Ever since our first trip to Norway, I have been learning Norwegian with the quiet hope that one day I might actually need to use it. When we returned in 2025, I had already been studying the language for more than a year. Despite this, I still felt far from capable of speaking it. My contribution to conversations rarely extended beyond a cautious “takk”  or a polite “ha det.”  While Norwegians speak exceptional English, it was very clear that understanding the language and c