Porsgrunn

pors + grunn, first part pors (“gale, bog-myrtle”), either from Old Norse pors, from Proto-Germanic *pursaz (“gale, bog-myrtle”), if not from Middle Low German pors. Last part grunn (“ground”) from Old Norse grund and grunnr, from Old Norse grunnr (“bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”), from Pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.
The name of the city was first mentioned as Porsgrund by the writer Peder Claussøn Friis in his work Concerning the Kingdom of Norway, in 1576, this spelling was in use until 1931 when it was changed to Porsgrunn.
The name was probably given during medieval times to the then swampy area by the nuns of Gimsøy Abbey, who went here to collect the shrub.

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Vestfold og Telemark
Vestfold og Telemark#English

Porsgrunn (a municipality and city in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway)


Brekstad

a town (with bystatus) in Ørland, Trøndelag, Norway


Brevik

a town (with bystatus) in Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway


Brumunddal

a town (with bystatus) in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway


Bryne

a town (with bystatus) in Time, Rogaland, Norway


Drøbak

a town (with bystatus) in Frogn, Akershus, Norway


Egersund

From Old Norse Eikundarsund (“the strait between Eigerøya and the mainland”), first part is a form of Eikund (“Eigerøya”), where eik (“oak, tree”) refers to all the oak trees situated on the island, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak tree, oak (wood)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyǵs (“oak”), from *h₂eyǵ- (“goat, oak”). Last part sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.
The name is among the oldest place names in Norway. It can already be found in the form 'Eikundarsund' in the Norse saga of Olav the Holy, written by Icelandic author Snorri Sturlasson in the 13th century. From around the year 1000 Olav the Holy's fleet was here often. We can also find the name in texts and scaldic poems from Olav's saga.

Egersund (a coastal town, urban area, and administrative center of Eigersund, Western Norway, Norway)

Egersundfeltet

a geological formation that covers the entire southeastern Rogaland


Fagernes

a town (with bystatus) in Nord-Aurdal municipality, Innlandet, Norway


Finnsnes

a town (with bystatus) in Lenvik, Troms, Norway


Florø

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#Norwegian_Bokmål

a town with bystatus in Flora, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Fosnavåg

Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal#Norwegian_Bokmål

a town with bystatus in Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Hokksund

a town with bystatus in Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway


Honningsvåg

a town (the northernmost with bystatus) in Nordkapp municipality, Finnmark, Norway


Hønefoss

a town with bystatus in Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway


Jessheim

a town with bystatus in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway


Jørpeland

a town with bystatus in Strand, Rogaland, Norway


Kolvereid

a small town with bystatus in Nærøy, Trøndelag, Norway


Kopervik

a town with bystatus in Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway


Langesund

a town with bystatus in Bamble, Telemark, Norway


Leknes

a town with bystatus in Vestvågøy, Nordland, Norway


Lillestrøm

a town with bystatus in Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway. Lillestrøm will become a municipality again on 1 January 2020, the previous one was abolished in 1962.


Mo i Rana

a town with bystatus in Rana, Nordland, Norway


Moelv

a town with bystatus in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway


Mysen

a town with bystatus in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway


Måløy

a town with bystatus in Vågsøy, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Orkanger

Orkanger (a town located in Orkland municipality, on the mouth of Orkla river, which got its city status in 2014)


Otta

a town with bystatus in the municipality of Sel, Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Oppland located by the confluence of the rivers Otta and Gudbrandsdalslågen


Rjukan

a town with bystatus in Tinn, Telemark, Norway


Sandnessjøen

a town with bystatus in Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway


Sandvika

a town with bystatus in Bærum, Akershus, Norway


Skudeneshavn

Skudenes + havn, first part from the former municipality Skudenes, from skute (“vessel, craft, ship”), Old Norse skúta + from nes (“headland”), from Old Norse nes (“headland”). Last part from Old Norse hǫfn (“port, harbor, haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habanō, *habnō (“harbour, haven”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂póneh₂ or *kh₂pnéh₂, from the root *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, grasp”).

