Carolus Lindberg

Carolus Lindberg served as vice-chairman of the Finnish Football Association before he was elected chairman in 1912. In this position he also acted as manager of the Finnish football team at the Stockholm Olympics in the same year. At the Technical University, Lindberg implemented mass sports for polytechnic students.

Lindberg entered the Helsinki University of Technology in 1908 and graduated as an architect in 1914. Around this time, he made study trips to Scandinavia, Britain, Italy and the Balkans. From 1916-24 he worked as an assistant at the university’s department for town planning and in 1919 he became the first architect in Finland to receive a Doctor of Technology degree. He wrote his dissertation about medieval churches and was to become an expert in their restoration.

Lindberg was appointed professor of Finnish and Nordic architecture and ornamentation at the Helsinki University of Technology in 1924 and held this position for 30 years. In 1925, he founded his own office and worked mainly in the field of town planning. For six years (1921-27) he also acted as editor-in-chief of the magazine Arkkitehti.

Lindberg also published caricatures under the pseudonym Cara L. for the Finnish-Swedish satirical magazines Garm and Kerberos. In addition, he designed coats of arms and flags for Finnish cities and military units and wrote a number of books on Nordic architecture and construction technology. In 1914, Lindberg married Elin Sofia (née Katila), with the marriage remaining childless. He served in the Finnish Civil War.