About Nordic Road Association
Nordic Road Association NVF is a public-private co-operation with approximately 320 member companies. NVF was founded in 1935. Today it has six member countries: Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Each country has its own national association.
NVF aims to share and develop knowledge and best practices within the road and transport sector. This is done in NVF’s working groups, where specialists across the public and private sector meet to share and develop knowledge.
NVF Board
Nordic Road Association (NVF) is led by the NVF Board, therefore it is the highest decision-making body in the NVF. The Board consists of the chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, and secretaries of each country’s national association board. See the pages of the NVF Board here.
The chairmanship of the NVF is changed on a rotating basis every four years between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Finland holds the chairmanship period for the current period 1st July 2024–30th June 2028. The chairmanship period ends with Via Nordica -congress in 2028. You can find more information about the congress here.
National Associations
The member countries of the NVF are Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Each member country has its own national association with a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and members.
NVF is a co-operation between public and private sectors. The chairpersons of the national associations are the directors of the national road administrations of each country and the vice-chairpersons come from the private sector.
The chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary of the national association of the leading country are also the chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary of the NVF Board during the chairmanship period.
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 a business 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 beginning of the period 2024–2028 there are nine working groups in total. Below you can see the working groups and the countries that hold the chairmanships of the working groups:
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
Organization chart will be updated during autumn 2024.
Language policy
English is the main language of the NVF. All Nordic events and documents must be in English, including the content on the NVF’s website. However, the working groups may choose to use Scandinavian if all participants can participate in the communication.
The language policy was adopted by the NVF Board on 12th of March 2024.
Members of the working group
Here you can see a list of all members of the working group.
Contact information can be found at Member page
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Working group calendar
Here you can see a list of upcoming and past meetings.