 He retired in 1947 to become a Finnish national coach until 1955.In 1956–58 he worked at his previous club Helsingin Ponnistus (HJK), and in 1959 returned to the national team.In parallel he worked for the Finnish railways in Hyvinkää between 1956 and 1977, wrote articles for the weekly sports magazine "Urheilulehti", and translated books on football training into Finnish.