Firstly, we need to invite both these guys to our group!

An interesting note:
http://hyvelbenk.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/wooden-bench-hook-from-vasa-
ship/">http://hyvelbenk.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/wooden-bench-hook-from-vasa-
ship/

In this post the Roald Renmælmo discusses høvelbenk and skottsbenk.
Benk means bench in Norwegian and høvel refers to a plane. If I
understand correctly, planebench (or more correctly in English
planningbench) is commonly used like we would say workbench.
Interestingly, there is another form of jointing bench called a
skottsbenk or Scottish/Scots bench (unless the translation is wrong).
These roughly resemble an enormous wooden saw vise and seem to be used
roughly similar to horses for jointing work.

For more info on the form of Norwegian planes, check out this article
on the sister blog (English):
http://skottbenk.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/why-old-wooden-planes-in-
norway-look-the-way-they-do/">http://skottbenk.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/why-old-
wooden-planes-in-norway-look-the-way-they-do/

There's a whole slew of excellent Scandinavian blogs linked from both,
I'm going to be unproductive for awhile.

Brian J.M. Rytel