I assume Norwegian is fine. I’m guessing Nordic is also OK, but what about Norse?
FWIW, I’m specifically talking about a necklace a friend got me in…Norway, of all places.
I’ve heard Norse as a noun used by English-speaking Norwegians to mean the Norwegian language, but also as an adjective tp mean the wider heritage of all Scandanavia, and anything culturally attached. In the second sense , it never seemed to mean specifically Norwegian things.
I don’t think it’s equivalent. To me, “Norse” implies the Viking culture and Scandinavian ethnicity.
Swedes and Icelanders are, for the most part, of Norse ethnicity, and English people are of partial Norse ethnicity. The Viking culture was spread not only across Scandinavia but also included Iceland, part of Greenland, parts of Britain (Danelaw and Orkney Islands), with sporadic influence elsewhere, including Ireland and Atlantic Canada.
So, calling something from Norway “Norse” is similar to calling something from Ireland “Celtic” or something from Poland as “Slavic”. Not exactly what you may have been intending to say.
Did you hear the joke about that Slavic car?
No. According to Wikipedia, “Norse” refers to the Scandinavian people before the Christianization of Scandinavia, and to some related languages. “Nordic” wouldn’t be wrong, but it would be odd compared to “Norwegian.” It would be like saying something from the U.S. is North American. Seems more accurate and clearer to specify the country.
Probably an error on their part, or you heard it wrong, since it’s Norsk in their language.
It’s more like calling someone from Greek a “Grecian” or someone from Israel an “Israelite”.
Would an Israeli be annoyed to be called an “Israelite” or would they just think the person saying it was an out-of-touch moron? 
You can call someone from Norway norse, unless he’s drunk, then you call him souse.
Irresistibly reminded of the old story about the retired Latin teacher who finally realizes her life’s dream of visiting Rome, and wants to walk down to the banks of the Tiber but doesn’t know the way. She can’t speak Italian but figures that here in the heartland of classical antiquity she must be able to make herself understood in Latin, so she asks the nearest passerby, “Ubi est flumen?”
The young man responds in perfect English, “Madam, it has apparently been some time since your last visit.”
Or they looked it up in their dictionary:
Definition of NORSE
**1 a : norwegian 2 **
b : any of the western Scandinavian dialects or languages c : the Scandinavian group of Germanic languages
2 plural a : scandinavians
b : norwegians
Definition of NORWEGIAN
1 a : a native or inhabitant of Norway
- b* : a person of Norwegian descent
**2 : the Germanic language of the Norwegian people **
The latter, probably.
Well thanks for the response everyone; however, the thread seems to be a bit side tracked into a discussion of Norwegian people - I’m more specifically asking about Norwegian items.
I suppose if someone had a piece of jewelry that had a celtic knot on it, it wouldn’t seem odd to me to call the Jewelry celtic.
I’m wondering if ‘Norse’ is similar, or if it ONLY referrs to Viking type items.
Reading this link a bit I should further clarify - the item in question is not old so would not be techinically ‘Norse Art’ however, it is of similar style to some of the items shown on that page under Norse Art. I suppose it may be more accurate to call it Norse-style?
If I were referring to a modern object, I’d use the term Nordic, not Norse. Of course, that would have a broader meaning than “Norwegian”, but it would be similar in scope to Norse. I would only use “Norse” to refer to something from the Viking age.
As a Norwegian I’d be confused to be called Norse. To me Norse is the equivalent of Norwegian “Norrøn”, i.e. related to the western Scandinavian pre-Christian culture.
Since the actual usage appears different if the dictionary is to be trusted this is only my personal opinion.
Wikipedia agrees with you.
Thanks. You made my day. LOL!
It does only refer to Viking type items.
Or fornnordisk in Swedish, but we have the word Norrön as well.