Noregs Ungdomslag

Noregs Ungdomslag (NU, literally "Norway's youth organization") is a Norwegian cultural organization formed in 1896. It has around 14,000 members and 350 local chapters. Among the organization's activities are folk dance, theatre and the spreading of knowledge and use of traditional costumes (Norwegian: bunad). Several activities are directed towards youth and children. Some local chapters, such as Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, run their own sports clubs (IL i BUL), or also music societies. From 1913 to 1956 the society had a shared secretariat with the Nynorsk language organization Noregs Mållag. The society has been a driving force for the building of assembly houses, coffee houses and lodging houses (Norwegian: bondeheimar), folk high schools and secondary schools.