Norwegian Bible Society
The Norwegian Bible Society, founded in 1816 is a Norwegian Christian society whose purpose is to distribute and translate the Bible in Norway.
Overview
The Norwegian Bible Society, established on May 26, 1816, is the oldest inter-denominational organization in Norway. Three events prompted the creation of the Society: the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Society in England in 1804, the establishment of a university in Oslo in 1811, and the separation of Norway from Denmark in 1814.
At the time of the foundation of the Society, Danish was the written language commonly used in Norway. The first Bible distributed or produced by the Norwegian Bible Society were in Danish. Only at the end of the 19th century, Norwegian developed as a written language and the first Bible in Norwegian appeared.
Today, the Norwegian Bible Society is primarily engaged in the distribution and production of Bibles in Norwegian.