Draft:Nordens Fyrtekniska Organisation

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NORDENS FYRTEKNISKA ORGANISATION (NFO) (English Nordic Lighthouse Organization) is the lighthouse authority co-operation organisation for Nordic countries. Maritime administrations of the Nordic countries are responsible for aids to navigation (Aid to navigation, and Navigational aids) around coastal areas of Scandinavia.

NFO gathers every two years (biennial) in one of the Nordic countries.

After several letters had been mailed in spring 1974, the first meeting was held in Reykjavik, Iceland first days of July 1974.

Icelandic Road Administration (IRCA) organized the 2022 NFO Symposium in end of May and beginning of June 2022 in Iceland.<ref name=who>"NFO 2022". Symposium in Iceland. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

The 2024 NFO Symposium was held in Oulu, in Finland from 23 to 26 April. NFO Technical Tour visited Hailuoto island and Marjaniemi lighthouse.

References[edit]

https://www.vegagerdin.is/upplysingar-og-utgafa/frettir/norraent-samstarf-er-lykilatridi Symposium in Iceland 2022, only in Icelandic language

https://www.nfto.org/ old not updated web pages of NFO

https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/142280/mkl599.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (page 20 only in Finnish language), Annual report of Finnish Maritime Administration 1974

https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/forslag/riksdagens-revisorers-forslag-angaende-sveriges_GJ04RR12/html/ Riksdagens revisorers förslag angående Sveriges deltagande i internationella mellanstatliga organisationer, only in Swedish language

https://www.vegagerdin.is/siglingar/vitar/vitar-og-leidsaga/nfo-symposium-2022/ NFO Symposium in Iceland 2022