Bokmålsordboka () is a dictionary of the Norwegian written language called

Bokmål Bokmål () (, ; ) is one of the official written standards for the Norwegian language, alongside Nynorsk. Bokmål is by far the most used written form of Norwegian today, as it is adopted by 85% to 90% of the population in Norway. There is no cou ...

(lit. "book language"). It was published by the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Oslo in cooperation with the

Norwegian Language Council The Language Council of Norway (, ) is the administrative body of the Norwegian state on language issues. It regulates the two written forms of the Norwegian language: Bokmål and Nynorsk. It was established in 2005 and replaced the Norwegian Lan ...

. On June 15th 2016 it was moved to the University of Bergen. The work on the dictionary commenced in 1974 and the first edition was published in 1986. The printed dictionary was published by

Kunnskapsforlaget Kunnskapsforlaget () is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo. Kunnskapsforlaget was established in 1975, as a partnership between H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard) and Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The purpose was to co-operate on publishing ...

, and the dictionary was also available online at the website of the University of Oslo. Today it is only published online. Bokmålsordboka is one of several dictionaries of Bokmål or

Riksmål (, also , ) is an unofficial written Norwegian language form or spelling standard, meaning the ''National Language'', closely related and now almost identical to the dominant form of Bokmål, known as . Both Bokmål and Riksmål evolved from t ...

. Other dictionaries published by

include

Norsk Riksmålsordbok ''Norsk Riksmålsordbok'' () is a Norwegian dictionary for the unofficial written language form Riksmål. The work was initiated by ''Riksmaalsvernet'' around 1920. Its first edition was completed in 1957, and was printed in four volumes. Two ex ...

, Norsk ordbok and Riksmålsordlisten. ''Bokmålsordboka'' is a normative dictionary of Bokmål, covering both conservative (''moderate'') and non-conservative (''radical'') Bokmål. The normative dictionary of Riksmål is ''Riksmålsordlisten''. ''Norsk ordbok'' is covering both Riksmål and Moderate Bokmål, while ''Norsk Riksmålsordbok'' is a descriptive dictionary, documenting all (non-

Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

) Norwegian language usage.

Bibliography

*''Bokmålsordboka. Definisjons- og rettskrivningsordbok.'' Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget 2005. 3. utgave, 2. opplag. 1218 s.

External links

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