Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( NIF), commonly known as the Norwegian Sports Confederation (; IOC Code: NOR) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway and the country's National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee. 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. The current president is Zaineb Al-Samarai.

History

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:

Centralforeningen 1861–1910 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 1910–1914 Johan Martens 1914–1918 Johan Sverre 1918–1919 Leif S. Rode

Norges Landsforbund for Idræt 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 1924–1940 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

Rød Sport 1931–1934 1931– 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.

1940–1940 Olaf Helset (deposed) 1940–1942 Egil Reichborn-Kjennerud 1942–1944 Charles Hoff

NIF 1946–1996 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 1965–1969 Jørgen Jahre 1969–1985 Arne B. Mollén 1985–1989 Jan Gulbrandsen 1989–1996 Arne Myhrvold

Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske Komite 1996–2007 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–

2007–2011 Tove Paule 2011–2015 Børre Rognlien 2015–2019 Tom Tvedt 2019–2023 Berit Kjøll 2023– Zaineb Al-Samarai

See also Olympiatoppen Norway at the Olympics Norway at the Paralympics

References

External links Official website