Kalle Christopher Jonathan Heino-Lindberg (born January 29, 1985,

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, Sweden) is a Swedish former professional

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. In Elitserien, Heino-Lindberg has played in Färjestads BK and

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. He has played for the Swedish team during the Junior World Championships. In his first season with Färjestads BK, 2005–06, he and the team won the Swedish Championship. Heino-Lindberg was drafted in the

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by the

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, in the 6th round as 177th pick overall. Heino-Lindberg has also performed in the musicals ''

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'' and '' Mio min Mio'', and played the role of Matti in the television series '' Eva och Adam''. He was a member of the rap duo Chris & Gino,Färjestads målvakt gör succé på sin nya scen
Aftonbladet and in the 2010s he started his career as a country musician under the name Chris Lindberg.

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Personal life

Heino-Lindberg is of

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descent through his father who is actor . Heino-Lindberg's maternal aunt is singer

Christina Lindberg Britt Christina Marinette Lindberg (born 6 December 1950) is a Swedish journalist known internationally for her work as an actress and glamour model in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Biography Lindberg grew up in a working-class home in Anned ...

, and his paternal grandfather Reino Heino was a competitive weightlifter at the international level.

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