Abs Light.

When you put the car in the on position should the ABS light go on? I have a suspicion that it is blown or unplugged . Winter is here in Sweden and I have had a couple of braking situation where I would expect the ABS to kick in but it didn't .As I understand the ABS light has a blinking sequence to help diagnose, similar to the CEL. No light hard to diagnose. Going to look at the cluster tomorrow.
Thanks!
Update: Took out the instrument cluster. Swapped around the bulbs and the ABS did not light up. Upgraded the lighting to LEDS. What a difference! Did the HVAC lights too.