Attitudes towards gender-neutral language in Norwegian

As of 2022, a new, gender-neutral pronoun has entered the Norwegian language: hen ‘they (singular)’. In this paper, I have looked into the attitudes towards, and use of, gender-neutral pronouns in Norwegian. I also explored how speakers of Norwegian feel about the insertion of a gender-neutral pronoun in the language. In this paper, I discuss my findings, which had a great diversity, though there were more positive attitudes than expected. Speakers of Norwegian were generally accepting of the insertion of hen ‘they (singular)’ and thought it would have a positive effect on our society.