The Norwerty Keyboard Layout is a software keyboard layout for efficient typing in Norwegian on US keyboards (the ANSI layout).

See also Nansi for an alternative take on Norwegian ANSI.

Based on the Swerty keyboard layout by Johan E. Gustafsson. (See also Dwerty.)

• Norwerty for Windows
• Norwerty for Linux
• Norwerty for macOS

The design goal for the Norwerty layout is to retain as much as possible of the standard US layout (also known as the ANSI keyboard layout), while adding the keys Æ, Ø, and Å from the standard Norwegian layout. This alternative software layout is especially useful if you are working on a US keyboard and want to write in Norwegian. Arguably, Norwerty is a better choice than the standard Norwegian layout even if you are working on a Norwegian keyboard, as it incorporates more of the superior key arrangement of the US layout. With the standard Norwegian layout, many frequently used symbols are surprisingly inconvenient to type, such as @ in email addresses, / in web addresses, and $ in programming. These conventions were set by people who used the US layout where these symbols can be typed conveniently. The Norwerty layout makes it possible to enjoy this convenience while typing in Norwegian.

The idea is to retain most of the US layout, but to have the keys Æ, Ø, and Å in their same positions as in the standard Norwegian layout, replacing the ;, ', and [ keys in the US layout. The ] key is replaced by a dead key for acute and grave accents. The replaced keys from the US layout are reached by pressing AltGr and the original key. This basic layout has been altered somewhat in order to suit Mac, Linux, and Windows environments.