Henrik Kreüger

Henrik Kreüger (1882–1953) was born in Kalmar, Sweden, and obtained his M.Sc.

After graduating, he worked for the construction company Fritz Söderbergh in Stockholm until 1908, when he went back to the university to work as an employed teacher at the faculty for civil engineering.

In parallel he also worked as a consulting engineer for the construction company Kreuger & Toll that started their business in 1908, a couple of months after Ivar Kreuger had returned from America.

Kreüger made important contributions in the area of ventilation and insulation at the faculty of civil engineering, where he was a professor from 1914 to 1943.

Kreüger served as Rector of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm from 1931 to 1943.