Sikkerhetsinformasjonen viser livbåten og redningsflåten.

Because Norwegian very often builds nouns as compounds, and compounds are normally written as one word.

Here, Sikkerhetsinformasjonen is made up of:

• sikkerhet = safety
• -s- = a linking sound often used in compounds
• informasjon = information
• -en = the definite ending, roughly the

So the structure is basically:

sikkerhet + s + informasjon + en
= the safety information

This is very normal in Norwegian.

In Norwegian, the is usually added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front.

So:

• informasjon = information

• informasjonen = the information

• livbåt = lifeboat

• livbåten = the lifeboat

• redningsflåte = life raft / rescue raft
• redningsflåten = the life raft

So in this sentence, the definiteness is shown by the endings -en, not by a separate word like English the.

Viser is the present tense of the verb å vise, which means to show.

So:

• å vise = to show
• viser = shows / is showing

A useful thing for English speakers: Norwegian verbs do not change according to the subject the way English verbs sometimes do.

For example:

• jeg viser = I show
• du viser = you show
• han viser = he shows
• de viser = they show

The form viser stays the same.

Because they are in the definite singular form.

Their basic forms are:

• en livbåt = a lifeboat
• en redningsflåte = a life raft / rescue raft

When they become definite, you get:

• livbåten = the lifeboat
• redningsflåten = the life raft

So the sentence is talking about specific items being shown, not just lifeboats and life rafts in general.

They are related but not identical.

• livbåt = lifeboat
• redningsflåte = life raft / rescue raft

A livbåt is a boat used for evacuation.
A redningsflåte is a raft, usually inflatable or simpler in structure than a boat.

So Norwegian distinguishes between the two, just as English does.

That s is a linking s, which is very common in Norwegian compounds.

Examples here:

• sikkerhet + informasjon → sikkerhetsinformasjon
• redning + flåte → redningsflåte

It does not mean possession like English 's.
It is just part of how compound words are often formed.

Not every compound uses a linking s, but many do, and this is something learners need to get used to.

Yes. This is the normal word order for a main clause:

Subject + verb + object

So here:

• Sikkerhetsinformasjonen = subject
• viser = verb
• livbåten og redningsflåten = object

This is a very standard pattern.

Also, Norwegian is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position in main clauses. In this sentence, that happens naturally because the subject comes first.

Grammatically, bare forms like that can appear in very special styles, such as headings, labels, or very compressed technical language. But in a normal full sentence, it would sound unnatural.

The sentence you have is natural because it refers to specific things:

• Sikkerhetsinformasjonen = the safety information
• livbåten = the lifeboat
• redningsflåten = the life raft

So the definite forms are the expected choice here.

In this sentence, all three nouns are treated with the definite ending -en, so they are behaving as en-words here.

You can think of them like this:

• en informasjon → informasjonen
• en livbåt → livbåten
• en redningsflåte → redningsflåten

A small note: in Bokmål, some nouns can vary by dialect or style, especially nouns ending in -e. But for this sentence, the forms with -en are the ones being used, and they are completely standard.

Yes, it is singular.

Norwegian often uses informasjon as a singular noun, and here the sentence refers to a specific set of safety information, so sikkerhetsinformasjonen means the safety information.

Even though English information is uncountable, Norwegian can still use the definite singular form very naturally in this kind of context.