Ulf Linde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ulf Linde

Swedish linguist, Member of the Swedish Academy

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1929

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 12-Oct-2013

Profession: writer, composer, translator

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ulf Harald Linde (15 April 1929 – 12 October 2013) was a Swedish art critic, writer, museum director and a member of the Swedish Academy. Born in Stockholm, he was elected to the Swedish Academy on 10 February 1977 and admitted on 20 December 1977.
Linde succeeded the writer Eyvind Johnson to Seat No.11.
Linde was the director of the Thiel Gallery/Thielska Galleriet in Stockholm between 1977 and 1997. Ulf Linde was active as a jazz musician, mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
He played vibraphone and recorded with Arne Domnérus and Putte Wickman among others.