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    Johannes Sigfrid Edström (11 November 1870 – 18 March 1964) was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and fourth president...
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    his vice-president Sigfrid Edström. When IOC president Henri de Baillet-Latour died in 1942, Swedish industrialist Sigfrid Edström took over as the acting...
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  • technology Peter David Edstrom (1873–1938), Swedish American sculptor Ralf Edström, Swedish former footballer Sigfrid Edström (1870–1964), Swedish industrial...
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    and Sweden's Sigfrid Edström was elected to replace him. Brundage was selected to fill Edström's place on the executive board. Edström had been a Brundage...
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    Sigfrid Edström 1949–1956 – Thorsten Ericson 1956–1976 – Marcus Wallenberg 1976–1991 – Curt Nicolin ASEA IRB – robot Asko Hitachi Energy Sigfrid Edström...
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    women's congress in 1915. Ruth was the wife of the head of Asea, J. Sigfrid Edström. Ruth Randall was the eldest of seven siblings born in Wilmington,...
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    Baillet-Latour was succeeded as IOC president by his vice-president Sigfrid Edström. House of Baillet "Henri de Baillet-Latour Fonds list" (PDF). International...
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  • also the first of two summer Games held under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström. The 1948 Olympics came to be known as the "Austerity Games" due to...
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  • at a congress in Berlin, Germany, the following year, overseen by Sigfrid Edström who was to become the fledgling organisation's first president. The...
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  • the first of two winter Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström. 28 nations marched in the opening ceremonies on 30 January 1948. Bibi...
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    Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Vacant, next held by Sigfrid Edström (1952) Personal details Born Charles Pierre de Frédy (1863-01-01)1...
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    former member of Ace of Base Gustaf Dalén, Nobel Prize in Physics Sigfrid Edström, director ASEA, president IOC Claes-Göran Granqvist, physicist Margit...
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    municipality in connection with the nationwide municipal reform of 1971. Sigfrid Edstrom, Former president of the IOC, Industrialist & Chairman of the Sweden-America...
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  • Brynjulf Bull, Oslo's mayor, passed the flag to the president of the IOC, Sigfrid Edström, who declared the flag was to pass from host city to host city for...
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    selected as the host for the Games of the XIV Olympiad. The Swedish Sigfrid Edström was elected as the fourth President of the International Olympic Committee...
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  • 1880) 1963 – C. C. Martindale, English Jesuit priest (b. 1879) 1964 – Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee...
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    October 30 – Lawrence Grant, English actor (d. 1952) November 21 – Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official, President of the International Olympic Committee...
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    that were the core of the IOC bureaucracy, including IOC president Sigfrid Edström, who claimed that Nurmi had received too much money for his travel...
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  • Professor of Theology Nathan Söderblom, the Managing Director of ASEA, J. Sigfrid Edström, the industrialist and banker Jacob Wallenberg, the chairman of the...
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    Sporting positions Preceded by Sigfrid Edström Presidents of the IAAF 1946–1976 Succeeded by Adriaan Paulen Preceded by Joseph Goebbels Karl Ritter von...
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    rejected the Finn's entries and barred him from competing in Los Angeles. Sigfrid Edström, the Swedish chairman of the Council of the International Association...
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  • Nordic region. Nordiska’s most well-known member was probably Sigfrid Edström. Edström was a member during two periods: first from 1891 until 1893 during...
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    were the final Olympic Games organised under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström. Israel made its Olympic debut. The Jewish state had been unable to...
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    Name Comments Year Viktor Balck Original member 1894–1921 Sigfrid Edström Former President 1942–1952 Gunilla Lindberg Vice President 2001–2013...
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    allowed to compete in any sport on the OCI team. Brundage's predecessor Sigfrid Edström had been sympathetic to the BOA. In Irish nationality law, birth in...
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  • Athletics Association 1946 — Olympic Committee of Colombia 1947 — J. Sigfrid Edström, President of the IOC 1948 — Central Council of Physical Recreation...
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    Saltsjöbaden Agreement. August Lindberg of LO sitting to the left and Sigfrid Edström of SAF sitting to the right. Type Labour market-political agreement...
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  • the editorial committee included Erik Bergvall, Folke Bernadotte, Sigfrid Edström, Rolf von Heidenstam, Ivar Holmquist, Anton Johanson, Martin P. Nilsson...
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    and introduced electrically powered trams only two years later when Sigfrid Edström led the electrification of the trams. During the next 40 years, the...
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  • March 12 – Abbās al-Aqqād, Egyptian journalist (born 1889) March 18 Sigfrid Edström, Swedish industrialist, 4th President of the International Olympic...
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