{{wiktionary|Northern Lights|northern lights}} '''Northern lights''' most commonly refers to the aurora borealis, a natural light display in Earth's sky.
('''The''') '''Northern Light'''('''s''') may also refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Arts and entertainment== === Film === * ''Northern Lights'' (1938 film), a German adventure film directed by Herbert B. Fredersdorf * ''Northern Lights'' (1978 film), about the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota * ''Northern Lights'' (1997 film), a Disney movie * ''Northern Lights'' (2001 film), a Russian film * ''Northern Lights'' (2009 film), or ''Nora Roberts' Northern Lights'', a TV film * ''Northern Light'' (film), a 2006 Dutch film * ''Northern Lights: A Journey to Love'', a 2017 Filipino drama
=== Television and radio === * ''Northern Lights'' (TV series), a 2006 British comedy-drama series * "Northern Lights" (''Dawson's Creek''), a 2000 television episode * ''Northern Lights'' (radio show), a Canadian programme until 2007 * Northern Lights, a fictional element in the TV series ''Person of Interest''
=== Literature === * ''Northern Lights'' (Pullman novel), by Philip Pullman, 1995 * ''Northern Lights'' (O'Brien novel), by Tim O'Brien, 1975 * ''Northern Lights'', a 2009 novel by Nora Roberts, on which the 2009 film is based * ''Severni sij'' ('Northern Lights'), a 1984 novel and 2005 play by Drago Jančar * ''A Northern Light'', a 2003 historical novel by Jennifer Donnelly * ''The Northern Light'' (college newspaper), of the University of Alaska Anchorage * ''The Northern Light'' (Maine), a weekly newspaper * ''The Northern Light'' (novel), by A. J. Cronin, 1958 * ''The Northern Lights'', a 1991 novel by Howard Norman * ''The Northern Lights'', a 2002 biography of Kristian Birkeland by Lucy Jago
=== Music === * Northern lights chord, an 11-note chord * Northern Lights (bluegrass band), an American group * Northern Lights (Canadian band), a 1985 supergroup that recorded "Tears Are Not Enough" * Toronto Northern Lights, a Canadian men's chorus * Hootenanny Singers, or The Northern Lights, a Swedish folk group
==== Albums ==== * ''Northern Light'' (Ask Embla album) (2013) * ''Northern Light'' (Jon Christos album) (2005) * ''Northern Light'' (Covenant album) (2002) * ''Northern Lights'' (Gareth Emery album) (2010) * ''Northern Lights'' (Northern Lights album) * ''Northern Lights'' (Sissel album) (2007) * ''Northern Lights – Southern Cross'', a 1975 album by the Band * ''Northern Lights'', a 1996 EP by Klaus Waldeck * ''Northern Lights'', a 2016 album by Zeds Dead
==== Songs ==== * "Northern Light" (song), by Basshunter, 2012 * Northern Lights (Death Cab for Cutie song), 2018 * "Northern Lights", by Dala from ''Everyone Is Someone'', 2009 * "Northern Lights", by DZ Deathrays, 2014 * "Northern Lights", by Ella Henderson from her second album ''Everything I Didn't Say'', 2022 * "Northern Lights", by Goldenhorse from ''Riverhead'', 2002 * "Northern Lights", by Hunter Brothers from ''State of Mind'', 2019 * "Northern Lights" (Megumi Hayashibara song), 2002 * "Northern Lights" (Renaissance song), 1978 * "Northern Lights", by St. Vincent from ''Strange Mercy'', 2011 * "Northern Lights", by Soft Cell, 2018 * "Northern Lights", by Thirty Seconds to Mars from ''Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams'', 2013 * "Northern Lights", by Timo Tolkki from ''Classical Variations and Themes'', 1994 * "Northern Lights", by Sentenced from ''North from Here'', 1993 * "Northern Lites", by Super Furry Animals, 1999
==Businesses and organisations== * Northern Lights Casino, in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada * Northern Lights College, in British Columbia, Canada * Northern Lights Community School, in Warba, Minnesota, U.S. * Northern Light Group, an American knowledge management company ** its "Northern Light", an early Web search engine (1996–2002) * Northern Lights Secondary School, in Moosonee, Ontario, Canada * Northern Lights Shopping Center, in Economy, Pennsylvania, U.S.
== Transportation== * ''Northern Light'' (clipper), an American ship 1851–1862 * ''Northern Light'' (sternwheeler), active on Puget Sound in the 1900s * ''Northern Light'' (pilot boat), an American pilot boat * SS ''Northern Lights'', later SS ''El Faro'', an American cargo ship * Northern Lights (train), a named British passenger train * Northern Lights Express, a proposed American passenger train * Northern Light (spacecraft), a concept mission for a robotic mission to Mars
== Other uses == * Northern Lights (cannabis), a strain of cannabis * Northern Lights (carbon capture project), in Norway * Northern Lights (football team), in New Zealand * Northern Lights (pipeline), in Russia and Belarus * The Northern Lights (whiskey), a blended Canadian whisky * Northern Lights suplex, a move in professional wrestling * Northern Lights, a codename an eMac computer model * County of Northern Lights, a municipal district in Alberta, Canada * Operation Northern Lights, a 2006 U.S. military operation in Iraq
== See also == {{srt}} * ''The Golden Compass'' (film), a 2007 film adaption ''Northern Lights'' by Philip Pullman * Noorderlicht, meaning Northern Light, an annual Dutch photographic festival * Northern Lighthouse Board, formerly Commissioners of Northern Light Houses, the lighthouse authority for Scotland * Northern Lights Cathedral, in Troms county, Norway * Northern Lights Council of the Boy Scouts of America * Northern Light is a former search engine (1996–2002), see Northern_Light_Group * Southern Lights (disambiguation) {{disambiguation}}