Comments on: How To Learn Norwegian /how-to-learn-norwegian/ All Things Norway, In English Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:07:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ted /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-1038793 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:59:24 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-1038793 My Uncle Viglik said I could not speak English or Norwegian. I spent a three month summer in Norway when I was 11 y.o. That summer was quite a learning experience for me. I started with a few phrases and a lot of understood words from my parents. By the end of the summer all the locals to Oslo thought I was not from around their area but could not figure out where in Norway I was from. Fast forward four decades I took a trip with the wife and kids to Norway in 2019. My Norwegian skills were rusty. I found I could understand quite a lot but speak much less. DuoLingo seemed to help me a few years back to speak (but not spell) Bokmal. In 2019 it was fun to slightly understand the folks on the west coast that we interacted with.

]]> By: Alec E /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-1015289 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:41:48 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-1015289 My Norsk is not the great, I have no study partner and I’m in a predominantly English speaking town. I wish it wasn’t so.

]]> By: David Nikel /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-1004006 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:53:06 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-1004006 In reply to Marla.

Moving to Bergen or hiring a tutor from Bergen.

]]> By: Marla /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-1003997 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 13:21:16 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-1003997 Hallo!!!

Do you know of any resources for learning the Bergen dialect?

Tusen takk!

]]> By: David W. /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-999559 Sat, 14 May 2022 09:02:06 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-999559 “It’s also a useful exercise for non-native speakers as you’ll almost always need to learn Norwegian through English, no matter your native language.”

That comment reminded me of an incident when I visited Norway in 2005. I was standing by the Telemark Canal in the village of Dalen when an elderly man started talking to me in Norsk. I told him that I was English and didn’t understand.

He replied that he knew England very well from his time spent there in the 1930s! He said he was training for missionary work in India at the time and needed to learn Hindi, but there was no way to go to Hindi directly from Norsk, so he had to learn English first. He moved to England for a while as it would be the quickest way for him to learn English, followed in due course by Hindi.

]]> By: Derik /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-998501 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 14:59:24 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-998501 I live in Norway for about 5 years now. It is the most expensive country to live. I would not recommend coming here unless you have job already. Job market is nonexisting.

]]> By: PatriciaPlays (Random kid) /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-998047 Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:03:12 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-998047 So exited to learn Norwegian! I will pass LOTS of notes to my friend (who is also learning) in class.

]]> By: Susan Everson /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-995667 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:35:51 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-995667 Need to speak Norwegian . Please can you assist me in my goal. Susan Everson

]]> By: Inu kc /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-729058 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 13:32:06 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-729058 In reply to YingWang.

Thank you for such a wonderful language tips, tried a lot, watched you tube videos, took online courses from different link, helped alot but the problem is I understand more than I speak😊😊love Norway and Norwegian friends.

]]> By: YingWang /how-to-learn-norwegian/#comment-723892 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:02:59 +0000 /?p=19923#comment-723892 In reply to JaimeeDenovan.

Great tip! Tuen takk!

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