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Victor HasselbladVictor Hasselblad (March 8, 1906 - August 5, 1978) was a Swedish inventor and photographer. He invented the 6 x 6cm single-lens reflex camera, known to the world as Hasselblad. Hasselblad's career started in 1940, when a German reconnaissance plane was shot down over Sweden and Hasselblad was approached by Swedish Air Force officers with a request to construct a camera that rivalled the one found in the German plane. In 1941 the company Victor Hasselblad AB was founded, and was commissioned to produce cameras for the Royal Swedish Air Force. In 1948 the first civilian Hasselblad camera, the 1600F, was introduced in New York. Since then, Hasselblad has become a household name among photographers. According to Hasselblad's will, SEK 78 million (USD 8 million) was donated to The Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation after his death. Hasselblad, Victor Hasselblad, Victor Hasselblad, Victor
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