The Norwegian Cancer Society ( no, Kreftforeningen) is a non-profitmaking organisation 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 ...

History

It was established as no, Norsk Forening til Kreftens Bekjempelse, label=none in 1938, and took the current name when it merged with no, Landsforeningen mot Kreft, label=none in 1948. Its purpose is to help patients with

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

, increase awareness of cancer and to fund

cancer research Cancer research is research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate and ...

. The society funds the annual King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research.

Organizational structure

The Secretary general is

Anne Lise Ryel Anne Lise Ryel (born 7 June 1958) is a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Tromsø, she graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1987. In 1994 she became the new Norwegian ombudsman for gender equality, t ...

, and the board of directors consists of Gunn-Elin Aasprong Bjørneboe (chair), Carl Otto Løvenskiold (deputy chair), Tone Nordøy, Wenche Frogn Sellæg, Jostein Christian Dalland, Tord Dale, Lars A. Akslen, Grete Wennes, Anine Kierulf and Else Støring. The organizational headquarters are in Kongens gate 6 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 ...

References

External links

Official site
Organizations established in 1938 Organisations based in Oslo Medical and health organisations based in Norway Cancer organizations Cancer awareness {{Norway-org-stub