Petter Lindström

Petter Lindström (March 1, 1907 – May 24, 2000)^[1] was a Swedish-American neurosurgeon known for being the first husband of actress Ingrid Bergman. Their marriage ended in divorce due to her affair with filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.^[2][3]

Petter Lindström (left), with Ingrid Bergman (right)

Biography

Lindström was born in Stöde.^[2][4] He earned dental and medical degrees at the Heidelberg University and the Leipzig University.^[5]

Lindström met Bergman in Stockholm in 1933.^[1] They married in 1937 and had a daughter Pia.^[2] He moved to the United States, where he earned a medical degree from the University of Rochester in 1943.^[2] He eventually became a U.S. citizen.^[3][4][5]

In 1950, Lindström's marriage to Bergman ended in divorce due to her bearing Rossellini's illegitimate son, Roberto.^[5][6]

In 1954, Lindström married Agnes Ronavec and they had four children: Karl, Peter, Michael and Brita.^[1][2][5]

Lindström taught neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles.^[6][7] He also taught medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Utah.^[1] From 1955 to 1964 he was chief of neurosurgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Salt Lake City,^[2] and from 1964 to 1978 he held his own practice in San Francisco.^[6][7]

Lindström died on May 24, 2000, at the age of 93 in Sonoma, California.^[2][4][5][6]