Short answers, pulled from the story.
Barbro Margareta Svensson was born on the 9th of March 1938 in Järvsö, a small village north of Stockholm. She lived with her parents Ragnar and Britta Svensson for nine years inside a tiny cottage that lacked running water.
Simon Brehm gave her the stage name Lill-Babs as a play on words connecting to the famous singer Alice Babs. Lill-Babs died on the 3rd of April 2018 following cancer and heart failure.
Lill-Babs represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Cannes during 1961 by performing the song April april which had previously been sung by Siw Malmkvist in the national final. The competition did not bring victory but it opened doors elsewhere.
She participated in Melodifestivalen three times without winning in 1960 and 1961 and again in 1973. Her entry into the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 1969 also ended without a win.
Her funeral took place at Järvsö Church on the 28th of May the same year. She was buried in the churchyard there where she had first sung in a church years before.