Mva-meldingen leveres digitalt.

mva is the common abbreviation for merverdiavgift, which is Norwegian for VAT.

In everyday and official Norwegian, abbreviations like this are very common, especially in administrative or business language. So a learner will often see mva instead of the full word.

The hyphen is used because mva is an abbreviation attached to another noun, melding.

In Norwegian, when an abbreviation is the first part of a compound noun, a hyphen is very often used for clarity:

• mva-melding
• tv-serie
• it-avdeling

So mva-meldingen is a normal written form meaning the VAT return/report.

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular.

The base noun is melding = message / report / return.
Then:

• en melding = a message/report
• meldingen = the message/report

So in mva-meldingen, the last part carries the definite ending, which is how Norwegian compounds normally work:

• mva-melding = a VAT return
• mva-meldingen = the VAT return

leveres is a passive form.

The verb is å levere.
Compare:

• leverer = delivers / submits or is delivering in an active sense
• leveres = is delivered / is submitted

In this sentence, the focus is not on who submits it, but on the general rule or procedure. That is very common in instructions, regulations, and administrative language.

So Mva-meldingen leveres digitalt is the kind of thing you might see in an official guide or on a government website.

This is the -s passive, which is common in Norwegian, especially in formal or general statements.

From å levere:

• active present: leverer
• passive present: leveres

Norwegian also has another common passive type using bli:

• Mva-meldingen blir levert digitalt

Both can mean roughly the same thing, but the -s passive often sounds a bit more formal, compact, or administrative.

Here digitalt functions adverbially, meaning something like digitally.

The adjective is digital, but Norwegian often uses the neuter form of an adjective as an adverb:

• digital = digital
• digitalt = digitally / in a digital way

So:

• en digital løsning = a digital solution
• Det gjøres digitalt = It is done digitally

In your sentence, digitalt tells us how the VAT return is submitted.

This is normal Norwegian main-clause word order:

subject + verb + adverbial

So:

• Mva-meldingen = subject
• leveres = verb
• digitalt = adverbial

This is the most neutral order for a simple statement.

Norwegian does allow other word orders for emphasis, but this version is the standard, straightforward one.

It is treated as one compound noun, even though a hyphen appears in writing.

Norwegian strongly prefers compound nouns, where English often uses separate words. So English might say:

• VAT return

But Norwegian builds that into one unit:

• mva-melding
• mva-meldingen

Because the first element is an abbreviation, the hyphen makes the compound easier to read.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and administrative.

Two things contribute to that:

• the noun mva-meldingen, which belongs to tax/business vocabulary
• the passive form leveres, which is common in instructions and official information

A more everyday, less formal version might use an active subject, for example:

• Du leverer mva-meldingen digitalt
• Man leverer mva-meldingen digitalt

But the original sentence is very natural in official Norwegian.

Yes. You may see both mva and MVA in real Norwegian.

Both are used, especially in business and government contexts. The lowercase form mva is very common in running text, while MVA may appear in headings, forms, or places where abbreviations are styled more visibly.

So depending on the source, you might see:

• mva-meldingen
• MVA-meldingen

Both are recognizable and normal.