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= Björn Natthiko Lindeblad = Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, born August 16, 1961, is a Swedish economist, lecturer and former Buddhist monk.

Biography
Lindeblad has a master's degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and began working in the mid-1980s as deputy finance manager for Aga in Spain. He did not like it and tried to work in preschool, study literary studies, be a substitute teacher, sit on the phone for people in crisis and for a year work as an economist for the UN in India

Both before and during the year in India, he became interested in meditation and Buddhism, and in January 1992, he applied to Wat Pah Nanachat, a poor forest monastery in northeastern Thailand, and became a monk named Natthiko Bhikkhu. The monastery served as a spiritual inn with many guests from Thailand and abroad, and Lindeblad appreciated the environment and the community. In October 2008, however, a decision had matured to leave the monastery and return to Sweden to, among other things, lead retreats for meditation and give lectures.

In 2012, Lindeblad was chosen as the listeners' summer host Sommar in the national radio channel Sommar i P1. He then became successful in leading guided meditations, retreats and leadership programs in the business world. In September 2018, Lindeblad was diagnosed with ALS, which in various ways affected and deepened his continued lecturing activities.

On June 26, 2020, Lindeblad hosted Sommar in Sveriges Radio P1 for the second time. On October 3 of the same year, he spoke with Jenny Strömstedt on TV4 Nyhetsmorgon about his new book I May Be Wrong. On 13 November 2020, he was a guest at Skavlan on SVT1. On August 26, 2021, he was the main guest in Anne Lundberg's SVT program "Anne meets Björn".

Prizes and awards

 * Hillesgård prize for humanity, by the Hillesgårdspriset Foundation, 2019.