Norwegian Women's Public Health Association

The organization's main areas of focus are women's health and living conditions.

[1] NKS is a member of the Norwegian Women's Lobby umbrella organization.

[2] NKS was founded in 1896 following initiatives by Fredrikke Marie Qvam, Randi Blehr, Cecilie Thoresen Krog and Margrethe Vullum.

The major figure in the organisation's early history was Fredrikke Marie Qvam, its principal founder and chairman from 1896 to 1933.

The wife of Prime Minister Ole Anton Qvam, she was also a former chairman of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.