«Hva heter du?» Hva svarer du?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Norskprøven · Personlig
Norskprøven Practice Questions: Personlig informasjon (2026)
Personlig informasjon covers introducing yourself, your family and your personal details, and it is the natural opening ground of Norskprøven: the oral test is a face-to-face conversation of about 20 to 25 minutes, and talking about yourself is where such a conversation begins. The core skill is precision: «Hva heter du?» asks your name, so the answer is «Jeg heter …», not your age, your country or your city, even though all four answers sound equally polite.
Practice
Free practice questions
«Hvor kommer du fra?» Hva svarer du?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
«Hvor gammel er du?» Hva svarer du?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Hva betyr «gift»?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Hva er det motsatte av «gammel» om en person?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
«___ heter søsteren din?» Fyll inn riktig spørreord.
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Min mors mor er min ___.
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
«Jeg snakker ___ norsk» betyr at jeg kan noe, men ikke mye.
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Faren til faren din er din ___.
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Moren til faren din er din ___.
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (personlig informasjon); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
The four answers you must never mix up
The most tested pattern in this topic is matching the right answer to the right question. Norwegian question words map cleanly: «Hva heter du?» asks for your name and takes «Jeg heter …»; «Hvor gammel er du?» asks your age and takes «Jeg er … år gammel»; «Hvor kommer du fra?» asks your origin and takes «Jeg kommer fra …»; «Hvor bor du?» asks where you live now and takes «Jeg bor i …». Practice questions deliberately offer all four as options, so a candidate who only half-reads the question picks a truthful but wrong reply. Train yourself to lock onto the question word first: «hva heter» is always the name, «hvor gammel» always the age, «hvor kommer … fra» always the country, «hvor bor» always the current town. The same discipline pays off in the writing test, where a typical task asks you to tell a new friend about yourself, where you come from and what you like doing in your free time: the marker is checking that you answered what was actually asked.
- «Hva heter du?» takes «Jeg heter …», never an age or a place.
- «Hvor kommer du fra?» is about origin; «Hvor bor du?» is about where you live now.
- Answer the question that was asked, in speech and in writing alike.
Family words and describing people
The second half of this topic is vocabulary for family and people. Kinship terms are tested with definitions: an «onkel» (uncle) is the brother of your mother or your father, and the wrong options in a typical task are precisely the relatives learners confuse, the sister of a parent, the son of your sister, the husband of your sister. Age words work the same way: a «tenåring» (teenager) is a person aged thirteen to nineteen, not a small baby, not an adult with a family, not someone over seventy. Then come the describing words, usually tested as opposites: the opposite of «snill» (kind) is «slem» (mean), and the distractors are other feelings entirely, «sint» (angry), «redd» (afraid), «glad» (happy), that a candidate reaches for when the exact opposite is not on the tip of the tongue. At A2–B1 you are expected to describe yourself and the people around you with this kind of everyday precision, and the payoff is immediate in the oral test, where family, age and personality words carry the opening minutes of the conversation.
| Question | What it asks | Correct answer pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Hva heter du? | Your name | Jeg heter Omar Hassan. |
| Hvor gammel er du? | Your age | Jeg er tjuefem år gammel. |
| Hvor kommer du fra? | Your origin | Jeg kommer fra Somalia. |
| Hvor bor du? | Where you live now | Jeg bor i Bergen nå. |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does the personlig informasjon topic cover on Norskprøven?
It covers introducing yourself, family and personal details: your name, age, origin and where you live, plus kinship words such as «onkel» and describing words such as «snill» and «slem». It is core A2–B1 ground for all four subtests, and especially for the face-to-face oral test of about 20 to 25 minutes.
How do I answer «Hva heter du?» in Norwegian?
«Hva heter du?» asks for your name, so you answer «Jeg heter …» (My name is …). Replies like «Jeg er tjuefem år gammel», «Jeg kommer fra Somalia» or «Jeg bor i Bergen» answer different questions, about age, origin and where you live, which is exactly why they appear as wrong options in practice tasks.
What does «onkel» mean in Norwegian?
An «onkel» (uncle) is the brother of your mother or your father. Practice questions test it against the relatives learners mix up: the sister of a parent, the son of your sister, or the husband of your sister. Kinship words like this are standard A2 vocabulary on Norskprøven.
What is a «tenåring»?
A «tenåring» (teenager) is a person aged thirteen to nineteen. Norskprøven-style tasks define such age words against clear wrong options, such as a small baby or a person over seventy, so the skill being tested is knowing the exact range the word covers.
Why does personal vocabulary matter for permanent residence applicants?
Because the level requirement attaches to the oral test: for permanent residence you generally need oral (muntlig) Norwegian at A2 or higher, and for citizenship B1 or higher. The oral test is a conversation, and conversations start with who you are, so this topic is where your assessed speaking begins.