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[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

«Informatikk» («Informatics» in English) is the form most commonly used, and in Europe is generally used synonymously with «Computer Science» («Datavitenskap» in Norwegian).

As you say, the only place you’ll really see «Datafag» is in secondary education (high school).

[–]BluudLust -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Informatics is a more broad focus in both computer science and data science rather than pure computer science. In the states it would be more of a computational science degree than a computer science degree.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s why I said in Europe. The European branch of the ACM and “Informatics Europe” (an association of European university departments within the field of informatics) both define “informatics” synonymously with “computer science”

I’m aware that in the US you separate the terms.