Background
Florjančič was born in the Alpine town of Bled in present-day Slovenia.
Florjančič was born in the Alpine town of Bled in present-day Slovenia.
His successful inventions have included the perfume atomiser, plastic injection molding machines and the plastic photographic slide frame. He faked his own death on Hahnenkamm, escaping on over the border into neutral Switzerland.
At sixteen, he was the youngest member of the Yugoslav skiing team in the 1936 Olympic Games.