Jörgen Lindström

Carl Jörgen Lindström (born May 19, 1951 in Nacka, Sweden) is a Swedish former child actor.

Jörgen Lindström
Lindström with Ingmar Bergman on the set of The Silence (1963).
Born
Carl Jörgen Lindström

(1951-05-19) May 19, 1951
Nacka, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationActor
Years active1959–1966

Having been born in 1951,[1] he was a child when director Ingmar Bergman cast him in a prominent role in his 1963 film The Silence.[2] His character of Johan has been described as representing the one who perceives.[3] Bergman cast him once again in his 1966 psychological drama Persona.[2]

Lindström also played child roles in other films, but in adulthood ceased acting and moved into a career in a film laboratory.[4] Author David Thomson expressed uncertainty as to his whereabouts by 2015.[4]

Filmography

Source:[5]

Bibliography
  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 292-293.

References
  1. Thomson, David (2015). How to Watch a Movie. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 225. ISBN 1101875402.
  2. Wood, Robin (2006). Personal Views: Explorations in Film. Wayne State University Press. p. 195. ISBN 0814340067.
  3. Koskinen, Maaret (2010). Ingmar Bergman's The Silence: Pictures in the Typewriter, Writings on the Screen. University of Washington Press. p. 124.
  4. Thomson, David (2015). How to Watch a Movie. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 225–226. ISBN 1101875402.
  5. "Jörgen Lindström". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 October 2017.


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