Aims
Overall Aims
The Norwegian Humanist Association strives for:
Changing the Norwegian Constitution
The Norwegian Constitution of 1814 states in § 2:
"All inhabitants of the realm enjoy the free exercise of
religion. The religion of the state remains Evangelical-Lutheran.
Inhabitants of that confession are committed to raising their children
in the same."
The Norwegian Humanist Association want an amendment to this § 2. The aim is to
*separate Church and State, and
*introduce liberty for all religions
and life stances on equal terms.
Other
aims
Activities
The Norwegian Humanist Association:
To take part in the civil ceremony, participants attend a course where they discuss life stances and world religions, ethics and human sexuality, human rights and civic duties. In short, the question that is addressed during the course is: "how shall we behave towards one another?". At the end of the course the participants receive a diploma at a ceremony where there is music, poetry and speeches.
Internship Programme for youth
The Norwegian Humanist Association took part in the IHEYO-internship
programme 2003. This is a programme where a young humanist can do
an internship for a month at a humanist organisation in another
country. For more information about the programme, click
here.
Youth volunteers
Young persons in Norway can contribute to the activities of
the Norwegian Humanist Association and can become active as volunteers!
For more information, you are encouraged to contact Norunn Kosberg
at kosberg@human.no or contact
oslo@human.no.
Membership
The Norwegian Humanist Association is the largest group outside
the State Church. The number of members has grown considerably since
the seventies and today amounts to approximately 63.000.
According to a questionnaire the Norwegian Humanist Association
has members from all groups in society -farmers and factory workers
as well as bankers and politicians. Typical although is that membership
is over-represented among students, teachers, health and social
workers and university teachers.
Publications
The Norwegian Humanist Association publishes the journal "HUMANIST"
and the bi-monthly magazine "FRI TANKE". FRI TANKE is
sent for free to all members.
The association also publishes a wide variety of brochures, leaflets
and posters. Over the years a number of books have been published
as well by the association and in 1995 the association established
the publishing firm "Humanist Forlag".
Contact
Website: ung.human.no
Address: St. Olav's Plass 27, Postboks 6744, 0130 Oslo
Tel: + 47 22 11 10 10 (general number)
E-mailaddresses:
ungdom@human.no(general)
nes@human.no (Hans Cristian
Nes)
@Written by Hans Christian
Nes and Norunn Kosberg
Involvement in IHEYO
The Norwegian Humanist Association is a full member organisation
of IHEYO.