Draft:Pertti Ylermi Lindgren
Pertti Ylermi Lindgren (born 13 April 1936 in Åbo, Finland, died 19 February 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden)[1][2] was a Finnish conman, actor and entertainer.
Lindgren claimed to have been engaged to be married 76 times and spent 3 and a half years in jail for associated embezzlement. He posed as a member of the Swedish aristocracy, using the names Tage Efraim Melin, Toni Peter William Axel Alexander Oscar Oxenstierna, Benjamin Giovanni Torrini, Gunnar af Heidenstam and Bernhard af Creutz. He officially changed his name to Peter after moving to Sweden in 1976. Having passed as both Greve (Count) Oxenstierna and Heidenstam in Malmö, his nickname was Kreivi (Finnish for Count), which he later used as his professional name as a singer and entertainer. He was able to adopt a convincingly aristocratic manner from living with the Swedish Tegelund family as a wartime evacuee.[3] He portrayed himself in an autobiographical film, Kreivi, 1971, directed by Peter von Bagh.[4] He died in Stockholm in 2015 and is buried in Norra begravningsplatsen, Stockholm.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Immonen, Petri (13 April 2015). "1960-luvulla kohujulkkikseksi noussut "Kreivi" Pertti Ylermi Lindgren on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Forsström, Riikka (10 April 2016). "Kreivi Lindgren oli oman aikansa rattopoika". Seura (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Leinonen, Pauliina (18 April 2022). "Pertti tekeytyi arabialaiseksi maustekauppiaaksi ja italialaiseksi arkeologiksi – kepulikalle vei naisten rahat ja sydämen". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "The Count". IMDB. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Lindgren, Peter Ylermi". Svenska Gravar (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2024.