Norges idrettsforbund and olympiske and paralympiske committee

Norges idrettsforbund and olympiske and paralympiske committee
Founded	1861
Place of foundation	Oslo
president	Børre Rognlien
societies	11-12,000
Members	2,047,000
Association headquarters	Idrettens Hus , Oslo
Official languages)	Norwegian
Homepage	http://www.idrett.no/

Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité (NIF for short; short form: Norges idrettsforbund ; German  Norway's sports association and Olympic and Paralympic committee ) is the national umbrella organization for sport in Norway . It is located at the Ullevaal Stadium in the House of Sports (Idrettens Hus) in Oslo . The association is Norway's largest volunteer organization with over 2 million members in more than 11,000 clubs and sports groups. It consists of 54 sports associations and 19 sports districts, which roughly correspond to the boundaries of the Fylke . At the municipal level there are 366 sports councils across the country who support the clubs in expressing their needs for sports facilities to the authorities. Measured by the number of members, football is the most popular sport in Norway, followed by skiing in second place and company sports in third place. Also Golf (4) and handball (5) count with more than 100,000 members to the popular recreational activities in the country.

Since 1952, the association awards the prize Fearnley Award (dt. "Fearnleys Olympic prize") with which to every summer and Winter Games the most successful athletes of Norway at the Olympics will be honored.

history

The forerunner of the association was founded on March 15, 1861: the Central Association for the Spread of Physical Exercise and the Use of Arms (Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug) . The leadership in the early years saw sport as a means to strengthen the country's defensive strength. In the following years, several name changes: 1893 shortened Central Association for the spread of the sport (Central Foreningen for Udbredelse af Idræt) , 1910 in Norway's National Association for Sport (Norges Riksforbund for Idræt) and 1919 in Norway's National Association for Sport (Norges Landsforbund for Idrett) .

The biggest opponent until 1940 was the more ideological sports association of workers (Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund) from 1924. With it, the association agreed to merge the two organizations after the German occupation of Norway . Since 1946 the association has been called Norges Idrettsforbund , its current short form; its long form emerged from the mergers with the Norwegian NOK in 1996 and the disabled sports association Norges Funksjonhemmeds Idrettsforbund 2008.

Which were by the Association of Winter Olympic Games 1952 in Oslo and 1994 in Lillehammer organized.

Member associations

Member association	sport	Year of foundation	groups	Members
Norges Ake-, Bob- and Skeletonforbund	Luge , bobsleigh , skeleton	1935	10	464
Norges Amerikanske Idretters Forbund , until 2009: Norges Amerikansk Fotball og Cheerleading Forbund (founded 1987) Norges Frisbeeforbund (founded 1979) Norges Lacrosse Forbund (founded 2007)	American football , cheerleading frisbee , lacrosse	2010	Football: 38 Frisbee: 31	Football: 2662 Frisbee: 1140
Norges Badminton Forbund	badminton	1938	119	5318
Norges Bandyforbund	Bandy	1920	331	21,938
Norges Basketball Association	basketball	1968	149	10,946
Norges Bedriftsidrettsforbund	Company sports	1957	3980	146,524
Norges Biljardforbund	billiards	1981	36	3873
Norges Bokseforbund	Boxing	1913	66	3867
Norges Bordtennisforbund	Table tennis	1946	107	5190
Norges Bowlingforbund	bowling	1962	104	2889
Norges Bryteforbund	Wrestling	1913	49	6426
Norges Bueskytterforbund	Archery	1948	87	3834
Norges Castingforbund	Casting	1952	33	3668
Norges Cricketforbund	Cricket		39	2215
Norges Curling Association	Curling	1956	26th	2361
Norges Cykleforbund	Cycling	1910	290	29861
Norges Danseforbund	Dance sport	1938	111	16,629
Norges Dykkeforbund	Diving	1957	162	6573
Norges Fekteforbund	fencing	1911	21st	1262
Norges Fleridrettsforbund	Boccia & Carpet Curling , Pétanque , Friskis & Svettis	2007	148	34,154
Norges Fotballforbund	Soccer	1902	1753	364.834
Norges Fri-idrettsforbund	athletics	1896	840	66,585
Norges Golfforbund	golf	1948	187	125,388
Norges Gymnastikk- og Turnforbund	Gymnastics , gymnastics	1890	406	83,859
Norges Håndballforbund	Handball	1937	720	104,349
Norges Hundekjørerforbund	Mushing	1951	59	3707
Norges Ishockeyforbund	ice Hockey	1934	90	10,907
Norges Judo Association	Judo	1967	67	3708
Norges Kampsportforbund	Martial arts	1973	407	27,592
Norges Kickboxing Forbund	Kickboxing	1984	55	3816
Norges Klatreforbund	Climb	1992	157	12,051
Norges Luftsportforbund	Air sports	1971	237	15,132
Norges Motorsport Association	Motorsport	1916	303	19,598
Norges Orienteringsforbund	Orienteering	1945	384	22,418
Norges Padleforbund	Paddle	1934	102	16,313
Norges Roforbund	rowing	1900	53	3948
Norges Rugby Association	rugby	1982	27	1502
Norges Rytterforbund	Equestrian sport	1915	368	29.094
Norges Seilforbund	sailing	1970	110	22,177
Norges Ski Association	Skiing	1908	1145	168,778
Norges Skiskytterforbund	biathlon	1983	180	8298
Norges Skytterforbund	Sport shooting	1946	506	26,849
Norges Skøyteforbund	Ice skating	1893	96	7117
Norges Snowboardforbund	Snowboard	1986	61	3600
Norges Softball and Baseball Forbund	Softball , baseball	1991	20th	715
Norges Squash Association	squash	1980	31	2118
Norges Studentidrettsforbund	University sports	1913	72	24,796
Norges Styrkeløftforbund	Powerlifting	1974	77	4424
Norges Svømmeforbund	Swimming	1910	246	49.119
Norges Tennis Association	tennis	1909	137	22,366
Norges Triathlon Association	Triathlon	1985	83	4889
Norges Vannski- og Wakeboard Forbund	Water ski , wakeboard	1961	25th	1782
Norges Vectorsløfterforbund	Weightlifting	1946	44	3054
Norges Volleyball Association	volleyball	1946	352	19,544
NIF (total)	Sports	1861	11,336	approx. 2,047,000

