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