Frej Lindqvist (born 13 October 1937) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1961.

Early life

Lindqvist, who is a

Swedish-speaking Finn The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names—see below; ; ) is a linguistic minority in Finland. They maintain a strong identity and are seen either as a separate cultural, ethnic or linguistic group or, ...

, was born in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, Finland. During World War II, he was sent to

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...

, Sweden, as a Finnish war child. Lindqvist studied philosophy and literary history at

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before moving back to Helsinki where he studied at Svenska Teaterns elevskola from 1958 to 1960. He moved back to Sweden in 1964.

Selected filmography

* ''

Woman of Darkness ''Woman of Darkness'' or ''The Yngsjö Murder'' (Swedish: ''Yngsjömordet'') is a 1966 Swedish historical crime film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Gunnel Lindblom, Christina Schollin and Gösta Ekman. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios ...

'' (1966) * '' A Handful of Love'' (1974) * '' I Am Maria'' (1979)

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* * 1937 births Living people 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Swedish male film actors Swedish male television actors Male actors from Helsinki Finnish emigrants to Sweden Finnish refugees Naturalized citizens of Sweden Refugees in Sweden Swedish people of Finnish descent Swedish-speaking Finns {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub