Born in Stockholm, he was elected to the Swedish Academy on 10 February 1977 and admitted on 20 December 1977. Linde succeeded the writer Eyvind Johnson to Seat No.11.[2] Linde was the director of the Thiel Gallery in Stockholm between 1977 and 1997.
Ulf Linde was active as a jazz musician, mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He played vibraphone and recorded with Arne Domnérus and Putte Wickman among others.
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