Consonants

Norwegian consonants are not that different to English consonants.
Here is a soundclip with the content below. Try reading while listening. Repeat after me.

B - prounounced like in English - "bad" (bath)
C - only used in foreign words - "centimeter"(c is prounounced s)
                                                       "camping" (c is pronounsed k)
D - pronounced like in English - "dame" (lady)
F - pronounced like in English - "finne" (find)
G - can be used two ways          - "gate" (gate) -> the g is pronounced like in English                 
                                                     -    "gi" (give) -> pronounced yee           
H - pronounced like in English - "han" (he)
J- pronounced like y in yes        - "ja" (yes)
K - can be pronounced two ways - "klær" (clothes) -> pronounced like k in kite
                                                       - "kyss" (kiss) -> pronounced almost like sh in ship
L - pronounced like in English - "lys" (light)
M - pronounced like in English - mamma (mom)
N - pronounced like in English - "nei" (no)
P - pronounced like in English - "pen" (pretty)
Q - only used in foreign words - "quiz"  
R - can be rolled or pronounced - "reise" (travel
       like German R
S - pronounced like in English   - "se" (see)
      OR like "sh" in front of L.     - "slippe" (let go)
T - pronounced like in English - "tog" (train)
V - pronounced like in English - "vel" (well)
W - pronounced like Englisv V - WC (toilet)
       Only used in foreign words
X - pronounced like s                 - "xylofon" (xylophone)
      only used in foreign words
Z - pronounced like s                  - zoom (zoom)
      only used in foreign words

Consonants you need to be extra careful with is K and R. I will make a soundclip which shows this better. But don't worry if you can't get it right yet. There's many people who can't - even Norwegian people.

The Alphabet

The Norwegian alphabet is based on the latin alphabet. It has 29 letters (three more than the English alphabet).

This is how you pronounce the letters (try reading it out loud like you would say it in English). For example: the first letter is pronounced "ah" rather than "ay" like in English.

Listen to this video while reading the letters below. Try repeating what I'm saying out loud.

A - ah
B - beh
C - seh
D - deh
E - eh
F - ef
G - geh
H - haw
I - ee
J - jod/jeh
K - kaw
L - el
M - em
N - en
O - o
P - peh
Q - koo
R - air (role the R)
S - ess
T - teh
U - oo
V - veh
W - dobbeltveh
X - eks
Y - ee (not completely accurate)
Z - set

Here are the extra letters...
Æ - a (like in "sad")
Ø - ir (like in "bird")
Å - aw (like in "awful")