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Carl Gustav Cederström
Cederström circa 1915
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

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

The first flight in Sweden was by a French aviator on 19 July 1909. Cederström completed the program at the Blériot flying school in 1910. He become the 74th pilot in France and the first to receive a certificate in Sweden. The next person in Sweden to qualify was Henrik David Hamilton.

In 1912 Cederström started his own flying school near Linköping.[2]

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

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References

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  1. ^ International Genealogical Index and tombstone
  2. ^ "Sweden". American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 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 hangers were taken over by the Swedish army.
  3. ^ "Cederström". Retrieved 2011-12-29.

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Category:Swedish aviators Category:Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents Category:Swedish nobility Category:1867 births Category:1918 deaths Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Sweden


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