På førstehjelpskurset snakker vi om skadestedet.

Because Norwegian main clauses follow the V2 rule: the finite verb usually comes in second position.

The basic word order is:

• Vi snakker om skadestedet. = We talk about the accident scene.

But when another element is moved to the front, the verb still stays second:

• På førstehjelpskurset
  • snakker
    • vi
      • om skadestedet

So På førstehjelpskurset snakker vi om skadestedet is normal Norwegian word order, not a question.

Literally, på førstehjelpskurset means at/on the first-aid course.

In Norwegian, på is often used for:

• courses
• events
• schools/classes in some contexts
• places or situations where English might use at

So:

• på kurset = at the course
• på møtet = at the meeting

Even though på often means on, you should not translate it too literally here. In this sentence, it is best understood as at the first-aid course.

Because Norwegian uses compound words very freely. What English writes as several words is often written as one word in Norwegian.

Here:

• førstehjelp = first aid
• kurs = course
• førstehjelpskurs = first-aid course
• førstehjelpskurset = the first-aid course

This is very common in Norwegian:

• sykehus = hospital
• barneskole = primary school
• arbeidsplass = workplace

So yes, the long word is completely normal.

Because kurs is a neuter noun in Norwegian:

• et kurs = a course
• kurset = the course

For many neuter nouns, the definite singular ending is -et.

Compare:

• et hus → huset
• et språk → språket
• et kurs → kurset

If it were a masculine noun, you would often get -en instead:

• en bil → bilen

Because -et makes it definite: the accident scene / the site of the injury.

Compare:

• et skadested = an accident scene / an injury site
• skadestedet = the accident scene / the injury site

Norwegian usually adds definiteness as an ending on the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

So:

• om skadestedet = about the accident scene not just
• om skadested = about an accident scene / about injury scene (less natural here)

It is another compound word:

• skade = injury, damage
• sted = place
• skadested = place where the injury/accident happened
• skadestedet = the place where the injury/accident happened

In first-aid language, skadestedet often means something like:

• the accident scene
• the scene of the injury
• the incident site

The exact English translation depends on context, but the Norwegian structure is clear: damage/injury + place.

Because the verb snakke often takes om when it means talk about.

• snakke om noe = talk about something
• snakke om skadestedet = talk about the accident scene

Compare:

• snakke med noen = talk with someone
• snakke til noen = speak to someone

So the preposition changes depending on the meaning:

• om = about
• med = with
• til = to

It is a statement.

A real yes/no question would usually have the verb first:

• Snakker vi om skadestedet på førstehjelpskurset? = Are we talking about the accident scene in the first-aid course?

Your sentence starts with a fronted phrase:

• På førstehjelpskurset snakker vi om skadestedet.

That means:

• first element: På førstehjelpskurset
• second element: snakker
• then subject: vi

So it is a normal declarative sentence with Norwegian V2 word order.

Yes. That is also grammatically correct.

• Vi snakker om skadestedet på førstehjelpskurset.
• På førstehjelpskurset snakker vi om skadestedet.

The difference is mainly focus.

Starting with På førstehjelpskurset emphasizes the setting: At the first-aid course...

Starting with Vi is more neutral and straightforward: We talk about the accident scene at the first-aid course.

Because Norwegian usually expresses the by adding an ending to the noun.

In this sentence:

• kurset = the course
• skadestedet = the accident scene

This is one of the biggest differences from English.

Compare:

• et kurs = a course

• kurset = the course

• et skadested = an accident scene
• skadestedet = the accident scene

So English uses a separate article (the), while Norwegian often uses a suffix.

A more direct structural breakdown would be:

• På førstehjelpskurset = at the first-aid course
• snakker = talk
• vi = we
• om skadestedet = about the accident scene

So the sentence structure is roughly:

At the first-aid course, talk we about the accident scene

That is not good English, of course, but it helps show how Norwegian is built:

1. fronted time/place phrase
2. verb
3. subject
4. rest of the sentence

That pattern is very common in Norwegian.