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COUNTRY:...........................NORWAY
ROSE SOCIETY INFORMATION for 2008
OFFICIAL NAME:................The Norwegian Rose Society (NRS)
Address: .....................Storgata 12
N-3484 Holmsbu
Norway
Telephone: .................(Country Code: 47) 32 79 36 38
Email:.........................post@norskroseforening.com
Website; .....................www.norskroseforening.com
Contact:......................Secretary – Leonard Larsen
The Norwegian Rose Society (NRS) was founded in 1982 in association with the
Norwegian Horticultural Society. Today it is an independent Society and also part of the
Nordic Rose Society. Our aim is to promote interest in and knowledge of garden roses. The
NRS has a centrally elected board of six members from the Oslo area, five local divisions and
ten other contact people from all over Norway. Since 1994, a paid secretary has been
contracted to ease the workload of Board members. The NRS has over 1200 members.
Our publication is issued four times a year. In addition, meetings, lectures, courses
and tours are arranged every year. The main Rose Show is held in Oslo in early July and
includes a competitive exhibition of roses in several classes. This main event of our year can
draw several thousand people and is a welcome source of income for the Society.
A demonstration Rose Garden was founded in 1990 at Tomb Agricultural School,
near Moss, south of Oslo. Its aim is to show the public a “Living Rose Catalogue”. The
roses are purchased, but many new varieties are sent to us for evaluation by noted firms in
Europe. Today we have nearly 400 different varieties, including historic roses and wellknown
Norwegian shrub roses. All the continuous flowering roses are evaluated after their
first winter in the field. They are evaluated for at least three years, using a 100 point scale.
The results are published every year in the November/December issue of the Society
magazine, ROSEBLADET, and in the Tomb Rosegarden brochure
Fees: NOK 200 (2008)
NOK 225 (2009)
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