Royal Norwegian Yacht Club

Kongelig Norsk Seilforening
Emblem
Burgee
Ensign
Short nameKNS
Founded1861
LocationBygdøy, Frognerkilen, Oslo, Norway
CommodoreNils Klippenberg
Websitehttp://www.kns.no

59°54′30″N 10°41′53″E / 59.90833°N 10.69806°E / 59.90833; 10.69806

The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (Norwegian: Kongelig Norsk Seilforening, KNS) is a yacht club in Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1883 as country-wide organisation with affiliated local yacht clubs. In 1884, it was granted the right for members to fly the naval Ensign of Norway with the Royal cypher on a centrally placed white field. In 1970, it was reorganized as local club for the Oslo area, under a new nationwide federation of yacht clubs (Norges Seilforbund). To date, the club has some 4,000 members.

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