Harald Lindberg

He studied natural sciences at the University of Helsinki, later spending several years working as a secondary school teacher.

Afterwards, he served as first custodian at the botanical museum in Helsinki, where he remained until his retirement in 1941.

[1] Throughout his career, he collected and studied Fennoscandian flora that included subfossil specimens and bryophytes.

He also made important contributions in his investigations of plants native to southern Europe and northern Africa; Spain, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco, et al.

[1][2] In 1969 the grass genus Lindbergella (synonym of Poa) was named in his honor by Norman Loftus Bor.