Skudeneshavn (a town and former municipality of Karmøy, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway)


Stavern

a town with bystatus in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway


Stjørdalshalsen

a town with bystatus in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway


Stokmarknes

a town with bystatus in Hadsel, Nordland, Norway


Svolvær

a town with bystatus in Vågan, Nordland, Norway


Ulsteinvik

a town with bystatus in Ulstein, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Verdalsøra

a town with bystatus in Verdal, Trøndelag, Norway


Vinstra

a town with bystatus in Nord-Fron, Oppland, Norway


Åkrehamn

a town with bystatus in Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway


Sandøy

a municipality consisting of islands in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. To be merged with Ålesund municipality from 1 January 2020.


Åndalsnes

a town with bystatus in Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Åsgårdstrand

a town with bystatus in Horten, Vestfold, Norway


Hinnøya

the largest island in Norway (excluding those in Svalbard), which is divided between two counties, Nordland and Troms.


Langøya

From lang (“long”) + øya (“definite singular of øy, island”).

af

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">øy</i>, island

the name of a number of islands along the Norwegian coast. The largest of these, Langøya in Vesterålen, is the third-largest island in Norway, excluding those in Svalbard.


Vesterålen

an island area in Nordland, Norway, to the north of Lofoten


Ofoten

a district of Nordland, Norway, consisting of six municipalities.


Radøy

an island and municipality of Hordaland, Norway. The municipality is to be merged on 1 January 2020 with Lindås and Meland as Alver municipality.


Sunnfjord

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#English

a new municipality within the district which is to be created on 1 January 2020 on the merger of Førde, Gaular, Jølster and Naustdal municipalities.


Sør-Odal

a municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark


Læsø

Læsø (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Kattegat)


Perserriket

From perser + riket (“definite singular of rike”).

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">rike</i>


Aralsjøen

Aral Sea (a saline lake straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border)


Verdensbanken

From verden + -s- + banken (definite singular of bank).

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">bank</i>


Andesfjellene

From Andes + fjellene (definite plural of fjell).

definite plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">fjell</i>


Boudica

alternative spelling of Boudicca (“Boudica”)


Ildlandet

From ild + landet (“definite singular of land”).

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">land</i>


Tyskebukta

From tyske (“definite of tysk”) + bukta (“definite singular of bukt”).

definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">tysk</i>

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">bukt</i>


Verdens helseorganisasjon

World Health Organisation
World Health Organization


Sør-Europa

Southern Europe
Southern Europe#English:_Q27449

Southern Europe (a sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece)


Hudsonbukta

From Hudson (“Henry Hudson”) + bukta (“definite singular of bukt”).


Christmasøya

From English Christmas + øya (“definite singular of øy”).

Christmas Island
Christmas Island#English:_Q31063

Christmas Island (an island and external territory of Australia, located on the Indian Ocean)


Nordvestterritoriene

From nordvest + territoriene (“definite plural of territorium”).

definite plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">territorium</i>

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English:_Q2007

Northwest Territories (a territory in northern Canada)


Beringhavet

From Bering (“(Vitus Bering)”) + havet (“definite of hav”).

definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">hav</i>


Britisk Columbia

British Columbia
British Columbia#English:_Q1973

British Columbia (a province in western Canada)


Mexicogolfen

From Mexico + golfen (“definite of golf”).

definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">golf</i>


Eriesjøen

definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">sjø</i>


Ontariosjøen

definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">sjø</i>


Torleik

From Old Norse Þórlákr, Þórleikr. Made from þórr (“Thor, thunder”) + leikr (“battle, play”).


Tasta

a borough of Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway


Madla

A borough in Stavanger, and former municipality and parish in Rogaland, Norway


D-dagen

/ˈdeːdɑːɡn̩/

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «D-dagen».ogg

From English D-Day, where the D refers to the word dag (“day”), from Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).

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D-dagen er relatert til andre verdenskrig

(historical) D-Day (the 6 June 1944, the date during World War II when the Allies invaded western Europe.)


NRK

Norsk rikskringkasting
w:Norsk rikskringkasting

(broadcasting) initialism of Norsk rikskringkasting, a state owned public broadcaster of Norway.


