Petter Lindström (March 1, 1907 – May 24, 2000)[1] was a Swedish-American neurosurgeon known for his marriage to actress Ingrid Bergman, which ended in divorce due to her affair with filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.[2] [3]
Lindström was born in Stöde.[2] [4] He earned dental and medical degrees at the Heidelberg University and the Leipzig University.
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]
In 1950, Lindström's marriage to Bergman ended in divorce due to her bearing Rossellini's illegitimate son, Roberto.
In 1954, Lindström married Agnes Ronavec and they had four children: Karl, Peter, Michael and Brita.[1] [2]
Lindström taught neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5] 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.[5]
Lindström died on May 24, 2000, at the age of 93 in Sonoma, California.[2] [4] [6] [7]