Alice Babs | |
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 Nilson in 1940 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hildur Alice Nilson |
| Born | 26 January 1924 Kalmar, Sweden |
| Died | 11 February 2014 (aged 90) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1939–2004 |
Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer.[1] 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.