Holger OhlinThe announcement of Holger Ohlin'sdeath on Friday the 17th ofAugust did not <strong>com</strong>e entirely unexpectedlyto those who had followedhis stubborn struggle against illnessduring his closing months. The will towin was strong in him to the last.Holger Ohlin's lifework was devotedalmost entirely to L M Ericsson.He entered the <strong>com</strong>pany's serviceas Head of the Treasury Departmentin 1928. and in 1931 wasappointed Vice President and Headof Central Sales. During the troublesomeperiod for the <strong>com</strong>pany thatfollowed on the Kreuger crash, greatdemands were placed on his knowledgeand experience; and then, asin the difficult work of reconstructionin the subsequent years, his abilitiesand intelligence were a greatasset to the <strong>com</strong>pany. In conjunctionwith the reorganization of themanagement in 1940 he was appointedChief Financial Officer, being the firstholder of this appointment. From1954 to 1961 he held the powersand responsibilities also of ExecutiveVice President.Holger Ohlin held degrees in economicsand law, a <strong>com</strong>bination whichproved to be of great value to him.He also had a wide knowledge oflanguages, which meant that he coulddevote considerable attention to theforeign problems of the <strong>com</strong>pany,both those of an economic and financialnature and those concerned purelywith business management. Hedevoted special interest to the Italiansection of the Group, where the problemshave been many and difficult.His efforts were acknowledged in theaward of the Order of Knight Commanderof Merito Italiano, a distinctionon which he rightly placed greatvalue.Despite the heavy load of workinvolved in his Ericsson appointments—he was also member of a number ofboards within the Group—he foundtime for various public assignments,in the conduct of which his sagacityand sound knowledge were highlyappreciated. When Holger Ohlin retiredon pension last year at the ageof 65. we in the management of the<strong>com</strong>pany hoped that we might continueto draw on his fund of experiencefor a long time to <strong>com</strong>e.He himself looked forward to a periodwhich would give him the freedomto devote his time to many86in Memoriamquestions outside his previous sphereof work. But fate decreed otherwise.Holger Ohlin, the able, versatileand always helpful administrator, theconfident, cheerful and kindly Scanian,is no more. Among those whomourn his departure are the manythousands of Ericsson employees whojoin with me in a word of warmgratitude to our friend for what hehas meant to us all.Sven Ture Aberg120 British RailwaySignal Engineers VisitL M EricssonThe Institution of Railway SignalEngineers (IRSE) celebrated its halfcentenaryin 1962. The annual visitpaid by the Institution to railwaysignalling plants and manufacturersinside or outside the British Isleswas this year made to Sweden, wherethe State Railways and L M Ericssonhad the pleasure of cooperatingin the arrangements for the IRSEGolden Jubilee Convention.The party arrived in Stockholmon May 9 and immediately proceededto the Midsommarkransen offices ofL M Ericsson, where they were wel<strong>com</strong>edby the president, Sven T.Aberg. The group was able to studyL M Ericsson's products in the ExhibitionRoom and to make a quicktour of the factory.In the days that followed. IRSEvisited the Stockholm Central Station,where the State Railways demonstratedthe relay interlockingplant at present under constructionthere, for which L M Ericsson hadarranged a model of the track diagramto be used in the new plant.The State Railways had also arrangeda display of the signalling equipmentthey employ—principally of Ericssonmake.IRSE thereafter visited the AngeC.T.C. plant, the largest in Europe,also delivered by L M Ericsson.Ericsson C.T.C. forSpanish RailwaysCia Espafiola Ericsson and L MEricsson have received orders fromthe Spanish Railways, RENFE, forC.T.C. equipment on the Valcncia-Sagunto line, the southernmost sectionof the Valencia-Barcelona line.Cia Espafiola Ericsson is to supplyrelay interlockings for the seven remote-controlledstations, and blocksbetween them, and L M Ericsson isto supply the remote control equipments.Five of the seven stations havetwo main tracks and the other twostations three main tracks. The lineis single track, 20 miles in length,and normally carries 50 trains a day.The C.T.C. system will he ofstandard Ericsson type with keyboardoperation and a semicircular,sectional track diagram carrying indicationlamps only. The plant is tobe in operation by 1963.Spain will be the eleventh countryto which L M Ericsson has suppliedC.T.C. equipment.51,720 Kronor inAnnual LME GrantsThe Telefonaktiebolaget L M EricssonFoundation for the Promotionof Electrotechnical Research hasmade grants amounting to 16,000Kronor from the year's funds to eightpersons.The <strong>com</strong>pany's Foundation forTravel and Other Educational Grantshas awarded 35,720 Kronor to 25employees of the Ericsson Groupand to 5 employees of the SwedishTele<strong>com</strong>munications Administration.
\President Tubmanat L M EricssonLiberia's President, William Tubman,paid an official visit to Swedenat the end of September, in the courseof which he made a call at L MEricsson's Midsommarkransen factory.The President, ac<strong>com</strong>panied bythe Prime Minister, Tage Erlander,Cabinet Minister, Sven af Geijerstam,and a large following, was wel<strong>com</strong>edby the Chairman of the Board, DrMarcus Wallenberg. After a briefaccount of the <strong>com</strong>pany's activitiesby President Sven T. Aberg, the partywas shown round the ExhibitionRoom. Mr. Aberg presented the Presidentwith a set of Ericofons in theLiberian colours, red, white and blue,and an Ericovox.L M Ericsson's first large orderfrom the Liberian government hadbeen obtained in September 1%1. It<strong>com</strong>prised local automatic exchangesand outside plant for Monrovia andother towns to a value of nearly 9million kronor. A further contractwas recently concluded with Liberiafor the supply of carrier equipmentfor the national trunk network.President William Tubman with (right) DrMarcus Wallenberg and Mr. Sven T. Abergand (left) Mr. B. Thisell.The inauguration at Katmandu, capital of Nepal, of the1,000-line automatic exchange of Ericsson type ARF 101.King Mahendra Bir Birkram Shah Deva cuts the tapeacross the entrance to the Katmandu Telephone Exchange.On the left is Dhundi Raj, Secretary of the Minister ofCommunications, and on the right Chief Engineer HerambaPrasad I'padhyaya.(Above) From left: Director General Abdul Jabbar Ismail, Mr. Usama, andGeneral M. A. Baghdadi from the Iraq P.T.T. on a visit to Midsommarkransen.87
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