Roger Palm

Roger Palm (31 March 1949 – 22 September 2024 ) was a Swedish drummer. He played drums on ABBA recordings in the 1970s.

ABBA Roger met Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus in the early 70s. Palm's first ABBA-related recording was on a solo single by Anni-Frid Lyngstad and produced Andersson. His first recording with ABBA was "Rock'n Roll Band", recorded in August 1972 and released in 1973. Palm was not the main drummer for the band, as Ola Brunkert played on more tracks, but Palm did play on singles including "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "Thank You For The Music" and "Take A Chance On Me". He also played on "Satellit", a hit song for Ted Gärdestad who represented Sweden in the 1979 Eurovision song contest with the song. He was 75.