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Alice Babs

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

January 26, 1924(90)

Day of Death

February 11, 2014

Place of Birth

Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden

Also Known As

Alice SjöblomHildur Alice Nilson

Alice Babs

Acting

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.

Known For

Filmography