[2] Before his military service at Bohuslän Regiment (I 17) in Uddevalla, Lindh studied mathematics at the university with the aim of becoming a civil engineer.
[3] He attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College in 1975[1] and served in the Planning and Budget Secretariat at the Ministry of Defence from 1983[4] and attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1985.
[7] He served as head of the Swedish Armed Forces Internal Audit until the 1 July 1994 when he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Director Joint Staff (Chef för ledningsstaben) in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters.
[9] Lindh retired from active service in 2001 at the age of 60 and was then chairman of the Air Defense Investigation (Luftförsvarsutredningen) for one year.
[2] Lindh was a board member of the Defence Materiel Administration and the Swedish Fortifications Agency.
[2] He was also chairman of the Ymer 80 Foundation and was involved in Swedeship Marine, which builds fast and powerful aluminum boats for professional use.