Carl L. Thunberg
Carl L. Thunberg in 2013.
Born	(1963-10-25) 25 October 1963 (age 60) Lidingö, Sweden
Occupation	Popular historian
Nationality	Swedish

Carl L. Thunberg, FSAScot (born 25 October 1963) is a Swedish popular historian.^[1][2]

Biography

Thunberg was a punk rock musician during his youth. In 1979 he co-founded the pioneering hardcore punk band Homy Hogs.^[3][4] In this context he became a recurring character in the early comics of Joakim Lindengren.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Thunberg was educated at the University of Gothenburg and Uppsala University. He has lectured on didactic method for history as a school subject.^[11][12] Thunberg became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2016.^[13]

From 2010 to 2012 he took part in the policy struggle to preserve the archaeological reconstructions at Gene fornby near Örnsköldsvik in Sweden.^{[14][15][16][17]} In 2022 he was appointed chairman of Västernorrland County Museum.^[18][19] In 2023 Thunberg became chairman of the Swedish antiquities fund Stiftelsen Björkå AB Fornminnesfond, a foundation for financial contributions to science within archaeological areas, and research grants for scholarly projects involving protected historic buildings, archaeological sites and ancient remains.^[20][21]

Selected publications

• ’’Gene fornby: The Ancient Village of Gene’’(2013). In: EXARC Journal Digest 2013. ISSN 2212-523X.
• Slaget på Fyrisvallarna i ny tolkning (2012) [The Battle of Fýrisvellir in a New Interpretation] ISBN 978-91-981859-5-9, ISBN 978-91-981859-7-3.
• Att tolka Svitjod (2012) [To interpret Svitjod] ISBN 978-91-981859-4-2, ISBN 978-91-637-5725-9.
• Särkland och dess källmaterial (2011) [Serkland and its Source Material] ISBN 978-91-981859-3-5, ISBN 978-91-637-5727-3.
• Ingvarståget och dess monument (2010) [The Ingvar Expedition and its Monuments] ISBN 978-91-981859-2-8, ISBN 978-91-637-5724-2.