Norwegian_Olympic_Committee_and_Confederation_of_Sports

Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

National Paralympic Committee of Norway

The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (Norwegian: Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members and 12,000 sports clubs in 19 region confederations and 54 national federations.[2] The current president is Berit Kjøll.

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History

Headquarters of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports

The organisation was founded in 1861 as Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug, and has later changed its name several times. The current name dates from 2007.

Former presidents

The presidents before 1940:[3]

Centralforeningen 1861–1910

Norges Riksforbund for Idræt 1910–1919

Norges Landsforbund for Idræt 1919–1940

Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund 1924–1940

Rød Sport 1931–1934

  • 1931-0000 Oscar Hansen

During the German occupation of Norway

NLF and AIF were merged in September 1940, but the new organization was soon usurped by the Nazi authorities during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.[4]

NIF 1946–1996

Norges Olympiske Komite 1965–1996

Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske Komite 1996–2007

Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske og Paralympiske Komite 2007–

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Norway". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    "The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF)". Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  3. [3]
    Olstad, Finn (1987). Forsvar, sport, klassekamp 1861–1939. Volume one of Norsk idretts historie (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 327. ISBN 82-03-11337-0.
  4. [4]
    Tønnesson, Stein (1995). "Norges Idrettsforbund". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Idrettsstyret, komiteer og utvalg".
  6. [6]
    "Norway". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.


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