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 |
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Birthday | 1924-01-26 |
Deathday | 2014-02-11 |
Gender | Female |
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Place of Birth | Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden |
Popularity | 0.7046 |