<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001214659-25-008479.txt : 20250528
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-25-008479
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250526
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250528

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Neczypor Christopher M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001931040
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06028
		FILM NUMBER:		25995627

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD
		CITY:			RADNOR
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000059558
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				351140070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD
		CITY:			RADNOR
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4845831400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 N RADNOR CHESTER RD
		CITY:			RADNOR
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
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        <issuerName>LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>RADNOR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19087</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; CFO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-05-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1068</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>32.38</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Tax withholding upon vesting of restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reflects a correction to the number of shares reported as acquired through dividend reinvestment in certain prior periods, which due to an administrative error had been overstated by 26.03 shares in the aggregate, and includes 1,670.92 shares acquired through dividend reinvestment since the reporting person's last report.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Claire H. Hanna, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-05-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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