Norwegian Women's Public Health Association

The Norwegian Women's Public Health Association (Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening) or NKS is the largest women's organisation and one of the leading humanitarian organisations of Norway. The organization's main areas of focus are women's health and living conditions. It is involved in humanitarian work, such as running hospitals and nursing homes. The association currently has 750 local branches and ca. 50,000 members, although at one point, it had 250,000 members.[1]

NKS logo

NKS was founded in 1896 following initiatives by Fredrikke Marie Qvam, Randi Blehr, Cecilie Thoresen Krog and Margrethe Vullum. It was established on the initiative of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. In 1898, NKS opened a school for the education of nurses with military service. In 1899, the fight against tuberculosis was initiated. [2][3]

One of the early members was principal was Pylle Horst, wife of Hans Jacob Horst, one of the founders of a liberal newspaper, Nordposten. The major figure in the organisation's early history was Fredrikke Marie Qvam, its principal founder and chairman from 1896 to 1933. The wife of Prime Minister Ole Anton Qvam, she was also a former chairman of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.[4][5]

References
  1. Geir Sverre Braut. "Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. "N.K.S. 120 år". Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. Lisbeth Viken. "Unionsstrid, sanitet og stemmerett - en humanitær kvinneforenings skjulte agenda". kildenett.no. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  4. "Nordposten". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  5. Constance Wiel Schram, Norske kvinners sanitetsforening: tiden og menneskene som skapte den; vekst og virke i femti år; 1896-1946, 1946
  • Folkvord, Magnhild (2013) Fredrikke Marie Qvam : rabaldermenneske og strateg (Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget) ISBN 978-82-521-8300-9


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