good lit to learn Norwegian with?

Probably best asked went it isn't 4am there.

>>8524391
You know, that's a really good point... thanks anon.

>>8524382
http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/587f4b79b093068ee38ec3702fbabe42.nbdigital?lang=no#0

Have fun

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Norway has two written languages, Nyorsk and Bokmal, just FYI.

>>8525511
It's better to learn Danish than bogmaal and better to learn High Norwegian than (((Nynorsk))), in my opinion. I'm Norwegian, by the way

>>8525515

Are they really all that different or will I need to learn all 4?

>Nynorsk

''no''

>>8525728
Sod off
>>8525721
What are you learning Norwegian for? If you want to read, say, Ibsen or Hamsun, then I would just learn Danish, since they wrote in Danish. Bokmål is basically a Norwegian variant of Danish and although the most widespread one, I don't like it as a language. Depending on how good your intuition is, if you understand Danish, you'll understand Bokmål and vice versa.

I would stay away from Hognorsk/High Norwegian to begin with, it's not easy to get into if you don't know any Nordic languages already. After learning some Bokmål and maybe some Nynorsk, you could take a look at >>8525501, which I think is written in Hognorsk.

>>8525769
My bad, only Ibsen wrote in Danish.

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>>8525511
Hardly anyone of note gives a shit about nynorsk here, though. Mostly people hate it when they have to learn it in school.

>>8525515
Fair point, but OP wanted to learn norwegian, not danish. And if he does learn it, learning danish would be simplified by miles and leaps, so learning norwegian before danish is fine. I also agree that Hognorsk(High Norwegian) is cooler than nynorsk, but neither is required learning.

>>8525721
They're different, but learning either will allow you to understand the others fairly intuitively. They're all very similar. If you only learn bokmål(book tongue, standard written norwegian) you'll be just fine.

I'm norwegian, and while our schools are very good at teaching english these days, the reason why the majority of us are very good at english is also because of all the english/american culture we consume. I attribute my above average english skills to the fact that I grew up reading books in english, watching english stuff with norwegian subs, hanging out on the internet, playing video games in english etc. So yeah, it's great if you accompany your learning process with norwegian books, movies, whatever. Learning language using only that method seems pretty impractical, though.

As for Norwegian lit, these might be helpful:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Folktales

You may also wanna keep this guy in mind:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Pr%C3%B8ysen

Honorable mentions: Roald Dahl, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Jo Nesbo

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>>8525800
That's why I'm asking him. If he wants to get into Ibsen and Hamsun, for example, modern Danish is probably more approporiate.

Kjell Askildsen have some short stories which are written in very simple language, but they're still enjoyable, so you could check those out.

>>8525511
Mmm forgot to mention that I am going to learn Bokmål. I think I will totally venture to learn Danish afterwards if it really would be made that much easier like >>8525800 says. Thanks a bunch anon for the help, I'm definitely gonna keep those links you gave in mind.

And also, I was thinking of getting this grammar book (to use alongside a Norwegian/English dictionary and the other resources I mentioned):

https://www.amazon.com/Norwegian-Essential-Grammar-Routledge-Grammars/dp/0415109795

Does anybody have any thoughts or does the grammar book I get actually matter all that much?

>>8525881
Oh, I suppose that was stupid, I don't actually know if that grammar book is for bokmål or what yet.

>>8525888
That book is for Bokmål, and whenever someone refers to just Norwegian, everyone will assume you're referring to Bokmål. Nynorsk is hardly relevant.

>>8525895
Okay, that makes sense. Thank you!