The organisation's objectives focus on professional, social, and representational policies, concerning areas such as public health, ethical nursing standards, as well as collective bargaining aimed at improving wages, hours, working conditions and benefits.
[2] 24 September 1912, Bergljot Larsson gathered 44 fellow nurses from across the country to a meeting in Kristiania lasting two days.
This date marks the foundation of the NNO, and has since been considered the first general assembly.
At the foundation, the organisation's name was decided upon, as well as statutes, emblem, and first ever periodical Sykepleien (the Norwegian word for nursing).
[3] She held the position as president until 1935, and finally retiring from organisational work in 1947.