Nordstrand Vel is a neighbourhood service organisation ( no, Velforening) in the borough of
Nordstrand Nordstrand may refer to:
Places
;Germany
* Nordstrand, Germany, a peninsula in Germany
* Nordstrand (Amt), a former municipality in Nordfriesland, Germany
;Norway
* Nordstrand, Norway, a borough in Oslo, Norway
* Søndre Nordstrand, a borough in ...
in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
. It is one of the largest and oldest such organisations in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
.
The group has approximately 1,900 members, making it one of the largest service organisations in Norway.
[Om Nordstrand Vel]
Nordstrand Vel Founded on 24 March 1892, it is also one of the oldest.
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Nordstrand Vel is politically neutral. It focusses on the neighbourhood of Nordstrand, for example traffic safety, development, maintenance of the natural environment and human wellbeing. It has helped preserve the beaches, spoken out against new development which it sees as overbuilding][Kjersti Flugstad Eriksen]
Osloby, ''Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...
'', 21 September 2007 and assisted the local environmental group Grønn Linje Aksjon Nordstrand. Recently it has worked on the planning for the Mosseveien tunnel, the Sæter local centre[ and the Nordstrand hillside. The organisation owns and operates the Nordstrandhus (Nordstrand House) and worked on renovating the Nordstrand Bad (baths), which it formerly owned.][
Since 1998, the group has awarded an annual prize for environmental activity. In 2011, the group and member Johannes Løken shared the Oslo environmental prize for their work to eliminate oil heating in the area, including from the Nordstrandhus.][Tone Granholt-Henriksen]
"Johannes Løken og Nordstrand Vel får Oslo miljøpris 2011: Og prisen får de for å ha kuttet store klimautslipp i nærmiljøet"
''Nordstrands Blad'', 1 June 2011
References
External links
Nordstrand Vel homepage
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Non-profit organisations based in Norway