Gunnar Cederschiöld (né Mathias Gunnar Cederschiöld; 30 July 1887 – 21 November 1949) was a Swedish author, artist, school director, and fencer.

Biography

Gunnar Cederschiöld was born as Mathias Gunnar Cederschiöld on 30 July 1887, in

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, Sweden. He graduated secondary school in

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in 1906. He studied painting at

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in Gothenburg, and continued his art studies in

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, followed by

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, and as a private student under painter

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. As a writer he became known first through letters on Paris to Swedish newspapers, then during and after

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through lively and vivid depictions which, even when having the character of novels, by their type are skilled journalism. They are collected in a series of books illustrated with Cederschiöld's quickly accomplished drawings. In 1919 Cederschiöld was managing director of AB France-Afrique in Paris, president of the

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in Paris, and the director for Société genérale des Allumettes in 1927. He competed in the individual and team

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events at the

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. Gunnar Cederschiöld was married to the daughter and only child of sociologist Gustaf F. Steffen. The couple had three children.FamSAC
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Bibliography

* ''Den siste Kergoël'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1917.

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1650539 * ''Livstidsfången och andra berättelser' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1918.

1650543 * ''I skärselden och på andra ställen'' Stockholm: Hökerberg. 1931.

1352644 * ''Han blev miljonär : roman. Stockholm: Natur o. kultur'' 1947.

1390578 * ''Bland artister och hyggligt folk i Paris'' Stockholm: Ljus. 1915.

1632234 * ''I väntan på segern : studier från Frankrike under kriget'' Lund: Gleerup. 1915.

1632235 * ''Infödingarna på Manhattan : studier och stämningar från New York'' Stockholm: Ljus. 1916.

1650541 * ''Krig och hem : karaktärer, interiörer och äventyr från Frankrike och England'' Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup. 1916.

1650542 * ''Negrer : studier och äventyr i Franska Västafrika'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1917.

1650545 * ''Äro vi rustade för det ekonomiska kriget'' Stockholm: Sv. andelsförl. 1917.

1650548 * ''Elsass-Lothringen : studier'' Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup. 1918.

1650540 * ''Maghreb : nutidsbilder från det gamla moriska väldet i Europa och Afrika'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1918.

1650544 * ''Segraren och några av hans hjälpare'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1919.

1650546 * ''Upp- och nedvända världen'' Stockholm: Norstedt. 1919.

1650547 * ''Tretton år med

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'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1937.

53697 * ''Sviker Sverige?'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1943.

1208954 * ''Rusta fredsarmén'' Stockholm: Kooperativa förbundets bokförlag. 1944.

1208956 * ''Som handelsresande i Latinamerika'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1944.

1390580 * ''Den svenska tändsticksindustriens historia före de stora sammanslagningarna'' Stockholm. 1945.

8198002 * ''Ä' vi så'na?'' Stockholm: Ljus. 1945.

1390581 * ''Ja, se pojkar'' Stockholm: Natur och kultur. 1948.

1390579 * ''Efter levande modell'' Stockholm: Natur o. Kultur. 1949.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cederschiold, Gunnar 1887 births 1949 deaths

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Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Sweden Sportspeople from Skåne County Swedish educators Swedish male épée fencers Swedish painters Artists from Skåne County