National Rifle Association of Norway explained

National Rifle Association of Norway
Native Name:Det frivillige Skyttervesen
Native Name Lang:Norwegian
Abbreviation:DFS
Predecessor:Folkevæpningssamlagene and shooting clubs in the Centralforeningen
Registration Id:943 942 102[1]
Headquarters:Oslo
Region:Norway
Leader Title:General Secretary
Leader Name:Jarle Tvinnereim
Leader Title2:President
Leader Name2:Bernt Brovold
Parent Organization:The Norwegian Storting

Det frivillige Skyttervesen (DFS), known in English as the National Rifle Association of Norway,[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and by DFS themselves as the Norwegian Civilian Marksmanship Association since 2020,[10] is a civilian marksmanship association in Norway and the largest shooting sport organization in Norway. It was created in 1893 by Norway's Storting to promote practical shooting skills within the Norwegian people, thereby empowering the national defence.[11] DFS is sponsored by the Norwegian parliament and receives annually about 30 million Norwegian krones to fulfil their purpose.[12] DFS collaborates with various departments in the Norwegian Armed Forces by educating shooting instructors.[13] They also lend their shooting ranges for free to the Norwegian Home Guard.[14] DFS is under the patronage of Harald V of Norway.[15]

DFS organizes over 750 shooting clubs all over Norway and had in 2017 approximately 138,000 members. This makes it one of the largest sports organizations in Norway.

The 6.5×55mm cartridge has been the main standard cartridge in the organization for more than 120 years.[16] The current main standard rifle is the Sig Sauer 200 STR in 6.5×55mm and .22 LR, and before that Krag–Jørgensen and various Mauser variants (i.e. M67, M59 and K98k "Heimeverns-Mauser") were used.

Det frivillige Skyttervesen can be compared to the American Civilian Marksmanship Program.

History

Shooting sports in Norway can be traced back to Det bergenske Skydeselskab (Bergen Shooting Club) which was founded in 1769.

During the 1800s, the defense oriented shooting movement began, and in 1861 this form of shooting was gathered under the Centralforeningen for Udbrædelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug (later The Norwegian Confederation of Sports). In 1882, the shooting sports in Norway was split with the founding of the Folkevæpningssamlags as a competing organisation to Centralforeningen.

In 1893, the Norwegian Civilian Marksmanship Association (Det frivillige Skyttervesen) was founded, with all the shooting clubs in the Centralforeningen and Folkevæpningssamlags being gathered under one organisation with the goal to strengthen Norway's defense capabilities, especially by training the people in shooting and by ensuring that modern firearms became widespread.[17]

Mission statement

The mission of Det frivillige Skyttervesen is to promote a healthy gun culture and marksmanship skills, as well as to secure a decentralization of shooting ranges, for the benefit of the Norwegian Armed Forces and the Norwegian society.

Competitions

DFS competitions are only shot with rifles, and the competition formats are the following.

Landsskytterstevnet

Every year, the National Championship Landsskytterstevnet is held in different cities in Norway. The event has between 4000 and 6000 participants and is shown on national television. Landsskytterstevnet is one of the largest sporting events in Norway.

See also

Other shooting sport organizations in Norway

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/detalj.jsp?orgnr=943942102 Key organization information – Brønnøysund Register Centre
  2. https://app.uio.no/ub/ujur/oversatte-lover/data/lov-19530717-028-eng.pdf The Home Guard Act of 17 July 1953 with subsequent amendments up to 31 December 1991
  3. Solberg . E E . Berglund . K A . Engen . O . Ekeberg . O . Loeb . M . The effect of meditation on shooting performance. . British Journal of Sports Medicine . 30 . 4 . 1 December 1996 . 0306-3674 . 9015599 . 10.1136/bjsm.30.4.342 . 342–346 . 8 June 2021 . Elite shooters were openly invited from - for practical reasons - five shooting clubs deliberately chosen from the Oslo area. Being an inclusion criterion, all the shooters had performed above 236 (of a maximum 250) points in a standard programme of the National Rifle Association of Norway (NRAN).... 1332422 .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810080606/http://www.skytterlag3.no/en/ DFS web page per 10 August 2014
  5. https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/upload/fd/dokumenter/fakta2008_eng.pdf Norwegian Defence 2008 by The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence
  6. Web site: Støy fra rifle : følsomhet for variasjon av kaliber, løpslengde og kulevekt . FFI Publikasjoner . 15 November 2018 . no . 8 June 2021 . One motivation for this study was a contact we had some years ago with The National Rifle Association of Norway..
  7. https://www.nonproliferation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Report_Armed_to_kill_web.pdf Duquet, Nils. (2016). Armed to kill: An exploratory analysis of the guns used in public mass shootings in Europe.
  8. https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/25262/master.pdf Ruud, Merete. (2010). Translation and war: Steinbeck’s The moon is down and Natt uten måne.
  9. NRAN – National Rifle Association of Norway, member of the World Forum on Shooting Activities (WFSA)
  10. Web site: The Norwegian Civilian Marksmanship Association . dfs.no . 8 June 2021.
  11. Book: Sannidal og Skåtøys bygdeboknemnd . Fellesbindet . Naper . Sannidal og Skȧtøy: ei bygdebok . 1949 . de . 17 April 2019 . 448 . Det frivillige skyttervesen. I 1893 vedtok Stortinget en nyskipnad for skytterorganisasjonen, Det Frivillige Skyttervæsen, som avløste de to tidligere organisasjoner..
  12. Web site: Hva er Det frivillige Skyttervesen? - dfs.no . www.dfs.no . no . 2018-11-22.
  13. Web site: DFS med fokus på fremtidens befal – dfs.no . www.dfs.no . no . 2018-11-22.
  14. https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/Norwegian-Defence-2004---Chapter-14/id419459/ Norwegian Government Documents, Handbooks and brochures – Norwegian Defence 2004 – Chapter 14
  15. https://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=28735 Organisations under the patronage of HM The King – kongehuset.no
  16. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/nammo/blog_posts/how-one-of-our-oldest-products-live-on-through-norwegian-sports-shooters-60249 How one of our oldest products lives on through Norwegian sports shooters – Nammo
  17. https://snl.no/folkevæpningssamlag folkevæpningssamlag – Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

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