Norwegians have several words for grandmother. The general term is bestemor. That covers all grandmothers. But most norwegians differ between your mother's mum and your father's mum. bestemor = grandmother
mormor = "mother's mum"
farmor = "father's mum"
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Grandmother: Bestemor
Grandfather: Bestefar
For many more personal: Mormor (mother's mother), morfar (mother's father), farmor (father's mother) and farfar (father's father)
Farfar is your paternal grandfather. Morfar is your maternal grandfather (in Swedish-- there are 5 Scandinavian languages).