Swedenborg left for Paris in March 1897 together with Knut Frænkel where they received training in ballooning by Henri Lachambre, the manufacturer of the balloon "The Eagle" that was to be used in the polar expedition.
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However, the expedition never needed his efforts, and after the balloon took off from Danskøya, he went home to Sweden where he followed a military career.
Emanuel Swedenborg | Vilhelm Bjerknes | Vilhelm Ekelund | Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. | Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint | Vilhelm Thomsen | Vilhelm Pedersen | Vilhelm Moberg | Vilhelm Melbye | Vilhelm Krag | Vilhelm Helander | Vilhelm Hammershøi | Vilhelm Aubert | Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen | Swedenborg Rite | Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen | Johannes Vilhelm Jensen |