Born in
Örebro, Sweden. Lindgren's father
Tommy Lindgren was a speedway rider before him, and his younger brother
Ludvig also rides. Lindgren first appeared for
Wolverhampton Wolves during the 2003 season as the team struggled with injuries. At the age of just 17, Freddie made his debut for the team and impressed enough to be brought back the following season when again injuries hit the club. In 2005, he moved over to full-time and averaged 7.44 for Wolves in his debut full season and in 2006 he improved to average 8.12. In 2007 as Freddie started to show up more on the World scene, he averaged 8.35 again for Wolves. Also in 2007, he was awarded a permanent wild card place for the 2008
Speedway Grand Prix series. During the 2008 season, Freddie was awarded with the Wolves captaincy role, previously held by fellow Swede
Peter Karlsson and as a full-time Grand Prix rider he averaged 8.52 for Wolves. Due to his top 10 finish in the 2008 SGP, Lindgren was awarded a second successive permanent wild card place for the 2009
Speedway Grand Prix. In 2010, he finished 11th on 87 points but qualified for the 2011 Series after beating Janusz Kolodiej and Magnus Zetterstrom in a run-off in the GP Challenge Final. In 2009, Lindgren topped the averages in the UK with a 10.43 average and only dropped 7 points at home all season. Wolverhampton went on to win the Elite League title. 2010 saw him again back at Wolverhampton where his brother Ludvig also gained a place. Again he finished as the highest averaging rider in the Elite League and helped Wolves reach the title playoffs. During the
2015 Speedway World Cup, he was part of the Swedish team that won the world team title. He had previously finished runner-up twice (2005 & 2006) and third three times. In 2016, Lindgren won the Elite League with Wolves and also won the
Elite League Riders' Championship at the end of the season. Lindgren's 2017 season for Wolves would be his last in the United Kingdom, bringing a 14 year spell to an end. He did however, win the
Riders' Championship for the third time in
2017. In 2020, he finished third and won the bronze medal in the World Championship for the second time, the
2020 Speedway Grand Prix season saw him collect 117 points including winning the Gorzów Grand Prix. In 2021, he rode for
Västervik Speedway but was later diagnosed with
Long COVID and was forced to end his season early. Despite the illness he managed to finish in fourth place during the
2021 Speedway Grand Prix. In 2022, Lindgren finished in fourth place again in the 2022
Speedway World Championship, after securing 103 points during the
2022 Speedway Grand Prix. In May 2023, Lindgren won the
Speedway Grand Prix of Poland as part of the
2023 Speedway Grand Prix and then secured his third
Swedish Individual Speedway Championship title in June. Later in 2023, he went on to claim his best career finish in a World Championship after winning the silver medal. In 2024, Lindgren returned to racing in Great Britain for the first time since 2017, when signing for the
Birmingham Brummies in the
SGB Premiership. He also won his fourth
Swedish Individual Speedway Championship title and won his 7th career Grand Prix, when winning the
Gorzów Grand Prix. Also in 2024, he helped Sweden secure a bronze medal at the
2024 Speedway of Nations in Manchester. Continuing the success he secured the bronze medal in the 2024 World Championship before helping Lublin win the Ekstraliga during the
2024 Polish speedway season. In 2025 he finished fourth in the
World Championship and helped Västervik win the
Elitserien. == Major results ==