Background
Lindgren was born in 1932 in Österåker, north of Stockholm, Sweden.
Lindgren was born in 1932 in Österåker, north of Stockholm, Sweden.
He had his acting debut as a 10-year-old in 1942 in Vårat gäng by Gunnar Skoglund and starred in more than 40 film and television productions including Rännstensungar (1944), Barnen från Frostmofjället (1945) (where he starred Ante), Svenska Floyd (1961), and Bombi Bitt och jag (1968). In later years, Lindgren worked for the Riksteatern.