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 the Norwegian-English list of genealogical words. A Norwegian-English dictionary can also aid you in your research. You can find dictionaries, and similar language aids at many research libraries.

A useful dictionary is:

Cappelens Store Engelsk Norsk Ordbok and Kunnskapsforlaget Aschehoug - Gyldendal's norsk engelsk ordbok by W.A. Kirkeby (Cappelens Large English Norwegian Dictionary and Kunnskapsforlaget Aschehoug - Gyldendal's Norwegian English Dictionary by W.A. Krikeby). Oslo, Norway: J.W. Cappelens Forlag, 1988 and Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1986.

Another useful dictionary that is also on microfilm is:

Scavenius, H. Gyldendals Ordbøker; Norsk-Engelsk og Engelsk-Norsk (Gyldendal's Dictionaries; Norwegian-English and English-Norwegian), Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1945. (FHL film 1,224,705, item 4)

Additional dictionaries can be found in the Place search of the catalog under:


 * NORWAY - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

and in the Subject search of the catalog under:


 * NORWEGIAN - LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES.

See also the article Norway Language and Languages.


 * Online English to Norwegian Dictionary:  http://www.freedict.com/onldict/nor.html
 * Ordbog til det ældre danske sprog (1300-1700) - online old Danish dictionary (can often be used alongside Norwegian)
 * Store norske leksikon:  http://snl.no/
 * Ordbog til det ældre daske sprog (1300-1700): http://www.hist.uib.no/kalkar/
 * Bokmålsordboka: http://www.nob-ordbok.uio.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=&amp;bokmaal=+&amp;ordbok=bokmaal