Einar Lundborg
Encyclopedia
Einar Lundborg was a Swedish
aviator
.
Lundborg became famous in 1928 in connection with his rescue of Umberto Nobile
after Nobile's airship crash on the ice north of Spitsbergen
. He was later promoted to captain in the Swedish Air Force
.
Before joining the airforce, Lundborg participated in the Finnish Civil War
in 1918 and in the Estonian War of Independence in 1919–1920.
Lundborg was killed during a test flight of the Jaktfalken airplane at Malmslätt
in 1931. He was survived by his wife Margareta, née Malmberg (1900–1981). He is buried in Linköping
, Sweden.
Finnish War
Russian Army in the Northwest
German Army
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
aviator
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
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Lundborg became famous in 1928 in connection with his rescue of Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile was an Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships during the Golden Age of Aviation between the two World Wars...
after Nobile's airship crash on the ice north of Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
. He was later promoted to captain in the Swedish Air Force
Swedish Air Force
The Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.-History:The Swedish Air Force was created on July 1, 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded...
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Before joining the airforce, Lundborg participated in the Finnish Civil War
Finnish Civil War
The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national, political and social turmoil caused by World War I in Europe. The Civil War concerned control and leadership of The Grand Duchy of Finland as it achieved independence from Russia after the October Revolution in Petrograd...
in 1918 and in the Estonian War of Independence in 1919–1920.
Lundborg was killed during a test flight of the Jaktfalken airplane at Malmslätt
Malmslätt
Malmslätt is a locality situated in Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 5,358 inhabitants in 2005.Malmen Airbase and the Swedish Air Force Museum is located in the town.- References :...
in 1931. He was survived by his wife Margareta, née Malmberg (1900–1981). He is buried in Linköping
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
, Sweden.
Honours and awards
Estonian War of Independence- Cross of Liberty 3rd class II phase (August 17, 1920)
- Estonia's war memorial
Finnish War
- Cross of LibertyOrder of the Cross of LibertyThere are three official orders in Finland: the Order of the Cross of Liberty , the Order of the White Rose of Finland and the Order of the Lion of Finland. The President of Finland is the Grand Master of the two orders, and usually of the Order of the Cross of Liberty as well, Grand Mastership of...
Class III with Swords and Class IV with Swords(Finland) - Order of the White Rose of Finland, Commander 2nd class
- Finnish gallantry medal, Phase II
- Swedish Brigadier gallantry medal
- Medal of Tampere
Russian Army in the Northwest
- Order of St. VladimirOrder of St. VladimirThe Cross of Saint Vladimir was an Imperial Russian Order established in 1782 by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus....
, 4th class with Swords - Order of St. AnnaOrder of St. AnnaThe Order of St. Anna ) is a Holstein and then Russian Imperial order of chivalry established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on 14 February 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia...
, 3rd class with Swords
German Army
- Iron CrossIron CrossThe Iron Cross is a cross symbol typically in black with a white or silver outline that originated after 1219 when the Kingdom of Jerusalem granted the Teutonic Order the right to combine the Teutonic Black Cross placed above a silver Cross of Jerusalem....
, I and II Classes