The Lindgren surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,300 people carried this name — #4,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,256 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lindgren surname

From lind (“linden”) + gren (“branch”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lindgren» (Swedish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Lindgren live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 17
Geneva 10
Zurich 9
Aargau 8
Obwalden 5
Basel-Stadt 3
Graubünden 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

26,250 people named Lindgren are counted in Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21,765
Finland (2026) 3,662
Norway (2025) 823

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Lindgren in American newspapers,
1907–1936.

Newspaper page from The Herald-Advance carrying the name Lindgren
The Herald-Advance 1907-02-22
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Lindgren
Evening Star 1936-10-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,051 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lindgren in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,346 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lindgren. The most, 308, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 800
New South Wales 188
Victoria 167
Western Australia 91
ACT (Canberra) 49
South Australia 21
Tasmania 9
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lindgren.

Who carried it

People named Lindgren,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henrik Gerhard Lindgren
    Henrik Gerhard Lindgren 1801–1879 · priest
  • Johan Magnus Lindgren
    Johan Magnus Lindgren 1817–1890 · politician
  • Erik Lindgren
    Erik Lindgren 1828–1911 · gardener
  • Ida Lindgren
    Ida Lindgren 1829–1909 · writer
  • Hilda Lindgren
    Hilda Lindgren 1833–1917 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Johan Magnus Lindgren: Unknown, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); Erik Lindgren: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Ida Lindgren: Unknown, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 256 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lindgren,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,097 records

1,097 records of the Lindgren name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 329
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 251
  • Other U.S. records 517
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert E. Lindgren

    Born 1917 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; apprentices to printing trade. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lydia Lindgren

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Fulda from Bremen and Southampton, aged 21; farmer. From Wasa, Finland, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert William Lindgren

    Born 1947; from Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,097 records for Lindgren in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Norway231 records

231 records of the Lindgren name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Elise Lindgren

    Census of 1910: Skistrædet, Skien; seamstress, born 1886 in Skien.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Johan Walfred Lindgren

    Census of 1910: Fredensborgvn, Kristiania; joiner, born 1877 in Sweden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Henriette Lindgren

    Census of 1910: Kjeaasen, Drangedal; seamstress, born 1893 in Solum.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 231 records for Lindgren in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Finland125 records

125 records of the Lindgren name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 66
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 59
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Eemil Lindgren

    Born 1892 in Heinola; labourer. Died in 1918 in Tammisaari, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Karl Valdemar Lindgren

    Born 1914 in Karjaa; farm labourer. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Karjaa.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Helmer Valfrid Lindgren

    Born 1920 in Uusikaupunki; tailor. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Turku.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 125 records for Lindgren in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Australia75 records

75 records of the Lindgren name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 27
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Other Australian records 25
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Franz Gust Lindgren

    Arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the Humboldt, aged 30.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John M. Lindgren

    Gardener of East Prahran, Victoria; died 1933.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Harry Lindgren

    Born 1912, died 1992; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 75 records for Lindgren in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada34 records

34 records of the Lindgren name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 18
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • Other Canadian records 10
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Pauline Lindgren

    Buried in 2001 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 98.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marion Lindgren

    Died 1952; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Erland Lindgren

    Died 1946 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 34 records for Lindgren in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands29 records

29 records of the Lindgren name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 22
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johan Marcus Lindgren

    Married in 1886 in Amsterdam; skipper, born in Bijgdio, Sweden.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Catrina Helena Lindgren

    Married in 1859 in Meerkerk.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Fritz Lindgren

    Married in 1932 in Eindhoven; born 1900 in Bielefeld, Germany.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Lindgren in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany5 records

5 records of the Lindgren name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Lindgren

    From Gerderswalde. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 30 July 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 2).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Fritz Lindgren

    From Berlin. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 8 January 1918; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 16 April 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Lindgren in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Lindgren name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Greta Cecilia Lindgren

    Born 1900 in Sweden; died 1991 in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alf Gehard Valdemar Lindgren

    Born 1914 in Sweden; died 1990 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Lindgren in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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