The Norwegian Bridge Federation was founded by Inga and Odd Arnesen[1] on 29 January 1932 ; at that time it had three member clubs.
[2] Another national bridge organisation had been founded on 30 November 1931 by Wilhelm Nickelsen;[3] by mutual agreement, this was merged into what is now the NBF in April 1932.
[4] In 1993, it was decided that the organisation should publish a periodical six times a year;[2] the first issue of Norsk Bridge was published in February 1995, although since 2006 the frequency has been reduced to four times a year.
Norway is one of the top nations in bridge; the country won the world team championship in 2007, the NBF's 75th anniversary year, took silver in 1993 and 2001, and bronze in 1997,[5] and in 2008 at the first World Mind Sports Games in Beijing won more medals than any other nation, two gold, one silver and three bronze.
[6] However, despite a "massive recruiting effort under the auspices of the NBF", the game attracts few young people and the average age of bridge club members is rising.