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

Carl Gustav Cederström
Carl Cederström in 1910
Born(1867-03-05)5 March 1867
Södertälje, Sweden
Died29 June 1918(1918-06-29) (aged 51)
OccupationAviator
Spouses
Marika Stiernstedt
(m. 1900⁠–⁠1906)
Minna Poppius
(m. 1909⁠–⁠1918)
Parent(s)Maria Cecilia Wennerström
Anders Cederström

Biography

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He was born on 5 March 1867 to the baron Anders Cederström and the baroness 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 Henrik David Hamilton. Cederström began teaching others to fly himself in 1912, opening a 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]

References

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  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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