biography

Barbro Peterson (née Edwardsson) was born in Örebro, Sweden. She was married to renowned Swedish Formula One driver Ronnie Peterson, with whom she had a daughter, Nina Louise, born in November 1975. Following Ronnie's tragic death in 1978, Barbro faced profound grief and, sadly, took her own life on December 19, 1987. She was laid to rest alongside her husband in the Peterson family grave in Örebro, Sweden.