Norwegian Short Stories
Short stories are an excellent tool for learning Norwegian in a fun and engaging way. They can offer a much needed break from more repetitive methods while still improving your language skills.
Learn Norwegian with Norse Mythology
Discover Norse mythology while learning Norwegian with this e-book and audiobook combo. Perfect for intermediate (B1–B2) learners, featuring rewritten myths, chapter summaries, vocabulary lists, and illustrations. All in all a great resource for intermediate learners
By Marius Stangeland, host of Learn "Norwegian for Beginners" and "Lær norsk nå" podcasts.
DuoLingo Stories (unofficial)
Fun short interactive stories with audio.
Barnebøker.no (Beginner)
40 simple children's stories with pictures and sound.
Barneforlaget (Beginner-Intermediate)
About 50 children's stories with Norwegian text and audio (press play on the YouTube video on the right side of the story to listen while you read).
Ordriket lesebøker (Beginner-Intermediate)
A collection of paid teaching material that you can preview the first 10-20 pages of each book. Difficulty system goes 1A → 1B → 2A → 2B → ... → 7.
Folkeeventyr (Intermediate)
Well over 50 Norwegian Folklore and Fairytale stories, all digitized and made available to the public.
Short Stories in Norwegian for Beginners
(Physical book ~ $30) A popular and well-reviewed collection of short stories for beginner-intermediate learners. Difficult words in bold can be found directly in the book's glossary.
