 There is no officially sanctioned spoken standard of Norwegian, but according to some linguists, like Kjell Venås there is a de facto spoken standard related to called Urban East Norwegian.This alleged standard applies only to East Norwegians, however; "Bokmål" speakers from other parts of the country (for instance, the current prime minister Erna Solberg) do not speak Standard Østnorsk.The earliest examples of non-Danish Norwegian writing are from the 12th century, with "Konungs skuggsjá" being the prime example.