Norse Federation
The Norse Federation (Norwegian: Nordmanns-Forbundet) is a Norwegian non-profit organization that was founded it 1907, and is under the patronage of the monarch of Norway, currently King Harald.[1] The organization states that its purpose is to "unit[e] friends of Norway throughout the world".[2] As of 2010, the organization has approximately 3500 members.[1] It publishes a periodical which is named The Norseman.
Structure
General Secretaries
- Thoralv Klaveness (1908-1910)
- Carl Joachim Hambro (1910-1914)
- Wilhelm Morgenstierne (1914-1917)
- Simon Christian Hammer (1917-1920)
- Sigurd Folkestad (1920-1925)
- Arne Kildal (1925-1941 (WWII) and 1945 to 1955) *
- Edvard Hambro (USA) (1941-1945)
- Johan Hambro (1955-1983)
- Johan Fredrik Heyerdahl (1983-2000)
- Gunnar Gran (2000-2001)
- Kjetil A. Flatin (2001-2004)
- George A. Broch (2004-2008)
- Lasse Espelid (2008-2012)
- Hanne Aaberg (2012 -)
Presidents
- Carl Christian Berner (1906-1915)
- Fredrik Georg Gade (1915-1924)
- Carl Joachim Hambro (1924-1941 (WWII) and 1945 to 1946) *
- Didrik Arup Seip (1946-1954)
- Jacob S. Worm-Müller (1954-1960)
- Aksel Kvam (1960-1963)
- Thorolf Kandahl (1963-1974)
- Paul Thyness (1974-1980)
- Wilhelm Mohr (1980-1988)
- Lønning (1988-1998)
- Kjetil A. Flatin (1998-2001)
- Lucy Smith (2001-2005)
- Hallgrim Berg (2005-2012)
- Tom Vraalsen (2005-2008)
- Erik Giercksky (2012 -)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arntzen, Jon G. (31 January 2010). "Nordmanns-Forbundet". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ↑ "Our History". The Norse Federation. Retrieved 11 March 2011.