Olof Hörberg (13 June 1921 – 23 Nov 1988) was a Swedish

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, known as co-founder of the International Project Management Association, and its first president from 1972 to 1976. Hörberg had obtained his MSc in engineering from the

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, and had published a manual on FM radio technology in the 1964.Hörberg (1964) In cooperation with the European International Management Systems Association/INTERNET, in 1968, Hörberg initiated and founded the Network Planning Association in

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, nowadays the Svenskt Projektforum. In 1972 he became the first president of the European umbrella organization, the European International Management Systems Association/INTERNET, later the International Project Management Association.

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and Sebastian Dworatschek (2005).
History of IPMA International Project Management Association (1965- 2005) and it’s National Associations.
at ''ipma.world.'' p. 3. Accessed 26-06-2017. Jan Pries-Heje. ''Project Management Multiplicity.'' 2013. p. 12 In 1976 he was succeeded by

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Selected publications

* Olof Hörberg. ''FM-teknik radioteknikerns handbok.'' Bok, 1964 ;Articles, a selection * Olof Hörberg.
Stril 60
" in: ''Teknisk Tidskrift,'' Vol 92. 1962. p. 929.

References

1921 births 1988 deaths Swedish civil engineers KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni {{Sweden-engineer-stub