Programendringen gjelder dels lydsjekken, dels artistgarderoben.

Dels ... dels ... means something like partly ... partly ..., in part ... in part ..., or sometimes both ... and ..., depending on context.

In this sentence, it shows that the program change affects two areas:

• lydsjekken
• artistgarderoben

A natural English rendering is often The program change concerns both the sound check and the artists’ dressing room or The program change partly concerns the sound check and partly the artists’ dressing room.

Programendringen is a compound noun, which is very common in Norwegian.

It is made up of:

• program = program, schedule
• endring = change
• -en = the

So:

• programendring = program change
• programendringen = the program change

Norwegian often joins nouns into a single word where English would usually use two or more words.

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. Norwegian often puts the at the end of the word instead of using a separate word like English does.

So:

• lydsjekk = sound check
• lydsjekken = the sound check

and:

• artistgarderobe = artist dressing room
• artistgarderoben = the artist dressing room / the artists’ dressing room

This sentence is referring to specific things, so the definite forms are used.

Gjelder means concerns, applies to, or has to do with.

So Programendringen gjelder ... means:

• The program change concerns ...
• The program change applies to ...

It is a very common verb in formal and everyday Norwegian.

Examples:

• Dette gjelder alle ansatte. = This applies to all employees.
• Regelen gjelder ikke her. = The rule does not apply here.

Because gjelder normally takes a direct object in Norwegian.

So you say:

• Endringen gjelder lydsjekken.

Not:

• Endringen gjelder for lydsjekken in this kind of meaning

This is different from English, where learners may expect something like concerns about or applies to. In Norwegian, gjelder often works directly with the noun.

The comma separates the two parallel parts of the dels ... dels ... structure.

It helps show the pairing clearly:

• dels lydsjekken
• dels artistgarderoben

This is especially common in written Norwegian. It makes the sentence easier to read and highlights that the statement is divided into two parts.

It is grammatically singular:

• artistgarderobe = an artist dressing room
• artistgarderoben = the artist dressing room

But in real use, a word like this can refer to a dressing room used by one or more performers, depending on context. Norwegian compounds often use a singular form in the first part even when English might naturally say artists’.

So artistgarderoben does not have to mean only one artist is involved.

Norwegian usually expresses this kind of relationship with a compound noun rather than a possessive structure.

So instead of something like:

• the artist’s dressing room

Norwegian often prefers:

• artistgarderobe

This is very common:

• barnebok = children’s book / child book
• skolebuss = school bus
• sommerferie = summer holiday

The first noun works like a label describing the second noun.

Not always. That is the basic idea, but in English the most natural translation depends on the sentence.

In this sentence, partly ... partly ... is possible, but many English speakers would more naturally say:

• The program change affects both the sound check and the artists’ dressing room

So dels ... dels ... can sometimes feel closer to:

• partly ... partly ...
• in part ... in part ...
• both ... and ...

You choose the English wording that sounds most natural in context.

The sentence follows normal Norwegian main-clause word order:

• Programendringen = subject
• gjelder = verb
• dels lydsjekken, dels artistgarderoben = what the change concerns

So the pattern is basically:

• Subject + verb + rest

This is very standard Norwegian word order. Nothing unusual is happening with inversion here.

Yes. A simpler version could be:

• Programendringen gjelder lydsjekken og artistgarderoben.

That means:

• The program change concerns the sound check and the artists’ dressing room.

Using dels ... dels ... sounds a bit more formal, structured, or written. It emphasizes that the issue has two separate parts.