Risikovurderingen begynner nå.

It is a compound noun:

• risiko = risk
• vurdering = assessment / evaluation
• -en = the definite ending, meaning the

So risikovurderingen literally means the risk assessment.

Norwegian very often forms long nouns by combining smaller words like this.

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun.

So:

• en risikovurdering = a risk assessment
• risikovurderingen = the risk assessment

This is very different from English, where the is a separate word.

The ending -en shows that the noun is:

• singular
• definite
• usually common gender in Bokmål

Here the base noun is en vurdering, so the definite singular form is vurderingen.

Since risikovurdering is built on vurdering, it also becomes risikovurderingen.

Begynner is the present tense of å begynne = to begin / to start.

So:

• å begynne = to begin
• begynner = begins / is beginning / starts

In this sentence, begynner nå means begins now or is starting now, depending on the English context.

Because Norwegian does not build the present tense the same way English often does.

English may say:

• The risk assessment begins now
• The risk assessment is beginning now

Norwegian can simply use the present tense:

• Risikovurderingen begynner nå.

So begynner can cover both begins and is beginning, depending on context.

Nå means now, and putting it at the end is very natural in Norwegian.

The sentence structure is:

• Risikovurderingen = subject
• begynner = verb
• nå = time adverb

This word order is completely normal:

• Risikovurderingen begynner nå.

You could sometimes move nå for emphasis, but the given version is the most neutral and natural.

Yes. That is also correct.

Both are natural, but they feel slightly different:

• Risikovurderingen begynner nå. = neutral statement, focusing on the risk assessment
• Nå begynner risikovurderingen. = slightly more emphasis on now

This happens because Norwegian often uses verb-second word order. If nå comes first, the verb must come next:

• Nå begynner risikovurderingen.

Not:

• Nå risikovurderingen begynner ❌

More or less, but probably not exactly the way an English speaker would guess.

A rough guide:

• begynner sounds approximately like beh-GIN-ner
• the y sound in Norwegian is not like normal English y
• it is a rounded vowel, something like saying ee while rounding your lips

So the hardest part for many learners is the y in begynner.

A rough English-friendly approximation is:

REE-see-koh-vur-deh-ring-en

But that is only approximate. A few things to notice:

• risi- in risiko is usually pronounced clearly, not reduced like in fast English
• vurdering has Norwegian r sounds, which may vary by dialect
• the stress is usually on parts that reflect the compound structure, especially -vurder-

Long compounds can feel intimidating, but Norwegians use them all the time.

It is neutral and works in both formal and everyday contexts.

It could appear in:

• a workplace announcement
• a training session
• a safety procedure
• a meeting
• a written notice

Nothing in the sentence is slangy or especially formal. It is standard Bokmål.

Yes. In many contexts, å begynne can be translated as either to begin or to start.

So this sentence could be rendered as:

• The risk assessment begins now.
• The risk assessment starts now.

The difference in English is usually stylistic, not grammatical.

The indefinite version would be:

• En risikovurdering begynner nå.

That means A risk assessment begins now.

Compare:

• En risikovurdering = a risk assessment
• Risikovurderingen = the risk assessment

So the sentence you were given is talking about a specific, known risk assessment.

This sentence is standard Bokmål.

In Nynorsk, you would more likely see:

• Risikovurderinga byrjar no.

Main differences:

• -en in Bokmål often becomes -a in Nynorsk for this kind of noun
• begynner in Bokmål is often byrjar in Nynorsk
• nå in Bokmål is often no in Nynorsk

So Risikovurderingen begynner nå. is clearly a Bokmål sentence.