Klageinstansen kan stadfeste enkeltvedtaket.

The appeal body can uphold the individual administrative decision.

Breakdown of Klageinstansen kan stadfeste enkeltvedtaket.

• kunne: can
• enkeltvedtaket: the individual administrative decision
• klageinstansen: the appeal body
• stadfeste: to uphold a decision

Questions & Answers about Klageinstansen kan stadfeste enkeltvedtaket.

Why are klageinstansen and enkeltvedtaket written as single words?

Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as one word.

• klageinstansen = klage

  • instans
    • -en
  • klage = complaint / appeal
  • instans = authority, body, instance
  • -en = the
  • So the whole word means the appeals body or the appeal authority

• enkeltvedtaket = enkelt

  • vedtak
    • -et
  • enkelt = individual / single
  • vedtak = decision
  • -et = the
  • So it means the individual decision

This is very normal in Norwegian, especially in formal and legal language.

Why is there no separate word for the before the nouns?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun as a suffix.

So:

• instans = an authority/body
• instansen = the authority/body

and

• vedtak = a decision
• vedtaket = the decision

That is why you do not need a separate word like the in front here.

What exactly does klageinstansen mean?