The best Norwegian Bokmål podcasts

Marius Stangeland has built the deepest Norwegian listening archive available, covering Norse mythology, history, politics and everyday culture in Norwegian slowed just enough to follow. He deliberately features different dialects, which matters more in Norwegian than in most languages since there is no standard spoken form. Free to listen, with many episodes transcribed on the site; a Patreon and a Norse-mythology book are the paid extras. Firmly B1 and up — there is no beginner on-ramp here.

NLS, a language school in Oslo, has released well over six hundred short podcast episodes covering grammar points, vocabulary themes and everyday situations, all free and requiring no account. The episode count makes it one of the largest structured Norwegian audio archives anywhere, and the short format suits commutes. Free as a shop window for their paid courses, which start around NOK 2799 a month. Audio quality and depth vary between episodes given the volume.

Innovative Language's Norwegian course: hundreds of short audio and video lessons built on native dialogues that get broken down phrase by phrase, plus transcripts, flashcards and word banks. For a smaller language like Norwegian, the sheer quantity of structured listening is hard to match. Subscription-based with frequent discounting. The same complaints apply as to its sister sites — a disorganised catalogue and a progression that runs out somewhere around B1.