×

Language Stats: compare key data on Norway & Sweden

  1. Home
  2. Country Info
  3. Compare
  4. Norway vs. Sweden
  5. Language

Definitions

SHOW ALL
LESS
SHARE TWEET EMBED
STAT Norway Sweden HISTORY
Languages Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Languages > A note small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Linguistic diversity index 0.657
Ranked 58th. 4 times more than Sweden 		0.167
Ranked 145th.
Major language(s) Norwegian Swedish

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

SHOW ALL
LESS

Citation

Compare Norway and Sweden in
Agriculture Environment Military
Background Geography People
Conflict Government Religion
Cost of living Health Sports
Crime Import Terrorism
Culture Industry Transport
Disasters Labor Travel
Economy Language Weather
Education Lifestyle
Energy Media

Factoid #219

  • English is the official language in over 20 countries. However, it's spoken in 85.

Stats

Country profiles

Compare

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×