The Norwegian Christian Student and School Association (Norwegian: ''Norges Kristelige Student- og Skoleungdomslag'' or NKSS), is a Christian

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organization in

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. Members refer to NKSS as "The team" (Norwegian: Laget). NKSS was founded in 1924 by

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theologians Carl Fredrik Wisløff and

Ole Hallesby Ole Kristian Hallesby (5 August 1879 – 22 November 1961) was a conservative, Norwegian Lutheran theologian, author and educator. Biography Ole Kristian Hallesby was born in Aremark, in Østfold, Norway. Hallesby grew up as the sixth of eight s ...

. It works in schools and universities to make

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known to students. There are around 200 registered groups, in secondary,

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, and

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. NKSS is affiliated with

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(IFES), a worldwide Christian organization which works with students around the world.''Ole Hallesby, Teolog'' (Norsk biografisk leksikon)
/ref> Laget NKSS is divided into six regions of Norway: *Region North (Finnmark, Troms, Nordland) *Region Mid-Norway (Sør-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal) *Region West (Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland) *Region South West (Rogaland) *Region South (Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder) *Region East (Østfold, Akershus, Oslo, Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Vestfold, Telemark)

References

External links

NKSS web page

Laget NKSS
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