Lindqvist was born in
Stockholm. In the late 1950s, as
Rock-Boris, he gained fame as one of Sweden's first
rock and roll performers. In the 1960s, Lindqvist also started performing
jazz and
schlager. He was the lead singer of the group
The Telstars who had a hit with the song "Håll dig till höger, Svensson" ('Keep to the right,
Svensson') in connection with
Dagen H in 1967. Later, Lindqvist started focusing on jazz and formed his own jazz group, called Boris Jazz 'n' Roll Band. In the early 2000s, Lindqvist moved to
Cyprus, and in 2005 he embarked on a farewell tour. Lindqvist died in October 2017 at the age of 76. ==References==