Björn Olof August Landström (21 April 1917, in

Kuopio Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mos ...

, Finland – 7 January 2002, in

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) was a

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artist, writer, graphic designer, illustrator and researcher. He also staged and directed the theater. In 1961 he became internationally famous with his book ''The Ship'', which was translated into several languages. Other notable works are ''Bold Voyages and Great Explorers'' (1964), ''Ships of the Pharaohs: 4000 Years of Egyptian Shipbuilding'' (1970), and ''The Royal Warship Vasa'' (1980).

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