| Norway Norwegian Association of the Deaf Established: 18 May 1918 Address: Grensen 9, 0159 Oslo, Norway Contact details: Email: post@doveforbundet.no Telephone: (+47) 23 31 06 30 Fax: (+47) 23 31 06 50 Website link: http://www.deafnet.no
Mission statement of the organisation Sign Language into the future - our common responsibility
Details of the Board President: Hanne B. Kvitvaer (D) Board Members: Irene Greftegreff (D), Gunnar Hansen (D), Niels Kristensen (D), Siv Mittet (D), Hedvig Sinnes (D), Cathrine Stensrud (D)
Details of the Staff Executive Director: Paal Richard Peterson (D) Other staff: Linda Andreassen (H), Heidi Bjoerkedal (H), Sissel Gjoen (D), Helge Herland (D), Svein Erik Johansen (H), Bjoern A. Kristiansen (HoH), Janne Moskaug (D), Monika Sundkvist (H) http://www.deafnet.no/index.php/nor/forsiden/om_ndf/ansatte
Statistics General Population of your country? (Including hearing people): 4,800,000 Official or approximate figures of the number of Deaf people living in your country? 5,000 Official or approximate numbers of Deaf people who use sign language as their primary language? 5,000 How many people are members of the NAD? 2,212 Does your National Association of the Deaf publish any magazine or newsletters for your members? Yes Does your National Association of the Deaf have Youth section? Yes
Status of Sign Language Is Sign Language legally recognised as part of your Government's constitution? Yes, in the educational law. We work to further strengthen the legal status of Sign Language in other laws Is there any campaign to get the sign language legally recognised? Yes
Status of Sign Language Interpreters Approximate number of qualified sign language interpreters: 600 Details of training centre/courses: University of Oslo, Department of Special Education, Oslo College and Trondheim College
Technology Does your country provide Video Interpreting Service? Yes
Deaf centre/clubs How many deaf centres/clubs? 25 Details of the deaf centre/clubs: You will find a list here: http://www.deafnet.no/index.php/nor/forsiden/ndf_for_deg/lokallag_foreninger
Universities/Sign Language Units Are there any universities that deal with Sign Language? (Deaf Studies, Linguistics, Interpreting) Yes, University of Oslo and the colleges in Bergen and Trondheim
Deaf Schools Number of Deaf Schools: 6 Education method (Sign Language, Oral or other methods): Bilingual
History of the NAD We just celebrated our 90th anniversary. Our organisation was founded in the "Rødbygget" in Trondheim in 1849. The building was erected to house the first deaf school of Norway (from 1825). There were six founders, three hearing and three Deaf. The first Deaf clubs were founded in 1879. At the time of the founding the organisation had three main goals: education, social well-being and Christian service.
Who are the most important people in your country's history? Andreas Christian Møller (1796-1874): Deaf, founder of the first Deaf School (Trondheim) Erik Strangestad (1837-1893): Deaf, Deaf teacher and important person for the founding of the first Deaf club in Oslo in 1879. Lars Havstad (1851-1913): Deaf, first Deaf student and worked as a journalist and an advisor for the Prime Minister, important person for the founding of the first Deaf club in Oslo in 1879. Conrad Svendsen (1862-1941): Hearing, world's first priest for the Deaf. Sign Language user. Johannes Berge (1870-1959): Hearing, first president of the Norwegian Association of the Deaf. NDF presidents: Johannes Berge 1913-1933 Helmer Moe 1933-1946 Wilhelm Schroeder 1946-1950 Nils Gjerstad 1950-1959 Eilif Ohna 1959-1968 Thor Gisholt 1968-1978 Rolf Hansen 1978-1984 Toralf Ringsoe 1984-1994 Tone-Britt Handberg 1994-1997 Klement Vaage 1997-1999 Sonja Myhre Holten 1999-2003 Hanne B. Kvitvaer 2003- There is also a Norwegian Deaf Museum, which opened in 2009: http://www.museumsnett.no/alias/HJEMMESIDE/NDM/index.php?index.php=&filmint=forside
Last updated: 22 February 2010 |
