Green Warriors of Norway (
Norwegian
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: Norges Miljøvernforbund, NMF) is a
Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
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environment
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al
NGO
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based in
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
, Norway. The organization also has offices in
Oslo
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and
Tromsø
Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø.
Tromsø lies ...
.
![Miljødronningen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Milj%C3%B8dronningen.jpg)
The organization was led by environmentalist
Kurt Oddekalv
Kurt Willy Oddekalv (27 July 1957 – 11 January 2021) was a Norwegian environmentalist.
Career
He was excluded from Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature after a vote at the Annual gathering meeting in 1993. As a result of this he c ...
up until his death in 2021, who founded the organization due to a dispute with
Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature from which he later was excluded. The organization operates mainly on local level. It also engages in some general environmental-related work on the national and international level. The topics that NMF work on are environmental issues, youth issues, and protection of buildings and indigenous peoples.
Green Warriors of Norway has received substantial funding from Bergen based philanthropist,
Trond Mohn
Trond Mohn (born 3 April 1943) is a Norwegian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of the family-owned company Frank Mohn AS.
Early life
Trond Mohn is the son of Frank Mohn (1916–2002) ...
.
The organization is involved in a number of commercial enterprises, including
publishing
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and
real estate
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. It also operates the conference
catamaran
A Formula 16 beachable catamaran
Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States
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''MS Miljødronningen''.
References
Environmental organisations based in Norway
Organisations based in Bergen
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