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thumb Norsk folkeminnelag (NFL) (Norwegian Folklore Society ) founded in 1920, is a voluntary, non-profit cultural organization communicating and disseminating traditional folk poetry and customs. The society both protects collected materials through book releases, does guidance for collectors and own research in the field of folklore. From 1922 to 2012, the company has published 166 book titles, as well as a reprint of Magnus Brostrup Landstads ''Norske Folkeviser'' (= Norwegian Folk Songs) from 1852, besides cassettes and CDs with origianal recorded Folk Songs. Main activities are the publication of the book series ''Norsk Folkeminnelags skrifter'' (writings ). In addition, the Norwegian Folklore Society publishes a journal called ''FOLKEMINNER. NFL-Nytt'' (News ), with scientific papers and articles on various folkloric topics, as well as book reviews. The journal also contains communication from board meetings, seminars, etc. ==Decentralization of oral sources== From the beginning, the Folklore Society has committed itself to publish to a wide audience. Since the 1830s oral stories have been collected among Norwegian peasants, sailors and students. The most important of these sources (collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, Sophus Bugge, Moltke Moe, etc.), led to the creation of Norsk Folkeminnesamling (NFS). By 1914, these materials had become entered the public domain. Nevertheless, archives were essentially inaccessible to ordinary people. The same applied to other collections (i.e. Johan Theodor Storaker etc.), which were taken care of at the Manuscript Collection in the University Library of Oslo (now the National Library of Norway, Oslo). NFL in particular emphasized folklore genres, beliefs and customs that were linearly passed on from one generation to the next. While the early editions were systematically parent material collections the books in recent years have been more focused on historical context and commentary, with book decor, illustrations, hard back and bindings. Earlier the Norwegian Folklore Society was most focused on making available the already collected material at NFS. This was done to refute allegations that the reconstruction of such a central archive would only cause the material exclusively reserved for a small circle of scholars. It was an explicit national program to make sure the oral sources in published form should be returned to the areas where they were originally collected. At the same time the releases were meant to be a tribute to the collectors, and a way to encourage them to continue their efforts to save important oral culture that surrounded them in everyday life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norsk Folkeminnelag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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