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

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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It was established in 1874 under the name Den Norske Ingeniør- og Arkitektforening ('the Norwegian Engineer and Architect Association'). In 1912 it was reorganized as Den Norske Ingeniørforening ('the Norwegian Engineer Association'). It was again renamed to Norske Sivilingeniørers Forening ('Civil Engineers' Association of Norway') in 1973, and to Tekna in 2004.

It has 51,000 members as of 2009. The headquarters are in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. It publishes Teknisk Ukeblad

Teknisk Ukeblad

Teknisk Ukeblad is Norway's leading engineering journal.TU has appeared weekly since 13 April 1883 and is published by Ingeniørforlaget, jointly owned by three national professional associations of engineers and architects: the Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists , Tekna , and the...

together with two other organizations.