Klageutfallet kommer etter klagebehandlingen.

Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

• klage + utfall = klageutfall
  literally something like complaint/appeal outcome
• klage + behandling = klagebehandling
  literally complaint/appeal processing

This is much more common in Norwegian than in English. Where English often uses two or three separate words, Norwegian often prefers one long noun.

So a native English speaker may want to split them up, but in Norwegian they are normally written as one word.

They show the definite form: the equivalent of the in English.

• utfall = outcome, result

• utfallet = the outcome, the result

• behandling = processing, handling, treatment
• behandlingen = the processing, the handling

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

In Norwegian, definiteness is usually built into the noun itself.

So instead of saying:

• the outcome
• the processing

Norwegian says:

• utfallet
• behandlingen

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice. The noun ending often does the job that the does in English.

It can be either, depending on context.

In everyday language, klage often means complaint.
In official or legal/administrative contexts, it can also mean appeal.

So:

• klagebehandling can mean complaint handling or appeal processing
• klageutfall can mean the outcome of the complaint or the outcome of the appeal

A learner should know that these kinds of administrative compounds can sound a bit formal or bureaucratic.

Grammatically, yes: kommer is the present tense of å komme = to come.

But in Norwegian, just like in English, come can be used in a broader way than physical movement. Here it means something like:

• comes
• arrives
• follows
• is given/shown later

So Klageutfallet kommer etter klagebehandlingen means that the outcome is something that appears or is available after the complaint/appeal has been processed.

Etter is the preposition meaning after.

So:

• etter klagebehandlingen = after the complaint/appeal processing

It introduces a time relationship. The sentence says that one thing happens later than another:

1. klagebehandlingen happens first
2. klageutfallet comes after that

Yes. It follows the standard pattern:

Subject + verb + adverbial

• Klageutfallet = subject
• kommer = verb
• etter klagebehandlingen = adverbial phrase

So it is a very normal sentence structure.

You could also front the time phrase:

• Etter klagebehandlingen kommer klageutfallet.

That is also correct, but because Norwegian is a V2 language, the verb still stays in second position.

V2 means verb second. In main clauses, the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

In the original sentence:

• Klageutfallet | kommer | etter klagebehandlingen

The verb kommer is second.

If you move another element to the front, the verb still stays second:

• Etter klagebehandlingen | kommer | klageutfallet

English learners often expect something closer to After the processing, the outcome comes, but Norwegian keeps the verb immediately after the first element.

That is because the nouns have different grammatical genders or noun classes.

• utfall is a neuter noun

  • indefinite: et utfall
  • definite: utfallet

• behandling is usually treated as a common-gender noun in Bokmål here

  • indefinite: en behandling
  • definite: behandlingen

So the definite ending depends on the noun:

• many neuter nouns: -et
• many common-gender nouns: -en

Yes, you could rewrite it in a less compact way, for example:

• Utfallet av klagen kommer etter behandlingen av klagen.

That is more expanded and perhaps easier for a learner to parse.

The original version is more compact and very typical of formal or administrative Norwegian, where compound nouns are common.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and somewhat bureaucratic/administrative.

Words like:

• klageutfall
• klagebehandling

are common in official texts, websites, regulations, or case-processing language.

In everyday conversation, a speaker might choose a simpler wording depending on the situation.

They would understand a simple sequence:

• first, the complaint/appeal is processed
• then, the outcome/result is given

So the sentence is mainly about order in time. It does not say anything by itself about how long the process takes, only that the result comes after the processing.

A useful tip is to break them into parts:

• klage-utfallet
• klage-behandlingen

Norwegian compounds are written as one word, but learners often understand and pronounce them more easily if they first identify the smaller pieces inside them.

Also, the main stress in compounds often falls strongly on the first element, though the exact rhythm can vary naturally in speech. The important thing for a learner is to recognize the parts:

• klage
• utfall
• behandling

That makes long written words much less intimidating.