Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use
Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use Norway Revised Edition 2020 Topic Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors, for International Use. 2 Edited and Norwegian Mapping Authority, P.O. Box 600 Sentrum, N-3507 HØNEFOSS, prepared by Telephone number +47 32 11 80 00 E-mail: post@kartverket.no Contact: Kjetil Ringen, Senior Engineer, Norwegian Place Name Register (SSR) The Sami Parliament, Ávjovárgeaidnu 50, N-9730 Karasjok, Telephone number +47 78 47 40 00 E-mail: samediggi@samediggi.no The Language Council of Norway P.O. Box 1573 Vika, N-0118 OSLO, Telephone number +47 22 54 19 50 E-mail post@sprakradet.no Updated June 2020 3 Table of contents 1. Languages 5 1.1 General remarks 5 1.2 Linguistic situation 5 1.3 Historical background 5 1.4 National language 5 1.4.1 General remarks 5 1.4.2 The Norwegian alphabet 6 1.4.3 Spelling rules for Norwegian geographical names 6 1.5 Standard pronunciation of geographical names and appellatives in Norwegian maps 7 1.6 Linguistic substrata 8 1.7 Dialects 8 1.8 Minority languages 9 2 Authorities for names and name standardization 13 2.1 Historical background 13 2.2 The Place Name Act of 1990 with amendments of 2005, 2015 and 2019 13 3 Source material 14 3.1 Map Series 14 3.2 Geospatial data 14 3.3 Online maps 15 3.4 Gazetteers 15 4 Glossary of appellatives, adjectives, and other words necessary for understanding of maps 15 4.1 Norwegian 15 4.2 North Saami 20 4.3 Lule Saami 21 4.4 Kven 22 5 Administrative divisions 23 5.1 The names and numbers of counties and municipalities of Norway 23 Counties 24 Municipalities 24 4 1.
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