Chalmers Computer Society (in Swedish: Chalmers Datorförening), in short CD, is a students' society at the Chalmers University of Technology, founded in September 1974. Björn Ahlén, Jan Nordén and Olle Wikström were founders and members of the first board. They were offered a mainframe computer from IBM, on the condition that they formed a society to receive that computer.

The purpose of CD is to support the members´ technical interest in computers.

CD is probably the first computer club in the world that owned and operated mainframe computers. In 1974 CD set up the first computing center. Members of CD also designed a number of computers, before it was possible to buy your own personal computer. These have been produced as kits by computer enthusiasts all over Sweden.

On October, 30, 1986, Richard Stallman was awarded honorary life time membership of the Chalmers Computer Society for his inspiring work on free software, especially EMACS and the GNU project. The award was presented to him by the former president Olle Wikström at the by now famous lecture by Stallman at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

It is a member of Nordic University Computer Club. CD was one of the leading players when founding NUCC in 1987, together with the clubs Stacken and Lysator.

The members have frequent meetings where every aspect on computing is discussed. CD is still after more than 30 years a very active society.

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Chalmers Computer Society

Nordic University Computer Club

Richard Stallman's 1986 speech at CD