title: Norwegian exonyms
text: # Norwegian exonyms
  
  As a general rule, modern Norwegian does not use exonyms for names with endonyms in Latin script. Historically, several Danish/German exonyms have been in use, due to the Danish roots of the Bokmål variety of Norwegian, but these exonyms should be considered archaic, and are no longer used officially.
  
  ## Albania
  
  Albania :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Tirana | Tirana | Tiranë | Albanian | |
  
  ## Austria
  
  Austria Østerrike :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Tyrol | Tirol, Tyrol | Tirol | German | Tirol is recommended, but the form Tyrol is resistant because the name of the musical Sommer i Tyrol and the word tyrolerhatt |
  
  ## Belgium
  
  Belgium Belgia :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Brussels | Brussel | Brussel | Dutch | Norwegian uses the German name, though less prominent, German is an official language of Belgium. |
  | Brussels | Brussel | Bruxelles | French | |
  
  ## Cuba
  
  Cuba :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Havana | Havanna | La Habana | Spanish | |
  
  ## Denmark
  
  Places in Denmark are in Norway spelled like in Danish. Also, for places with Aa, which during the latter half of the 20th century were spelled Å in Denmark, and then changed back to aa. Thus, Aabenraa and some more places are spelled with aa also in Norway. The same sound is spelled Å for places in Norway.
  
  ## Estonia
  
  Estonia :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Tallinn | Reval, Tallinn | Tallinn | Estonian | Reval is a dated term for Tallinn. |
  
  ## Finland
  
  Until recently, most people tended to use the official Swedish names in Norwegian. The Swedish names are not exonyms, since both Finnish and Swedish are official languages in Finland, with many towns, cities and regions having two, often very different, official names. In recent years, however, the use of Finnish place names have gained some popularity in Norwegian.
  
  ## Germany
  
  Germany Tyskland :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Rhine | Rhinen | Rhein | German | |
  | Stralsund | Stræla | Stralsund | German | |
  
  ## Greece
  
  Greece Hellas :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Athens | At(h)en | Athína | Greek | |
  | Corfu | Korfu | Kérkyra | Greek | |
  | Corinth | Korint(h) | Korinthos | Greek | |
  | Crete | Kreta | Kriti | Greek | |
  | Pireus | Pireus | Peiraias | Greek | |
  | Rhodes | Rhodos | Rodhos | Greek | |
  
  ## Italy
  
  Italy Italia :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Syracuse | Syrakus | Siracusa | Italian | |
  | Sardinia | Sardinia | Sardegna | Italian | |
  
  ## Netherlands
  
  Netherlands Nederland :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | The Hague | Haag | Den Haag | Dutch | |
  
  ## Russia
  
  Russia Russland :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Saint Petersburg | St. Petersburg | Sankt Peterburg | Russian | |
  
  ## Sweden
  
  Newspapers in Norway often, but absolutely not always, write all ä as æ (sometimes e) and all ö as ø, probably because ä and ö were historically lacking on Norwegian typewriters. For example: Göteborg (Gothenburg) is in Norway written Göteborg or Gøteborg. Some places have genuine Norwegian names because they were originally part of Norway:
  
  Sweden Sverige :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Bohuslän | Båhuslen | Bohuslän | Swedish | |
  | Härjedalen | Herjedalen, Herjådalen | Härjedalen | Swedish | |
  | Jämtland | Jemtland | Jämtland | Swedish | |
  
  ## United Kingdom
  
  United Kingdom Storbritannia (og Nord-Irland) :
  
  | English name | Norwegian name | Endonym | Endonym | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | English name | Norwegian name | Name | Language | Notes |
  | Scotland | Skottland | Alba | Scottish Gaelic | |
  | Thames | Themsen | Thames | English | |
  