Biography:Torolf Eklund
Torolf Eklund (13 April 1912 – 12 December 2000) was a Finland aircraft designer, who worked at the Valtion lentokonetehdas between 1935 and 1962. He privately designed and built his own small single-seat flying boat, the Eklund TE-1, in the late 1940s.
He was born in Helsinki. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology with a master's degree in aviation during the 1930s. As a student he formed the aviation club Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho, which still exists today.
He was a reserve officer in the Finnish Air Force and was working for the aircraft industry during World War II . Eklund was also the chairman for the Finnish Aviation Engineer's Club between 1953 and 1954.
Eklund was also the designer of the Valmet Tuuli aircraft.
Sources
Ilmojen halki I-II, Karisto, Hämeenlinna, 1974.
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