Norse Federation Explained

The Norse Federation (Norwegian: Nordmanns-Forbundet) is a Norwegian non-profit organization that was founded in 1907, and is under the patronage of the monarch of Norway, currently King Harald V. The organization states that its purpose is to "unit[e] friends of Norway throughout the world".^[1], the organization has approximately 3500 members. It publishes a periodical which is named The Norseman. The federation merged with the Norway-America Association (NORAM) in 2020.

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–present)

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)
• Inge Lønning (1988–1998)
• Kjetil A. Flatin (1998–2001)
• Lucy Smith (2001–2005)
• Hallgrim Berg (2005–2012)
• Tom Vraalsen (2005–2008)
• Erik Giercksky (2012–2014)
• Inger Prebensen (2014–present)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our History. The Norse Federation. 11 March 2011.