Nordic languages

With world-leading purchasing power and significant online presence and digital adoption, the Nordics are among ...

Warning: As you may expect, this article contains uncensored swearing which some readers may find offensive. Hav...

You’ll have almost certainly heard the old falsehood that the Inuit have hundreds or perhaps even thousands of...

Is the Norwegian language under threat? Could it one day disappear from daily use and perhaps sink under the sur...

Each year on 26 September, the European Day of Languages is celebrated across the continent. The aim of the day ...

Have you ever thought about learning Danish to be able to understand what the lady with the striking jumper in T...

Around a fortnight ago was this year’s World Emoji Day. Marked each year on 17 July, the event has been celeb...

Ask someone to describe Sweden and Swedes to you, and most people will probably come up with similar stereotypes...

This is part 2 of the article “Language vitality in the digital age: a look at Icelandic”. Click here to rea...

Of the thousands of languages used in the world today, only a handful are used online. Just over half of all web...

If you were to ask a Norwegian speaker to write something in Norwegian, they might ask: which variant? While spo...

Icelandic is a language you might have heard without even realising it. In fact, if you’ve ever heard a song b...

The Finnish language has a reputation for being, shall we say, challenging for foreigners to learn (some would c...

In 1896, the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen participated in a meeting in Stockholm, where a pan-Scandinavian ...

Comprising Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and their associated territories, the Nordic countries are ...