{{short description|Swedish actor (born 1937)}} {{expand Swedish|topic=bio|date=March 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | name = Frej Lindqvist | birth_name = Frej Gunnar Volter Lindqvist | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|10|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Helsinki, Finland | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1961–2017 | spouse = Christina | children = 2 | awards = Thalia Prize (1982) }}
'''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== Frej Gunnar Volter Lindqvist, who is a Swedish-speaking Finn, was born in Helsinki, Finland on 13 October 1937.<ref name="SFI">{{Cite web |title=Frej Lindqvist |url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=66520 |accessdate=4 March 2014 |work=The Swedish Film Database}}</ref> During World War II, he was sent to Luleå, Sweden, as a Finnish war child.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lagerström |first=Robert |date=2017-10-11 |title=Frej har funnit styrka i sin dubbelidentitet |url=https://pressreader.com/article/281852938788440 |access-date=2025-07-12 |work=TTELA |language=sv |via=PressReader}}</ref> Lindqvist studied philosophy and literary history at Lund University before moving back to Helsinki where he studied at Svenska Teaterns elevskola from 1958 to 1960. He moved back to Sweden in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=66520#biography |title=Frej Lindqvist |last=Qvist |first=P.O. |date=2004 |website=Swedish Film Database |language=sv |access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
In 1982, he was awarded the Thalia Prize by ''Svenska Dagbladet''.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2006-08-15 |title=SvD:s Thaliapristagare |url=https://www.svd.se/a/75f73810-a34b-3a7a-aa63-ec23fab4a78e/svds-thaliapristagare |access-date=2025-07-12 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv |issn=1101-2412}}</ref>
== Personal life == Lindqvist and his wife Christina have two children.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-10-10 |title=Lite om: Frej Lindqvist |url=https://pressreader.com/article/282424169436669 |access-date=2025-07-11 |work=Hallands Nyheter |language=sv |via=PressReader}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''Woman of Darkness'' (1966) * ''A Handful of Love'' (1974) * ''I Am Maria'' (1979) * ''Den lilla björnen Paddington - kassettband (Berättarröst)'' (1979)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0512131|Frej Lindqvist}} *{{Sfdb name}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindqvist, Frej}} Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Swedish male actors Category:21st-century Swedish male actors Category:Swedish male film actors Category:Swedish male television actors Category:Male actors from Helsinki Category:Finnish emigrants to Sweden Category:Finnish refugees Category:Naturalized citizens of Sweden Category:Refugees in Sweden Category:Swedish-speaking Finns
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