Speaking to The Sun Online, Ulf outlined however Sweden had been acold from impressed with the band.

He said: "Criticism came chiefly from Sweden. I mean, I would accidental lone from Sweden, but it was rather large from Sweden.

"They truly said this was the worst happening they ever heard, and they were ashamed to beryllium Swedish due to the fact that Ace of Base was truthful crap.

"And proceeding that from your location country, it hurts, of course."

He added: "But then, connected the different hand, each day, we had news from countries that we reached fig 1 radio stations.

"Top of the Pops asked america to come. Then, aft years, America discovered the set arsenic well.

"So, we felt we had the satellite connected our broadside but not Sweden."

Continuing, the instrumentalist said: "We did merchantability multi platinum records successful Sweden arsenic well. We knew we had the fans there.

"It was conscionable the media that was not connected our side.

" And it took until conscionable recently, until we started to beryllium accepted."

He added however the Swedish euphony assemblage showed enactment upon the documentary's merchandise there.

Ace of Base were inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame successful September 2024.

Largely inactive since 2012, the set person not formally disbanded.

They person released demo tracks, portion Jenny continues to execute Ace of Base hits successful solo concerts.

Ace of Base: All That She Wants premieres successful the UK on Viaplay via Amazon Prime on November 18.