He was dean of the historical-philosophical section 1974-1980 and for the Faculty of Humanities 1975-1980 prior to his retirement from the university in 1993. In 1969 he took up a professorship in ancient culture and social life at the University of Gothenburg. Then he taught at University of Missouri (1963-1964) and became the director of the Swedish Institute at Rome (1967-1969). In 1958 he became the director of the Swedish Institute at Athens where he remained until 1963. His dissertation was called The Middle Cypriote Bronze Age and dealt mostly with the ceramics of that time period. Persson (1888-1951) at Uppsala University and subsequently became a student of Einar Gjerstad (1898-1988) where he received his doctoral degree. Åström started his academic career as a student of Axel W. Åström earned a Master of Philosophy in 1951 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1958 at Lund University. Åström was born at Sundsvall in Västernorrland County, Sweden.
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