A Brief History of Scandinavian Society for Immunology.

The Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI) was officially established on March 1969 at a meeting in Stockholm. This meeting was arranged by the Swedish Society for Microbiology with the special purpose of founding a Scandinavian Society for Immunology (1). According to the invitation issued in early March 1969, the proposed objectives of the Society were: (1) to advance the study of immunology in Scandinavia and to facilitate contact between individuals and laboratories working within the field. For this purpose the Society should organize scientific meetings and laboratory courses and take any other measure to support the development of immunology within the area; and (2) to establish contact and scientific exchange with other societies in Europe and overseas. The Society should take the necessary steps to become an affiliated member of the International Union of Immunological Societies, which probably would be founded in the near future.