Dansknorsk
Dansknorsk is a scholarly term used to describe the historical linguistic relationship between Danish and Norwegian within the Danish-Norwegian union, roughly from the 16th to the early 19th century. It denotes the shared written standard and the pervasive Danish influence on Norwegian language practices during this period.
In administration and culture, Danish functioned as the prestige language. Norwegian speech varieties persisted in daily
Linguistic characteristics associated with dansknorsk include a Danish-based orthographic system present in many Norwegian texts, extensive
The concept of dansknorsk is most discussed in historical linguistics and is not a living language. After
See also: Danish-Norwegian union, Bokmål, Riksmål, Nynorsk, language contact in Scandinavia.