Birger Joseph Nordholm ( June 25, 1897-November 30, 1989 ) was the founding director of the Swedish tourist office in New York, a member of the Scandinavian Travel Commission and the founder of the European Travel Commission.

Nordholm was born in Stockholm, Sweden, 1897, the son of Per Gustav Nordholm from Blekinge, Sweden, and died in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA in 1987.

In 1932, Nordholm married Margit Ellen Nilsson from Lindkoping, Sweden ( 1902-1974 ) and they had one daughter, Marie-Louise in 1937.

After World War 11, as part of the Marshall Plan Nordholm was named the initial Chairman of the European Travel Commission by President Eisenhower, a position he held for many decades.

The long country road to his home was officially named Nordholm Drive in his honor in the 1950's.

Marie-Louise Nordholm Reifschneider.

* Nordholm — A world that seems to be influenced by Scandinavian origins.

Adam Bosworth initiated and headed up the Quattro project until moving to Microsoft later in 1990 to take over the project which eventually became Access.

In 1997, Prime Minister Alain Juppé initiated the Mattéoli Commission, headed by Jean Mattéoli, to investigate the matter and according to the government, the Louvre is in charge of 678 pieces of still unclaimed artworks by their rightful owners.

A test Soviet connection to Austria in 1982 existed, in 1982 and 1983 there were series of " world computer conferences " at VNIIPAS initiated by the U. N. where USSR was represented by a team of scientists from many Soviet Republics headed by biochemist Anatoly Klyosov ; the other participating countries were UK, USA, Canada, Sweden, FRG, GDR, Italy, Finland, Philippines, Guatemala, Japan, Thailand, Luxembourg, Denmark, Brazil and New Zealand.

Development initiated with a creative team of companies and individuals: Jerry Sachs, ad man of Sachs-Finley Agency, brought together the animators at Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, headed by award-winning animator Fred Wolf.

After the failed April 1961 Algiers putsch, organized by generals hostile to the negotiations headed by Michel Debré's Gaullist government, the OAS ( Organisation de l ' armée secrète ), which grouped various opponents of Algerian independence, initiated a campaign of bombings.

Mandelson headed the Campaigns and Communications Directorate, established in 1985, and initiated the Shadow Communications Agency.

A special team headed by Marine Col. Matthew Bogdanos initiated an investigation on April 21.

Jafna bin Amr and his family, headed for Syria where he settled and initiated the kingdom of the Ghassanids who was so named after a spring of water where they stopped on their way to Syria.

The U. S. Department of Justice's General Intelligence Division, headed by J. Edgar Hoover and under the direction of Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer, initiated a series of raids to arrest leftists.

These batteries were part of a program initiated by the Endicott Board, a group headed by a mid-1880s Secretary of War, William C. Endicott.

** Jafna bin ‘ Amr and his family, headed for Syria where he settled and initiated the kingdom of Ghassan who was so named after a spring of water, in Hijaz, where they stopped on their way to Syria.

This change was based on a white paper initiated by Paul Hellyer, Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet headed by Lester B. Pearson.

A new Holy League was initiated by Pope Innocent XI and encompassed the Holy Roman Empire ( headed by Habsburg Austria ), Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Venetian Republic in 1684, joined by Russia in 1686.

The Imperial College Vacation Work Committee headed by Mr. James Newby initiated a meeting with national organizations from 10 European countries in a post war effort to promote better understanding between countries and cultures.

Jafna bin Amr and his family, headed for Syria where he settled and initiated the kingdom of the Ghassanids who was so named after a spring of water where they stopped on their way to Syria.

They were signed during a massively followed general strike initiated after the election of the Popular Front in May 1936, which had led to the creation of a left-wing government headed by Léon Blum ( SFIO ).

Because of the serious rumours and intense public pressure, a more thorough investigation was initiated, this time headed by Božo Prelević, former interior minister of Serbia.

These batteries were part of a program initiated by the Endicott Board, a group headed by secretary of War, William C. Endicott.

He initiated production of the stylish Avanti, based on a Lark chassis and drivetrain with fiberglass bodywork designed by a team headed by Raymond Loewy.

Around 1965, the government initiated the so-called Million Programme, intending to offer affordable apartments in the outskirts of major Swedish cities.

The 16th century Swedish writer Olaus Magnus says that the Livonian werewolves were initiated by draining a cup of specially prepared beer and repeating a set formula.

:* Terminal 4, formerly Inrikes 1 was originally designed for the Swedish domestic carrier Linjeflyg, and initiated in 1983.

In the 17th century, during the Russo – Swedish War initiated by Alexis of Russia, the Russians captured Daugavpils, renamed the town Borisoglebsk and controlled the region for 11 years, between 1656 and 1667.

In 1942, State Secretary Erlander together with then Minister for Social Affairs Gustav Möller initiated a nation-wide registration of the Swedish Travellers, a branch of the Romani people that has been resident in Sweden for 500 years.

Nationalencyklopedin ( NE ) is the most comprehensive contemporary Swedish language encyclopedia, initiated by a favourable loan from the Government of Sweden of 17 million Swedish kronor in 1980, which was repaid by December 1990.

In 1912 he initiated the award of the German Sports Badge, following the example of a Swedish award encountered during the Stockholm Olympics.

It was initiated by the CNES ( Centre national d ' études spatiales — the French space agency ) in the 1970s and was developed in association with the SSTC ( Belgian scientific, technical and cultural services ) and the Swedish National Space Board ( SNSB ).

James's " vastation " initiated a spiritual crisis that lasted two years, and was finally resolved through the thorough exploration of the work of Emanuel Swedenborg ( 1688 – 1772 ), the Swedish scientist, religious visionary and teacher, and mystic.

It also initiated a partnership with the Swedish recording company BIS to launch more than 20 CDs of the orchestra ’ s performances, as well as an on-going partnership with Brazilian label Biscoito Fino.

* He achieved the reversal of Finland's foreign policy into a neutralist pro-Scandinavian stance, and a Swedish rapprochement, that may well have been prepared for in the most initiated circles, but that in the contemporary tense phase of the language strife in Finland was not at all easy to explain to the public opinion.

The movement was initiated by Danish and Swedish university students in the 1840s, with a base in Scania.

On February 26, he initiated a long correspondence with the Swedish government.

The Neoclassicist composition of Gustaf Göthe ( 1779 – 1838 ), inaugurated in 1821, is escorted by four lions sculpted by Bengt Erland Fogelberg ( 1786 – 1854 ), added in 1824, and each of which are holding a ball carrying the Norwegian and Swedish coat of arms alluding the Swedish-Norwegian Union initiated by the king.

EYFA grew from a tour that was initiated by Swedish / German / Dutch group in 1986 to save the old forests in Europe, and it was then named European Youth Forest Action.