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Lindqvist is a surname of Swedish origin. It means 'linden twig' (lind means 'linden tree' (Tilia cordata), and kvist means 'twig.

In Sweden, about 23,000 people have this surname in some variation.^[1]Lindqvist is by far the most common spelling (69%), but frequent variations include Lindkvist (20%) and Lindquist (11%). Rare variations include Lindhqvist (0.09%, Lindqwist (0.07%) and Lindkuist (0.01).

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 73.8% of all known bearers of the surname Lindqvist (with this exact spelling) were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:608), 20.2% of Finland (1:1,240), 1.6% of Norway (1:1,075,153) and 1.4% of Denmark (1:17,976).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:608) in the following counties:

• 1. Västerbotten County (1:363)


• 2. Gotland County (1:424)


• 3. Gävleborg County (1:477)


• 4. Norrbotten County (1:495)


• 5. Blekinge County (1:515)


• 6. Uppsala County (1:530)


• 7. Dalarna County (1:553)


• 8. Södermanland County (1:554)


• 9. Kronoberg County (1:558)


• 10. Stockholm County (1:562)


• 11. Västernorrland County (1:584)


• 12. Jönköping County (1:599)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,240) in the following regions:^[2]

• 1. Åland Islands (1:221)


• 2. Uusimaa (1:673)


• 3. Ostrobothnia (1:743)


• 4. Southwest Finland (1:880)


• 5. Päijänne Tavastia (1:1,026)

People

• 
  Anders Lindquist, Swedish mathematician


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  Carl-Johan Lindqvist, Swedish luger who competed in the early 1990s


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  Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish professional tennis player


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  Ebba Lindqvist (1908-1995), Swedish writer and poet


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  Einar Lindqvist (1895–1972), Swedish ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
  


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  Emma Lindqvist, Swedish handballer


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  Erik Lindqvist (1886–1934), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
  


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  Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist(1862–1931), Swedish inventor


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  Hélène Lindqvist, Swedish-born soprano
  


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  Herman Lindqvist (politician), Swedish Social Democratic politician


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  Herman Lindqvist (journalist), Swedish journalist


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  Jenny Lindqvist, Swedish ice hockey player


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  Johan Anton Lindqvist, theatre director


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  John Ajvide Lindqvist, Swedish novelist and short stories author


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  Robin Lindqvist, professional Swedish ice hockey center


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  Sven Lindqvist, Swedish author


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  Sven Lindqvist (footballer) (1903–1987), Swedish soccer player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
  

Science

• 
  Fåhræus–Lindqvist effect, an effect where the viscosity of a fluid, namely blood, changes

See also

• Lindquist (disambiguation)

References

Surname list This page lists people with the surname Lindqvist. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.