Vil dere heller bruke gulvbeskytteren enn å flytte sofaen uten den?

Because this is a yes/no question. In Norwegian, yes/no questions are usually made by putting the finite verb first.

• Statement: Dere vil heller bruke gulvbeskytteren ...
• Question: Vil dere heller bruke gulvbeskytteren ... ?

So the word order changes, even though the basic meaning stays the same.

Here vil dere means something like do you want to or would you rather when speaking to more than one person.

Even though vil can sometimes relate to future meaning, in this sentence it is mainly about wanting or preference, not simple future.

Dere means you when talking to more than one person.

So:

• du = you (one person)
• dere = you (two or more people)

If you were speaking to just one person, the sentence would begin:

Vil du heller bruke gulvbeskytteren ... ?

Heller ... enn ... is the Norwegian pattern for rather ... than ....

So in this sentence:

• heller = rather
• enn = than

Together, they set up a comparison of preference:

• bruke gulvbeskytteren = use the floor protector
• enn å flytte sofaen uten den = rather than move the sofa without it

A simple example:

• Jeg vil heller gå enn å kjøre.
• I would rather walk than drive.

With a verb like vil, adverbs such as heller usually come before the main infinitive verb.

So you get:

• dere vil heller bruke
• not usually dere vil bruke heller in this meaning

In the question, vil moves to the front, but heller stays in its normal position inside the rest of the sentence:

• Vil dere heller bruke ... ?

Because bruke comes after vil, and modal verbs like vil are followed by a bare infinitive:

• vil bruke
• kan bruke
• skal bruke

But after enn, Norwegian often uses å + infinitive for the second action:

• enn å flytte

So the contrast is:

• vil bruke
• enn å flytte

Gulvbeskytteren is the definite singular form of gulvbeskytter, a compound noun.

It is made from:

• gulv = floor
• beskytter = protector

So en gulvbeskytter means a floor protector, and gulvbeskytteren means the floor protector.

Norwegian often builds long compound nouns like this.

The ending -en marks the definite singular form for many common gender nouns.

For example:

• en sofa → sofaen
• en stol → stolen
• en gulvbeskytter → gulvbeskytteren

So instead of adding a separate word for the, Norwegian often adds the definiteness to the end of the noun.

Sofaen means the sofa. The speaker is referring to a specific sofa, not just any sofa in general.

That is very common in Norwegian: if both speaker and listener know which thing is meant, the noun is usually definite.

So:

• sofa = sofa (rare on its own in this kind of sentence)
• en sofa = a sofa
• sofaen = the sofa

Uten den means without it.

Here den is a pronoun referring back to a noun that has already been mentioned. In context, it refers to gulvbeskytteren.

So:

• gulvbeskytteren = the floor protector
• den = it

One thing to notice: grammar alone does not completely prove which noun den refers to, because both sofa and gulvbeskytter are common-gender nouns. The context tells you it means the floor protector.

Yes. You could say:

... uten gulvbeskytteren

That would be more explicit, but it sounds more repetitive. Using den is natural once the noun is already clear from context.

In this kind of sentence, enn å flytte is the normal and expected form. The å introduces the infinitive phrase clearly.

So learners should treat heller ... enn å + infinitive as a very useful pattern:

• heller spise enn å vente
• heller gå enn å kjøre
• heller bruke gulvbeskytteren enn å flytte sofaen uten den

Yes, it is natural. It sounds like a practical suggestion or a preference question.

A speaker is basically asking whether the group would prefer using the floor protector instead of moving the sofa without it.

A different but also natural way to phrase it would be:

Vil dere bruke gulvbeskytteren i stedet for å flytte sofaen uten den?

But the original sentence is completely fine.

You would replace dere with du:

Vil du heller bruke gulvbeskytteren enn å flytte sofaen uten den?

Everything else can stay the same.

Not in every situation, but in this sentence it matches rather very well.

Heller often expresses:

• rather
• instead
• preferably

But you should learn it through patterns, especially:

• heller ... enn ... = rather ... than ...

That will help you use it more naturally.