Norden Explained

Norden is a Scandinavian and German word, directly translated as "the North". It may refer to:

Places

England

• Norden, Basingstoke, a ward of Basingstoke and Deane
• Norden, Dorset, a hamlet near Corfe Castle
• Norden, Greater Manchester, a village near Rochdale

Germany

• Norden, Lower Saxony, a town in East Frisia
• Norden (Hambach Forest), a former tree-house colony by environmental activists

United States

• Norden, California, an unincorporated community
• Norden, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
• Norden Township, Minnesota

Businesses

• D/S Norden, a Danish shipping company
• Coop Norden, a joint Scandinavian co-operative retail chain
• Norden Systems, an American electronics manufacturer
• Norden Aquavit, an award-winning traditional, Scandinavian style botanical spirit distilled in Michigan, USA

People

Given name

• Norden Hartman (1921–1989), South African archivist and herald
• Norden E. Huang (born 1937), Taiwanese-American engineer
• Norden Tenzing Bhutia (1950–2019), musician, composer and singer of classic Nepali pop songs

Surname

• Norden (surname), a list of people with the surname Norden

Other uses

• Norden bombsight, used on US bombers during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
• Norden Cricket Club, an English cricket club
• Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, an arts centre in Berkshire, England
• Rotary Norden, Nordic magazine for the Nordic countries
• Der Norden, a publication (1935-1944?) of the Nordische Gesellschaft
• Norden, original name of the MV Captayannis, a Greek merchant vessel

See also

• • Norden railway station (disambiguation)
• Nordic countries, also called Norden