Bengt Lindstrom was born in Storsjo Kappell, Sweeden. He attends the Isaac Grunewald (pupil of Matisse) Art School in Stockholm , the Copenhagen School of Fine Arts from 1944-1946, the Art Institute of Chicago, then trains under artists Fernand Leger in 1947 and Andre Lhote in Paris from 1947-1948. The first canvases of Bengt Lindstrom, portraits and self-portraits, are figurative. His first solo exhibition is organized in Stockholm in 1954. He makes friends with Bogart, Marfaing, Maryan and Pouget, and later Asger Jorn of whom he will have a certain influence. Lindstrom participates in numerous collective exhibitions in France and abroad. Over a period of several years, the painter produces a portrait gallery of writers and philosophers, such as Oscar Wilde, Gide, Claude Levi-Strauss, etc. He paints landscapes inspired by his memories of the harsh landscape of northern Sweden and mythological figures of Scandinavia and Lapland. In the 80’s, Lindstrom sculpts small “papier-mâché” Heads that he paints, and jewelry. In 1948 he discovers the engraved works of Chagall and the first “Popes” of Francis Bacon, Lindstrom produces during this period his first lithographs.