Norsk Folkeminnelag

Norsk folkeminnelag (NFL) [= Norwegian Folklore Society] founded in 1920, is a voluntary, non-profit cultural organization communicating and disseminating traditional folk poetry and customs.

Society protects collected materials through book releases, guides collectors, and own research in the field of folklore.

It was an explicit national program to make sure the oral sources in published form should be returned to the areas where they were originally collected.

At the same time, the releases were meant to be a tribute to the collectors, and a way to encourage them to continue their efforts to save important oral culture that surrounded them in everyday life.

However, the NFL highlights not only what stands in danger of being buried and forgotten but is also involved in the ongoing collection and mapping of contemporary folk culture.

Through folkloristic releases from virtually every corner of Norway, the Folklore Society has succeeded in preserving and visualizing a great part of the country's intangible cultural heritage, which could otherwise be lost to time.

NFL volatile workspaces - the intangible immaterial culture - have put their main focus on book publications.