Barbro is a female given name in Sweden, with the same origin as Barbara.123
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.45
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
References
References
- http://www.behindthename.com/name/barbro Behind a name
- "Etymology of Barbara". 10 January 2010.
- http://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/almanackan/namnens-ursprung-och-betydelse Swedish Academy (in Swedish)
- 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)
- http://spraktidningen.se/artiklar/2009/10/dalfolket-tar-med-sig-garden-i-namnet (in Swedish)