| Norsk Fjørfelag | |
 Logo of Norsk Fjørfelag | |
| Formation | 27 June 1884; 140 years ago (1884-06-27) |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Chairman | Ingunn Dalaker Øderud |
| Deputy Chairman | Tone Steinsland |
| Website | nfl |
The Norwegian Poultry Association (Norwegian: Norsk Fjørfelag) is the largest Norwegian professional association for poultry farming, with approximately 950 members organised into 12 regional teams as of 2018.
History
The Norwegian Poultry Association was founded on 27 June 1884 as the Norwegian Poultry Breeding Association (Norwegian: Norsk fjørfeavlslag).
The association's first concern after formation was improving the quality of the Norwegian chicken stock, and began to import chickens from abroad.
21st Century
In November 2019, the association attributed a decline in the consumption of white meat in Norway to a rise in vegetarianism.
Ingunn Dalaker Øderud became the association's first female chairperson in March 2021, succeeding Kolbjørn Frøseth.
In May 2020, the association called for economic support from the Minister of Agriculture and Food for poultry farmers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ "Norsk Fjørfelag". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
- Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Druglitrø, Tone (2016). "When the Battery Cage Came to Norway". Animal Housing and Human-Animal Relations: Politics, Practices and Infrastructures. 12 May 2016: Taylor & Francis. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-317-52468-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Sandbu, Anders (13 November 2019). "Mener vegetartrenden har rammet norsk fjørfenæring". Bondebladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "Ingunn Dalaker Øderud ny leder i Norsk Fjørfelag". Landbruk24 (in Norwegian). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- Hagen, Lars Bilit (1 May 2020). "Fjørfebøndene etterlyser tiltak: – Økonomisk krise". Nationen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2021.