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Fornebo
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
nb Fornebu modern standard spelling
Pronunciation
nb /²foːr.nəˌbuː/ [ˈfôː.ɳəˌbǔː]NST uttaleleksikon for bokmål https://www.nb.no/sprakbanken/ressurskatalog/oai-nb-no-sbr-23/ Språkbanken Nasjonalbiblioteket 2026-09-25
nb uː 3
nb For ne bo
Proper noun
nb proper noun
older spelling nb Fornebu a peninsula in Bærum, Norway, and the former airport thereSvein Askheim Fornebu https://snl.no/Fornebu Store norske leksikon 2026-09-25
nb Han vokste opp på Fornebo. He grew up at Fornebo.
nb 1971 Kampus Fflue Pareto optimal lokalisering av flyplass i Oslo-området Sosialøkonomen 5 38 https://samfunnsokonomene.no/app/uploads/2019/05/so_197105.pdf Fornebo lufthavn er noe for liten i henhold til dagens behov Fornebo Airport is somewhat too small for present needs https://web.archive.org/web/20260925213745/https://samfunnsokonomene.no/app/uploads/2019/05/so_197105.pdf 25 September 2026
Usage notes
This spelling reflects the traditional pronunciation with final /uː/. The modern spelling nb Fornebu is pronounced with final /ʉː/.
The airport adopted the spelling Fornebu in 1939, but Fornebo continued to occur in subsequent usage.
References
nb Peninsulas Airports Places in Akershus, Norway