Carl Strandlund

Carl Strandlund (5 March 1899 – 26 December 1974) was a Swedish-born American inventor and entrepreneur.

[1] Carl Gunnar Strandlund was born in Sundsvall in Västernorrland County, Sweden.

Strandlund invented manufacturing techniques to build non-warping metal plates for tanks during World War II, created air conditioning systems for movie theaters, and invented a wallpaper-removing machine.

Mismanagement, politics, and corruption were blamed for the downfall of Lustron, which shut down amid foreclosure and bankruptcy in 1953.

Strandlund is interred next to his wife Clara at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN.