Editing Birger Nordholm (section)

== Charities ==
[[File:Östra Reals gymnasium.jpg|thumb|[[Östra Real]] (2011) in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]].]]
Birger Nordholm promoted [[philanthropy]] to various international [[charitable organization|charities]], such as to the [[humanitarian aid]] organization [[Finnish Relief Fund]] with purpose to [[Foreign support of Finland in the Winter War|assist]] [[civilians]] of [[Finland]] during the [[Winter War]] of [[World War II]].<ref>[http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/hoover/finrelfu.pdf Hoover]cdlib.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092650/http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/hoover/finrelfu.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> He assisted cultural institutions such as the [[American Museum of Natural History]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lbry-web-003.amnh.org/museum/annual_reports/source/R1924.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926003221/http://lbry-web-003.amnh.org/museum/annual_reports/source/R1924.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was a member of the Swedish Pioneer Historical Society,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/npu_sahq/id/2934|title=Members of the Swedish Pioneer Historical Society :: Swedish-American Historical Quarterly (North Park University)|website=collections.carli.illinois.edu}}</ref> and the American Swedish Historical Foundation behind the [[American Swedish Historical Museum]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQoA9nmqEF8C&q=American+Swedish+Historical+Museum+birger+nordholm&pg=PA113|title=American Swedish Historical Museum: Yearbook 1947|publisher=American Swedish Hist Museum|isbn=9781437950038|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Nordholm was also a "Founding Father" and "skålleage" of the North American [[charter]] of the [[Skål International]] in New York City on 1 April 1938, with the objective to "develop true friendship and common purpose among members of the [[tourist industry]]; through tourism, to promote mutual understanding and foster goodwill between the peoples of the world."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyskal.com/our-history/|title=Our History - NY SKAL -|publisher=}}</ref>

The ''Birger Nordholm Foundation'' ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: ''Birger Nordholms stiftelse'') was posthumously established at his former [[secondary school]] [[Östra Real]] in Östermalm, Stockholm. Maintained by the Alumni Association of the school of which Nordholm was a lifelong member, it awards students who have "demonstrated a good and exemplary companionship or else by significant efforts have shown great interest in the school and its activities."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ostrarealsgymnasium.stockholm.se/sites/default/files/vor_282003.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-14 |archive-date=2015-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063754/http://ostrarealsgymnasium.stockholm.se/sites/default/files/vor_282003.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>