Abba museum to open doors in Stockholm

A new museum dedicated to Swedish pop group Abba is to open its doors in Stockholm.

The museum, backed by former member Bjorn Ulvaeus, features some of the band's glitzy stage costumes, instruments and other mementos.

Visitors will also be able to sing along to Abba songs alongside life-size holograms of the group.

However, Mr Ulvaeus scotched rumours that the group might stage a reunion for the occasion.

"In the museum you can see us together again. That I think is the closest you could ever get," Mr Ulvaeus told reporters at the museum on Monday.

The museum has a 1970s disco dance floor for visitors to practise their moves, a space where they can audition to be the "fifth" member of the band and offers the opportunity to sit inside the famous helicopter that featured on the Arrival album cover.

The museum also includes a Swedish Music Hall of Fame and an exhibition chronicling the history of Swedish popular music.

Abba have sold almost 400 million albums around the world and a film featuring their hits, Mamma Mia!, is the most successful musical movie of all time. Almost 50 million people have seen the stage version of the production.