Birgitta Gustafsson (Sweden)

Born in the north of Sweden in 1933. Obtained 1st class Radio telegraphist Certificate in Stockholm 1956. Sailed 1956-61 in the Swedish merchant navy, where the Radio officer also was purser and the Skipper’s secretary. Trades were mostly the Mediterranean, north and south Africa, the States and China. I married a Sea captain and we both left the sea in 1961. I then worked as a journalist in the local daily paper for 25 years. Retired in 1998. Author of Radion och Radiotelegrafisten – Från gnistepok till satellit ( Published in Swedish 1991). Supplement in English Radio and Radio Operators – From Sparks to Satellites (Published in English 2003). Member of Society of Wireless Pioneers (USA), Historical Radio Society of Western Sweden, Radio Officers Association, ROA (UK).