Lindquist, Herman

Herman Lindqvist ( Swede. Herman Lindqvist ; born 1943, Stockholm ) is a Swedish journalist and writer.

Herman Lindquist
Herman Lindqvist
Herman Lindquist in 2013
Birth name	Herman Lindqvist
Date of Birth	April 1, 1943 ( 1943-04-01 ) (aged 76)
Place of Birth	Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden
Citizenship	Sweden
Occupation	Writer, autobiographer, journalist
Children
Awards and prizes

Lindquist was born into the family of Consul General Eric Lindquist and Brita, nee Larsson. He is a grandson of a trade unionist and politician Herman Lindqvist (1863-1932).

In 1964, Lindqvist became a student in Helsinki , then continued his studies in Stockholm and Gothenburg . Upon its completion, he was hired by the Gothenburg newspaper Handels-och Sjöfarts tidning ( Handels-o Shefarts tidning ). From 1967 to 1971 he worked at Aftonbladet , visiting Prague (1968), Paris (1969) and Beirut (1970) as its correspondent.

In 1971-1973, as a free correspondent, he was in Hong Kong , where he wrote for Expressen . Later he was hired by the newspaper and worked as its correspondent in Bangkok (1973–76) and Cairo (1976–1978). Subsequently, he collaborated with the TV channel “TV 1” and “ Sveriges Radio ” and at the same time published book-reports about his stay abroad.

Lindqvist later released the television series Hermans historia (The Story of Herman Lindqvist ; 1991-2002), as well as the book series Historien om Sverige (1992-2006) on Swedish history. Academic historians criticized his books for errors in facts and conflicting estimates ^[1] .

Lindqvist currently resides in Chambursi, not far from Paris.

In 2012, a scandal involving Lindqvist broke out. After announcing the name of Estella’s daughter born to the crown princess Victoria, he said in an interview that “ this name has nothing to do with the history of Sweden ”, that it is “ very inappropriate and pretty ugly ”, and that “ Estella” sounds like the name of the night club queen (nattklubbsdrottning) " ^[2] . As a result of this, the royal court was not included in the list of guests invited to the girl’s christening ^[3] .