"Paradijs Loge nr. 1" (Paradise Lodge No. 1) was founded in Amsterdam on 19 March 1877 by "L. Elkan" and "G.E. van Erpen", former members of an Odd Fellows lodge in the United States. This initiative commenced in 1876, but initially the Dutch Government was not pleased. It subsequently stopped its resistance later in the same year. The translation of the rituals was the next problem, combined with the recognition by the "Soeverine Loge" (Sovereign Grand Lodge). Eventually the founder of the German Order, "Ostheim", was appointed "Gedeputeerd Groot Sire voor Nederland" and installed the first Dutch board. In 1899, lodges were established in Den Haag and Groningen. Also in 1899, the first "Nederlandse Grootorde" (Grand Lodge of Netherlands) was founded. On 2 September 1911, the first Belgian Lodge, "Belgia Loge nr. 201", was established in Antwerp, and the Order changed its name to "Orde in Nederland en België".