Typisk norsk (Typical Norwegian) is a news and magazine program about language and communication produced by Dropout Productions (seasons 1 and 2) and Rubicon TV (season 3) for NRK. Three seasons of the program have been produced (2004, 2005, and 2006). The concept is inspired by the SVT-produced series Värsta språket (The Worst Language) with Fredrik Lindström as the host.
Petter Schjerven is the host of Typisk norsk. Among other things, the program covers interesting topics in language and communication. It also deals with language enthusiasts and researchers and discusses problems with the Norwegian language.
Typisk norsk won the Gullrute award in 2005 for Best culture or magazine program and Best male host. In 2006, the editors of the program received Den Store Journalistprisen.
Typisk norsk has covered, among other things:
- Word separation and hyphenation
- Slang
- How Norwegian sounds to immigrants
- Dialects
- Norwegian in comparison to Danish and Swedish
- Old Norse
- Where language ability comes from
- Rolled Rs
- The Norwegian method of counting
- Notable translations
In 2005, Schjerven presented the new letter "Kjell" on his program, a letter to prevent the kj sound from being replaced by sj and disappearing from the language.