Sæter

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «Sæther».ogg

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «seter».ogg

A common name for a farm in Norway, from Old Norse setr (“seat, mountain pastures”), related to sitja (“to sit”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti (“to be sitting”), from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-yeti (“creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.”). Doublet of Sæter and seter.


Sæter

Sæter (a place in Aukra municipality in Norway)

Sæter (an area in the Nordstrand borough of Oslo in Norway)

Sæter (a village in Tjeldsund municipality in Norway)


HEF

Human-Etisk forbund
Human-Etisk forbund#Norwegian_Bokmål


DMK

(historical) initialism of den midlertidige kirkeledelse


EØS

the EEA; initialism of Det europeiske samarbeidsområdet


Det europeiske samarbeidsområdet

EØS (alternative)
EØS-området (alternative)

European Economic Area
European Economic Area


Mjølne

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Mjǫllnir.


Draupne

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Draupnir.


Nabulus

form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by Nablus


Kjøben

Clipping of København (“Copenhagen”), from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”), literally meaning "merchants' port", from Old Norse Kaupmannahǫfn (“Copenhagen”), with the same meaning.

(colloquial, informal) short for København


Gudbrandsdalen

/²ɡʉbrɑnsdɑːɳ/

Most likely named after a powerful Norwegian tribal chief called Dale-Gudbrand, said to live in Hundorp in the Gudbrand Valley during the 1100s, with a status as a hersir (a local leader in early medieval Scandinavia), according to the saga Heimskringla written by Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson.
The male given name Gudbrand comes from Old Norse Guðbrandr, first part guð (“God, deity”), from Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god, deity”), from earlier *guþóm. Last part brandr (“brand, fire, sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“fire, flash, flame, burning, sword”).

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Gudbrandsdal med lange ermer, krøker seg rundt jotunbarmer, sterkt i størknede famntak støpt - Tore Ørjasæter

The Gudbrand Valley with long sleeves, curves around bosoms of Jotun, strongly cast in solid arms

Gudbrand Valley, Gudbrandsdalen (a valley and historical district Norway)

midlandsmål

from the west-facing eastern Norwegian mountain villages

Innlandet

a county of Norway, where Gudbrandsdalen is located


Hallingdal

From Old Norse Haddingjadalr (“Halling valley”), from Haddingja (“the Haddingjar's”) + dalr (“valley”), the first element referring to the mythical figures, likely deriving from haddr (“hair”) + -ing.

af

Hallingdal (a valley and traditional district of Norway)


Trondhjem

From Danish Trondhjem, a Danicisation of Old Norse Þróndheimr.

(unofficial, Riksmål) a city in Trøndelag, Norway; official name: Trondheim


Christianssand

Kristiansand (alternative)
Christiansand (alternative)

superseded spelling of Kristiansand, used until 1877, although the map of the mapmaker Erik Pontoppidan from 1785 spelled the name Christiansand.


Christiansand

Kristiansand (alternative)
Christianssand (alternative)

superseded spelling of Kristiansand, the spelling with two s's, Christianssand, was used until 1877, although the map of the mapmaker Erik Pontoppidan from 1785 spelled the name Christiansand with one s.


Christianssund

Kristiansund (alternative)
Kristianssund (alternative)

superseded spelling of Kristiansund, the spelling with two s's, Christianssund, was used from 1742 to1877, then the spelling Kristianssund was used until 1889, and the modern spelling Kristiansund has been used since.


Kristianssund

Kristiansund (alternative)
Christianssund (alternative)


Hansnes

Hans + nes, first part is a male given name from German Hans, a medieval shortened form of Johannes (“John”), from Latin Jōhannēs, Iōhannēs (variant of Jōannēs, Iōannēs), from New Testament Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), contraction from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), from the Hebrew phrase יהוה (YHVH) חנון (Khanon) literally (roughly) “God is gracious”.
Last part nes (“headland”), from Old Norse nes (“headland”), from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“headland”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nostril; nose”).

der

Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān)

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Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark#English

Hansnes (an urban area and administrative center of Karlsøy, Troms og Finnmark, Norway)


