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The surname Nordberg is of Scandinavian origin, specifically from Sweden and Norway. It is derived from the Old Norse words "norðr" meaning "north" and "berg" meaning "mountain" or "hill". The name likely originated as a descriptive name for someone who lived in the northern mountainous regions of these countries.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Nordberg can be found in the Swedish Census Book of 1540, which lists a person named Olof Nordberg residing in the village of Värmland. Another early record comes from the Norwegian Parish Registers of 1623, where a man named Halvor Nordberg is mentioned.