Örjan_Lüning

Örjan Lüning

Örjan Lüning

Swedish philatelist

Örjan Lüning (30 May 1919 − 24 September 1995[1][2]) was a Swedish philatelist who was a specialist in aerophilately. In 1979 he was awarded the Crawford Medal for his work Luftpostens historia i Norden - The history of airmail in Scandinavia.[3] His Large Gold Medal winning collection of pioneer flights and airmail of Scandinavia together with his Gold Medal collection of Denmark were sold by Corinphila in 2001.

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He was also an architect, and his work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[4]

Selected publications

  • Luftpostens historia i Norden - The history of airmail in Scandinavia. Stockholm: Sveriges filatelist-förbund, 1978. OCLC 6042138

References

  1. [1]
    "Membership" in The London Philatelist, Vol. 105, No. 1237, July–August 1996, p. 209.
  2. [2]
    "Hittagraven - Kyrkogårdsförvaltningen". etjanster.stockholm.se. Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  3. [3]
    The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 4.
  4. [4]
    "Örjan Lüning". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 August 2020.


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