Folke Rogard

Folke Rogard
President of FIDE
In office 1949–1970
Preceded by	Alexander Rueb
Succeeded by	Max Euwe
Personal details
Born	Bror Axel Folke Per Rosengren (1899-07-06)July 6, 1899 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	June 11, 1973(1973-06-11) (aged 73)

Bror Axel Folke Per Rogard (6 July 1899 – 11 June 1973) was a Swedish lawyer, chess official, player and arbiter.

He was born in Stockholm, with the surname Rosengren, and qualified as a lawyer with that name. After a family member was charged with burglary, he changed his name to Rogard and severed all connections with his family.

Rogard was vice-president of the

During his senior leadership terms with FIDE, and with the Swedish federation, he was able to arrange for many high-profile chess events to be hosted in Sweden. Four

• Formalization of International
  International Master
  titles, in 1950;
• Assuming control of the World Championship process, setting up Zones covering the chess world, together with Interzonal and Candidates tournaments on a regular three-year cycle, starting in 1948 with the World Championship Tournament to determine a new champion after holder Alexander Alekhine died in 1946;
• Re-establishing the Chess Olympiads, on a two-year cycle, starting in 1950, after an 11-year gap from the previous event in 1939;
• Establishment of the new World Junior Chess Championship, for players 20 years and younger, in 1951, on a two-year cycle, which was changed to an annual event in the early 1970s;
• Introduction of an International Rating System, in 1970.

Another enormous success toward the finish of Rogard's presidency was the first

During Rogard's time of involvement with Swedish chess, Stockholm hosted the 1937 Chess Olympiad, won by the United States.

Rogard played chess at third category level.

He was married four times: first to Greta Santessen (1898-1999) from 1921 to 1934, they had a daughter Monica (born 1923); then to Gueye Rolf (1902-1973) until 1944; then to Viveca Lindfors (1920-1995) from 1944 to 1948, they had a daughter Lena Tabori (born 1944); last married to Ella Johansson (1920-2006) from 1965.

References

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External links

• Winter, Edward (14 January 2009). "The FIDE President and the Actress". ChessBase.com.

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