1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

and so the Technical Section of the Committee found itself obliged torecommend the adoption of Association Football as part of the programmeof the coming Olympiad.THE TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF THECOMPETITION.The Swedish Football Association which, at first, had shared theopinion of the Swedish Olympic Committee that it was an error inprinciple to add games to the Olympic programme, had nothing tourge against Association Football’s obtaining a place on the list ofevents, after the turn matters had taken, and the Swedish Associationalso expressed its willingness to make itself responsible for all thearrangements necessary for the Olympic football competitions and, forthat purpose, instructed its Secretary to draw up the form of agreementto be entered into with the Swedish Olympic Committee, tonegotiate with that body and, eventually, to sign the agreement inquestion on behalf of the Association.In consequence of the plan of work adopted by the SwedishOlympic Committee, the latter considered, however, that it could notenter into direct communication with the Swedish Football Associationin the matter, but begged the Association to appoint a special Committeefor the purpose. The request was at once complied with,Messrs. ANTON JOHANSON, GOTTHOLD OHRLING and EDVIN SANDBORGbeing chosen as the members of this committee.As early as January, 1911, the negotiations between the SwedishOlympic Committee and the Swedish Football Association had beenbrought to a close and the above-mentioned agreement signed, afterwhich, the Association, at a meeting held the same month, nominatedsome of its number as members of the Olympic Football Committeewhich, consisting at first of 11 persons, all of them belonging to theCommittee of the Swedish Football Association, was afterwards furtherincreased until its final composition was as follows:President:C. L. KORNERUP, Esq., Stockholm.Secretary : ANTON JOHANSON, Esq., Stockholm.Other Members: Messrs. RICKARD ANDERSSON, Stockholm.GÖSTA DALMAN, Gothenburg.OSCAR FORSHELL, Gothenburg.WILHELM FRIBERG, Gothenburg.EKIK GRAHN, Örebro.A. HAMMAR, Gäfle.CARL HELLBERG, Stockholm.ERLAND HJÄMEJE, Gothenburg.IVAR HOLM, Stockholm.RYBIN JOHANSSON, Helsingborg.JOHN OHLSON, Eskilstuna.GOTTHOLD OHRLING, Stockholm.EDVIN SANDBORG, Stockholm.The members of the various sub-committees were:480