Hen’ expected to be recognised as alternative to feminine ‘hun’ and masculine ‘han’ in official language this year

A new gender-neutral pronoun is likely to enter the official Norwegian language within a year, the Language Council of Norway has confirmed.

Hen” would become an alternative to the existing singular third-person pronouns, the feminine “hun” and the masculine “han”.

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