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Cederström, 1910
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Born | March 5, 1867 Södertälje |
Died | June 29, 1918 Gulf of Bothnia |
Occupation | Aviator |
Spouse(s) |
Marika Stiernstedt (m. 1900–06) Minna Poppius (m. 1909–18) |
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".
He was born on March 5, 1867 to Anders Cederström and Maria Cecilia Wennerström in Södertälje, Sweden and he was baptized in .
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.
Cederström died on 29 June 1918 with Carl Gustaf Krokstedt when their plane crashed in the Gulf of Bothnia.