Lauri Malmberg



Kaarlo Lauri Torvald Malmberg (May 8, 1888 in Helsinki – March 14, 1948 in Helsinki) was a Finnish general and son of Emil and Aino Malmberg. He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces in 1925. General Malmberg served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Civil Guards (a voluntary paramilitary defence organization) from 1921 to 1944, when the organization was abolished as an "anti-Soviet" organization. He also served as the Finnish Defence Minister from 1924 to 1925.

Malmberg is recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class.

His mother was Aino Malmberg and brother Erik Malmberg.