Alice Babs

Swedish singer and actor (1924-2014)

Audience1.1K
Fame66.2
Momentum8.2

Source-basedRising

1.1K youtube followers

Audience1.1K
Fame66.2
Momentum8.2
Sweden rank#137
Wikipedia2.9K

Lived 1924–2014, aged 90Sweden

Sweden MusiciansSinger / Musician

Biggest on YouTube
1.1K
@Alice Babs - Topic
Wikipedia
33 languages
Cross-language footprint
Rank in Sweden
#137
Musicians
Era
1924–2014
Aged 90
Known for
'Swing It' Teacher
1940

Summary

Updated 2026-06-24

Hildur Alice Nilson, 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.