Complete Norwegian translation table for care instructions, washing labels, and textile symbols. Copy-ready translations for your Shopify product labels.
TL;DR: Need to translate washing labels and care instructions to Norwegian for your Shopify store?
Here’s a complete translation table plus tips for the Norway market.
If you sell clothing, textiles, or any products with care labels to Norwegian-speaking customers, you need translated washing instructions. Customers expect to see care information in their language – and in many markets, it’s legally required.
Here’s every standard washing label instruction translated to Norwegian (Norsk). Copy these directly or use them as reference:
| English | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| Machine wash cold | Maskinvask kaldt |
| Machine wash warm | Maskinvask varmt |
| Hand wash only | Kun håndvask |
| Do not wash | Må ikke vaskes |
| English | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| Do not bleach | Må ikke blekes |
| Bleach when needed | Blekes ved behov |
| English | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| Tumble dry low | Tørketrommel lav varme |
| Tumble dry medium | Tørketrommel middels varme |
| Do not tumble dry | Må ikke tørkes i trommel |
| Dry flat | Tørkes flatt |
| Hang to dry | Hengetørk |
| English | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| Iron low heat | Strykes lav varme |
| Iron medium heat | Strykes middels varme |
| Iron high heat | Strykes høy varme |
| Do not iron | Må ikke strykes |
| English | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| Dry clean only | Kun rensing |
| Do not dry clean | Må ikke renses |
Norway has extremely high purchasing power with €15+ billion in e-commerce sales. Norwegians are early adopters of digital commerce.
Properly translated care labels signal that you take the Norwegian-speaking market seriously. It builds trust and reduces returns from customers who couldn’t understand washing instructions.
Norwegian has two written forms: Bokmål and Nynorsk. Bokmål is more common. Uses æ, ø, å like Danish.
When translating product images for your Shopify store, keep these language-specific requirements in mind. Your translations need to display correctly on the actual product labels.
You have several options to display translated care instructions:
For stores with many products, manually translating each care label is time-consuming. Our bulk translation features let you translate all product images and labels to Norwegian in minutes instead of hours.
Care labels are just one type of product label that needs translation. Consider also translating:
Now you have all the Norwegian care instruction translations you need. For a complete solution that handles all your product image translations automatically: