Hvis der er et problem, skal vi ordne det med det samme.

Hvis means if and introduces a subordinate clause.

So the sentence has two parts:

• Hvis der er et problem = subordinate clause
• skal vi ordne det med det samme = main clause

A subordinate clause gives the condition, and the main clause gives the result or consequence.

This is very common in Danish:

• Hvis du kommer, bliver jeg glad.
• Hvis det regner, bliver vi hjemme.

Here, der er is the Danish way to say there is / there are when introducing the existence of something.

So:

• der er et problem = there is a problem

But det er et problem usually means it is a problem, where det refers to something already mentioned or understood.

Compare:

• Der er et problem. = A problem exists.
• Det er et problem. = That is a problem.

So in this sentence, der er is the natural choice because the sentence is introducing the existence of a problem.

Because problem is a neuter noun in Danish, so it takes et in the singular indefinite form.

Danish nouns are mainly either:

• en-words (common gender)
• et-words (neuter)

So:

• et problem
• problemet = the problem

This also affects the pronoun later in the sentence:

• ordne det = fix it

The pronoun det matches the neuter noun problem.

This is because of Danish word order.

In a main clause, Danish normally puts the finite verb in the second position. This is often called the V2 rule.

If the sentence started directly with the subject, you would get:

• Vi skal ordne det med det samme.

But here the sentence starts with the subordinate clause:

• Hvis der er et problem, ...

Because that whole clause takes the first position, the finite verb of the main clause must come next:

• Hvis der er et problem, skal vi ordne det med det samme.

So the order becomes:

1. fronted clause
2. finite verb: skal
3. subject: vi

In this sentence, skal expresses necessity / obligation / what is supposed to happen.

Depending on context, it can be translated as:

• must
• should
• need to
• sometimes shall

Here it means something like:

• we must deal with it immediately
• we should fix it right away

So skal is not just a future marker here. It carries the idea that this is what ought to be done.

Also, like English modal verbs, skal is followed by the infinitive:

• skal ordne

Ordne is a very common Danish verb with a broad meaning: arrange, sort out, fix, deal with.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• fix it
• deal with it
• sort it out

It is a bit broader and less specific than some other verbs.

For example:

• ordne et problem = deal with / fix a problem
• løse et problem = solve a problem

So løse focuses more on finding the solution, while ordne can sound more practical and general.

They do two different jobs.

1. ordne det

   • Here det means it
   • It refers back to et problem

2. med det samme

   • Here det is part of the fixed expression med det samme
   • This whole phrase means immediately / right away

So the second det is not a separate pronoun referring to the problem in the same direct way. It belongs to an idiomatic phrase.

Yes, med det samme is a fixed expression meaning:

• immediately
• right away
• at once

You should learn it as a chunk.

Literally, it looks like with the same, but that literal meaning is not how you should understand it here. In normal use, it just means without delay.

Similar Danish expressions include:

• straks = immediately
• lige med det samme = right away / immediately

So in this sentence:

• skal vi ordne det med det samme means
• we should deal with it immediately

The comma separates the subordinate clause from the main clause.

• Hvis der er et problem, = subordinate clause
• skal vi ordne det med det samme. = main clause

In Danish, when a subordinate clause comes first, it is separated from the main clause with a comma.

So the comma helps show the structure of the sentence.

No, that would be incorrect in standard Danish.

Once the sentence begins with something other than the subject of the main clause — here, the whole hvis-clause — the main clause still follows Danish V2 word order:

• Hvis der er et problem, skal vi ordne det med det samme.

Not:

• Hvis der er et problem, vi skal ordne det med det samme.

So the inversion is required:

• skal vi, not vi skal

Yes. Ordne det can be slightly broader and more practical than solve it.

It may mean:

• handle it
• take care of it
• sort it out
• fix it

So it does not always imply a perfect, final solution in a technical sense. It often means that the people involved will deal with the issue properly and promptly.

That is why it sounds natural in everyday Danish.

This sentence is singular because it says:

• et problem = a problem

If you wanted the plural, you could say:

• Hvis der er problemer, skal vi ordne dem med det samme.

Notice the changes:

• problemer = problems
• dem = them

So the pronoun changes too:

• singular neuter: det
• plural: dem