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Norwegians have several words for grandmother. The general term is bestemor. That covers all grandmothers. But most norwegians differ between your mother's mum and your father's mum. bestemor = grandmother

mormor = "mother's mum"

farmor = "father's mum"

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15y ago

Bestefar, Farfar (paternal), morfar (maternal)

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11y ago

Grandmother: Bestemor

Grandfather: Bestefar

For many more personal: Mormor (mother's mother), morfar (mother's father), farmor (father's mother) and farfar (father's father)

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7y ago

Farfar is your paternal grandfather. Morfar is your maternal grandfather (in Swedish-- there are 5 Scandinavian languages).

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15y ago

Bestemor

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14y ago

Bestefar.

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