The Norwegian Sufi Community, also known as Norsk Sufi Samfunn, has a rich and fascinating history from 1924. During that year, the founder of the Sufi Order in the West, Hazrat Inayat Khan, visited Norway and delivered a lecture at the University of Oslo, translated into Norwegian by Shamsher. At this time, Inayat Khan met Susanna Lovise Kjøsterud, a significant figure in developing Sufi work in Norway, who later became the National Representative of the Norwegian Sufi Council.

On August 17, 1929, the council was established, and Susanna was appointed as the National Representative. Lucy Goodenough and Sirdar van Tuyll supported the Sufi work in Norway over time. Goodenough gave a follow-up lecture at the Nobelhall in Oslo in 1925, and the council continued to attract more members.

Today, the Norwegian Sufi Community boasts an archive of over 2,300 digital scans of original documents, including personal and organizational notebooks, pictures, lists, books, lectures, speeches, initiation cards, and diaries dating back to 1924. The community also sends representatives yearly to the Summer schools in Suresnes, France, which Susanna and many other Norwegian Sufis attended in the early years.

After Inayat Khan's passing, Murshida Goodenough and Baron van Tuijl provided the community with the necessary teaching papers from Murshid. Susanna recalled in one of her writings that Hazrat Inayat Khan had told her, "You will never be without papers and teachings. If necessary, I will dictate them to you in person." This statement is a testament to the unyielding legacy of the Norwegian Sufi Community, which has remained dedicated to the Sufi message for almost a century.

Upon the founding of the Counsel, the community purchased a cabin in Skeikampen and named it Baroda in honor of Inayat Khan's birthplace. Weekly Universal Worship and various other activities were organized at the cabin until the end of 1932. Additionally, the cabin served as a sacred space for the initiation of many early Sufis. However, after Suzanna's passing on October 2, 1932, the Sufis were no longer granted access to the cabin.

After the passing of Suzanna, Sajwar was appointed National Representant. The council members searched for a new place for the Sufi community; now, the Baroda Cabin was no longer available. In the meantime, there were still events and a yearly summer school in Skeikampen, as far as we know, in a big room from the nearby Gausdal Sanatorium. That room was called the Sufi Hall. The weekly Universal Worship was moved to a place in Oslo.

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In the spring of 1936, Sajwar moved to Switzerland, and Halvor Egeberg (Akbar) became the National Representative on the 14th of April 1936. John Egeberg (Munir) was added to the council as the fifth member to replace Sajwar at the same Counsel Meeting.