Norway Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedias may provide information on all branches of knowledge or may treat a specific topic comprehensively, usually in articles arranged alphabetically. They often contain information of great interest for genealogical research, including articles about places, prominent people, minorities, and religions. They can give information about diverse topics such as record-keeping practices, laws, customs, commerce, costumes, occupations, and archaic terminology. See also Norway Languages, Norwegian Genealogical Word List, and Norwegian Dialect Word List.

Encyclopedias
Lokalhistoriewiki.no includes Norsk historisk leksikon

Store norske leksikon

Dictionaries
Otto Kalkar, Ordbog til det ældre danske sprog (1300-1700) - old Danish dictionary at Historisk institutt, Universitetet i Bergen

Universitetet i Bergen og Språkrådet: Bokmålsordboka | Nynorskordboka

Translation Services
FreeDiction.com: Free Online English to Norwegian to English Dictionary

Google Translate: Norwegian to English

Encyclopedias
Aschehougs konversasjons leksikon FHL book 038.82 As23a

Norsk historisk leksikon, 1981 edition FHL boook 948.1 H26f 1981

Dictionaries
Berulfsen, Bjarne, and Hjørdis Scavenius, McKay's modern Norwegian-English English-Norwegian dictionary. New York, New York : David McKay Co., [1953] FHL book 439.82321 M192

Haugen, Einar. Norsk Engelsk ordbok : Norwegian English Dictionary. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, 1986

Kirkeby, W.A., Norsk-engelsk ordbok. Oslo, Norway : Kunnskapsforlaget, 1986 FHL book 439.82321 N831k

Svenkerud, Herbert ed., Cappelens store Engelsk-Norsk ordbok. Oslo, Norway : J.W. Cappelens Forlag, c1988, 1991 FHL book 439.82321 N831s

Berulfsen, B. Gyldendals Ordbøker : Engelsk-Norsk. Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1951. FHL book 439.82321 B463e, FHL film 1,224,705, item 3

Scavenius, H. Gyldendals Ordbøker : Norsk-Engelsk. Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1949. FHL book 439.82321 Sca92n, FHL film 1,224,705, item 4

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