Noregs Mållag (literally "Language Organisation of Norway") is the main organisation for Norwegian

Nynorsk Nynorsk () () is one of the two 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 ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Nor ...

(New Norwegian), one of the two official written standards of the

Norwegian language Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regio ...

. In the

Norwegian language conflict The Norwegian language conflict ( no, målstriden, da, sprogstriden) is an ongoing controversy in Norwegian culture and politics related to the written versions of Norwegian. From 1536/1537 until 1814, Danish was the standard written language of ...

, it advocates the use of Nynorsk. It has about 12,000 individual members and consists of approximately 200 local groups, including the youth organisation,

Norsk Målungdom Norsk Målungdom (NMU, literally ''The Norwegian Language Youth'') is an organization of youth working for the Nynorsk written standard of Norwegian and the Norwegian dialects. It is the youth organization of Noregs Mållag Noregs Mållag (literall ...

Chairmen/leaders

The title "chairman" was changed to "leader" in 1982. * .

External links

Website of Noregs Mållag

Website of Norsk Målungdom

nynorsk.no - news about Nynorsk (in Norwegian)
Language organisations of Norway {{Norway-org-stub

Chairmen/leaders

See also

External links