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The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club ( no, Kongelig Norsk Seilforening, KNS) is a yacht club in
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,
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. The club was founded in 1883 as country-wide organisation with affiliated local yacht clubs. In 1884, it was granted the right for members to fly the naval
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of
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with the Royal cypher on a centrally placed white field. In 1970, it was reorganized as local club for the Oslo area, under a new nationwide federation of yacht clubs (Norges Seilforbund). To date, the club has some 4,000 members.


Clubhouse

The club premises are at
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in
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, where the clubhouse is named "Dronningen" ('The Queen').


Regatta

The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club traditionally arranges the big Norwegian regatta called " Færderseilasen" every year, on the second weekend in June.


See also

* List of International Council of Yacht Clubs members


References


External links


Royal Norwegian Yacht Club about the Færderseilasen (norwegian)
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