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Barbro

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A black-and-white photograph of Swedish singer Lill-Babbs taken in Cannes in 1961
Lill-Babbs represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song "April, April"

Barbro is a female given name in Sweden, with the same origin as Barbara[1][2][3]

In a village in Dalecarlia, Barbro is also an "estate name", a unisex concept not taken into account in the Swedish name law, which leads to a lot of confusion.[4][5]

Noted bearers of the name include:

References

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  1. ^ http://www.behindthename.com/name/barbro Behind a name
  2. ^ "Etymology of Barbara". 10 January 2010.
  3. ^ http://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/almanackan/namnens-ursprung-och-betydelse Swedish Academy (in Swedish)
  4. ^ https://www.metro.se/artikel/h%C3%A4r-%C3%A4r-byn-d%C3%A4r-m%C3%A4nnen-heter-barbro-xr Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  5. ^ http://spraktidningen.se/artiklar/2009/10/dalfolket-tar-med-sig-garden-i-namnet (in Swedish)