Barbro

Article summary

taken in Cannes in 1961 | Lill-Babs represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song "April, April" Barbro is a female given name in Sweden, with the same origin as Barbara. In a village in Dalecarlia, Barbro is also an "estate name", a unisex concept not taken into account in the Swedish name law, which leads to some confusion. Noted bearers of the name include: * Barbro Alving (1909–1987), Swedish journalist and writer * Barbro Eriksdotter (died 1553), Swedish noble * Barbro Feltzing (born 1945), Swedish Green Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2002 * Barbro Hietala Nordlund (born 1946), Swedish social democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–1998 and 2001–2006 * Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921–2015), Swedish film actress * Barbro Holmberg (born 1952), Swedish Social Democratic politician * * Barbro Kollberg (1917–2014), Swedish film actress * Babben Larsson (born 1956), Swedish actress and comedian * Barbro Lönnkvist (born 1959), Swedish orienteering competitor * Barbro Lindgren (born 1937), Swedish children's books writer * Barbro Martinsson (born 1935), Swedish cross-country skier * Barbro Nilsson (1899–1983), Swedish textile artist * Barbro Oborg (born 1941), Swedish actress * Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (born 1946), American diplomat * Barbro Sachs-Osher (born 1940), Swedish diplomat * Barbro Sundback (born 1945), Ålandic polit…

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1. date of birth: 1945 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372314558