Lindegren was born at
Hudiksvall in
Gävleborg County, Sweden. He studied at the
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1877-82 and at the
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1882–85. He then traveled to
France,
Germany and
Italy for various periods over four years. In 1885, Lindegren became an architect at the Swedish government agency for the administration of state buildings (
Överintendentsämbetet (
sv)). In 1894, he was appointed architect at
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