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Norwegian alphabet

The Norwegian alphabet consists of 29 letters:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø, Å

The letter "Å" was introduced in 1917. Prior to this, "Aa" was used.

In computing, several different coding standards have existed for this alphabet:

• NS 4551-1, later established as international standard ISO 646
• IBM PC code page 865
• ISO 8859-1
• Unicode

See also: Futhark, Latin alphabet, Letter Æ, Letter Ø, Letter Å, Danish alphabet, Swedish alphabet

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