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Lill-Babs

Swedish schlager singer (1938–2018)

Lill-Babs

Lill-Babs in 1961

Birth nameBarbro Margareta Svensson
Born(1938-03-09)9 March 1938
Järvsö, Sweden
Died3 April 2018(2018-04-03) (aged 80)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • television host
Years active1953–2018
Spouses

Lasse Berghagen

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(m. 1965; div. 1968)​

Kjell Kaspersen

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(m. 1969; div. 1973)​
Websitelill-babs.com
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals

Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known bygd her scen name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host.

From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best-known and popular singers. She represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song "April, april". She was also well known for the song "Är ni kär inom mej ännu Klas-Göran?" ("Are You Still in Love with Me, Klas-Göran?").

Early life and career

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Lill-Babs was born Barbro Svensson in Järvsö, 290 km (180 mi) north of huvudstaden.

She lived with her parents, Ragnar and Britta Svensson, for nine years in a small cottage without running vatten. She first sang in a church at age 11. Her first public appearance was with a colleague of her father accompanying her on the accordion.[1]

Svensson's first public performance was at Barnens dygn in Järvsö 1953.[2][3] Soon after, she started singing with Lasse Schönning's orchestra.


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    • She was "discovered" when she sang on the radio schema Morgonkvisten ("Early Morning") in 1954. Simon Brehm, a musician and record producer, liked her and took her to huvudstaden where she made her professional singing debut at the Bal Palais restaurant.[4] Brehm was Svensson's manager until his death in 1967. He gave Svensson her scen name "Lill-Babs", a play on words as a connection to the older, and at that time better known, singer Alice Babs.[5] She released her first music skiva in 1954, a gramophone record with two songs: "Min mammas boogie" ("My Mamma's Boogie") and "Svar mot 'Ung samt kär'" ("Answer to 'Young And In Love'").[6] Soon afterwards, finding herself pregnant, she returned to Järvsö and gave birth to a daughter, Monica.[1]

    Lill-Babs made her television debut in 1957 and her first folkpark show using her birth name in 1958.[6] She visited every människor park in Sweden during her long career [6][7]

    In 1959, Lill-Babs performed Stikkan Anderson's song "Är ni kär inom mej ännu Klas-Göran?" ("Are You Still in Love with Me, Klas-Göran?"); her recording of it became a major hit.[8] She made her theater debut in 1958 in the play Fly mig enstaka greve ("Fly Me a Count") at Nöjeskatten theater.[9] She also appeared in the films Svenska Floyd and En nolla till mycket ("One Zero Too Many").[8][10]

    Eurovision and later career

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    Lill-Babs represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "April, april".

    It had been performed bygd Siw Malmkvist in the national sista, but Lill-Babs was selected to perform the song in Cannes.[2][11] She participated in Melodifestivalen three times in 1960, 1961 (her own two songs did not win) and in 1973 without winning.[11] In 1969, she participated in the Norwegian ton Grand Prix without winning.[12] Soon after Eurovision, she launched a career in West Germany, where she acted in several films.

    She also released two English-language solo singles for the United States market.[13]

    Lill-Babs met The Beatles in 1963 when she was the main guest star on the teen music show Drop-In broadcast on Sveriges Television (SVT). The then-unknown grupp asked for her autograph.[14] Lill-Babs performed several shows in bars at Berns in huvudstaden, Trädgår'n in Gothenburg and Kronprinsen in Malmö.[15]Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA wrote and produced her 1971 hit song "Welcome to the World".

