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2.9 General abbreviations for NOBB item texts

Commas in item text to separate words should be avoided – use as few special characters as possible.
When numbers are included in text 1 or 2, it should be written as AXXX, where A is not written with an apostrophe.
When abbreviations are used, it is important that all item texts are abbreviated in the same way by the supplier.

See the NOBB example booklet for more information.

Norwegian

Abbreviation

English

MED

M/

WITH

UTEN 

U/  

WITHOUT

INNVENDIG

INNV  

INSIDE

UTVENDIG

UTV  

OUTSIDE

HØYRE

H

RIGHT

VENSTRE

V

LEFT

KLASSE  

KL.  (ta med punktum)

CLASS

DOBBEL

DOB 

DOUBLE

PLATE  

PL f.eks. SPONPL – HYLLEPL

PLATE

NOT OG FJÆR

N/F 

NOTCH AND SPRING

UBEHANDLET

UBH 

UNTREATED

METER

M

METER

LITER

L

LITER

GRAM

G

GRAM

GRADER

GR

DEGREES

Antall varer

A

Number of items

Color

Norwegian

Abbreviation

English

HVIT

HV

WHITE

SORT/SVART

SOR 

BLACK

BLÅ  

BLÅ

BLUE

MØRK BLÅ  

MBL

DARK BLUE

RØD

RØD 

RED

MØRK RØD  

MRØ

DARK RED

GRØNN  

GRØ

GREEN

MØRKE GRØNN

MGRØ 

DARK GREEN

GRÅ

GRÅ

GRAY

BRUN

BR 

BROWN

LYS BLÅ

LBLÅ

LIGHT BLUE

LILLA

LIL

PURPLE

GUL

GUL

YELLOW

ORANGE

ORA

ORANGE

Especially for product group 17 Fastening components 

Form/hode

Forkortelse 

Form/head

Selvvalg

skal IKKE brukes, sett inn antall i varetekst 1, antallet skrives f.eks. A100 

Self-service

SYLINDER HODE

SYLH 

CYLINDER HEAD

PANHODE

PAN 

PAN HEAD

SENKHODE

SENK 

SINK HEAD

LINSEHODE

LINSE 

LENS HEAD

SEKSKANTHODE

6KT/12KT/4KT 

HEXAGON HEAD

RUNDHODE

RUND 

ROUND HEAD

LINSESENKHODE

LINSES 

LENS SINK HEAD

FLENSHODE

FLENSH 

FLEX HEAD

Quality

Norwegian

Abbreviation

English

KVALITET 8.8

8.8

QUALITY 8.8

STÅL

ST 

STEEL

MESSING

MS 

BRASS

BRONSE BRONSE 

BRONSE 

BRONZE

PLAST/POLYAMID/NYLON

SKRIVES HELT UT 

PLASTIC/POLYAMIDE/NYLON

KOBBER

KOBBER 

COPPER

ALUMINIUM

ALU 

ALUMINUM

KOBBER NIKKEL

CUNI 

COPPER NICKEL

SINK

SINK 

ZINC

Surface treatment/Coating

*If coating is not mentioned in the product description, the product is untreated

Norwegian

Abbreviation

English

ELEKTROLYTISK FORSINKET

ELF 

ELECTROLYTICALLY GALVANIZED

GALVANISERT  

GALVANIZED

VARMFORSINKET

VF 

HOT-DIP GALVANIZED

GULKROMATISERT

ELFGUL / ELFSORT 

YELLOW CHROMATED

FORKROMMET

FKR 

CHROMED

FORMESSIGET

FMS 

FORGED

FORNIKLET

FNI 

NICKEL-PLATED

RUSTFRITT

A2 

STAINLESS STEEL

SYREFAST

A4 

ACID-RESISTANT

FOSFATERT

FOS 

PHOSPHATED

EPOXY

EPOXY 

EPOXY

MESSING FORNIKLET

MSFNI 

BRASS NICKEL-PLATED

Slot 

Norwegian

Abbreviation

English

RETTSPOR

RETTSPOR 

STRAIGHT SLOT

POZIDRIVE

PZ1, PZ2, PZ3 osv. 

POZIDRIVE

PHILLIPS

PH1, PH2, PH3 osv. 

PHILLIPS

TORX

TX1, TX2 osv. 

TORX

INNVENDIG SEKSKANT

IN6KT 

INTERNAL HEXAGON

Threads 

Norwegian

Abbreviation

English

HELGJENGET

HELGJ 

FULL THREAD

DELGJENGET

DELGJ 

PARTIAL THREAD

BORSPISS

BORSP 

DRILL POINT

FIBERKUTT

FIBERKUTT 

FIBER CUT

DOBBELTGJENGET

DOBBELT GJ 

DOUBLE THREAD

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