Møtet var fredelig.

The base noun is et møte, which means a meeting.

• møte = meeting
• et = the indefinite article a/an for a neuter noun

When Norwegian makes this noun definite, it usually adds the article to the end of the noun:

• et møte = a meeting
• møtet = the meeting

So -et here is the definite ending for a singular neuter noun.

Because Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

So:

• møtet already means the meeting
• you do not need a separate word for the

This is a very common feature of Norwegian nouns.

Var is the past tense of å være (to be).

• er = is / am / are
• var = was / were

So:

• Møtet er fredelig = The meeting is peaceful
• Møtet var fredelig = The meeting was peaceful

That is a very good question, because many Norwegian adjectives do add -t with neuter singular nouns:

• et stort møte = a big meeting
• møtet var stort = the meeting was big

But adjectives ending in -ig often do not add an extra -t in this kind of sentence.

So you get:

• et fredelig møte
• møtet var fredelig

not fredeligt

This is something learners usually just have to get used to by seeing a lot of examples.

The sentence follows a very common pattern:

subject + verb + adjective

Here:

• Møtet = subject
• var = verb
• fredelig = adjective describing the subject

This is similar to English in sentences like The meeting was peaceful.

It is a predicative adjective. That means it comes after a linking verb such as å være (to be) and describes the subject.

So in:

Møtet var fredelig

the adjective fredelig describes møtet.

Compare that with an adjective directly before a noun:

• et fredelig møte = a peaceful meeting

That is the attributive use.

Yes. Depending on context, fredelig can mean things like:

• peaceful
• calm
• nonviolent

In a sentence about a meeting, it usually suggests that the meeting happened without conflict, aggression, or serious tension.

A rough guide is MØ-teh, with the stress on the first syllable.

The tricky part is ø. English does not have an exact equivalent. A useful tip is:

• say something like eh
• while rounding your lips

If you know other languages, it is similar to:

• German ö
• French eu in peu

A rough pronunciation is FREH-de-li, with stress on the first syllable.

A useful thing to know is that the written g in -ig is often very weak or not clearly pronounced in many varieties of Norwegian. So learners may hear something closer to fredeli than a strong final g.

Grammatically, yes, but it would usually sound less natural unless the context really calls for it.

• Møtet var fredelig = The meeting was peaceful
  This refers to a specific meeting already known in the conversation.

• Et møte var fredelig = A meeting was peaceful
  This sounds more like you are introducing an unspecified meeting, which is less common by itself.

A more natural sequence would be:

• Vi hadde et møte. Det var fredelig.
  We had a meeting. It was peaceful.

It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

In Norwegian, ordinary nouns are not capitalized just because they are nouns. So if the word appeared in the middle of a sentence, it would normally be written møtet, not Møtet.

In a basic statement, yes: subject + verb + complement is very common.

So:

• Møtet var fredelig

is the normal straightforward order.

But Norwegian also has the verb-second rule, so if something else comes first, the verb still stays in second position:

• I går var møtet fredelig. = Yesterday, the meeting was peaceful.

So the sentence you have is the basic, simple version.