LHL represents and works for patients with heart, stroke and pulmonary diseases in Norway. LHL has 54 000 members and 240 local associations in all regions in Norway. LHL is a non-profit organization. This means that any financial profit remains within the organization and is channeled to medical purposes. No earnings may be taken out of the organization. Through educating the public, teaching, treatment, follow-up, research and political lobbying, LHL has helped improve people’s lives since 1943. And we will go on doing just that.