1996 was a year full of activities: the recording of a ballads album in spanish with Roxette, the recording of a new Marie solo album ("I En Tid Som Vår") and the birth of Marie's and Micke's second child, Oscar Mikael. Even in this same year, Frida (from Abba) released a new solo album, “Djupa andetag”, which included a duet of Marie with her, “Alla Mina Bästa År”.

The new Marie's album contained two songs, "Tro" and "I En Tid Som Vår" which appeared in the Colin Nutley film, "Sånt År Livet".

The following year there were some Marie appearances: first she joined up with the Nissan Jazz Band again to perform 4 songs to celebrate their 20th anniversary, and a few weeks later, she joined Per in a song at the release party of his new solo album.