Norwegian (Norsk) Typing Tests
Practice typing in Norwegian (Norsk) with timed tests from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. Real native vocabulary, instant results. No sign-up required.
About Norwegian (Norsk)
Norwegian (Norsk) is spoken by approximately 5 million people in Norway. It exists in two official written forms: Bokmål (the more widely used, used in this test) and Nynorsk. Norwegian shares substantial vocabulary with Danish and Swedish, making all three Scandinavian languages mutually intelligible to a high degree. Norwegian is considered one of the easier European languages to learn.
Special Characters
Like Danish, Norwegian uses three extra letters: Æ æ, Ø ø, and Å å. These carry identical sounds to their Danish counterparts. Common words containing them: æra (era), ønske (wish), år (year), øl (beer), nøkkel (key). The letters C, Q, W, X, and Z appear only in loanwords and foreign names in Norwegian text.
How to Type Norwegian Characters
On a Norwegian keyboard layout, the three extra letters occupy the far-right keys of the home and upper rows — same positions as on a Danish keyboard. US keyboard shortcuts (Windows): Æ = Alt+0198, æ = Alt+0230, Ø = Alt+0216, ø = Alt+0248, Å = Alt+0197, å = Alt+0229. On Mac: Option+' = æ, Option+O = ø, Option+A = å. You can add the Norwegian layout in system settings.
Typing Tips for Norwegian
Norwegian text makes heavy use of the prefix 'for-' and the suffix '-lig' (meaning -ly). Short high-frequency words like og (and), er (is), av (of), på (on), i (in) appear in nearly every sentence — these should become instant muscle memory. Norwegian double-vowel combinations like 'aa' (old spelling for å) still appear in proper nouns.