Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
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Code | NOR |
Created | 15 March 1861 |
Continental Association | EOC |
Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
President | Berit Kjøll[1] |
Secretary General | Inge Andersen |
Website | www.idrettsforbundet.no |
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Code | NOR |
Created | 1 January 2008 |
Continental Association | EPC |
Website | idrettsforbundet.no/funksjonshemmede/ |
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (Norwegian: Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF), commonly known as the Norwegian Sports Confederation (Norwegian: Norges idrettsforbund) 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.
History
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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
[edit]The presidents before 1940:[3]
Centralforeningen 1861–1910
[edit]- 1861-1864 Otto Richard Kierulf
- 1864-1867 Nils Christian Irgens
- 1867-1869 Otto Richard Kierulf
- 1869-1878 Lars Broch
- 1878-1881 Lars Christian Dahll
- 1881-1885 Edvard Eriksen
- 1885-1887 Olaf Wilhelm Petersen
- 1887-1892 Anders Løwlie
- 1892-1902 Carl Sylow
- 1902-1904 Thorvald Prydz
- 1904-1906 Frithjof Jacobsen
- 1906-1916 Oscar Strugstad
- 1916-1919 Hans Daae
Norges Riksforbund for Idræt 1910–1919
[edit]- 1910-1914 Johan Martens
- 1914-1918 Johan Sverre
- 1918-1919 Leif S. Rode
Norges Landsforbund for Idræt 1919–1940
[edit]- 1919-1925 Hjalmar Krag
- 1925-1930 Leif S. Rode
- 1930-1932 Jørgen Martinius Jensen
- 1932-1936 Daniel Eie
- 1936-1940 Carl Christiansen
Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund 1924–1940
[edit]- 1924-1926 Harald Liljedahl
- 1926-1927 Oscar Hansen
- 1927-1928 Thor Jørgensen
- 1928-1931 Thorvald Olsen
- 1931-1935 Trygve Lie
- 1935-1939 Arthur Ruud
- 1939-1940 Rolf Hofmo
- 1931-Oscar Hansen
During the German occupation of Norway
[edit]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]
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- 1940-1940 Olaf Helset (deposed)
- 1940-1942 Egil Reichborn-Kjennerud
- 1942-1944 Charles Hoff
NIF 1946–1996
[edit]- 1946-1948 Olaf Helset
- 1948-1951 Arthur Ruud
- 1961-1965 Axel Proet Høst
- 1965-1967 Johan Chr. Schønheyder
- 1967-1973 Torfinn Bentzen
- 1973-1984 Ole Jacob Bangstad
- 1984-1990 Hans B. Skaset
- 1990-1994 William Engseth
- 1994-1996 Arne Myhrvold
Norges Olympiske Komite 1965–1996
[edit]- 1965-1969 Jørgen Jahre
- 1969-1985 Arne B. Mollén
- 1985-1989 Jan Gulbrandsen
- 1989-1996 Arne Myhrvold
Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske Komite 1996–2007
[edit]- 1996-1999 Arne Myhrvold
- 1999-2004 Kjell Olav Kran
- 2004-2004 Grethe Fossli (acting)
- 2004-2007 Karl-Arne Johannessen
- 2007-2007 Odd-Roar Thorsen (acting)
- 2007-2007 Tove Paule
Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske og Paralympiske Komite 2007–
[edit]- 2007–2011 Tove Paule
- 2011–2015 Børre Rognlien
- 2015–2019 Tom Tvedt[5]
- 2019– Berit Kjøll[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Norway". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF)". Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Idrettsstyret, komiteer og utvalg".
- ^ "Norway". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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