Carl Jacob Reinhold Gardberg (16 November 1926 – 31 May 2010) was a Finnish art historian and archaeologist. He was born in

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. Having worked with restoration of

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since 1949, he became an associate professor at Turku Museum in 1954 and took his doctoral degree in 1960. From 1960 to 1972 he was the director of Turku Museum, also working as

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from 1961 to 1972 and in archaeology at the

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from 1969 to 1972. He then served as director of the

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from 1970 to 1992. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1987.

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1926 births 2010 deaths Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish art historians Finnish archaeologists Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University Academic staff of the University of Turku Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Directors of museums in Finland Directors of government agencies {{Finland-academic-bio-stub