The Norwegian Handball Federation ( Norwegian : Norges Håndballforbund , NHF) is the national handball association in Norway .
4-803: The Norwegian Handball Federation was founded in 1937, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation . Its headquarters are in Oslo . Former presidents of the federation include Carl E. Wang (president 1972–1977), Tor Lian (president 1985–1999), and Karl-Arne Johannessen (president 1999–2004 and 2009–2015). Kåre Geir Lio [ no ] has been president since 2015. This article about
8-592: A sports-related organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation based in Norway is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Team handball article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( Norwegian : Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF ), commonly known as
12-786: The Norwegian Sports Confederation ( Norwegian : Norges idrettsforbund ) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway . It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members and 12,000 sports clubs in 19 region confederations and 54 national federations. The current president is Zaineb Al-Samarai . The organisation was founded in 1861 as Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug , and has later changed its name several times. The current name dates from 2007. The presidents before 1940: NLF and AIF were merged in September 1940, but
16-560: The new organization was soon usurped by the Nazi authorities during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany . 1: National Olympic Committee is suspended by the International Olympic Committee This parasport organization article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Paralympics -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about sports in Norway
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