I motsetning til ladepunktet hjemme har hurtigladeren en ladepistol.

Unlike the charging point at home, the fast charger has a charging gun.

Breakdown of I motsetning til ladepunktet hjemme har hurtigladeren en ladepistol.

• ha: to have
• en: a
• hjemme: at home
• hurtigladeren: the fast charger

Questions & Answers about I motsetning til ladepunktet hjemme har hurtigladeren en ladepistol.

Why does har come before hurtigladeren in this sentence?

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

Here, I motsetning til ladepunktet hjemme is placed first in the sentence, so the verb har must come next:

• I motsetning til ladepunktet hjemme
  • har
    • hurtigladeren
      • en ladepistol

If you started with the subject instead, it would be:

• Hurtigladeren har en ladepistol.

So the fronted contrast phrase causes the subject to move after the verb.

What does I motsetning til mean, and is it a fixed expression?

Yes, i motsetning til is a very common fixed expression meaning:

• in contrast to
• unlike
• as opposed to

So:

• I motsetning til ladepunktet hjemme ... = Unlike the charging point at home ...

You should learn it as a chunk, because Norwegian often uses it exactly this way.

Why is it ladepunktet and hurtigladeren, but en ladepistol?