Gymnastics
He was the first Olympic medalist from Vaasa. He won the Finnish national championship in team gymnastics as a member of Ylioppilasvoimistelijat in 1909.Biography
His parents were lieutenant Anton Ferdinand Stenberg and Gertrud Emilia Kurtén. He married Lyyli Elise Ylönen in 1919. He performed his matriculation exam at the Vaasa Finnish Lycaeum in 1906. He graduated as a Master of Science (Technology) at the University of Hanover in 1915. He worked at the Hannoversche Portland-Cementfabrik in Germany during World War I. He returned to Finland in 1918 and worked in the Karhula glass factory up to his death, ultimately as its technical director. He performed an officer examination in 1928, becoming an engineer lieutenant. He also was a local chief of the Kymi White Guard. He died of a cardiac arrest.Sources
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