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Also known as Barbara Christina Elisabeth Helsingius-Koski

Finnish singer and fencer (1937–2017)

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Type
Person
Country
FI
Active from
1937-09-27
Active to
2017-03-09

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Listeners
805
Total plays
4,370

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Barbara Christina Elisabeth Helsingius-Koski, née Helsingius (27 September 1937 – 9 March 2017), was a Swedish-speaking Finnish olympic fencer, singer and poet. She participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Trained as a gym teacher, she took her masters in pedagogy at Stanford University (1963). Interested in American art and folk music, she began to record, and her first release, (1966) was a collection of American folk songs, translated to Finnish. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Barbara+H

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Elisabeth
Gender
female
Citizenship
Finland
Place of birth
Helsinki
Place of death
Espoo
Languages spoken
Swedish
Native language
Swedish
Participant in
1960 Summer Olympics
Instrument
voice
Sport
fencing
Image
Barbara-Helsingius-1965b.jpg
Work location
Oslo
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date of birth
1937-09-27
ethnic group
Finland Swedes
date of death
2017-03-09
Commons category
Barbara Helsingius
cause of death
disease
start of work period
1960-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
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