Lindeman is the surname of a large family of fictional characters portrayed by Swedish comedian Hans Alfredson in improvised monologues.
[2] Alfredson got the idea for the Lindeman sketches when he visited New York City together with Povel Ramel, and went to a so-called "instant theater" in Greenwich Village.
[2] In the first series of Lindeman sketches in Gröna hund in 1962, all the characters had the first name Valfrid and were interviewed by O'Månsson.
The recurring punchline for this first series was that they always ended up with that evening's Lindeman having his waistcoat stuck in his trouser zipper.
The waistcoat-and-trousers running gag was abandoned, and it was Danielsson who acted as the interviewer from this point onwards.