George Spaak
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George Spaak (1877-1966) was a Swedish engineer.[1]
Biography
George Spaak was the father of Ragnar Spaak, and brother-in-law of Birger and Fredrik Ljungström.
Spaak graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology in 1897, in the department of electrical engineering. Around 1898–1902 he was employed at The Ljungström Engine Syndicate in Newcastle, United Kingdom, and made business travels in the United States and the German Empire. He was employed at the engineering agency of Carl Wilhelm Bildt in Stockholm 1902–1904, and at Bergvik och Ala Nya AB 1904–1944.
Spaak was one of Sweden's first private sports pilots with his own aeroplane. He was a fellow of the 1931 Flight Technical Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences 1924–1943 and responsible for aerial security in Söderhamn. He was a member of the municipality of Söderala 1919–1931.
Works
- Männen kring Carl Daniel Ekman (1957)
Distinctions
- Sweden: Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
- Sweden: Knight of the Order of Vasa
- Sweden: Fellow of the Flight Technical Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
References
- Vem är vem, Norrlandsdelen, 1950, sid. 349.
External links
- Ingvar Oremark: George Spaak – en Bergviksprofil, Bergvik nu mars 2006, sid.4, sid. 5
- Swedish electrical engineers
- Municipal commissioners of Sweden
- 1877 births
- 1966 deaths
- Royal Institute of Technology alumni
- 19th-century Swedish engineers
- 20th-century Swedish engineers
- 19th-century Swedish politicians
- 20th-century Swedish politicians
- Knights of the Order of Vasa
- Knights of the Order of the Polar Star