Typisk norsk (lit. 'Typical Norwegian') is a news and magazine program about language and communication produced by Dropout Productions (seasons 1 and 2) and Rubicon TV (season 3) for NRK. Three seasons of the program were produced (2004, 2005, and 2006). The concept is inspired by the Swedish SVT-produced series Värsta språket (lit. 'The Worst Language') with Fredrik Lindström as the host.
Petter Schjerven is the host of Typisk norsk. The program covers interesting topics in language and communication, among others. It also deals with language enthusiasts and researchers and discusses problems with the Norwegian language.
The first season had 453,000 viewers, the second season 553,000, and the third 622,000.
Typisk norsk won the Gullruten Award in 2005 for Best Culture or Magazine Program and Best Male Host. In 2006, the editors of the program received Den Store Journalistprisen.
Typisk norsk has covered, among other things:
Word separation and hyphenation
Slang
How Norwegian sounds to immigrants
Dialects
Norwegian in comparison to Danish and Swedish
Old Norse
Where language ability comes from
The guttural R sound
The Norwegian method of counting
Odd translations in films
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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