- Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
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Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports 
Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports logoNational Olympic Committee Country 
NorwayCode NOR Created 1861 Continental
AssociationEOC Website www.idrett.no Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
division: Idrett for funksjonshemmede
Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
division: Idrett for funksjonshemmede logoNational Paralympic Committee Country NorwayCode NOR Created 1 January 2008 Continental
AssociationEPC Website idrett.no/tema/funksjonshemmede/ The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members, and 12000 sports clubs, in 19 region confederatons and 56 national federations.[1] The current president is Tove Paule.
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:[2]
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 Petersen
- 1887-1892 Andreas 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.[3]
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- 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
- 1967-1963 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- Tove Paule
See also
References
- ^ "The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF)". Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20080628161810/http://www.idrett.no/t2.aspx?p=26797. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ Olstad, Finn (1987) (in Norwegian). Forsvar, sport, klassekamp 1861–1939. Volume one of Norsk idretts historie. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 327. ISBN 82-03-11337-0.
- ^ Tønnesson, Stein (1995). "Norges Idrettsforbund". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (in Norwegian). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/n/n3.html#norges-idrettsforbund. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
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