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Barbara Helsingius

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Barbara Helsingius was a Swedish-speaking Finnish singer-songwriter and Olympic fencer who was born in 1937. She achieved early recognition as a member of the Finnish team at the 1960 Summer Olympics and later earned a master's degree from Stanford University. Helsingius is famous for her deep alto voice and for translating traditional Finnish music and Nordic songs into English and Finnish. Her debut studio album, Barbara (1966), featured Finnish translations of American folk music. Her discography includes the studio recordings Olipa kerran (1978), Speiling (1981), and Tuulen niityillä (1992). For her contributions to culture, she received the Hambestipendiet (1989) and the Nils Ferlin-prisen (1994). She died in 2017.
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