Norwegian
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The term Norwegians may refer to:
- Something of or relating to Norway, a country in Northern Europe
- One or both of the two official written forms of the Norwegian language:
- People with a Norwegian ancestral or ethnic identity (Norwegian people), whether living in Norway, emigrants, or the descendants of emigrants, also referred to as Nordmenn, Northmen, and Norsemen
- Nationals or citizens of Norway, which also includes Sami people and the officially recognised national minorities kvener/skogfinner (Ethnic Finns), Roma people, Romanoar (Romani people) and Jews as well as recent non-European immigrants and their descendants (see: Demographics of Norway).
- Norwegian Air Shuttle, a low-cost airline
- A rugged type of insulated food container designed for mass catering out of doors, as used by the British Army, and known as "Norwegian Containers", popularly abbreviated to "Norwegian"
- A pullover type of thermal shirt with a distinctive roll neck, used by the British Army, and known as a "Norwegian Shirt", popularly abbreviated as a "Norwegian" (Norwegians themselves refer to a similar shirt as an Icelander, a knitted cotton sweater usually in black and white)