Gottfrid Lindsten

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= Gottfried Lindsten

|image= Gottfrid Lindsten.jpg

|caption= Lindsten {{circa}} 1936

|order= 29th

|state=

|office= Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

|term_start= January 4, 1937

|term_end= January 2, 1939

|governor= Elmer Austin Benson

|predecessor= William B. Richardson (acting)

|successor= C. Elmer Anderson

|birth_date= June 27, 1887

|birth_place= Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1961|6|2|1887|6|27}}

|death_place= Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

|party= Farmer-Labor

|profession= Alderman, lobbyist, railroad conductor

|spouse= Pearle

|footnotes=

}}

Gottfried T. Lindsten (June 27, 1887 – June 2, 1961) was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.[http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/lt_gov/ltgov_25.htm Gottfrid T. Lindsten] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111122/http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/lt_gov/ltgov_25.htm |date=September 29, 2007 }} (Minnesota Historical Society)[http://collections.mnhs.org/governors/index.php/10004322 Gottfrid T. Lindsten] (State of Minnesota,)

Lindsten was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He had been employed as a railroad conductor and later as an alderman and lobbyist. He became Lieutenant Governor under Governor Elmer Austin Benson serving from January 4, 1937 – January 2, 1939. He was an alternate delegate to the 1944 Democratic National Convention from Minnesota. He died in Minneapolis in 1961.

[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lindsley-linduski.html#519.15.62 Lindsten, Gottfrid] (The Political Graveyard)