Troms og Finnmark

The county consists of the two former counties Troms (“Troms”) and Finnmark (“Finnmark”), connected with og (“and”), from Old Norse ok (“and”), from earlier auk (“and”), from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also, too, furthermore”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).
The name of Troms (“Troms”) comes from Old Norse Trums (“Tromsøya”), originally the name of an island, possibly from straumr (“stream, current, tide”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream, current, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, *strow-mo-s, from *srew- (“to flow, stream”), possibly from *ser- (“to flow”). Doublet of Tromsø.
The name of Finnmark (“Finnmark”) comes from Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“Finnmark”), first part from finn, finnar (“Sami person”). Last part mǫrk (“forest, woodland, borderland”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“border, boundary, area”), from Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Troms og Finnmark (a former county of Northern Norway, Norway)


Karlsøya

From Old Norse Kalsøe (“Karlsøya”), the first part of the word comes from the male given name Kalfr, derived from Kalven, formerly meaning "the little island which lies next to the bigger one", referring to Vannøya. The last part øya, is the definite singular form of øy (“island”), from Old Norse ey (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“floodplain, island”), from earlier *agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”). Doublet of Karlsøy.

der

/ˈkɑːʁlsœʏa/

Karlsøya (an island of Karlsøy, Troms og Finnmark, Western Norway, Norway)


Karlsøya

Most likely Karls + øya, first part is the genitive form of the male given name Karl, from Old Norse Karl, from karl (“man”), from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man, little man”), a diminutive of *karaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to become old, to grow”). The last part øya, is the definite singular form of øy (“island”), from Old Norse ey (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“floodplain, island”), from earlier *agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”).

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/ˈkɑːʁlsœʏa/

Karlsøya (an island of Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway)

Karlsøya (an island of Nærøysund, Trøndelag, Western Norway, Norway)

Karlsøya (an island of Bodø, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway)

Karlsøya (an island of Ørland, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway)

Karlsøya (an island of Sarpsborg, Viken, Eastern Norway, Norway)


Frederiksstad

Fredrikstad (alternative)
Fredriksstad (alternative)

superseded spelling of Fredrikstad, used until 1877, then changed to Fredriksstad which was used until the spelling Fredrikstad was adopted in 1889.


Abild

From Danish Abild (“Abild”), from abild (“European crab apple”), from Old Danish apæld, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz (“apple tree”).

Region of Southern Denmark
Region of Southern Denmark#English

Abild (a town and parish of Tønder, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark)


Abild

From Swedish Abild (“Abild”), first mentioned in writing in 1431, where it was spelled Apulde, from Old Danish apald (“apple tree”), from Old Norse apaldr, from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz. Compare Modern Swedish apel (“Malus tree”).

Abild (a village and parish of Falkenberg, Halland, Sweden)


Valdres

From both Old Norse vǫllr (“field, flat ground, meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *wolHt- or *wel- (“to see”) + and from Old Norse dres (“a cleaved road to be ridden on by a horse”).

Valdres (a traditional district of Innlandet, Eastern Norway, Norway)


Glomma

From Old Norse Glaumr (“Glomma”), possibly from glaumr or raumr. Doublet of Glåma.

Glomma (a river in Norway), the longest river in the country, stretching from Aursund to Fredrikstad.

Glåma

used by some as the name for the whole river


Glittertinden

First part from the river Glitra (“Glitra”), from the verb glitre (“to glitter, sparkle”), from Old Norse glitra. The last part is the definite singular form of tind (“mountain peak”), from Old Norse tindr.

Glittertind (a mountain in Jotunheimen, Lom, Innlandet, Eastern Norway, Norway)


Jõgeva

From Estonian Jõgeva (“Jõgeva”), possibly derived from jõgi (“river”), from Proto-Finnic *joki (“river”), from Proto-Uralic *joke (“river”).

