The word for grandmother in Norwegian is "bestemor."
Mother of your father = Farmor. Mother of your mother = Mormor. But you can use Bestemor for both. My mother is Bestemor to my kids (its more Gandma-like), but my wifes mother want to be called Mormor.
Bestemor.
Bestemor
Bestemor, farmor or mormor
Mormor or bestemor
Farmor = father's mother (lit. "father mother") Mormor = mother's mother (lit. "mother mother") Conversely, the male equivalents are "farfar" and "morfar". You may also use "bestemor" which can replace both "farmor" and "mormor". The male equivalent is "bestefar".
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"
Bestemor -> Grandmother Bestefar -> Grandfather Also: On the mothers side: mormor -> Grandmother (mothermother) morfar -> Grandfather (motherfather) On the fathers side: farmor -> Grandmother (fathermother) farfar -> Grandfather (fatherfather)
Grandmother in Norwegian is bestemor, BUT you can also say mormor if she's the mother of your mother, and farmor if she's the mother of your father.
If you mean grama as in Grandmother then it is "Mormor" if its your mother's mother or "Farmor" if its your father's mother or simply Bestemor which is for both. If its not Grandmother then I have no idea..
mormor - Mother's mother (maternal grandmother) farmor - Father's mother (paternal grandmother) bestemor - Grandmother (best mother)