erfaringar

Erfaringar is a plural noun in several Scandinavian languages that translates roughly to "experiences" in English. It refers to knowledge, skills, and practical lessons gained through involvement in events, activities, or work. The plural form emphasizes multiple instances of such experience.

In Danish and Norwegian, erfaringer is the standard plural of erfaring and is used widely in resumes, job advertisements, and professional writing to summarize a person’s background or a project’s learnings. The term can cover workplace competencies, project outcomes, and personal memories of events. In everyday language, someone might say they have many erfaringer from fieldwork, travel, or volunteer activities.

In Icelandic, the direct equivalent for experience is reynsla; however, erfaringar may appear in cross-linguistic texts or discussions of Nordic language similarities. The concept shares roots with related terms for knowledge gained through action, as distinct from theoretical knowledge. It is often encountered in contexts such as CVs, profiles, or narrative descriptions of a person’s career and life events.

See also: experience, knowledge, CV, résumé, career development.