Norwegian Translation Services
DHCTranslations translates Norwegian documents in the US, and the field that goes wrong is the middle name: in Norway that slot holds a second family name, not an extra given name, so a US form filled in by eye moves a surname into the wrong box. A document costs $54 with the statement and PDF included.
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Norwegian documents we translate for US files
Birth certificate
The birth record with the register entry behind it, naming the parents and the place of birth.
Register extract
The transcript from the national register, with the identity number, the address and the household.
Marriage certificate
The marriage record, with the officiant, the witnesses and the date the register was updated.
Death certificate
The death record and the register entry that follows, with the informant and the dates as printed.
Police certificate
The certificate from the police, with its reference and the short validity window it carries.
School record
The leaving record from upper secondary, subject by subject, with the Norwegian scale in a note.
University degree
The degree record with the institution, the field of study and the year it was conferred.
Grade transcript
A course-by-course transcript, with the credits and the grading scale set out where they appear.
Court papers
A judgment, a declaration or a power of attorney, with the case reference and the parties kept.
Medical records
Clinic letters, operation notes and vaccination entries, with a Norwegian diagnosis written out.
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What a certified Norwegian translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
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$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
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What a certified Norwegian translation is checked for
The register holds the identity and family details every Norwegian record quotes back, and the certificate has to say which part of a printed name is which. Naming that is the difference between a file that matches a passport and one that has to be explained.
What the certification includes
- Signed statement of accuracy: the translator's name, signature and date, their CIOL or ITI membership number, our company stamp and our contact details.
- Each part of the name is labeled: given names, the middle name and the surname are identified by what Norwegian law makes them, so a second family name is not filed as a middle initial.
- The number is read against the page: the eleven digits are copied exactly, and the date of birth and sex are taken from the document rather than decoded from the number.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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The middle name is a family name
Norwegian names run in three parts: one or more given names, then a middle name, then the surname. The middle one is not a second given name - it is a family name by law, usually inherited, and it behaves like a surname on every document that prints it. A US form has a middle-name field and no field for a second family name, so the name lands in the wrong box unless the translation says what it is.
Birth certificate
- On the Norwegian document
- fødselsattest
- Issued by
- the tax administration, which keeps the register
Register extract
- On the Norwegian document
- utskrift fra Folkeregisteret
- Issued by
- the tax administration
Marriage certificate
- On the Norwegian document
- vigselsattest
- Issued by
- the registrar, or the church that performed it
Police certificate
- On the Norwegian document
- vandelsattest
- Issued by
- the police
School record
- On the Norwegian document
- vitnemål
- Issued by
- the school
University degree
- On the Norwegian document
- vitnemål frå universitet
- Issued by
- the university
Two things a US reader cannot tell from the page. The eleven-digit identity number packs the individual, the century and the sex into its last five digits, so the printed date of birth and the sex can be checked against the number rather than assumed. And a Norwegian can carry two family names with no hyphen between them, in which case both are surnames in law and neither is a middle name, however much the ordering suggests otherwise.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“My wife's surname came from a farm name and appeared in two spellings across the file, and both were shown with the register entry that settled it.”
Kari H.
“The 1-to-6 scale was explained subject by subject rather than converted, so the university could read the grades against its own table.”
Ole L.
“The certificate was issued in nynorsk and the translator noted the form before translating it, which explained why two words looked nothing like the bokmål I had learned.”
Ingrid H.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Norwegian documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations handles Norwegian documents in the US, including birth records, register extracts and school records, and each translation carries a statement signed by the translator who produced it.
Probably not. A Norwegian middle name is a family name in law, usually inherited, so putting it after a middle initial tells a reader it is a given name. The translation labels each part, and the second family name is stated as a surname.
DHCTranslations charges $54 for a document up to 400 words, then $0.12 per word into English or $0.14 from English into Norwegian. The signed statement and the emailed PDF are included in the price.
It does, and the register entry behind it is what the certificate quotes. Where the certificate has been lost, a transcript from the national register covers the same facts, so either can be translated.
The individual number, the century and the sex. That means a reader can check the printed date of birth and the recorded sex against the number, which is why the digits are copied exactly and the check digits are never recalculated.
Both are surnames, and neither is a middle name, even though the order suggests otherwise. A US form with one surname field cannot show that, so the translation says plainly that the holder carries two family names.
The language is the same and the two written forms state the same facts, so nothing about the translation changes. The certificate notes which form the document used, because the wording differs enough to matter to a reader comparing two papers.
USCIS requires the full text plus a signed statement from the translator, which is attached to every order. Send the document as the office issued it, with the identity number and the issue date intact.
The school record and the degree are translated with every subject, grade and credit intact, and DHCTranslations adds a note on the Norwegian scale so the evaluator judges the equivalence.
Yes. DHCTranslations charges $0.14 per word from English into Norwegian, written by a native speaker in the written form the reader needs.
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