Available categories of the activity
Last updated: 11 November 2023.
The ICNPO categories were last changed on 1 January 2009.
| ICNPO number. | ICNPO category | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Culture and recreation | |
| 1 100 | Culture and arts | Music, theatre and dance, art, applied arts and architecture, history, literature and language, museums, collections and libraries, periodicals and media, other cultural and artistic activities |
| 1 200 | Sports | All types of sports and exercise, including shooting teams, corporate sports activities and sports for people with disabilities |
| 1 300 | Other recreation and social clubs | Outdoor recreation and scouts, boating associations, clubs for pet owners, pensioners' associations, students' associations, social clubs (Rotary, Lions etc.), other hobbies and leisure activities |
| 2 | Education and research | Primary and secondary school, folk university college, university and college, vocational/technical education, adult education and further education, research |
| 2 100 | Primary and secondary education | |
| 2 200 | Higher education | |
| 2 300 | Other education | |
| 2 400 | Research | |
| 3 | Health | Hospitals, rehabilitation, nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, policlinic health services, alternative medicine, rescue work and ambulance services |
| 3 100 | Hospitals and rehabilitation | |
| 3 200 | Nursing homes | |
| 3 300 | Mental health and crisis intervention | |
| 3 400 | Other health services | |
| 4 | Social services | Nurseries, family counselling, crisis centres and emergency hotlines, services for people with disabilities, services for elders, self help, material help for needy persons, child welfare, help for drug abusers |
| 4 100 | Social services | |
| 4 200 | Emergency and relief | |
| 4 300 | Income support and maintenance | |
| 5 | Environment | |
| 5 100 | Environment | Area protection and land-use management |
| 5 200 | Animal protection | |
| 6 | Developing and housing | Community groups, assembly buildings, house owners' association |
| 6 100 | Economic, social and community development | |
| 6 200 | Housing | |
| 6 300 | Employment and training | |
| 7 | Law, advocacy and politics | People with disabilities and illnesses, feminism, language associations, abstinence, ethnic minorities, working for the rights and support of vulnerable groups (prisoners, poor people etc.), campaigns, and lobbying, legal aid, consumer organisations, political parties |
| 7 100 | Civic and advocacy organizations | |
| 7 200 | Law and legal services | |
| 7 300 | Political organizations | |
| 8 | Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion | |
| 8 100 | Grant-making foundations | |
| 8 200 | Other philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion | |
| 9 | International | |
| 9 100 | International activities | International exchange programs, international relief and aid, work within human rights and peacekeeping |
| 10 | Religion | |
| 10 100 | Religious congregations and associations | Organisations connected to the Church of Norway, missionary work, Protestant free church, other religions, faith organisations |
| 11 | Business and professional associations, unions | Employees' and employers' associations, branch and industrial groups, producer cooperatives, student organisations |
| 11 100 | Business and professional associations, unions | |
| 11 200 | Professional associations | |
| 11 300 | Unions | |
| 12 | Not elsewhere classified | |
| 12 100 | Not elsewhere classified | |
| 13 | Children and youth organizations | |
| 13 100 | Children and youth organizations | |
| 14 | Diversity and inclusion | |
| 14 100 | Diversity and inclusion |