Uavhengig av om forskuddet kom, står utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet i reiseregningen.

Uavhengig av means independent of or, more naturally in English, regardless of.

In this sentence, uavhengig av om forskuddet kom means:

regardless of whether the advance came/arrived

It introduces something that does not affect the main statement. In other words, whether the advance was received or not, the rest of the sentence still applies.

Here, om means whether, not if in the conditional sense.

• om = whether
• hvis = if for a condition

After uavhengig av, Norwegian normally uses om:

• uavhengig av om forskuddet kom = regardless of whether the advance arrived

Using hvis here would sound less natural or wrong in standard usage, because the sentence is not really setting up a condition. It is saying that the main point is true no matter which of two possibilities is the case.

Kom is the past tense of komme (to come).

It is used because the sentence refers to whether the advance did arrive / was received at some earlier point. Even though the main verb står is in the present tense, the subordinate clause can refer to a past event.

So the timing is roughly:

• forskuddet kom = the advance came / arrived
• står ... i reiseregningen = is stated in the travel expense report

This kind of mixed time reference is completely normal.

Forskudd means advance, often in the sense of an advance payment.

The form forskuddet is the definite singular:

• et forskudd = an advance
• forskuddet = the advance

In this context, it likely means money paid in advance before a trip or expense claim is settled.

Utlegg usually means an outlay, expense, or more specifically an amount someone has paid out of pocket.

So:

• et utlegg = an out-of-pocket expense
• utlegget = the out-of-pocket expense

This is common in workplace or reimbursement language. It refers to money the traveler paid themselves and expects to have reimbursed later.

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

It can be broken down like this:

• hjemkomst = return / arrival back home
• tidspunkt = point in time / time
• hjemkomsttidspunktet = the time of return

The ending -et makes it definite:

• et hjemkomsttidspunkt = a return time
• hjemkomsttidspunktet = the return time

So yes, it is long, but it is just several smaller parts joined into one noun.

Norwegian often uses the definite form where English might also use the:

• forskuddet = the advance
• utlegget = the expense/outlay
• hjemkomsttidspunktet = the return time
• reiseregningen = the travel expense claim/report

This suggests that these are specific, known items in the context, not just any advance or any expense.

That makes sense in administrative language, where people are talking about a particular reimbursement case.

This is because Norwegian follows the V2 rule: the finite verb normally comes in second position in main clauses.

The sentence begins with a fronted phrase:

Uavhengig av om forskuddet kom,

Because that whole phrase takes the first position, the finite verb must come next:

står

Then the subject follows:

utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet

So the structure is:

1. fronted phrase
2. finite verb
3. subject
4. rest of sentence

If you remove the fronted phrase, the more basic order would be:

Utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet står i reiseregningen.

In Norwegian, stå is often used for text or information that appears somewhere in writing.

So:

• Det står i avisen = It says in the newspaper
• Det står i kontrakten = It is stated in the contract

Here:

står utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet i reiseregningen

means that the expense and the return time are listed / are written / are stated in the travel expense report.

This is very idiomatic Norwegian.

Reiseregning is a common Norwegian term for a travel expense claim, travel reimbursement form, or travel expense report.

It is another compound noun:

• reise = travel
• regning = bill / account / statement

In practice, reiseregning usually refers to the document used to report travel expenses and claim reimbursement.

The form reiseregningen means the travel expense claim/report.

Yes. The subject is:

utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet
= the expense and the return time

The verb is:

står

And the location of the information is:

i reiseregningen
= in the travel expense report

So the core of the sentence is:

Utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet står i reiseregningen.

In Norwegian, present-tense verbs do not change according to person or number.

So the same form står is used with:

• utlegget står = the expense stands/is stated
• utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet står = the expense and the return time stand/are stated

Unlike English, Norwegian does not need a different present-tense verb form for plural subjects.

Yes. In English, came is often too literal here.

In administrative or payment-related contexts, forskuddet kom can be understood as:

• the advance arrived
• the advance was received
• the advance came through

So although the basic verb is come, the natural English meaning depends on context.

Yes, very much so.

Words like:

• forskudd
• utlegg
• hjemkomsttidspunkt
• reiseregning

belong to formal, workplace, accounting, or HR-related language. This is not the kind of sentence you are likely to hear in casual everyday conversation unless someone is specifically discussing reimbursements, business travel, or paperwork.

Yes. A more basic version would be:

Utlegget og hjemkomsttidspunktet står i reiseregningen, uavhengig av om forskuddet kom.

That means essentially the same thing. The original sentence starts with uavhengig av om forskuddet kom to emphasize that this point is true regardless of whether the advance arrived.

So the original word order gives extra focus to that idea.