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Birger Nordholm

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in Ă–stermalm, Stockholm. Maintained by the Alumni Association of the school of which Nordholm was a lifelong member, it awards students who have "demonstrated a good and exemplary companionship or else by significant efforts have shown great interest in the school and its activities."
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foregrounded the "purposeful" and "educational" dimension of "a new type of tourism" that would be "the foundation of lasting peace". This would eventually contribute to the development of the
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Following the simplification of visa regulations, customs procedures, and other formalities, as expressed in a 1952 edition of the
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expanded into one of the nation's main revenue source, and Nordholm was a keen promoter of its transatlantic development.
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in New York City on 1 April 1938, with the objective to "develop true friendship and common purpose among members of the
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and other dignitaries, as well as friends and neighbours, and Nordholm became a well-known international speaker.
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Nordholm initiated and headed the Swedish National Tourist Office 1921–1963, located in the
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Under Birger Nordholm's tenure, the Swedish National Tourist Office was established in the
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Nordholm was also a "Founding Father" and "skĂĄlleage" of the North American
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under the slogan "Understanding through travel is the passport to peace" (
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American chief executives of travel and tourism industry companies
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Travel Key to Europe (New York: This Week Magazine, 1952), pp.6–7
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Birger Nordholm devoted his career to the promotion of
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Index


Arthur Haulot
This Week
Stockholm
Sweden
Raleigh
North Carolina
United States
United States
Sweden
Ă–stra Real
Director

Swedish-American
director
New York City
Chairman
European Travel Commission
Stockholm
Sweden
Ă–stermalm
Ă–stra Real

Rockefeller Center
New York City
United States
tourism
international relations
Sweden
United States

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