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The history of the Eropean Grassland Federation (EGF) from its founding in 1963 to 2004 is described. EGF has always played imortant role in grassland science development in Europe. During 40 years of activity 20 General Meetings and 12 Occasional Symposia were organized by EGF in different countries. The paper presents full list of all EGF conferences and meetings with titles and some other useful information. The structure and functions of EGF have changed in 40 years and it has been also shown in the paper. The origins, consitution, role of Executive Committee, General Secretary and Honorary Life Presidents are also describes. The special attention is paid on the Polish participation in EGF activity; number of Polish participants in comparison with total number of participant in following EGF conferences is presented.