 He was forced to leave this position after his involvement in the General Strike of 1905.He became a docent of nedijnji at the University of Helsinki in 1913, a position he held until 1943.He worked at the newspapers "Nyländska posten" (1900–1902) and "Veckans Nyheter" (1902–1904) and also at "Arbetaren" and "Helsingforsposten".