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.
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.
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]
^"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.