Swedish Aeronautical Association

The Svenska Aeronautiska Sallskapet (SAS) or Swedish Aeronautical Association was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, on 15 Dec. 1900. The SAS was provisionally accepted into the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) at its Conference Statuaire, 15 Oct. 1906, and its admission was ratified 13 Sept. 1907. It was the first additional aero club accepted by the FAI's founding members into the FAI. The name was changed in 1918 to Kungliga Svenska Aeronautiska Sällskapet or Royal Swedish Aeronautical Association and in 1921 to Kungliga Svenska Aeroklubben (Royal Swedish Aero Club), which continues. (The Aero Club of America annual for 1919, however, does not reflect "Royal" prefix to the name.) It shared the official journal of the Swedish Automobile Club from August 1909 through November 1915, the Svensk Motortidning. The Svenska Aeronautiska Sallskapet published a yearbook from 1910-1931, apparently changing the corporate author in 1918 and 1921 to reflect its own name changes.

Founded by Karl A.B. Amundson who appears to have been president from its founding to at least 1913. In 1906, secretary was Luytnant E. Fogman of Stockholm. Membership in 1906 was about 80 and it had procured balloon stores especially adapted for prolonged ascents (Unge's system). In 1910 it had some 170 members, including three honorary and eleven life members.

Affiliated with FAI on 13 Sept. 1907.

• Address: Kungl. Fultislografkaren, Stockholm (at least 1909-1910); Hotel Anglais, Stockholm (1910-1919); Fenixpalatset, Stockholm I (1919); Nybrogaten 3, Stockholm 15 (1920)
• Cable address: Aero Stockholm (at least 1910-1920)
• Phone: R 130-25 (at least 1910-1919)

Sources

• Pocket-Book of Aeronautics 442 (English ed., Jan. 1907)
• 1906 FAI Conference Statutaire Proces-Verbaux 26 (1907)
• 1907 FAI Conference Statutaire Proces-Verbaux 8 (1908)
• FAI Conference Statutaire Proces-Verbaux (1908-1910, 1912)
• FAI Conference Extraordinaire, 19-21 May 1919
• Sommaire, FAI Reunion, 23-24 Oct 1919, in 1:1 Bulletin Officiel de la FAI (Jan. 1920)
• 1:1 Bulletin Officiel de la FAI (Jan. 1920)
• 1:5 Aeronautics (NYC) 46 (1907)
• 1:6 Aeronautics (NYC) 38 (1907)
• ACA annuals (1907-1917, 1919)
• 1910 Annuario dell' Aeronautica Primo 383 (Sept. 1910)
• 1911-1912 Annuario dell' Aeronautica 425 (Sept. 1911)
• 1913 Aviation Pocket-Book 159 (Jan. 1913)
• 1918 Aviation Pocket-Book 274
• 1919-1920 Aviation Pocket-Book 386
• 1914 Aero-Manuel 573 (1 Oct. 1913)
• LOC OPAC
• OCLC Worldcat
• Dir1920
• http://www.ksak.se/innehall/eng.html

Organization names	Swedish Aeronautical Association; Svenska Aeronautiska Sallskapet
Entity type
Country	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Affiliated with	FAI
Scope	National
Started aero	1900
Ended aero
Keywords
Key people	Karl A.B. Amundson, Luytnant E. Fogman
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