Norwegian is the official language of Norway and exists in two written standards — Bokmål (the more common, urban form) and Nynorsk (a constructed standard based on rural dialects). Around 5 million people speak Norwegian. The Norwegian-American community is concentrated in Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and parts of the Pacific Northwest — much of it descending from late-19th-century farming-era immigration. Our Norwegian translation work is mostly genealogy (parish records, civil registers), plus contracts tied to Norwegian shipping, energy, and seafood exports. Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish are largely mutually intelligible in writing.