The group has approximately 1,900 members, making it one of the largest service organisations in Norway.
It focusses on the neighbourhood of Nordstrand, for example traffic safety, development, maintenance of the natural environment and human wellbeing.
It has helped preserve the beaches,[2] spoken out against new development which it sees as overbuilding[3][4] and assisted the local environmental group Grønn Linje Aksjon Nordstrand.
[5] Recently it has worked on the planning for the Mosseveien tunnel,[6] the Sæter local centre[4][7] and the Nordstrand hillside.
[9][10] In 2011, the group and member Johannes Løken shared the Oslo environmental prize for their work to eliminate oil heating in the area, including from the Nordstrandhus.