Carl Cederström

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Carl Gustav Cederström
Flygbaronen Carl Cederström iförd läderhuva - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0033456.jpg
Carl Cederström in 1910
BornMarch 5, 1867
DiedJune 29, 1918
OccupationAviator
Spouse(s)
Marika Stiernstedt
(m. 1900⁠–⁠1906)

Minna Poppius
(m. 1909⁠–⁠1918)
Parent(s)Maria Cecilia Wennerström
Anders Cederström

Friherre Carl Gustav Alexander Cederström (5 March 1867 – 29 June 1918) was a pioneering Swedish aviator, known as "the flying Baron".

Biography[]

He was born on March 5, 1867 to Anders Cederström and Maria Cecilia Wennerström in Södertälje, Sweden and he was baptized in Stockholm.[1]

Cederström completed the program at the Blériot flying school in 1910. He became the 74th pilot in the world and the first to receive a certificate in Sweden. The next person in Sweden to qualify was . Cederström began teaching others to fly himself in 1912, opening a flying school near Linköping.[2]

Cederström died on 29 June 1918 with when their plane crashed in the Gulf of Bothnia.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ International Genealogical Index and tombstone
  2. ^ "Sweden". American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Archived from the original on 2004-10-22. Retrieved 2011-12-29. In 1912, Carl Cederström started a flying school with four military pupils at Malmen, near Linköping, Sweden. The following summer, he left Malmen, and his hangars were taken over by the Swedish army.
  3. ^ "Cederström". Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2011-12-29.

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