Victor 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”. March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... The single-lens reflex camera, more commonly known by the abbreviation SLR, uses a mirror placed between the lens and the film to project the image seen through the lens to a matte focusing screen. ... Hasselblad is a Swedish manufacturer of high-quality still photography cameras based in Gothenburg, Sweden. ...

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. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...

In 1941 the company Victor Hasselblad AB was founded, and was commissioned to produce cameras for the 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. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hasselblad is a Swedish manufacturer of high-quality still photography cameras based in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... The Swedish Air Force, or Flygvapnet, is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

According to Hasselblad's will, SEK 78 million (USD 8 million) was donated to The Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation after his death.