Barbro
# Barbro

Barbro is a female given name in Scandinavia, with the same origin as Barbara

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 a lot of confusion.

Noted bearers of the name include:

* Barbro Alving (1909–1987), Swedish journalist and writer
* 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 Westerholm (born 1933), Swedish politician
