View source for Norwegian exonyms

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As a general rule, modern Norwegian does not use exonyms for names with [[Exonym and endonym|endonyms]] in Latin script. Historically, several Danish/German exonyms have been in use, due to the Danish roots of the Bokmål variety of [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], but these exonyms should be considered archaic, and are no longer used officially.

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==Albania==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Albania}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Tirana]]
|Tirana
|Tiranë
|[[Albanian language|Albanian]]
|
|}

==Austria==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Austria}} Østerrike
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Tyrol]]
|Tirol, Tyrol
|Tirol
|[[German language|German]]
|Tirol is recommended, but the form Tyrol is resistant because the name of the musical ''[[The White Horse Inn (operetta)|Sommer i Tyrol]]'' and the word ''[[Tyrolean hat|tyrolerhatt]]''
|}

==Belgium==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Belgium}} Belgia
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Brussels]]
| rowspan="2" |Brussel
|Brussel
|[[Dutch language|Dutch]]
|Norwegian uses the German name, though less prominent, German is an official language of Belgium.
|-
|Bruxelles
|[[French language|French]]
|
|}

==Cuba==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Cuba}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Havana]]
|Havanna
|La Habana
|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|
|}

==Denmark==
Places in Denmark are in Norway spelled like in Danish. Also, for places with ''Aa'', which during the latter half of the 20th century were spelled ''Å'' in Denmark, and then changed back to ''aa''. Thus, [[Aabenraa]] and some more places are spelled with ''aa'' also in Norway. The same sound is spelled ''Å'' for places in Norway.

==Estonia==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Estonia}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Tallinn]]
|Reval, Tallinn
|Tallinn
|[[Estonian language|Estonian]]
|''Reval'' is a dated term for Tallinn.
|}

==Finland==

Until recently, most people tended to use the official [[List of cities and towns in Finland|Swedish names]] in Norwegian. The Swedish names are not exonyms, since both [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Swedish language|Swedish]] are official languages in [[Finland]], with many towns, cities and regions having two, often very different, official names. In recent years, however, the use of Finnish place names have gained some popularity in Norwegian.

==Germany==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Germany}} Tyskland
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Rhine]]
|Rhinen
|Rhein
|[[German language|German]]
|
|-
|[[Stralsund]]
|Stræla
|Stralsund
|[[German language|German]]
|
|}

== Greece ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Greece}} Hellas
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Athens]]
|At(h)en
|Athína
|[[Greek language|Greek]]
|
|-
|[[Corfu]]
|Korfu
|Kérkyra
|[[Greek language|Greek]]
|
|-
|[[Corinth]]
|Korint(h)
|Korinthos
|[[Greek language|Greek]]
|
|-
|[[Crete]]
|Kreta
|Kriti
|[[Greek language|Greek]]
|
|-
|[[Piraeus|Pireus]]
|Pireus
|Peiraias
|[[Greek language|Greek]]
|
|-
|[[Rhodes]]
|Rhodos
|Rodhos
|[[Greek language|Greek]]
|
|}

==Italy==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Italy}} Italia
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]
|''Syrakus''
|Siracusa
|[[Italian language|Italian]]
|
|-
|[[Sardinia]]
|''Sardinia''
|Sardegna
|[[Italian language|Italian]]
|
|}

==Netherlands==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Netherlands}} Nederland
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[The Hague]]
|Haag
|Den Haag
|[[Dutch language|Dutch]]
|
|}

==Russia==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Russia}} Russland
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Saint Petersburg]]
|St. Petersburg
|Sankt Peterburg
|Russian
|
|}

==Sweden==
Newspapers in Norway often, but absolutely not always, write all '''ä''' as '''æ''' (sometimes '''e''') and all '''ö''' as '''ø''', probably because ä and ö were historically lacking on Norwegian typewriters. For example: Göteborg ([[Gothenburg]]) is in Norway written Göteborg or Gøteborg.
<br>Some places have genuine Norwegian names because they were originally part of Norway:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|Sweden}} Sverige
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Bohuslän]]
|Båhuslen
|Bohuslän
|[[Swedish language|Swedish]]
|
|-
|[[Härjedalen]]
|Herjedalen, Herjådalen
|Härjedalen
|[[Swedish language|Swedish]]
|
|-
|[[Jämtland]]
|Jemtland
|Jämtland
|[[Swedish language|Swedish]]
|
|}

== United Kingdom ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |{{Flag|United Kingdom}} Storbritannia (og Nord-Irland)
|-
! rowspan="2" |English name
! rowspan="2" |Norwegian name
! colspan="2" |Endonym
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
!Name
!Language
|-
|[[Scotland]]
|Skottland
|Alba
|[[Scottish Gaelic]]
|
|-
|[[River Thames|Thames]]
|Themsen
|Thames
|[[English language|English]]
|
|}

==See also==

*[[List of European exonyms]]

==References==

*Vigleik Leira, ''Geografiske navn i flere språk'' (2006).

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615144651/http://sprakrad.no/Ordboeker/Geografiske_namn/ Official spellings for names of foreign places]

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