Tekna (Norway)


Tekna is a union for graduate technical and scientific professionals in Norway.
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History and profile

It was established in 1874 under the name Den Norske Ingeniør- og Arkitektforening. In 1912 it was reorganized as Den Norske Ingeniørforening. It was again renamed to Norske Sivilingeniørers Forening in 1973, and to Tekna in 2004.
It has 103,000 members as of 2023. The headquarters are in Oslo. It publishes Teknisk Ukeblad together with NITO.
Tekna is a member of the Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations, Nording, and Nordic IN. Its president is Elisabet Line Haugsbø, succeeding Lars Olav Grøvik in 2023.