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2 unusual facts about Vilhelm Swedenborg


Vilhelm Swedenborg

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.

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.



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