1. - ericssonhistory.com

L M Ericsson, Midsommarkransen, isadmittedly a bit spoilt as regards celebrities.But it is no common occurrenceto have two Nobel Prize Winners visitingthe company at one time. Thisdid happen recently, and the two gentlemenwere Dr. Walter Brattain of BellLaboratories and Professor John Burdenof the University of Illinois. They areseen with Dr. Christian Jacoba?us in thephotograph (right). The two Americanswere awarded the 1956 Physics Prizefor their fundamental work in the fieldof transistors.The Lapp, Anders Rikko,reindeer-owner fromGallivare,was in Stockholm atthe end of January to havea look at the capital. Hewas particularly anxious tosee LME. A friend arrangedthe introduction, and hewas taken round the firm.He is seen (left) in hisresplendent Lapp costumeusing an Ericofon in theExhibition Room.Loke Darshan, the Private Secretary of the King ofNepal, took the opportunity of visiting L M Ericssonwhen recently in Sweden. Here he is seen becomingacquainted with the Ericofon, LM Ericsson'snew telephone.The Head of the Peruvian Ministry of Telecommunications,Dr. Jorge Fernandez Stoll, recently visitedLME's operating company, Sociedad Telefonica delPeru, at Arequipa. LME's Peru manager, Sr. JaimeUminsky (right), demonstrated the Ericofon for theMinister.33