Career
In the following several years he suffered several shoulder injuries, and retired from competitions in 1956 after winning his only national title. In retirement he first worked as a policeman in Finland, but in the late 1960s immigrated to Sweden, and in 1974-1985 trained the Swedish wrestling team He also competed in powerlifting, but at the 2006 European Masters Championships failed a drug test for EPO and was banned for life.