Carl Cederström

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

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

Biography

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]