KRIK
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KRIK, Kristen Idrettskontakt, meaning Christian Sports Contact, is a Norwegian christian youth organisation which has the goal of combining the christian faith with the joy of sport. KRIK was founded in 1981 on initiative by the Norwegian priest Kjell Marksett. The nationwide administration is currently located at Ullevål Stadium in Oslo.
The organisation has a sentral administration, and has circa 250 local groups in Norway, and many others through the sister organisation CHRISC, Christian Sports Contact, in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan. In the autumn of 2006, KRIK celebrated it's 25-year anniversary, and the organisation had almost 12 000 registered members in Norway. CHRISC had approxemetly 18 000 members in East Africa.
In Norway, KRIK arranges several large sports festivals around the country. The most well known of these are Arena in Kristiansand, Action in Bø in Telemark and Explore in Lillehammer
There are currently 5 schools in Norway with dedicated KRIK classes. These are:
- Sagavoll Folkehøgskole in Telemark
- Nordfjord Folkehøgskole in Sogn og Fjordane
- Bibelskolen Bildøy in Bergen
- Høgtun Folkehøgskole in Møre og Romsdal
- Ansgarskolen in Kristiansand
Sagavoll, Nordfjord and Høgtun are folk high schools.
[edit] See also
- KRIK Homepage
- Information about Folk High Schools in Norway
- Sagavoll Folkehøgskole Homepage
- Nordfjord Folkehøgskole Homepage
- Bibelskolen Bildøy Bergen Homepage
- Høgtun Folkehøgskole Homepage
- Ansgarskolen Homepage
