Add: add a section on the origins of Qvarn to README

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 [Qvarn]: http://qvarn.org/
 [General Data Protection Regulation]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation
 
+History and background
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+
+Qvarn started as an internal project in 2015 at Suomen Tilaajavastuu
+(https://www.tilaajavastuu.fi/en/), a company that provides various
+reproting services to the Finnish construction industry. Later that
+year the Swedish Construction Federation
+(https://www.sverigesbyggindustrier.se/english) adopted Qvarn as a
+platform for ID06 identity card services in Sweden. From the start, a
+goal for Qvarn has been to make it easy to comply with the EU General
+Data Protection Regulation.
+
+In 2016 Qvarn spun off to its own company, QvarnLabs Ab, which
+provides consulting, development, and support services around Qvarn.
+
 Legalese
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