Norwegian-language editions of Wikipedia

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Favicon of Wikipedia Norwegian Wikipedia
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inBokmål
Nynorsk
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
Created byNorwegian wiki community
URLno.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo

There are two Norwegian-language editions of Wikipedia: one for articles written in Bokmål or Riksmål, and one for articles written in Nynorsk. The Bokmål and Riksmål edition started in November 2001, while the Nynorsk edition started in July 2004.

The Bokmål edition is 20th and the Nynorsk is 46th largest by article count.[1]

As of July 2014, the Bokmål and Riksmål edition has over 426,000 articles, and the Nynorsk edition has over 115,000 articles.[2]

History[change | change source]

Until 2005, there was one Norwegian-language edition of wikipedia, that was called "Wikipedia på norsk" ("Wikipedia in Norwegian").

References[change | change source]

  1. "List of Wikipedias". Meta-Wiki. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  2. List of Wikipedias on Meta-Wiki.

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