Alice Babs

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

'Swing It' Teacher

as Inga Danell

Så ska det låta

as Self

I dur och skur

as Greta Norman

Swing it, fröken

as Alice Lind

Swinging at the Castle

as Inga "Trollet" Larsson

Magistrarna på sommarlov

as Inga Danell

Musik ombord

as Ulla Wickström

Our Gang

as Alice Bergendahl

Resan till dej

as Gunborg Karlsson

A Singing Girl

as Inger Babs Jansson