Charles Magnus Lindgren (November 28, 1819 - September 1, 1879) was a Swedish born, American shipping executive.
Charles Magnus Lindgren was born near Dragsmark in Uddevalla Municipality in the traditional Province of Bohuslän, in Västra Götaland County, Sweden.
In 1852, Lindgren entered into a railway project together with the Bishop Hill Colony and settled in 1854 in Henry County, Illinois, a few miles from Galva.
[2] In 1852, Lindgren returned to Sweden to marry Johanna Andersson.
Lindgren was a philanthropic man who was particularly liberal toward the Swedish Methodist Church.