Ljungström locomotive
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Fredrik Ljungström RNO KVO1kl |
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| Born |
16 June 1875 , Sweden |
| Died | 18 February 1964 (aged 88) Lidingö, Sweden |
| Nationality |
 Sweden
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| Education | Östra Real |
| Alma mater | Royal Institute of Technology |
| Occupation |
Engineer Technical designer Industrialist |
Fredrik Ljungström (16 June 1875 in – 18 February 1964 in Stockholm) was a Swedish engineer, technical designer, and industrialist.
Considered one of the foremost inventors of Sweden, he accounted for hundreds of innovative technical patents alone, and in collaboration with his brother Birger Ljungström (1872–1948): from early bicycling free wheeling hubs techniques and mechanical automatic transmissions for vehicles, to historical steam turbines, innovative air preheaters, and circular arc hulls for sailing boats. He co-founded companies such as Ljungström Steam Turbine Co. and Swedish Turbine Manufacturing Co., apart from associations with other industrialists including Gustaf de Laval, Alfred Nobel, and John D. Rockefeller. As innovative as his ideas were in function, they also often turned out in terms of unconventional external design, such as his Ljungström steam turbine locomotives and Ljungström sailboats.
During the resource scarcity of World War II, Fredrik Ljungström's innovative technology for oil shale underground gasification by electrical energy provided a significant strategical impact for the Royal Swedish Navy and Air Force. In addition, Ljungström contributed to the first Swedish jet engine.
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