Alice Babs

Alice Babs
Nilson in 1940
Background information
Birth nameHildur Alice Nilson
Born(1924-01-26)26 January 1924
Kalmar, Sweden
Died11 February 2014(2014-02-11) (aged 90)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active1939–2004

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.

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