IN NORWEGIAN AND ENGLISH

• Adoptivbarn: Adopted child
• Ane: Progenitor, ancestor, forebear
• Barn/børn: Child, children
• Bestefar: Grandfather
• Besteforeldre/besteforældre: Grandparents
• Bestemor: Grandmother
• Broderdatter: Niece (daughter of one’s brother)
• Brodersønn:  Nephew (son of one’s brother)
• Bror/broder: Brother
• Brud/brudgom: Bride, bridegroom
• Datter: Daughter
• Dreng: Unmarried young man or male servant
• Drengebarn: Male child
• Ektefelle/ægtefelle: Spouse
• Ektemann/Ægtemand: Husband
• Enke: Widow
• Enkefrue: Title of a widow with a certain social status
• Enkemann/enkemand: Widower
• Etterkommer: Descendant
• Fadder: Godparent
• Far/fader: Father
• Farbror: Paternal uncle
• Farfar: Paternal grandfather
• Farmor: Paternal grandmother
• Faster: Paternal aunt
• Fetter: Male cousin
• Firmenning: 3rd cousin
• Foreldre/forældre: Parents
• Frende/frenke: A distant relative (m/f)
• Frille: Concubine of a king or person of high social status
• Gammelonkel: Great-uncle
• Gammeltante: Great-aunt
• Grandonkel: Great-uncle
• Grandtante: Great-aunt
• Gutt: Boy
• Hustru: Wife
• Kone: Wife, married woman
• Kusine: Female cousin
• Kvinne/Kvinde: Woman
• Kynning: Relative
• Mann/Mand: Man
• Mor/Moder: Mother
• Morbror: Maternal uncle
• Morfar: Maternal grandfather
• Mormor: Maternal grandmother
• Moster: Maternal aunt
• Nabo: Neighbor
• Nevø: Nephew
  Niese: Niece
• Oldefar: Great grandfather
• Oldemor: Great grandmother
• Onkel: Uncle
• Pigebarn: Female child
• Pike/pige: Unmarried girl, spinster, female servant
• Pleiesønn/datter: Foster son/daughter
• Slektning: Relative
• Sønn: Son
• Søsken: Siblings
• Søskenbarn: Cousin
• Søster: Sister
• Søsterdatter: Niece (daughter of one’s sister)
• Søstersønn: Nephew (son of one’s sister)
• Stamfar: Progenitor
• Stedatter. Stepdaughter
• Stefar: Stepfather
• Stemor: Stepmother
• Stesønn: Stepson
• Svigerdatter: Daughter-In-Law
• Svigerfar: Father-In-Law
• Svigermor: Mother-In-Law
• Svigersønn (Måg): Son-In-Law
• Tante: Aunt
• Tippoldefar: Great-great grandfather
• Tippoldemor: Great-great grandmother
• Tipp-tippoldefar: 3x great grandfather
• Tipp-tippoldemor: 3x great grandmother
• Tremenning: 2nd cousin
• Ungkar/ungkarl: bachelor

For more background, see here.

This is Appendix 3 of the book Exploring Norwegian Genealogy. Why not start finding your ancestors?