Lindeman is a German, Dutch, Norwegian and

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 58.8% of all known bearers of the surname ''Lindeman'' were residents of the United States (frequency 1:55,620), 16.5% of the Netherlands (1:9,286), 7.6% of Finland (1:6,521), 3.5% of

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(1:61,911), 3.0% of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(1:29,570), 2.1% of Russia (1:621,945) and 1.9% of Canada (1:176,067). In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,521) in the following regions: * 1. Åland (1:1,009) * 2. Central Finland (1:2,029) * 3. Southwest Finland (1:3,518) * 4. Päijänne Tavastia (1:4,148) * 5. Pirkanmaa (1:4,156) * 6.

Kainuu Kainuu ( sv, Kajanaland) is one of the 19 regions of Finland (''maakunta'' / ''landskap''). Kainuu borders the regions of North Ostrobothnia, North Savo and North Karelia. In the east, it also borders Russia (Republic of Karelia). Culturally Kai ...

(1:5,120) * 7. Ostrobothnia (1:5,607) * 8. Kymenlaakso (1:6,104) * 9. Tavastia Proper (1:6,190) In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,286) in the following provinces: * 1.

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

(1:4,317) * 2.

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...

(1:6,121) * 3. Utrecht (1:6,514) * 4.

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

(1:6,629) * 5.

Flevoland Flevoland () is the twelfth and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the countr ...

(1:6,662) * 6.

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

(1:8,411) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:29,570) in the following counties:Lindeman surname distribution
/ref> * 1. Västmanland County (1:7,860) * 2. Örebro County (1:10,186) * 3. Södermanland County (1:10,341) * 4.

Norrbotten County Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares border ...

(1:20,901) * 5. Östergötland County (1:23,031) * 6. Västernorrland County (1:24,396) * 7. Värmland County (1:25,221) * 8.

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

(1:28,045) * 9. Uppsala County (1:29,147)

People

* Bert-Jan Lindeman (b. 1989), Dutch road

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racer *

Douglas (D. L.) Lindeman Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals *Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking * Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...

(b. 1968), American novelist *

Eduard C. Lindeman Eduard C. Lindeman (May 9, 1885 – April 13, 1953) was an American educator, notable for his pioneering contributions in adult education. He introduced many concepts of modern adult education in his book, ''The Meaning of Adult Education''. Backg ...

(1885–1953), American educator * Fredrik Otto Lindeman (b. 1936), Norwegian linguist (a.o. known for

Lindeman's law Sievers's law in Indo-European linguistics accounts for the pronunciation of a consonant cluster with a glide ( or ) before a vowel as it was affected by the phonetics of the preceding syllable. Specifically it refers to the alternation between ...

) *

Henry Lindeman Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal ...

(1902–1961), American woodwind player a.o. known for the Lindeman-Sobel approach *

Jan Christiaan Lindeman Jan Christiaan Lindeman (26 June 1921 – 18 July 2007) was a Dutch botanist specialized in the Flora of Suriname. Lindeman worked in the Brazilian state of Paraná for years. He also worked as a scientific researcher at the herbarium of Utr ...

(1921-2007), Dutch botanist * Jim Lindeman (b. 1962), American baseball player *

Kurt Lindeman Kurt Lindeman (born 1 January 1932) is a Finnish épée and foil fencer and modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games o ...

(b. 1932), Finnish fencer *

Lars Lindeman Lars Sebastian ”Basse” Lindeman (23 March 1920, in Viipuri– 14 September 2006, in Lahti) was a Finnish politician and ambassador. Lindeman completed his degree in agricultural engineering in 1944. He worked in the municipality of Ingå si ...

(1920–2006), Finnish politician * Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812–1887), Norwegian composer and organist *

Ole Andreas Lindeman Ole Andreas Lindeman (17 January 1769 – 26 February 1857) was a Norwegian musician, organist, composer and music educator. He was born in the parish of Øye in Surnadal, Norway. After graduating from Trondheim Cathedral School, Lindeman att ...

(1769–1857), Norwegian organist and music teacher * Osmo Lindeman (1929–1987), Finnish composer and music pedagogue *

Peter Brynie Lindeman Peter Brynie Lindeman (February 1, 1858 – January 1, 1930) was a Norwegian organist, cellist, and composer.Grinde, Nils. 1980. Peter Brynie Lindeman. In: Stanley Sadie (ed.), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', vol. 11, pp. 1� ...

(1858–1930), Norwegian organist, composer, and cellist * Raymond Lindeman (1915–1942), American ecologist * Tamara Lindeman (b. 1984), Canadian actress and musician *

Trygve Lindeman Trygve Henrik Lindeman (November 3, 1896 – October 24, 1979) was a Norwegian cellist and the head of the Oslo Conservatory of Music for two generations. Lindeman was born in Kristiania (now Oslo). After passing his university qualifying exam, h ...

(1896–1979), Norwegian cellist and conservatory director *

William Lindeman Lindeman was a name used by a series of piano manufacturers in New York in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The concern was founded by William Lindeman (1794–1875) on a small scale in Dresden in about 1822, and reestablished by him in New ...

(1794–1875), German piano manufacturer

Places

*The Lindeman Islands, part of the Whitsunday Islands. These include Lindeman Island, and form

Lindeman Islands National Park Lindeman Islands National Park is a national park covering the Lindeman Islands in Queensland, Australia, 885 km northwest of Brisbane. See also * Protected areas of Queensland Queensland is the second largest state in Australia. It ...

*Lindeman, a Klondike Gold Rush era settlement along

Lindeman Lake (Chilkoot Trail) Lindeman Lake, also known as Lake Lindeman, is a lake on the Chilkoot Trail in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is just south of Bennett Lake and northeast of the summit of the Chilkoot Pass. From the direction of the pass it is f ...

in British Columbia, Canada *

Lindeman Fjord Lindeman Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. History The outer part of the fjord was first surveyed by Carl Koldewey during the 1869–70 Second Germ ...

, Greenland

Other

Lindeman (characters) Lindeman is the surname of a large family of fictional characters portrayed by Swedish comedian Hans Alfredson in improvised monologues. Alfredson performed as Lindeman in the revues '' Gröna hund'' (1962), '' Gula hund'' (1964), '' Lådan'' (1966- ...

, created by

Hasse Alfredson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their p ...

* Lindemans Brewery, maker of

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beer

References

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