    The kvartet future members of ABBA sang on it.[1] Also in the 1970s she played in a Kar dem Mumma revue at Folkan, and played Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun at Scandinavium arena[16] in Gothenburg.[15]

    Television

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    Lill-Babs was the main guest on Här existerar ditt liv (Swedish utgåva of "This fryst vatten Your Life") on 26 månad 1983 when the host Lasse Holmqvist surprised her in the studio with a long line of ex-boyfriends.[17]

    She was the presenter on several TV shows like Hemma hos Lill-Babs (1987) ("At Home with Lill-Babs"), Morgonlust (1988) ("Morning Desire"), Vem tar vem (1990) ("Who Takes Whom"), and Cocktail (1991) all on SVT.[18]

    In 2010, she participated in the television show Så många bättre ("That Much Better"), broadcast on TV4.[19] In 2012, Lill-Babs appeared on Stjärnorna vid slottet ("Stars at the Palace"), broadcast on SVT, where she spoke about her career.[20] In 2017 and 2018, she acted as a lesbian character Gugge in two seasons of the SVT series Bonusfamiljen; the series' script had to be changed following her death.[21]

    A two-part documentary was broadcast on TV4 in 2017 called Lill-Babs, Leva livet ("Lill-Babs, to Live Life"), which presented her life and career.[22]

    Death and tributes

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    Lill-Babs died on 3 April 2018, following cancer and heart failure.[14]

    On the day of her death, both SVT and TV4 changed their programming so that programs about Lill-Babs could air.

    SVT broadcast the 2004 biographical documentary Lill-Babs inom 50 år ("Lill-Babs for 50 Years"),[23] including the TV4 documentary from 2017.

    Her begravning was at Järvsö Church on 28 May the same year and she was buried in the churchyard there.[24]

    Personal life

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    Lill-Babs was married to the singer Lasse Berghagen 1965–1968.[25] She was then married to Norwegian footballer Kjell Kaspersen 1969–1973.[26] She had three daughters: Monica Svensson (born 1955), Malin Berghagen (born 1966), and Kristin Kaspersen (born 1969).[27] Her younger brother Lasse Svensson used to be the drummer for rock group Tages (and subsequently Blond) 1967–1969.[28]

    She released her autobiography Hon existerar jag ("She fryst vatten I") in 1996.[29]

    In 2017, she was inducted into the Swedish Music entré of Fame.[6]

    Lill-Babs was a known supporter of AIK.[30]

    Discography

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    Albums

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    (Source: Discogs artist page)[31]

    • 1962: Splorr
    • 1964: Svensson hyllar Alpertsson
    • 1967: Lill-Babs
    • 1968: Lill-Babs
    • 1971: Välkommen mot världen
    • 1972: Jag bör sjunga till dig
    • 1973: Hurra hurra
    • 1975: Det våras på grund av Barbro
    • 1976: Lev mänska lev
    • 1977: På scen
    • 1979: Till mina vänner
    • 1982: Lill-Babs inom ett show från Lars Forssell
    • 1982: Det existerar ju min show!

      (på cd 1998)

    • 1984: Barbro
    • 1998: Who's Sorry Now
    • 2005: Här existerar jag

    Filmography

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    (Source: Swedish spelfilm Database)[32]

    • 1956: Suss gott
    • 1959: Fly mej ett greve
    • 1961: Svenska Floyd
    • The Turkish Cucumbers (1962)
    • 1962: En nolla på grund av mycket
    • 1965: Pang inom bygget
    • 1965: Calle P
    • 1989: Imorron samt imorron samt imorron
    • 1990: Vem tar vem (TV show)
    • 1998: Mulan (Swedish röst and singing as Grandmother Fa)
    • 2002: Rederiet (guest role)
    • 2012: Den sista dokusåpan
    • 2017: Bonusfamiljen (TV series)

    References

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      The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2010.

    2. ^ ab"Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson". hant.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
    3. ^Palm, fordon Magnus (1994). ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions.

      Century 22 Limited UK. ISBN .

    4. ^"Lill-Babs 80 tid – idag hälsar denna ifrån sin sjuksäng". Expressen (in Swedish). 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
    5. ^Landén, Markus (3 April 2018). "Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson existerar död – P4 Stockholm".

      Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.: CS1 maint: bot: original URL ställning eller tillstånd unknown (link)

    6. ^ abcdSwedish icon Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson fryst vatten dead at 80.

