Godt nytt år - Happy New Year, Happy New Resources.

In this blog I’ll be writing about authentic resources for Norwegian language learners at all language levels, from beginners to more advanced learners. I think there are many useful ways and methods to learn a language,

and I believe in adding the things you enjoy, such as reading, watching Norwegian series, listening to music, following Norwegian YouTube channels, exercising in Norwegian, making Norwegian food or using Duolingo just to mention a few.  There are so many resources available online, but in this blog I will focus on nrk.no and using authentic resources as an inspiration for learning Norwegian. NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norsk Rikskringkasting) is like a combination of the Australian ABC and SBS. It is funded by the government and without any commercials. I should mention that not every TV program is available abroad without a VPN, but many are, and you can watch all the programs recommended below without a VPN. 

NRK TV
Nrk TV - https://tv.nrk.no/programmer has lots of programs in various categories. Some of my favourite categories are Natur (Nature), Nyheter (news), Litteratur (Literature), Kunst og scene (art), Musikk (music) Show og underholdning (Show and entertainment). And please, go ahead and find some of your favourite topics, and let me know if you find a program to recommend to other Norwegian language learners. 

One thing which make NRK great for Norwegian language learners is that nearly all programs on NRK TV has Norwegian subtitles, so you can listen to spoken Norwegian while reading the Norwegian subtitles. This is such a great tool and reinforcement of the vocabulary, sounds and spelling when starting to learn a language.

“Sånn er Norge” (This is Norway) is an interesting and fun program about Norway with Harald Eia.  https://tv.nrk.no/serie/harald-eia-presenterer-saann-er-norge He talks about different Norwegian characteristics, each episode is about 15 minutes. Also, there is one episode that is focusing on people moving to Norway or have settled in Norway already ("Norge for nye nordmenn").

I always recommend watching the news (Nyheter) in the language you want to learn, because often you know the context or story around the topic already and this will help you guess the meaning of new vocabulary or recognise vocabulary you already now, and of course, watching pictures and people talking about a current topic supports your language comprehension. “Dagsrevyen” or “Kveldsnytt” are my favourites https://tv.nrk.no/serie/dagsrevyen A good idea can be to start with just 5 minutes or 1 news segment, instead of trying to last through 30 minutes. Again, you will be able to read the Norwegian subtitles while listening to the spoken Norwegian language.

There is also an old classic TV program in Norway called “Norge rundt” (Around in Norway) https://tv.nrk.no/serie/norge-rundt - which has short snippets of local stories from all the districts in Norway. This is a weekly program on Fridays, and has been running since 1976.

For nature programs, Lars Monsen is Norway’s “Friluftsliv – guru”.  There is a new series that has just started and I have watched the first episode where he is visiting Øvre Pasvik National Park. If you go 30 minutes into the program you'll find it is winter and it looks so beautiful (“nydelig” as Monsen says). Here Monsen is picnicking in the wilds with Sami women, Venke Tørmenen, a Skoltesame (a Norwegian-Finnish-Russian group of nomadic Sami people) and their making reindeer soup  https://tv.nrk.no/serie/monsen-og-nasjonalparkene/sesong/1 .

NRK Super is the channel for children, https://nrksuper.no/, and I have had students who have really enoyed “Supernytt”, https://nrksuper.no/serie/supernytt, news for children, or a program like Bablo, https://nrksuper.no/serie/bablo a program about children and their adventures in a library.

NRK radio.
I like listening to live radio from Norway when I sit and work at times, and with NRK Radio direkte, https://radio.nrk.no/direkte  you can choose between various music genres like folk music, jazz, classical, pop, or sport, news or other current affair programs.

NRK P3, https://p3.no/ started as a radio channel for youth between 15 – 30, but today NRK P3 so much more and it is of quite significant importance for the music and entertainment industry in Norway.

And then there are podcasts of course. NRK has a long list of Podcasts from A to Å. My favourite is Hans Olav Brenner’s poetry podcast; Brenner deler dikt. Brenner invites a new guest every week and they talk about one poem that has had a special meaning for them. https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/brenner_deler_dikt

Hopefully you will find a resource that is just the right one for you, and which will help you with your Norwegian studies in 2025.

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                                                                                                         hilsen Lene

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