# Gottfrid Lindsten *Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1937–1939* Gottfrid Lindsten (June 27, 1887 – June 2, 1961) was the 29th person to hold the office of [[Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota]].[^1] The source cited here gives his name in its opening line as Gottfried T. Lindsten.[^1] A native of [[Minneapolis]], Lindsten worked first as a railroad conductor and afterward as an alderman and lobbyist.[^1] His term as lieutenant governor ran from January 4, 1937, to January 2, 1939, during the administration of [[Governor of Minnesota]] Elmer Austin Benson.[^1] The record cited here does not establish any votes, legislation, appointments or other official acts from his term. Its account rests on a single secondary source. No statute, session law, filing or contemporaneous report about him is cited.[^1] ## Early life and career Lindsten's birthplace was Minneapolis.[^1] His recorded occupations, in sequence, were railroad conductor, then alderman and lobbyist.[^1] ## Lieutenant governorship Lindsten held the lieutenant governorship from January 4, 1937, until January 2, 1939, serving alongside Governor Benson.[^1] The record cited here describes no specific actions he took in the office.[^1] ## Later life and death In 1944 Lindsten was named an alternate delegate from [[Minnesota]] to that year's Democratic National Convention.[^1] He died on June 2, 1961, in the city where he was born.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Gottfrid (also given as Gottfried T.) Lindsten, 29th lieutenant governor of Minnesota, who served under Governor Elmer Austin Benson.[^1] ### What - Lieutenant governor of Minnesota.[^1] - Earlier employed as a railroad conductor, and later as an alderman and lobbyist.[^1] ### When - Born June 27, 1887.[^1] - Lieutenant governor from January 4, 1937, to January 2, 1939.[^1] - Alternate delegate to the 1944 Democratic National Convention.[^1] - Died June 2, 1961.[^1] ### Where - Born and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Gottfrid Lindsten* (revision 1364559440, retrieved 2026-10-25), CC BY-SA 4.0 — birth and death dates and places, name form, occupations, lieutenant governor service dates under Governor Elmer Austin Benson, and 1944 Democratic National Convention alternate delegate role. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfrid_Lindsten