ESWG History

The English Speaking Working Group (ESWG) was founded after the ISFH congress in 1979 in London.

Meetings of the ESWG

2018

12-16 September

St. Petersburg, Russia

2017

30 August

Seoul, Korea (ISFG Congress)

2016

31 August-3 September

Budapest, Hungary

2015

Krakow, Poland (ISFG Congress)

2014

Athens, Greece

2013

August

Melbourne, Australia (ISFG Congress)

2012

30 May-2 June

Copenhagen, Denmark

2011

29 August-3 September

Vienna, Austria (ISFG Congress)

2010

8-11 September

Stockholm, Sweden

2009

15-18 September

Buenos Aires, Argentina (ISFG Congress)

2008

8-11 June

Sinaia, Romania

2007

21-25 August

Copenhagen, Denmark (ISFG Congress)

2006

8-11 June

Helsinki, Finland

2005

13-17 September

Ponta Delagada, Portugal (ISFG Congress)

2004

17-20 June

Zandvoort, Holland

2003

9-13 September

Arcachon, France (ISFG Congress)

2002

16-19 May

Lisbon, Portugal

2001

28 Aug - 1 Sept

Münster, Germany (ISFG Congress)

2000

15-18 June

Linköping (Söderbrunn), Sweden

1999

17-21 August

San Francisco, California, USA (ISFG Congress)

1998

9-11 October

London, England

1997

2-6 September

Oslo, Norway (ISFG Congress)

1996

11-12 October

Orlando, Florida, USA

1995

12-16 September

Santiago de Compostela, Spain (ISFG Congress)

1994

1-4 September

Krefeld, Germany

1993

13-15 October

Venezia, Italy (ISFG Congress)

1992

25-28 June

Linköping (Vadstena), Sweden

1991

18-21 September

Mainz, Germany (ISFG Congress)

1990

12-15 October

Copenhagen, Denmark

1989

19-21 October

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (ISFG Congress)

1988

No information

1987

26-29 August

Vienna, Austria (ISFG Congress)

1986

No information

1985

6-10 August

Copenhagen, Denmark (ISFG Congress)

1984

No information

1983

14 October

Munich, Germany

1982

No information

1981

29 Sep - 3 Oct

Bern, Switzerland

1980

No information

1979

23-27 September

London, England – foundation of the ESWG

ESWG Boards

Since 2017

  • Chairman: Andreas Tillmar, Sweden
  • Secretary: Denise Syndercombe Court, England
  • Treasurer: Bo Thisted Simonsen, Sweden

Since 2015

  • Chairman: Andreas Tillmar, Sweden
  • Secretary: Denise Syndercombe Court, England
  • Treasurer: Gunilla Holmlund, Sweden

Since 2011

  • Chairman: Niels Morling, Denmark
  • Secretary: Denise Syndercombe Court, England
  • Treasurer: Gunilla Holmlund, Sweden

Since 2007

  • Chairman: Niels Morling, Denmark
  • Secretary: Denise Syndercombe Court, England
  • Treasurer: Bertil Lindblom, Sweden

1997-2007

  • Chairman: Niels Morling, Denmark
  • Secretary: Gerda de Lange, Holland
  • Treasurer: Bertil Lindblom, Sweden

1992-1997

  • Chairman: Patrick Lincoln, England
  • Secretary: Gerda de Lange, Holland
  • Treasurer: Niels Morling, Denmark

1988 – 1992

  • Chairman: Patrick Lincoln, England
  • Secretary: Gerda de Lange, Holland
  • Treasurer: C. Paul Engelfriet, Holland

1980 – 1988

  • Chairman: Barbara Dodd, England
  • Secretary: Patrick Lincoln, England
  • Treasurer: C. Paul Engelfriet, Holland

1979-1980

  • Chairman: Margaret Pereira, England
  • Secretary: Patrick Lincoln, England
  • Treasurer: C. Paul Engelfriet, Holland