Norwegian Red Cross
National Red Cross Society in Norway
The Norwegian Red Cross (Norwegian: Norges Røde Kors) was founded on 22 September 1865 by prime minister Frederik Stang. In 1895 the Norwegian Red Cross began educating nurses, and in 1907 the Norwegian Ministry of Defence authorized the organization for voluntary medical aid in war. The Norwegian Red Cross was one of the first national organizations in the International Red Cross.
The organization now has 150,000 members and provides a variety of humanitarian services, including care for old and the infirm, prisoner visits, outdoor rescue, and international work.
In 2023, they launched the Blø for drakta (English: Bleed for the shirt) campaign to increase the registration of blood donors in the country, specifically targeting football fans.
The public source identifies “Norwegian Red Cross” as national Red Cross Society in Norway. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Norwegian, Cross and National.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q927391. VIAF identifies the subject as 144771657. The Library of Congress control number is n80113795. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1865, 1895, 1907 and 2023.
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