Even though, most Norwgian's speak English, the day to day conversations are in Norwegians, most workplaces operate in Norwegian and most everything else is in Norwegian. So, you must learn the language and it is best to begin as soon as you are planning your move.

Here are some links to websites of colleges, churches, online cources and dictionaries, books and other course material.

ONLINE RESOURCES:

www.norskklassen.com   - Norskklassen is a Yahoo Group, learn by email Norwegian class. This is a great opportunity to ask questions, to obtain more language resources and to better your understanding of the Norwegian langauge. With this informal email "class" there is no lecturer, but all members share what knowledge they have with the others.

www.sofn.com     - The Sons of Norway is the largest Norwegian-American orginzation promoting and preserving the Norwegian heritage and culture. This orginzation provides an online lesson by lesson Norwegian course. You must be a paid member to use the this course, but it is worth paying the one year 35 dollar membership fee.

www.carla.umn.edu   - This is a Less Commonly Taught Language database for schools located in North America that teach Norwegian.

Each Kommune (county) provides free language classes for those who have permits to live in Norway. Contact the kommune you live in for information on language classes. Kommunes of Norway

www.norway.no/language   - You can find a nice amount of information and links about language classes and language offices.

www.freetranslation.com  - This is a free online English to Norwegian Dictionary.

www.freedict.com   - This is also a free website, from English to Norwegian and Norwegian to English.

www.tritons.com   - This is a free website that translates words between, English, Spanish and Norwegian.