History of Nordic Computing

Reflections, Thoughts, and Episodes.- An Interview with Börje Langefors.- The Pioneer Era in Norwegian Scientific Computing (1948–1962).- The Role of IBM in Starting up Computing in the Nordic Countries.- Computerisation of the Icelandic State and Municipalities.- Technology transfer, Modernization, and the Welfare State.- A Failure Revisited: The First Finnish Computer Construction Project.- On the Politics of Failure.- Birth of Computer Science Education and Research in Finland.- The Advent of the First General-Purpose Computer in Iceland.- Early Curricula in Computer Science at the University of Iceland.- Research and Curricula Development at Norwegian Universities.- Introducing Information Technology at Norwegian Regional Colleges.- Nordic Cooperation within the Field of Computing.- Cooperation as a Driving Force in Nordic It.- History of the Nordic Computer Industry.- The Datasaab Flexible Central Processing Unit.- of Computers in Norwegian School Mathematics.- From Programming to System Design.- The Birth of It in Upper Secondary Education in Norway.- It for Learning: A Need for a New Approach?.- The Early Nordic Software Effort.- Algol-Genius.- The Birth of Simula.- Club Activity in the Early Phases of Microcomputing in Finland.- MIPROC.- From Binary Strings to Visual Programming.- Ferranti Mercury at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment.- Making Computing Available.- Scip: A Scandinavian Project on Systems Analysis and Design.- Is Scandinavian Information System Development Becoming Passé?.- Significant Applications.- Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries.- Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries.- Nordunet: The Roots of Nordic Networking.- Where Were the Women?.- When Computers Became of Interest in Politics.- Development in the Growth Base of the ‘Oulu Phenomenon’.- The Norwegian Computing Center and the Univac 1107 (1963–1970).- The Wegematic 1000 Computing Center,1959–1964.- Concluding Remarks.