Jõgeva ligger på vestsiden av Peipussjøen i Estland

Jõgeva is located on the west side of Lake Peipus in Estonia

Jõgeva (a town in Jõgeva County, Estonia)


Dødsdalen

død + -s + dalen; Literally, “Death Valley”; from being a dell where suicides take place

(informal) a vale in Isdalen, Ulriken, Bergen, Hordaland district, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway


Isdalen

English: Isdal, Isdalen

Isdalen (a valley in Ulriken, Bergen, Hordaland district, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway)

Südliche Petermann Range
Südliche Petermann Range#English

Wohlthat Mountains
Wohlthat Mountains#English

Princess Astrid Coast
Princess Astrid Coast#English

Isdalen Valley (a valley in Südliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains, Princess Astrid Coast, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica)


Ulriken

a mountain in Bergen, Hordaland district, Vestland, Western Norway, Norway


Rena

Uncertain.
Possibly Old Norse hreinn (“Reindeer”), or Old Norse hreinn (“Clean, pure”).

Small town along said river in Østerdalen


Køpenhavn

(nonstandard) older spelling of Kjøpenhavn


Kjøpenhavn

Inherited from Danish København, Kjøbenhavn, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn. Largely replaced by the Standard Danish spelling today.

Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark; official name: København)


Kvikne

a town in the valley between Tynset and Berkåk in Norway

a town on the Vinstra river between the towns Vinstra and Skåbu, also in Norway


Hjerkinn

Hjerkinn (a town in Dovre municipality, Innlandet, Norway, on the border with the county of Trøndelag; formerly part of the county of Oppland)


Trifanhula

The first part is from Russian Трифон (Trifon), the name of Saint Tryphon. The second part is hule (“cave”).

(folklore, Christianity, especially Eastern Orthodoxy) A certain cave close to Kirkenes in Norway, where Saint Tryphon used to hide himself from Sami pagans


Skåveien

Definite form of skåvei m (compare Norwegian Nynorsk skåveg). In Nynorsk, spelled as Skåvegen. Both spellings are used on maps, but they do not refer to the same locations.

a road in Løkken Verk, Trøndelag, Norway

A forest path on the southern side of Tyrifjorden lake


Nord-Makedonia

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Gøril

From Danish Gerhild, from Old Norse geirr (“spear”) + hildr (“battle”)


minnepinne

minnepinne m (definite singular minnepinnen, indefinite plural minnepinner, definite plural minnepinnene)

minnepinnen (definite singular)
minnepinner (indefinite plural)
minnepinnene (definite plural)

Calque of English memory stick. By surface analysis, minne + pinne.

Har du minnepinnen med bildene?

Do you have the flash drive with the photos?


Ola Nordmann

From Ola (a common Norwegian name) and nordmann ("Norwegian").


Kari Nordmann

From Kari (a common Norwegian name) and nordmann ("Norwegian"). Compare Ola Nordmann.


Bøhmergaten

From Bøhmer + gate. Got its name in 1916 after a local businessman Otto Bøhmer, who once owned the area (probably Otto Nevermand Bøhmer of German origin, died in 1834).


Østerdalen

From Old Norse Eystridalir (“Østerdalene”), from eystri (“eastern”) + dalir (“valleys”).


Finnskogen

a vast forest on the border of Norway and Sweden, home to the skogfinner ethnic group


Dødehavet

From død + hav, calque of Latin Mare Mortuus. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Daudehavet, Swedish Döda havet, Danish Døde Hav.
(lake in Bergen): Probably a pun.

the Dead Sea (a lake in the Middle East)

a lake in Norway, in southern outskirts of Bergen, connected to Nordåsvatnet Lake


Junaiten

From united (ellipsis of United States of America) + -en (masculine definite suffix)

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Skal du på ferie i Junaiten?

Han pendlet fram og tilbake mellom hjemlandet og Junaiten, mens kona Sara var hjemme med seks barn og småbruk i Kvinesdal.

2007 November 27, Valerie Kubens, “De som dro til Junaiten [Those who went to the United States]”, in Fædrelandsvennen:

He commuted back and forth between the homeland and the United States, while his wife Sara was at home with six kids and a small farm in Kvinesdal.

United States of America
United States of America

(colloquial) the United States of America


NHO

Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon
w:Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon

initialism of Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (“Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise”)