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   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

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In written Norwegian, the 24-hour clock notation is usually used.

   14:32

Norwegian , the official language, has two forms: Bokmål or Riksmål and Nynorsk or Landsmål. All children in Norway learn both forms at school. The former is that spoken in Oslo and most other urban areas. The two forms together are spoken by 99% of the population. Saami (in 5 different forms) is spoken by the 22 500 Saami living in the far north of the country. There are small numbers of Romani -speakers.

This is written ved or v/.

Women often retain their maiden names upon marriage. Others may choose to take their husband’s names and some double-barrel both names.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

The following company types may be found in Norwegian address databases:

   AL (Andelslag - co-operative society)
   ANS (Ansvarlig Selskap - general partnership)
   AS (Aksjeselskaper – private limited company)
   ASA (Allmennaksjeselskaper – public limited company)
   BA (Selskap med begrenset ansvar - cooperatives and companies created by legislatation)
   BL (Borettslag - housing share company)
   DA (Selskap med delt ansar – limited partnership)
   Enkeltpersonforetak - sole proprietorship
   Etat - state, county or municipal agency
   FKF (Fylkeskommunalt foretak -  county enterprise)
   Gruppen
   HF (helseforetak - subsidiary health enterprise)
   IKS (Interkommunalt selskap - inter-municipal enterprise (owners’ liability))
   KF (Kommunalt foretak - municipal enterprise (owner’s liability))
   KS (Komandittselskap – limited partnership)
   NUF (Norskregistrert utenlandsk foretak - foreign enterprise registered in Norway)
   RHF (regionalt helseforetak - regional health enterprise)
   SF (Statsforetak - state enterprise)
   Stiftelse - foundation

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 29th April 2015

Addresses are written in this format:

   Recipient name
   Thoroughfare[ ]number
   postal code[ ]SETTLEMENT

For example:

Two spaces between the postal code and the settlement name are no longer required.

Post office box numbers may be followed by the post office name:

The numeric sorting code previously found after the postal town name is not longer required, but some Norwegians continue to add it to their addresses.

Some large companies and institutions have their own postal codes, and their addresses may be written without a street line in this way:

A bolignummer (residence number) may be assigned to residences within buildings where more than one residence has the same street address. The bolignummer is a letter and 4 digits. For example:

      Hans Hansen
      Bolignummer H0302
      Storgata 15
      0161 OSLO

The numbers indicate the floor and the position on that floor.

The letter is usually H but may also be L, K or U:

This number is sometimes found written after the building number in this way:

   Storgata 15 H0302

The thoroughfare type is usually suffixed to the street name without a space. There are exceptions, for example when the street is named after a person with more than one name:

   Folke Bernadottes Vei 6

As with other Scandinavian languages, the definite article does not appear as a separate word but as -en or -et at the end of a word (see language rules below). Thus ‘way’ is vei, ‘the way’ is veien.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

(Sub)-building and Thoroughfare types

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Other elements commonly found in address databases

   Note: This section last updated 29th March 2014

This is written as Postboks, abbreviated to PB or POB.

Serviceboks may still be found in address databases. This was a mailing address system whereby “postboks” mail was delivered to a large company’s physical location rather than a post office box within a post office. It is no longer in use.

Norwegian postal codes (Postnummer) consist of a block of 4 digits, beginning with a number from 0 to 9. The postal code is placed on the last line of the address and precedes the town name.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Norway - Postal code format graphic

Norway - Postal code format

Norway - Postal code specifics

Norway - Postal code regular expression

Norway - Postal code level of coverage

Norway - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 22nd February 2017

Refer to Exonyms in Norway for full lists of place names in Norway in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

The village of Å (Source: Wikipedia)

   Note: This section last updated 21st January 2024

On 1^st January 2024 Norway reversed previous (2020) mergers of counties (Fylker, singular Fylke), so that the number of counties has now gone up from 11 to 15. They do not appear in addresses. They are listed below:

County	Postal codes
Agder	45-49
Akerhus	19-21
Buskerud /	30, 33-35
Finnmark (Finnmárku)	95-99
Innlandet	22-26, 28-29
Møre og Romsdal	61-66
Nordland (Nordlánnda/Nordlaante/Nordlánda)	8
Oslo	0, 10-12
Østfold	15-18
Rogaland	40-43, 55
Telemark	37-39
Troms (Romsa)	90-94
Trøndelag (Trööndelage)	7
Vestfold	32
Vestland	50-54, 57-59, 67-69

Postal code areas not listed above are shared between two counties. The names between brackets are Saami-language versions.

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

Administrative districts graphic

Norwegian telephone numbers have no area codes. Each subscriber’s number has 8 digits, and is normally written in the format:

   99[ ]99[ ]99[ ]99

All numbers are dialled when calling from abroad. The first digit cannot be a 0. 1 is currently not used. Numbers commencing 2-3 and 5-7 are standard landlines, those commencing 8 are special numbers (e.g. free numbers) and 4 or 9 are mobile numbers. Special service numbers or mobile numbers may also be written in the format:

   999[ ]99[ ]999