The Norwegian Federation of American Sports ( no, Norges Amerikanske Idretters Forbund; NAIF) is the governing body for

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

, disc sports, and

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

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 ...

. It was created on January 1, 2010 by the merger of the Norwegian American Football and Cheerleading Federation (''Norges Amerikansk Fotball og Cheerleading Forbund''), the Norwegian Frisbee Federation (''Norges Frisbeeforbund''), and the Norwegian Lacrosse Federation (''Norges Lacrosse Forbund''). NAIF is a member of the

Norwegian Olympic Committee The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in No ...

, the

International Federation of American Football The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of gridiron associations. The IFAF oversees the IFAF World Championship of American Football, which is held every four years. The IFAF became a prov ...

, the

International Cheer Union The International Cheer Union (ICU) is the worldwide sports governing body of cheerleading (also known as "Cheer"). It was founded in 2004, and is recognized by SportAccord / Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), and is ...

, the

World Flying Disc Federation The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is the international governing body for flying disc (Frisbee) sports, with responsibility for sanctioning world championship events, establishing uniform rules, setting of standards for and recording of w ...

, and

World Lacrosse World Lacrosse (WL), formerly the Federation of International Lacrosse, is the international governing body of lacrosse, responsible for the men's, women's, and indoor versions of the sport. It was established in 2008 by the merger of the previo ...

References

External links

Official website of the Norwegian Federation of American Sports (in Norwegian)
Organisations based in Oslo American Sports 2010 establishments in Norway American football in Norway Cheerleading organizations Lacrosse governing bodies in Europe Ultimate (sport) governing bodies American football governing bodies in Europe Sports organizations established in 2010 Disc golf governing bodies {{Norway-org-stub