Borislav Arapović is the founder of the Institute for Bible Translation, a renowned Slavist, poet, member of the Swedish Society of Slavists, the Swedish Writers' Union, the Union of Croatian Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa and Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

He founded IBT in 1973 with the conviction that every nation deserves to have a Bible in its own language. To this aim, Borislav Arapović initiated a large-scale effort to translate the Bible into the languages of the non-Slavic peoples of the USSR.

Thanks to his tireless work, which laid the foundation for our activities, today the Institute works with 80 languages of non-Slavic peoples, of which IBT in Russia works with 65 and IBT in Finland — with 15.

We congratulate Borislav Arapović and thank him for his clear vision, his untiring determination, thanks to which many peoples have received the Bible in their mother tongue, for his bright and fruitful life, which has changed the destinies of individuals and entire nations!