The Norwegian Bridge Federation ( no, Norsk Bridgeforbund, NBF) founded in 1932, is the national body for

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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 Norwegian Bridge Federation was founded by Inga and Odd Arnesen 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; 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 The European Bridge League is a confederation of National Bridge Federations (NBFs) that organize the card game of contract bridge in European nations. In turn the EBL organizes bridge competition at the European level. It is a member of the Europe ...

, which in turn is a member organisation of the

World Bridge Federation The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigiou ...

, and is also a member of the Norwegian Mind Sports Federation (''Norsk Tankesportforbund''). it has 9,203 registered members. 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

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. Since 2016, the president has been Kari-Anne Opsal The vice-president is Astrid Lybæk. The general secretary is Allan Livgård. __NOTOC__

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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, and in 2008 at the first World Mind Sports Games in

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won more medals than any other nation, two gold, one silver and three bronze. 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"
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'', 4 November 2011, updated 7 November 2011

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* {{Authority control Clubs and societies in Norway Sports organizations established in 1932 Contract bridge governing bodies

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Bridge in Norway

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