Background
Soderberg was born in the fishing village of Ulvöhamn, in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden. He enrolled at the Chalmers Institute of Technology in Göteborg. In 1919 he graduated with a degree in naval architecture. On a fellowship from The American-Scandinavian Foundation, Soderberg came to MIT, where he was awarded the degree of bachelor of science in June 1920.
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