Carl L. Thunberg

Carl L. Thunberg, FSAScot (born 25 October 1963) is a Swedish popular historian.

Biography
Thunberg was a punk rock musician during his youth. In 1979 he co-founded the pioneering hardcore punk band Homy Hogs. In this context he became a recurring character in the early comics of Joakim Lindengren.

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

From 2010 to 2012 he took part in the policy struggle to preserve the archaeological reconstructions at Gene fornby near Örnsköldsvik in Sweden. In 2022 he was appointed chairman of Västernorrland County Museum. 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.

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.