Fredrik Lindström

Fredrik Lindström (* June 27, 1963 in Eskilstuna ) is a Swedish author, editor, comedian and linguist.

Training

Fredrik Lindström studied literature, aesthetics and the history of ideas and completed a postgraduate education in Nordic languages ​​. He also attended the School of Journalism Poppius.

Lindström began a doctoral dissertation on the history of Swedish language Mälartalregion at Uppsala University, which he has since put on the basis of his wide-ranging activities in radio and television and as a writer on ice.

Activities

Lindström was known as a contributor in the entertainment Hassan ( prank phone calls at random selected ) and minutes in På ( On the minute, a Swedish version of Just a Minute on BBC ) in the Swedish public broadcasting. In the 1990s he became a comedian in the youth channel ZTV on ( Tommy på vita Duken ( Tommy on the canvas ) ), was co-author of the screenplays for the comedy series c / o Segemyhr and Detta har hänt (This is happening) for the Swedish television and produced in 2001 the fictional documentary Harry Victor. He also appeared in the television series Ingesson, Pangbulle and Pentagon and was the program director.

Lindström produced the feature films Vuxna människor (adult man, 1999) and Känd från TV ( known from TV, 2001).

In 1999 he joined as a stand- up comedian on in Stockholm. From the recordings of these evenings the CD Matapa (1999) was born.

The Swedish television aired from 2002 to 2003 his series Värsta språket ( The worst language ) from that deals on popular scientific level with the Swedish language. From the series was Lindström's eponymous book, which came out in 2000, Albert Bonnier. The successor to this series is dialektmysterier Svenska ( Swedish dialect mysteries ), a humorous documentation for various Swedish dialects, the Swedish TV Price crystals in the category received infotainment 2006.

The two series are concerned not only with the language itself, but also ask for the race of men, who speaks and who contributed what cultural and historical developments to what is spoken in Sweden. Lindström combines his knowledge of the history of language with his comedic talent, which makes the program very entertaining. He succeeds so well, to convey its contents despite the relatively theoretical subject matter easy to understand. The same is true for his series Världens modernaste country ( the most modern country in the world ), which was sent in January 2007. In it Lindström deals with the question of what is Swedish and unschwedisch what makes the Swedish mentality and how it might come to be. With historians and ethnologists he discusses in the television studio, but also interviewed in Sweden foreigners living their impressions. 2007 toured the author then with a show by Sweden, based on this recent television series.

Since 2009, Lindström acts as a " referee " in the general knowledge -based global entertainment show " På spåret " of the Swedish television on, which is a long-standing popularity with a wide Swedish television audience pleased.

Lindström's various books (see below) deal with cultural phenomena and eccentricities of Sweden and especially the language books have become a sales success with his compatriots. In German has only been Where, please, leads to real life? published.

• Vem är vem är och Björn Benny och andra intressanta Mysterier
• Svitjods undergång och Sveriges födelse
• Vad gör alla superokända människor hela dagarna?
• Världens språk dåligaste: Tankar språk om och männsikan idag
• Jordens smartaste ord. Språkliga Gator och mänskliga TÆNK
• Jag är en san som bara vill ligga med dig

CD

• Matapa