Ove Lind was born Nils Ove Lind on June 29, 1926 in Stockholm, Sweden who learned to play the clarinet in his youth. He worked as a professional musician from 1946 playing with the Simon Brehm Orchestra in 1949 and followed with Thore Swanerud, Charlie Norman and the sextet Swinging Swedes from 1952-54.

In 1954 he created the Hallberg Almstedt-Lind Quartet with others Gunnar Almstedt and Bengt Hallberg that played swing in Benny Goodman's spirit. During the 1950s, Lind is also an arranger and studio musician on the record label Metronome.

1963 he…