Uansett om vi bruker bæreselen eller stroppen, flyttes flyttelasset.

Uansett om is a fixed expression meaning regardless of whether or no matter whether.

It introduces alternatives and says that the result in the main clause does not change.

So the structure is:

• Uansett om A eller B, skjer C
• Regardless of whether A or B, C happens

In this sentence, the idea is that the same thing happens whether one method is used or the other.

Because om here means whether, not if in the conditional sense.

Compare:

• om = whether
• hvis = if

In uansett om vi bruker bæreselen eller stroppen, the speaker is presenting two alternatives: the carrying harness or the strap.

If you used hvis, it would sound more like a condition. But this sentence is not really about a condition; it is about a choice between alternatives.

They are in the definite form because the sentence refers to specific things, not just any harness, strap, or load.

The endings show definiteness:

• en bæresele → bæreselen = the carrying harness
• en stropp → stroppen = the strap
• et flyttelass → flyttelasset = the moving load

A learner should also notice that the endings differ because of gender:

• common gender nouns often take -en
• neuter nouns often take -et

So flyttelasset has -et because flyttelass is neuter: et flyttelass.

Yes. Norwegian uses compound nouns very heavily, and they are usually written as one word.

Here:

• bære + sele → bæresele
• flytte + lass → flyttelass

A rough breakdown:

• bære = carry
• sele = harness
• flytte = move
• lass = load

So flyttelass is literally something like moving-load, meaning the load of items being moved.

Flyttes is the s-passive form of flytte in the present tense.

• flytte = to move
• flytter = moves / are moving
• flyttes = is moved / gets moved

Norwegian often forms the passive by adding -s to the verb.

So:

• Vi flytter flyttelasset = We move the load
• Flyttelasset flyttes = The load is moved

In your sentence, the passive is used to focus on the load being moved, not on the people doing the moving.

This is because of Norwegian verb-second word order in main clauses.

The first part, Uansett om vi bruker bæreselen eller stroppen, comes first as a subordinate clause. After that, the main clause must begin with the finite verb.

So the structure is:

• first element: Uansett om vi bruker bæreselen eller stroppen
• second element: flyttes
• then the subject: flyttelasset

That is why you get:

• Uansett om ..., flyttes flyttelasset.

If the sentence stood alone without that opening clause, you could say:

• Flyttelasset flyttes.

But after the fronted clause, inversion happens.

Norwegian often uses the present tense for:

• general truths
• routines
• instructions
• near-future situations

Here the sentence sounds general: no matter which tool is used, the load gets moved.

So even if the action may happen in the future, the present tense is perfectly natural.

In general:

• bæresele suggests some kind of carrying harness, sling, or carrier
• stropp means strap

So bæresele usually sounds like a fuller support system, while stropp can be just a strap or band.

The exact English translation depends on context, but grammatically both are just ordinary nouns here, and both are in the definite form.

Yes. A very natural active version would be:

• Uansett om vi bruker bæreselen eller stroppen, flytter vi flyttelasset.

That means the same basic thing, but the focus changes:

• active: focuses on we
• passive: focuses on the load

The original sentence chooses the passive to highlight the result rather than the people doing the action.

The comma separates the opening subordinate clause from the main clause.

So the pattern is:

• subordinate clause first
• comma
• main clause

Here:

• Uansett om vi bruker bæreselen eller stroppen,
• flyttes flyttelasset.

This is standard and helps show where the first clause ends and the main statement begins.