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Languages Norway, in 36 editions.
The entry for Norway published Languages in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 14 editions. Each is shown as published. Languages in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 14
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Language” (1990 to 1991) and “Languages” (1992 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Language”
Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official)
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official); (official)
note:
small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official)
Norwegian (official)
note:
small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
The same text in 6 editions, 1995 to 2000.
Norwegian (official)
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official)
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
- Norwegian (official) note:
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official)Lapp- Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
Norwegian (official)
note: small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Norwegian (official)
note: small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official)
note: small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official)
note: small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
- Bokmal Norwegian (official),
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official),
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official) (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note:
The same text in 5 editions, 2006 to 2010.
- Bokmal Norwegian (official),
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official),
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities;
- note - Sami is official in six municipalities
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities
The same text in 3 editions, 2011 to 2013.
- Bokmal Norwegian (official),
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official),
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note: Sami is official in six municipalities
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - minorities
note:
Sami is official in six municipalities
- Bokmal Norwegian (official),
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official),
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note: Sami is an official language in nine municipalities
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note:
Sami is an official language in six nine municipalities
The same text in 3 editions, 2015 to 2017.
- Bokmal Norwegian (official),
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official),
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note: Sami is an official language in nine municipalities
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note:
The same text in 3 editions, 2018 to 2020.
- Bokmal Norwegian (official),
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official),
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note: Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
note: Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
The same text in 3 editions, 2021 to 2023.
- Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities;
- note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami;
- Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
- major-language sample(s):
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)
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Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
note:
major-language sample(s):
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)
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The same text in 2024 and 2025.
- Bokmal Norwegian (official),
- Nynorsk Norwegian (official),
- small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
- major-language sample(s):
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
note: Sami has three dialects (Lule, North Sami, and South Sami) and is an official language in nine municipalities in the northernmost counties of Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms minorities
major-language sample(s):
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
note: Sami has three dialects (Lule, North Sami, and South Sami) and is an official language in nine municipalities in the northernmost counties of Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Norway: Languages.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/norway/languages.