Many Norwegian words, when heard through the lens of the English language, have the potential to raise eyebrows. Photo by Makarios Tang on Unsplash Norwegian can be a tricky language to get your head ...

One of the fun aspects of learning a foreign language in the country itself is discovering the words and idioms that just don’t translate into English. Norwegian may have a small vocabulary but hidden ...

You will have no doubt seen this word in the Norwegian headlines recently. However, it's easy to get it mixed up with a couple of English words. This is the Norwegian word for tariffs or customs. It ...

In the Central Norwegian dialect words have been so shortened that it's possible to construct sentences entirely made of vowels. This is a famous joke:A school kid is walking home after his first day ...

The Norwegian word gal translates as “crazy” in English. However, citizens of the Nordic nation have adopted a more unconventional slang term to describe something that’s unpredictable, chaotic, ...