Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Norges idrettsforbund og og olympiske paralympiske Komite (short NIF; short form: Norges idrettsforbund; German Norwegian Sports Federation and Olympic and Paralympic Committee ) is the national governing body for the sport in Norway. His seat has at Ullevaal Stadium in the House of Sport ( Idrettens Hus ) in Oslo. The association is Norway's largest voluntary organization in which more than 2 million members in more than 11,000 clubs and sports groups are active. It consists of 54 sports federations and sports 19 districts, which correspond approximately to the Fylkegrenzen. At the municipal level, there are 366 nationwide sports councils that support the associations in bringing their demand for sporting facilities to the authorities to advantage. It turns out - in terms of membership figures - football as the most popular sport in Norway, followed by skiing in second place and operating 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 Fearnleys olympiske ærespris (Eng. " Fearnleys Olympic prize " ), the most successful athletes of Norway will be honored at the Olympic Games with the after every summer and winter games.
History
On March 15, 1861, founded the precursor of the association: the Central Association for the propagation of physical exercises and the use of weapons (Central Foreningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser above Vaabenbrug ). The leadership of the early years saw sport mainly a means to strengthen the defense capability of the country. In the following years, several name changes: in 1893 shortened in 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 was until 1940 the more ideological Sports Federation of Workers ( work ern Idrettsforbund ) of 1924. With him, the Association agreed after the German occupation of Norway on a merger of the two organizations. Since 1946, the association called Norges Idrettsforbund, its current short form; its long form was created through the mergers with the Norwegian NOK 1996 and the Disabled Sports Association Norges Funksjonhemmeds Idrettsforbund 2008.
By the Association of the Olympic Winter Games of 1952 in Oslo, organized in 1994 in Lillehammer.