Language

The general population of Norway speaks the official language Norwegian. Norwegian is spoken in two different forms, bokmal (book norwegian) and nynorsk (new norwegian). Bokmal is more commonly spoken in the southern part of Norway. A good way to relate it is to think about American english and British english. It's the same language but has a different accent to it or dialect.
The Alphabet has all the same letters as english but contains three additional letters: Æ, Ø and Å.

Both or these dialects are taught and are expected to be known by everyone. For a while there was a movement trying to create a single standard language, Samnorks (union norwegian). Politicians liked the idea but more people seemed to think it was a waste of time and that it would never happen so nothing came of it.

By the end of second grade, you are to know Norwegian fluently (of course) and English. You are tested to make sure since english is the second most common language in not only Norway but generally all over the world. When you have reached third grade you are offered to take another language such as german or spanish even french. I personally speak over 5 languages and im very thankful for being raised in norway and given that skill to be able to speak and comprehend so many different ones, it gives me and opportunity to travel the world and know a little bit more than most that go there.

A a	B b	C c	D d	E e	F f	G g	H h	I i	J j
a	be	se	de	e	eff	ge	hå	i	je/jådd
K k	L l	M m	N n	O o	P p	Q q	R r	S s	T t
kå	ell	em	enn	o	pe	ku	ærr	ess	te
U u	V v	W w	X x	Y y	Z z	Æ æ	Ø ø	Å å