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Alice Babs

Alice Babs

Acting
26 Jan 1924
11 Feb 2014
Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden

Biography

Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationally as a jazz singer, Babs also competed as Sweden's first annual competition entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. In 1972 she was named Sweden's Royal Court Singer, the first non-opera singer as such.

Also Known As

Alice Sjöblom, Hildur Alice Nilson

Photos

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