Language details — Norway

This table lists languages spoken in Norway, including official, working, regional, and minority languages.

Percentages and speaker counts may be unavailable for some languages due to census and reporting limitations.

Language details

12 languages
Language Statuses Share, % Speakers
English
No special status 73.7 4,000,000
Kven Finnish
Minority
Norwegian Bokmål
Official
Norwegian
Official Working
88.5 4,800,000
Norwegian Sign Language
Minority
Kalo Finnish Romani
Minority
Vlax Romani
Minority
Southern Sami
Minority
Northern Sami
National Regional Minority
Lule Sami
Minority
Swedish
No special status 18.4 1,000,000
Sámi
National Regional
Data compiled from national censuses and international linguistic datasets.
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