''Sten'' Åke Birger Luthander (December 8, 1905, in Silbodal in Värmland – February 13, 2000, at

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) was a

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in aeronautics.

Education and career

After studying at KTH Royal Institute of Technology 1925–1930, he was employed as an assistant to Ivar Malmer in aeronautical engineering (1930) and strength theory (1936) at KTH. He was head of department at the

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in 1940, and was appointed professor of aeronautical engineering at KTH in 1944. He was head of

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's research department in Linköping 1947–1949. Retired from KTH 1972. In 1961 he started the consulting company LUTAB (Professor Sten Luthander Ingenjörsbyrå AB).

Awards

In 1952 he was awarded the Swedish Aeronautical Society's Thulin Medal in gold.

Membership

* Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), 1956.

Family

In his first marriage in 1940, Sten Luthander was married to the cellist Carin de Frumerie (1911–1974), who was the sister of

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and later remarried Bellander. In his second marriage, he was married from 1960 until his death to Wiveca, born Hagenow. The daughter in the first marriage Eva Luthander (born 1944) is a pianist and has been employed as a senior lecturer at the

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. Sten Luthander is buried in

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References

* ''Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009'', CD-ROM, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund 2008 * ''Swedish population (databases)'', DVD-ROM, National Archives ANSWER 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Luthander, Sten 1905 births 2000 deaths Aircraft designers Aerodynamicists Saab aircraft Swedish civil engineers Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences