Norwegian websites

Online Norwegian Dictionaries

Free Downloadable Audio Files for Learners of Norwegian
Download 20 minutes of Norwegian recordings in mp3 files. These materials include: (1) written texts and (2) audio files for these written texts – in two language versions: Bokmaal and Nynorsk (the two official Norwegian languages). I have personally listened to these recordings hundreds of times.

Video Files and Exercises with Norwegian being spoken in everyday situations
Divided into six sections, each with its own video and accompanying exercises. Many of the videos have a choice between an authentic audio track and a simplified audio track. Each section is independent of the others, and the sections may be used in any order.

Norwegian Virtual Audio-Video Archive

Norwegian Phonetic Alphabet
Since phonetic transcription can be very helpful in learning Norwegian pronunciation, this page is a valuable resource for those who learn Norwegian in order to be fluent and confident in conversations with Norwegian native speakers.

Norsk paa LanguageOnThe.Net
Introduction to the Norwegian language: the alphabet and the sounds; grammar points; reading materials in Norwegian.

Norwegian Grammar
Lots of Norwegian example sentences for the following grammar points: questions, word order in declarative sentences, noun forms, indefinite and definite adjectives, special adjective rules, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, relative pronouns, past tense, imperative, passive voice.

CAPLEX Nettleksikon
This is an online encyclopedia in Norwegian. You can also find information about Norway and the Norwegian culture in this online encyclopedia.

Internet exercises for the book Naiv. Super. by Erlend Loe
The book Naiv. Super. by the Norwegian author Erlend Loe is written in simple language and short sentences – very good for learners of Norwegian.
The page contains summaries of the chapters plus exercises to see if you understand the book correctly. This is all written in Norwegian, so it’s an excellent resource for those Norwegian learners who have read Naiv. Super.

Read Naiv. Super. Online
You can read the first chapter of Naiv. Super. in Norwegian. The text is Loe’s original, but the hardest words and phrases are translated on the side, so you pick up the colloquial meanings that are sometimes hard, and don’t have to stop to use the dictionary.

På Vei Online Exercises
Provides interactive exercises for the beginner learning Norwegian including listening comprehension, work on sentence structure and Norwegian grammar. It is not necessary to have read the På Vei books in order to complete the exercises. You must first set up the Norwegian typeset on your computer in order to complete the exercises.

Norskklassen – A virtual gathering place for Norwegian learners
A place to get in touch with other learners of Norwegian, includes links to Norwegian learning resources and has a mailing list for those who are learning Norwegian.

Online Norwegian Bible
For those who are already well acquainted with the Bible in their native language the Bible can be a very good learning resource for the Norsk-Experiment method of learning. In the case of the Bible, for those who know it well, it is especially easy to guess from the context.

Klar Tale
Klar Tale is a online weekly newspaper written in easy-to-read Norwegian. It has 12 pages of news, written in simple style in large font. It should be an excellent resource for people learning Norwegian.

Norwegian Translations and Language Resources
Lingo24 offers professional translations from/into Norwegian and a free paraphrasing tool that helps users find alternative ways of expressing themselves.

Many more resources kindly suggested by Erin Roberts of Teacher Journals..