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Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt or FFI, is Norway's defense research institute at Kjeller, founded in 1946 and known for the HUGIN underwater vehicle.

Norwegian Elkhound

Norwegian Elkhound (Norsk elghund grå), Norway's national gray spitz moose-hunting dog, FCI standard 242, 52 cm males, first shown 1877, AKC-recognized 1913, distinct from the Black Elkhound breed.

Norwegian Epic

Norwegian Epic is a cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line, built in Saint-Nazaire, France, and delivered in 2010 as the sole vessel of its Epic Class.

Norwegian folk poetry (Norwegian: folkediktning) is the orally transmitted traditional verse of Norway, spanning medieval ballads, folktales, legends, riddles, proverbs, and the uniquely Norwegian stev genre.

Norwegian folk tales

Norwegian folk tales, or Norske folkeeventyr, are Norway's orally transmitted wonder tales and legends, best known through the collection Asbjørnsen and Moe published from 1841.

Norwegian Folklore Collection

Norsk Folkeminnesamling (NFS), the Norwegian Folklore Collection, is the national archive for Norwegian folk tradition at the University of Oslo, founded in 1914 and holding material from around 500 collectors.

Norwegian heavy water sabotage

Norwegian heavy water sabotage (tungtvannsaksjonen): Allied operations, November 1942 to February 1944, against Norsk Hydro's heavy water plant at Vemork, Rjukan, including Operations Grouse, Freshman, and Gunnerside, the 1943 American bombing, and the sinking of the D/F Hydro ferry.

Norwegian Ibsen Prize

The Norwegian Ibsen Prize, also called Ibsenprisen, is an annual prize awarded by Skien Municipality to a Norwegian writer for a new staged play or a collected dramatic body of work, first awarded in 1986.

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Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI/NIPH), founded 1929 with Rockefeller Foundation funding, is Norway's national public health agency under the Ministry of Health and Care Services, running health registries, surveillance, research and HTA.

Norwegian Joy

Norwegian Joy (喜悦号; Xǐ Yuè Hào) is a cruise ship of Norwegian Cruise Line's Breakaway Plus class, delivered in 2017 and first built for the Chinese market.

Norwegian knitting

Norwegian knitting is the national hand-knitting tradition of Norway, anchored in the Setesdal lusekofte and Selbu colorwork, with the patterned ski sweater a national emblem.

Norwegian krone

The Norwegian krone, also known as the Norsk krone, is the currency of Norway, divided into 100 øre and issued solely by the central bank, Norges Bank.

Norwegian language

Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language of about 5 million speakers with two equal written standards, Bokmål and Nynorsk, no codified spoken standard, strong dialect use, and partial mutual intelligibility with Danish and Swedish.

Norwegian Luna

Norwegian Luna is a cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line, delivered by Fincantieri in March 2026 as the second Prima Plus Class ship and sister to Norwegian Aqua.

Norwegian National Security Authority

The Norwegian National Security Authority (Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet, NSM) is a Norwegian government directorate responsible for protective security, countering espionage and sabotage, and coordinating responses to serious cyber operations.

Norwegian neo-romanticism

Norwegian neo-romanticism (Norwegian: nyromantikken) was a movement in Norwegian literature and painting from the early 1890s toward 1905, reacting against realism by favoring feeling, fantasy, and inward experience.

Norwegian Offshore Directorate

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sokkeldirektoratet), known until 2024 as the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, is the government agency administering petroleum resources, CO2 storage, and seabed minerals on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Norwegian People's Aid

Norwegian People's Aid (Norsk Folkehjelp, NPA) is a Norwegian humanitarian organization founded in 1939, active in mine clearance and relief work in more than 30 countries.

Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

The Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Direktoratet for strålevern og atomsikkerhet (DSA), is Norway's government directorate for radiation protection, nuclear safety, and radioactive waste, formed in 1993.

Norwegian rocket incident

The Norwegian rocket incident, also called the Black Brant scare, was a 1995 nuclear false alarm in which Russia mistook a Norwegian scientific rocket for a missile attack.

Norwegian royal family

Norwegian royal family (kongehuset), House of Glücksburg under King Harald V since 1991: Royal House vs Royal Family, lineal succession with 1990 absolute primogeniture, and Storting-fixed appanage.

Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian Sea (Norskehavet) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean northwest of Norway, connecting the North Atlantic with the Arctic Ocean via the Nordic Seas.

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Norwegian Sea Drainages

Norwegian Sea Drainages is a freshwater ecoregion (FEOW 405) covering river basins along western Scandinavia, from Langesund fjord to the Lyngen fjord east of Tromsø.

Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) is a Norwegian government directorate under the Ministry of Energy, managing water and energy resources since 1921.

Norwegian Wood (film)

Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森) is Tran Anh Hung's 2010 film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's 1987 novel, starring Kenichi Matsuyama and Rinko Kikuchi, with music by Jonny Greenwood, released by Toho on December 11, 2010 after four years of rights negotiation.