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 Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous vil ...

* Norden, Dorset, a hamlet near Corfe Castle *

Norden, Greater Manchester Norden is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It was historically part of Lancashire until 1974. It is situated on the western outskirts of the town of Rochdale. There is a Rochdale Ward with th ...

, a village near Rochdale

Germany

Norden, Lower Saxony Norden (East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Nörden'') is a town in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North S ...

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

United States

Norden, California Norden is a small unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, about west of Truckee. The community is located on a former portion of U.S. Route 40 near Interstate 80 and lies along the historical first transcontine ...

, an unincorporated community * Norden, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Norden Township, Minnesota

Businesses

* D/S Norden, a Danish shipping company *

Coop Norden Coop Norden was a Scandinavian retail chain. It was based in Sweden and owned by three major cooperative retail companies: Sweden's KF (42%), Denmark's FDB (38%), and Norway's Coop NKL (20%). During its years of operation, Coop Norden ran aroun ...

, a joint Scandinavian co-operative retail chain *

Norden Systems Norden Systems was an American manufacturer of radar systems. History The Norden Laboratories Corporation was founded in New York City in 1943 to conduct research, while the separate Carl L. Norden Corporation built Norden bombsights. In 194 ...

, an American electronics manufacturer

People

Given name

Norden Hartman Norden Hartman (1921–1989) was a South African archivist and herald. He joined the State Archives in 1948, and rose to the grade of senior archivist. He transferred to the Bureau of Heraldry when it was established in 1963, and was promoted t ...

(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 The Norden Mk. XV, known as the Norden M series in U.S. Army service, is a bombsight that was used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the United States Navy during World War II, and the United States Air Force in the Korean War, ...

, used on US bombers during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War *

Norden Cricket Club Norden Cricket Club, known as Greenbooth Cricket Club until 1920, are an England, English cricket club. They are currently branded ''Norden (J.W. Lees) CC'' as part of a sponsorship deal with a brewery and play their home fixtures at Stag Park, ...

, 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 The ''Nordische Gesellschaft'' ("Nordic Society") was an association founded in 1921, with the objective of strengthening German-Nordic cultural and political cooperation. It was based in Lübeck, Germany. The association had both German and Scan ...

* ''Norden'', original name of the MV ''Captayannis'', a Greek merchant vessel