The Norwegian Historical Association is a Norwegian historical organization.

It was founded in 1869 by Michael Birkeland and Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae

Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae

Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae was a Norwegian historian. He was born in Aremark.Daae was assigned as a professor at the University of Kristiania for more than thirty years, from 1876 to 1910. He published a large number of scientific works, and was also a frequent contributor to newspapers. In 1899 he...

. Its purpose was to publish the academic journal Historisk Tidsskrift

Historisk Tidsskrift (Norway)

The Historisk Tidsskrift is a Norwegian history journal. It was established in 1871 by Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae and Michael Birkeland. It is published quarterly by the Editing Norwegian Historical Association, and until 1955 the editor-in-chief was identical with the chairman of that organization....

, which it commenced in 1871. In 1990 it merged with the organizations Norsk historikerforening (founded 1982) and Norsk komité for historisk vitskap (founded 1927). It kept its old name, but adopted the new acronym HIFO.