Ivar Aasen-sambandet (The Ivar Aasen Union) is an umbrella organization of associations and individuals promoting the use of the Høgnorsk variant of the Norwegian language. Høgnorsk, meaning "High Norwegian" is a term for conservative varieties of the Norwegian language form Nynorsk. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language
History
The union was founded in 1965 as a response to the samnorsk policy (aiming to merge the two languages Nynorsk and Bokmål) prevailing with Noregs Mållag (Norwegian Language Union). Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Nynorsk (literally "New Norwegian" is one of the two official Norwegian Standard languages the other being Bokmål. Bokmål (lit "book language" or Dano-Norwegian is the most commonly used of the two official Norwegian written Standard languages the other Noregs Mållag (literally "Language Organisation of Norway" is the main organisation for Norwegian Nynorsk (New Norwegian one of the two official written standards
In 2002, Norway officially abandoned the samnorsk policy, like the majority of Noregs Mållag did during the 1990's. This decade also saw the revitalization of the Høgnorsk movement, which took place inside of Noregs Mållag as well. The split between the two movements was now only organizational, and the Høgnorsk movement no longer looked upon the other part as an enemy; however, it maintained that it had "a certain task" in the common works on the Norwegian language. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language
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