The Norwegian Bridge Federation (, NBF) founded in 1932, is the national body for bridge in Norway.
The Norwegian Bridge Federation was founded by Inga and Odd Arnesen"Agent med bridge i blikket: Agent Rune Hauge (52) er ikke bare interessert i fotball og penger", Bergens Tidende, 22 January 2007 on 29 January 1932 ; at that time it had three member clubs.Geir Gisnås, Norsk Bridgeforbund gjennom 75 år, 2006 (pdf) Another national bridge organisation had been founded on 30 November 1931 by Wilhelm Nickelsen;Aftenposten, 1 December 1931. by mutual agreement, this was merged into what is now the NBF in April 1932.
It currently has 380 member clubs, divided into 25 circuits. The federation is a member of the European Bridge League, which in turn is a member organisation of the World Bridge Federation, and is also a member of the Norwegian Mind Sports Federation (Norsk Tankesportforbund). it has 9,203 registered members.Geographic Zones. Europe > Norway, World Bridge Federation, retrieved 19 April 2013. In 1993, it was decided that the organisation should publish a periodical six times a year; the first issue of Norsk Bridge was published in February 1995, although since 2006 the frequency has been reduced to four times a year.
The organisation's office is at Ullevaal Stadion. Since 2016, the president has been Kari-Anne Opsal The vice-president is Astrid Lybæk. The general secretary is Allan Livgård. __NOTOC__
Administration Presidents from to Anton Midsem 1932 1934 Johannes Brun 1934 1937 Oluf Aall 1937 1939 Wilhelm Schibbye 1939 1945 Niels Marius Nielsen 1945 1950 Karl Fr. Dawes 1950 1954 Ranik Halle 1954 1964 Bjørn Larsen 1964 1967 Ambjørg Amundsen 1967 1971 Baard Baardsen 1971 1975 Knut Koppang 1975 1977 Bjørn Larsen 1977 1979 Finn Søderstrøm 1979 1981 Ole Smestad 1981 1983 Arild H. Johansen 1983 1987 Hans Jørgen Bakke 1987 1988 Jakob Madsen 1988 1991 Per Bryde Sundseth 1991 1993 Arild H. Johansen 1993 1995 Helge Stanghelle 1995 1996 Jan Aasen 1996 2004 Helge Stanghelle 2004 2008 Jan Aasen 2008 2014 Jostein Sørvoll 2014 2016 Kari-Anne Opsal 2016
Bridge in Norway
Norway is one of the top nations in bridge; the country won the world team championship in 2007, the NBF's 75th anniversary year, took silver in 1993 and 2001, and bronze in 1997,Joacim Joacim Lund, "Norske bridge-verdensmestre: Nordmennene gikk helt til topps i Shanghai", Aftenposten, 13 October 2007, updated 20 October 2011 and in 2008 at the first World Mind Sports Games in Beijing won more medals than any other nation, two gold, one silver and three bronze.Christian Vennerød, "Er spill farlig? Er poker, dataspill og sjakk virkelig noe vi bør frykte?", Nettavisen, 11 June 2009 However, despite a "massive recruiting effort under the auspices of the NBF", the game attracts few young people and the average age of bridge club members is rising.Geir, Søndeland, "Satser på ungdomsbølge: Den ble startet samme år som Adolf Hitler ble tysk kansler og Franklin D. Roosevelt ble USAs president. Nå håper Stavanger bridgeklubb å bli truffet av en ungdomsbølge", Rogalands Avis, 4 November 2011, updated 7 November 2011
See also World Bridge Federation List of bridge federations
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