NVF Board

The Nordic Road Association (NVF) is led by the NVF Board, which is the highest decision-making body within NVF. The Board consists of the chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, and secretaries of each country’s national association. See the pages of the NVF Board here.

The NVF chairmanship rotates every four years between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Finland currently holds the chairmanship for the period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028. This period concludes with the Via Nordica congress in 2028. You can find more information about the congress here.

National Associations

NVF’s member countries are Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Each has its own national association, including a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and members.

NVF is a collaborative platform uniting both public and private sectors. The national associations’ chairpersons are the directors of the respective national road administrations, while the vice-chairpersons represent the private sector.

During a country’s chairmanship period, its national chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary also serve in the corresponding roles on the NVF Board.

How to Become a Member

If you are interested in joining an NVF working group, please contact the NVF secretary in your country or email nvf@vayla.fi.

Working Groups

The work in the NVF takes place through the working groups. The working groups have a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and members from the member countries. In the NVF working group the members share and develop knowledge and best practices in the road and transport sector. The working groups work within a common framework and roles.

The working groups are diverse and consist of experts across the public and private sectors. The working groups’ operation is based on an action plan that the groups prepare at the beginning of the period. In addition, the NVF Board may give specific assignments to the working groups.

Working groups are set up in different areas of work. The working groups exist only at the Nordic level. The national associations are free to set up their own working groups independently of the Nordic working groups. The working groups are appointed for a shorter or longer period of time during the four-year NVF period.

At the start of the 2024–2028 period, there are nine working groups in total. Below is a list of the working groups and the countries currently holding their chairmanships.

Bridges	Norway
Nordic Construction Market	Sweden
Operation and Maintenance	Denmark
Road Design	Finland
Road Freight Transport	Denmark
Road Technology	Iceland
Road Traffic Safety	Norway
Tunnels	Iceland
Urban Transport and Transport Planning	Sweden

Language policy

English is the main language of NVF. All Nordic events and documents must be in English, including the content on the NVF website. However, the working groups may choose to use Scandinavian if all participants are able to take part in the communication.

This language policy was adopted by the NVF Board on 12 March 2024.