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Dec 06, 1911 Finland Died on 01 Oct 1984 (aged 72)
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About Ejler Jakobsson
- Ejler Jakobsson (December 6, 1911 – October 1984) was a Finnish-born science fiction editor. Jakobsson moved to the United States in 1926 and began a career as an author in the 1930s.
- He worked on Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories briefly before they shut down production due to paper shortages.
- When Super Science Stories was revived in 1949, Jakobson was named editor until it ended publication two years later.
- Jakobsson returned to editing in 1969, when he took over Galaxy and If, succeeding Frederik Pohl.
- He worked to make the magazines more contemporary with the help of Judy-Lynn del Rey and Lester del Rey.
- He left the magazines in 1974 and was succeeded by Jim Baen.
