Like many children, Eric Silk, 10, and his brother Einar, 8, like watching their Harry Potter DVD. Close inspection reveals that it’s not “The Chamber of Secrets” version. It’s “Og Mysterie Kammeret.” ...

Few things are as straightforward as saying hello in Norwegian. However, that doesn't mean that you don't have a number of options to do so, depending on the circumstances. If you take Norwegian ...

IN the literature of one kind and another that has been, of late, so suddenly and plenteously evoked by the introduction of the poet Ibsen to the English reader, there is often a curious confusion as ...

The Local's readers have nominated their favourite Norwegian words to our competition. Here's a final shortlist – it's now time to pick a winner. Thanks to everyone who took part in the first round of ...

About 20% of Americans can speak two or more languages. Unfortunately, I’m not one of them. Granted, I took at least four years of Spanish in school, but embarrassingly, I can only count to 15 and say ...

A new gender-neutral pronoun will be entered into the official Norwegian language, the Language Council of Norway has said. As an alternative to the feminine “hun” and masculine “han”, “hen” is ...

LUCKNOW: Enchanted by the beauty of Norwegian language, young Suresh Chandra Shukla landed at the Norwegian town of Oslo Qst (which loosely means east), on June 26, 1980, to pursue his love for the ...