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This is a list of false friends between Norwegian and English. Please feel free to send me more contact me.

with thanks to Meg Anderson, Sigurd Hasle, Torunn Strand Andresen, Barbara Hollands-Grigoratou, Ora, Roald Toskedal, Ruth Fuchss, Richard, David Alwyn, Galen Gisler, Kari Lie, Pierre Thomson, and many others from Norskklassen who were interested in my question.

You can see a list of falska vänner between Swedish and the other Nordic languages here. For a fun list of false cognates in lots of languages, look at this link on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_false_friends

aktor = prosecutor
and = duck
anger = regret, remorse
annonse = advertisement
art = species, kind
at = that
ask = ash (tree)
bad = asked, prayed; bathroom
bane = track
bare = only
barn = children
bart = mustache
be = ask, pray
Bent - man's name
billion = trillion
blink = bull's eye
blot = sacrifice
boks = tincan
bra = good
brett = tray
bulk = dent
butt = thick, blunt
by = city, town
dam = puddle; pond
den = he, she, it
disk = counter
do = toilet, WC
dog = however
dress = man's suit
drift = operation, running
dusj = shower
eleven = the student
elg = moose
effektiv = efficient
Else = female name
eventuell = possible
fag = subject
fast = firm
far = father
fart = speed (hold farten - maintain your speed)
fat = dish
fin = fine
fire = four
fly = airplane
flue = fly
fred = peace
fort = quickly
full = drunk
gift = married
gift = poison
god = good
gods = goods
grave = dig
grin = grimace
gripe = grip
gull = gold
hale = tail
hat = hatred
hell = good luck
hit = here
host = cough
is = ice; ice cream
Island = Iceland
konvolutt = envelope
karakter = grade
last = burden
late = seem
lime = glue
love = promise
male = to paint
mate = to feed
Mats = male name
men = but
mening = opinion
Moan = a family name
mønster = pattern
ned = down
Odd = male's name; point
offer = victim, sacrifice
protokoll = class list
rape = burp
rare = strange (pl.)
ring = call
Roar- a male's name
roman = novel
rope = shout
rug = rye
rye = a woven rug
sent = late
sin = one's own
sky = cloud
slim = mucus
slips = man's tie
smell = bang, pop
smoking = dinner jacket
spark = kick, type of sled
spent = tense
spill = play
still = place (from å stille)
stole = trust
stolen = the chari
store = many large
tall = number
tang = tongs
tap = loss
tape = lose
tar = takes
taste = to keyboard
tastes = (we'll write to each other)
Tea = varient spelling of Thea, a female name
telling = counting
tide = high time
time = hour
to = two
tom = empty
Tone = female name
travel = busy
vent = wait (verb imperative)
vie = consecrate