Flyktninghjelpen

Name

Flyktninghjelpen

Legal name

NRC Flyktninghjelpen

Website

https://flyktninghjelpen.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Migration, Refugees & Forced Displacement Assistance (BPADABAL), Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH), Refugee Camp Coordination & Management (CCCM) (BPADAHAC)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid
• Refugee assistance
• Emergency response
• Displacement support
• International development

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Government Funding: Major share of revenue comes from government donors. US Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) donated 17.2% of total funds in 2024. Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) donated 14.2%, EU ECHO 11.1%, Norad 6.2%, and World Food Programme 6.1%. Total income in 2024 was 9.29 billion NOK, a 15% increase from the previous year.
2. Private Individual Donations: Regular monthly givers (fast giver), one-time donations, streaming donations via Tiltify and Spleis, commemoration gifts (minnegave), testamentary bequests (testamentarisk gave). NRK TV-aksjonen annual campaign generates significant public donations.
3. Corporate/Business Partnerships: Companies transfer funds to corporate account (8200.06.80008), with options to earmark donations for specific crises like Gaza. Partnership inquiries directed to [email protected].
4. E-commerce - Meaningful Gifts: Online store (shop.flyktninghjelpen.no) sells gift certificates and items, with proceeds going to humanitarian programmes. Gift certificates represent real examples of NRC's work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

NRC Flyktninghjelpen delivers free humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons across approximately 40 countries through six core programmes: Shelter, Protection from Violence, Food Security, Water/Sanitation/Hygiene (WASH), Legal Assistance (ICLA), and Education. The organisation supplements these with NORCAP, a global roster of roughly 1,300 deployable experts rostering for the UN and other partners, and IDMC, the Geneva-based research and data centre on internal displacement. Supplementary public-facing services include a regular donor programme, an online gift shop (Gaver med mening), and digital fundraising tools (Spleis, Tiltify).

Product overview

NRC Flyktninghjelpen is a humanitarian organization, not a software product company. Its service offering consists of six core humanitarian program areas — Shelter/Housing, Protection from Violence, Food Security, Water/Sanitation/Hygiene (WASH), Legal Assistance (ICLA), and Education — delivered directly to displaced populations across approximately 40 countries. These are complemented by two specialized operational units: NORCAP (a global expert deployment force of ~1,300 professionals) and IDMC (the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, a Geneva-based research and data hub). Supplementary supporter-facing services include a regular donor program, an online gift shop (Gaver med mening), digital fundraising tools (Spleis, Tiltify), DIY fundraising guidance, a newsletter subscription, and a donor service forum. The organization does not offer a software product, API, or developer platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NORCAP: NRC Flyktninghjelpens utsendte bistandseksperter — a rapid response unit and global provider of expert humanitarian personnel deployed to crises worldwide. Has approximately 1,300 experts from countries around the world.

Products and services

• Shelter (Husly) Shelter assistance for displaced persons, ranging from emergency tents to permanent housing for returning refugees, addressing both physical and social needs of people on the move.
• Protection from Violence (Beskyttelse fra vold) Protection programmes ensuring safety and security for displaced persons, working against violence and advocating for the fulfilment of their rights.
• Food Security (Matsikkerhet) Food assistance including distribution of food supplies and support for local food production to ensure displaced populations have access to nutrition.
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene / Rent vann Provision of clean water through well construction and water distribution, sanitation systems to prevent disease spread, and hygiene training for displaced populations.
• Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance / Rettshjelp (ICLA) Legal assistance helping displaced persons claim their rights, including land and property rights, identity documentation, refugee status applications, and support for internally displaced persons.
• Education (Utdanning) Education programmes providing schooling, school construction, teacher training, and educational materials to ensure displaced children and youth can continue learning.
• NORCAP (Expert Deployment) NORCAP is a global standby force of approximately 1,300 highly skilled professionals from over 100 countries deployed to strengthen humanitarian response, development and peacebuilding together with the UN and other international organisations.
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Geneva-based research and monitoring centre serving as the world's leading source of data and analysis on people displaced within their own country.
• Regular Donor Programme (Fast giver) Monthly giving subscription service for supporters of NRC Flyktninghjelpen, with tiers from 200 NOK to 900 NOK and tax-deductible receipts for Norwegian donors.
• Gaver med mening (Meaningful Gifts Shop) Online store selling gift certificates that represent real humanitarian projects, enabling donors to give meaningful gifts while supporting humanitarian work.

Quantifiable outcome

• NRC helped 10 million people in 2024 and 10.6 million in 2025 across 40 countries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration18 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerNRK TV-aksjonen annual televised fundraising campaign. In 2026, the October 18 campaign supports NRC with Crown Prince Haakon as patron. Target of giving over 400,000 displaced people safe homes and hope for the future. This is a flagship annual partnership driving significant public donations.
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDMC is the world's leading source of data and analysis on internal displacement. Operated by NRC Flyktninghjelpen from Geneva. Over 80 million people are displaced within their own countries. IDMC serves as the authoritative global statistics source on displacement.
• UN and international organizations (via NORCAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNORCAP works with the UN and international, regional and national partners to reinforce capacity to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. Deploys experts to partner organizations including UN agencies, international NGOs, national authorities and local communities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Save the Children: Global humanitarian NGO delivering services to displaced children and families, with major overlap in education, protection, food security, and WASH programming. Both operate in many of the same 40+ countries and compete for similar institutional and private donors.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Independent humanitarian medical organization delivering emergency care in conflict zones. Peer in frontline humanitarian response, donor-funded model, and willingness to operate in the most dangerous locations, though MSF is more medical-focused.
• Danish Refugee Council (DRC): Closest national peer: another Nordic refugee organization with overlapping mandate, similar service portfolio (shelter, protection, ICLA, livelihoods), and geographic footprint. NRC board member Jacopo Caridi previously worked at DRC, illustrating the direct comparability.
• Mercy Corps: Global humanitarian organization working in conflict-affected and fragile states with similar multi-sector programming (food security, WASH, economic recovery, protection) and institutional donor relationships.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Major humanitarian NGO operating in conflict and crisis settings with very similar service lines (health, education, protection, WASH, economic recovery). Comparable scale, donor base, and global footprint.
• CARE International: Major humanitarian and development NGO with overlapping service lines (food security, WASH, women's protection, education) and similar geographic presence in conflict and displacement contexts.
• Oxfam International: Global confederation focused on poverty and humanitarian response, with significant overlap in WASH, food security, and protection services in crisis-affected countries. Comparable donor base and operating model.

Broad incumbents

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): One of the world's largest humanitarian organizations operating in conflict zones with similar shelter, WASH, and protection service lines. Both organizations are present in countries like Syria, Yemen, and Ukraine and operate under humanitarian principles.
• UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency): UN-mandated global agency for refugee protection and assistance. Both NRC and UNHCR serve displaced populations across similar geographies, with UNHCR typically leading refugee status determination and NRC delivering operational programming — making them deeply comparable in mandate and beneficiary base.

Emerging players

• Refugees International: Advocacy and analysis organization focused on displaced populations, comparable to NRC's mission in scope but with a very different (pure advocacy, no direct service delivery) operating model. Useful as a thematic peer on displacement policy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/flyktninghjelp
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NorwRefugeeCouncil
• Facebookfacebook.com/flyktninghjelpen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/flyktninghjelpen
• Instagraminstagram.com/nrc_flyktninghjelpen

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles25 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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