President

Term of office	president
Centralforeningen
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 Petersen
1887-1892	Andreas Løwlie
1892-1902	Carl Sylow
1902-1904	Thorvald Prydz
1904-1906	Frithjof Jacobsen
1906-1910	Oscar S. J Strugstad
Norges Riksforbund for Idræt (1910-1919)
1910-1914	Johan Martens
1914-1918	Johan Sverre
1918-1919	Leif S. Rode
Norges Landsforbund for Idræt (NLF, 1919–1940)
1919-1925	Hjalmar Krag
1925-1930	Leif S. Rode
1930-1932	Jørgen Martinius Jensen
1932-1936	Daniel Eie
1936-1940	Carl Christiansen
Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund (AIF, 1924–1941)
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
1940-1941	Olaf Helset
War years (1940-1946)
1940-1940	Olaf Helset (deposed)
1940-1942	Egil Reichborn-Kjennerud
1942-1944	Charles Hoff
Norges Idrettsforbund (NIF, 1946–1996)
1946-1948	Olaf Helset
1948-1951	Arthur Ruud
1961-1965	Axel Proet Høst
1965-1967	Johan Chr. Schønheyder
1967-1963	Torfinn Bentzen
1973-1984	Ole Jacob Bangstad
1984-1990	Hans B. Skaset
1990-1994	William Engseth
1994-1996	Arne Myhrvold
Norges Olympic Committee (NOK, 1965–1996)
1965-1969	Jørgen years
1969-1985	Arne B. Mollén
1985-1989	Jan Gulbrandsen
1989-1996	Arne Myhrvold
Norges idrettsforbund and olympiske committee (NIF, 1996-2007)
1996-1999	Arne Myhrvold
1999-2004	Kjell Olav crane
2004-2004	Grethe Fossli
2004-2007	Karl-Arne Johannessen
2007-2007	Odd-Roar Thorsen
2007-2007	Tove Paule
Norges idrettsforbund and olympiske and paralympiske committee (NIF, from 2007)
2007-2011	Tove Paule
2011-2015	Børre Rognlien
2015–	Tom Tvedt

Web links

• Official website (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Store Norske Leksikon : Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske Komité , accessed on April 27, 2011 (Norwegian)
2. ↑ Norges Idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité: Organizing ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 27, 2011 (Norwegian) 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité: Årsrapport 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, p. 64, as of February 26, 2010; 5.3 MB), accessed on April 27, 2011 (Norwegian)  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Norges Idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité: 1861-1939: Forsvar, sport, klassekamp  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 27, 2011 (Norwegian)  
5. ^ ^{A b} Norges Idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité: NIFs historie ( Memento of the original of April 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 27, 2011 (Norwegian) 
6. ↑ Store Norske Leksikon: Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske Komité - Særforbund , accessed on April 27, 2011 (Norwegian)
7. ↑ Norges Idrettsforbund and olympiske and paralympiske komité: Ledere i norsk idrett  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 27, 2011 (Norwegian)  

Coordinates: 59 ° 56'53 "  N , 10 ° 44'1.3"  E