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NUMBERS


In Norwegian genealogical sources, numbers are occasionally written out. This is especially common with dates. The following list gives the cardinal (1, 2, 3) and the ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd) versions of each number.

Cardinal Ordinal
0 null    
1 en, et   første
2 to 2nd annen
3 tre 3rd tredje
4 fire 4th fjerde
5 fem 5th femte
6 seks 6th sjette
7 sju (syv) 7th sjuende (syvende)
8 åtte 8th åttende
9 ni 9th niende
10 ti 10th tiende
11 elleve 11th ellevte
12 tolv 12th tolvte
13 tretten 13th trettende
14 fjorten 14th fjortende
15 femten 15th femtende
16 seksten 16th sekstende
17 sytten 17th syttende
18 atten 18th attende
19 nitten 19th nittende
20 tjue (tyve) 20th tjuende (tyvende)
21 tjueen 21st tjueførste
22 tjueto 22nd tjueannen
23 tjuetr 23rd tjuetredje
24 tjuefire 24th tjuefjerde
25 tjuefem 25th tjuetemte
26 tjueseks 26th tjuesjette
27 tjuesju 27th tjuesjuende
28 tjueått 28th tjueåttende
29 tjueni 29th tjueniende
30 tretti (tredve) 30th trettiende (tredevte)
31 trettien 31st trettiførste
40 førti 40th førtiende
50 femti 50th femtiende
60 seksti 60th sekstiende
70 sytti 70th syttiende
80 åtti 80th åttiede
90 nitti 90th nittiende
-100 hundre 100th hundrede
-200 tohundre 200th tohundrede
1000 tusen 1000th tusende


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DATES AND TIME


Use the terms in this section and the “Numbers” section on this page to interpret dates.


Months

English Norwegian
January januar
February februar
March mars
April april
May mai
June juni
July juli
August august
September september
October oktober
November november
December desember


Days of the Week

English Norwegian
Sunday søndag
Monday mandag
Tuesday tirsdag
Wednesday onsdag
Thursday torsdag
Friday fredag
Saturday lørdag

Paper publication: Second edition 1997. English approval: 4/97.

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