MAIDEN NAMES

When I was young, we girls "practiced" writing
the family names of boys we fancied, after our own
given names. We knew our own family names would
soon be history. Imagine!

Then there was a period when women often used
a double name that incorporated both the family name
they had before getting married and their husband's
family name, often hyphenated.

Now, I am told, women often just stick with their
original family name when they marry.

But in general, the naming rule for women in
Norway just now is that ---- there is no rule.
The important part for the government is your
ID number, not your name.