[[File:Lill-Babs.jpg | thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= 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.<ref>http://www.behindthename.com/name/barbro Behind a name</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ewonago.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/etymology-of-barbara/|title = Etymology of Barbara|date = 10 January 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/almanackan/namnens-ursprung-och-betydelse Swedish Academy (in Swedish)</ref>
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 some confusion.<ref>https://www.metro.se/artikel/h%C3%A4r-%C3%A4r-byn-d%C3%A4r-m%C3%A4nnen-heter-barbro-xr {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013232004/https://www.metro.se/artikel/h%C3%A4r-%C3%A4r-byn-d%C3%A4r-m%C3%A4nnen-heter-barbro-xr |date=2017-10-13}} (in Swedish)</ref><ref>http://spraktidningen.se/artiklar/2009/10/dalfolket-tar-med-sig-garden-i-namnet (in Swedish)</ref>
Noted bearers of the name include: * Barbro Alving (1909–1987), Swedish journalist and writer * Barbro Eriksdotter (died 1553), Swedish noble * Barbro Feltzing (born 1945), Swedish Green Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2002 * Barbro Hietala Nordlund (born 1946), Swedish social democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–1998 and 2001–2006 * Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921–2015), Swedish film actress * Barbro Holmberg (born 1952), Swedish Social Democratic politician * Barbro Kollberg (1917–2014), Swedish film actress * Babben Larsson (born 1956), Swedish actress and comedian * Barbro Lönnkvist (born 1959), Swedish orienteering competitor * Barbro Lindgren (born 1937), Swedish children's books writer * Barbro Martinsson (born 1935), Swedish cross-country skier * Barbro Nilsson (1899–1983), Swedish textile artist * Barbro Oborg (born 1941), Swedish actress * Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (born 1946), American diplomat * Barbro Sachs-Osher (born 1940), Swedish diplomat * Barbro Sundback (born 1945), Ålandic politician * Barbro Margareta Svensson (Lill-Babs) (1938–2018), Swedish singer * Barbro Westerholm (1933–2023), Swedish politician
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