Nordstrand Vel

Nordstrand Vel is a neighbourhood service organisation (Norwegian: Velforening) in the borough of Nordstrand in Oslo. It is one of the largest and oldest such organisations in Norway.

The group has approximately 1,900 members, making it one of the largest service organisations in Norway.[1] Founded on 24 March 1892, it is also one of the oldest.[1]

Nordstrand Vel is politically neutral. 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. The organisation owns and operates the Nordstrandhus (Nordstrand House)[8] and worked on renovating the Nordstrand Bad (baths), which it formerly owned.[1]

Since 1998, the group has awarded an annual prize for environmental activity.[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.[11]

References
  1. Om Nordstrand Vel, Nordstrand Vel (in Norwegian)
  2. "Har bevart kystperler i 75 år", Dagsavisen, 26 November 2008 (in Norwegian)
  3. Espen Eggen and Maria Nakken, "Time-out på Nordstrand: Byrådet i Oslo beordrer full byggestans i Nordstrandsskråningen. De frykter at boligspekulanter og utbyggere ødelegger områdets karakter", NRK, 2 May 2007 (in Norwegian)
  4. Kjersti Flugstad Eriksen, "Ber tingretten stoppe blokker: Naboer vil stoppe de to første byggene i Sæter-planen ved å gå til tingretten", Osloby, Aftenposten, 21 September 2007 (in Norwegian)
  5. Kristin Trosvik, "Kjemper for en grønnere bydel: Miljøbevisste ildsjeler fra Nordstrand møtte byråd for byutvikling forrige uke", Nordstrands Blad, 28 August 2008 (in Norwegian)
  6. Kjersti Eriksen, "Nordstrand - Oslos lengste strand: Her er bydelen med Oslos lengste strandlinje. Men Mosseveien er også lang", Osloby, Aftenposten, 25 May 2008 (in Norwegian)
  7. Aina Moberg, "Har planer for Sæterstranda: Sæterstranda blir neppe pusset opp til badeseongen", Nordstrands Blad, 15 April 2010 (in Norwegian)
  8. Nordstrandhuset, Nordstrand Vel (in Norwegian)
  9. Miljøprisen, Nordstrand Vel (in Norwegian)
  10. Kristin Trosvik, "Søker kandidater til miljøpris: Nordstrand Vel har hvert år siden 1998 delt ut miljøpris. Hvem fortjener prisen i år?", Nordstrands Blad, 1 September 2009 (in Norwegian)
  11. Tone Granholt-Henriksen, "Johannes Løken og Nordstrand Vel får Oslo miljøpris 2011: Og prisen får de for å ha kuttet store klimautslipp i nærmiljøet", Nordstrands Blad, 1 June 2011 (in Norwegian)
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