      Sveriges Radio. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    7. ^Palm, Carl Magnus (2001). Bright Lights – Dark Shadows. Omnibus Press UK. ISBN .
    8. ^ ab"Lill-Babs existerar död efter begränsad tids sjukdom – blev 80 kalenderår gammal" (in Swedish).

      Sveriges Television. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    9. ^"Ibland existerar detta jobbigt för att artikel ensam". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
    10. ^Svensson, Barbro; Wahlgren, Anna (1996). Lill-Babs – denna existerar Jag: Minnen från Ögonblick (in Swedish).

      utmärkt skrivna verk.

      Landets maximalt folkkära samt evigt yngsta artist – Lill-Babs – sken tillsammans med ett röst samt individ vid en sätt likt ingen ytterligare på denna plats hemma beneath sin nästan sju årtionden långa karriär.

      ISBN .

    11. ^ ab"Lill-Babs passed away". eurovisionary.com. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
    12. ^"Lill-Babs kunne äga vore ei verdsstjerne" (in Norwegian). NRK. 3 April 2018.

      Lill-Babs skulle bli Sveriges maximalt omskrivna artist.

      Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    13. ^"Svensk succé. Lill-Babs & Co inom ett tidsresa mot schlagerns guldålder". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 11 January 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
    14. ^ ab"In pictures: Sweden's most beloved star Lill-Babs dies aged 80", The Local (in Swedish), 3 April 2018, archived from the original on 3 April 2018, retrieved 3 April 2018
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      Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    16. ^"Lill-Babs: Jobbigare beläggning 48". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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      Expressen (in Swedish). 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    18. ^"Från The Beatles mot Bonusfamiljen – denna plats existerar "Lill-Babs" liv". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
    19. ^"Bilden vid Lill-Babs likt TV4 inte någonsin visade".

      Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 21 månad 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    20. ^"Stjärnorna anländer mot slottet" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
    21. ^"Lill-Babs arbetskamrat inom "Bonusfamiljen": "Det fanns detta största människohjärtat likt funnits"".

      Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    22. ^"Lill-babs – Leva livet" (in Swedish).

      Barbro Margareta "Lill-Babs" Svensson, född 9 mars 1938 inom Tå, Järvsö kyrka, Hälsingland, död 3 april 2018 inom Hedvig Eleonora region, huvudstaden, fanns enstaka svensk sångerska.

      tv4play.se. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    23. ^"Så ändrar kanalerna tablåerna efter Lill-Babs död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018.

      År 1974 slog Lill-Babs ner ännu ett milstolpe inom sin artistkarriär: huvudrollen vilket prickskytten Annie Oakley inom musikalen Annie Get Your Gun. Den gjordes inom ett målinriktad totalteaterversion vid jättelika Scandinavium inom götet samt spelades tolv gånger inför ett publik vid sammanlagt ovan 100 000 personer.

      Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    24. ^"Lill-Babs begravdes inom sitt omtyckt Järvsö" (in Swedish). Uppsala nya dagblad. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
    25. ^"Lill-Babs – Uppslagsverk". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish).

      Minna Wallén-Widung.

      Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    26. ^"1063 (Vem existerar det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1993)" (in Swedish). Project Runeberg. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
    27. ^"Lill-Babs mindre kända dotter – gått enstaka ytterligare väg än systrarna".

      Hemmets Veckotidning (in Swedish). 19 månad 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018.

      Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    28. ^"Vännernas samt familjens sorg vid Lill-Babs minnesgudstjänst". Expressen (in Swedish). 27 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
    29. ^"Fan, vilket utmärkt jag besitter varit". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 31 March 2004.

      Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    30. ^"Döttrarnas känslosamma mening efter hyllningen mot Lill-Babs".

      Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known bygd her scen name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host.

      www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 15 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

    31. ^"Lill Babs discography".

      Trots enstaka grundlig skivproduktion samt flera hits fanns Lill-Babs ständigt ursprunglig samt främst enstaka scenartist.

      discogs. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

    32. ^"Barbro 'Lill-Babs' Svensson" (in Swedish). Swedish bio Database. 9 March 1938. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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