Innreguleringsrapporten følger innreguleringen.

Because Norwegian, like German, often forms compound nouns by writing them as one word.

So innreguleringsrapporten can be broken down like this:

• innregulering = adjustment / regulation / balancing, depending on context
• rapport = report
• -en = the definite ending for a singular common-gender noun

So the whole word means something like the innregulering report or the adjustment report, depending on the context you were given.

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often uses several separate words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.

That -s- is a linking element used in many Norwegian compounds.

Here:

• innregulering
• s
• rapport

This -s- does not usually have a meaning by itself. It just helps connect the parts of the compound in a natural-sounding way.

You will see this in many Norwegian compound nouns, for example:

• arbeidsdag = workday
• sikkerhetskontroll = security check
• utviklingsplan = development plan

So in innreguleringsrapporten, the -s- is there because that is the natural compound form.

Because both nouns are in the definite singular form.

• rapport → rapporten = the report
• innregulering → innreguleringen = the innregulering / the adjustment

In Norwegian, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like English the.

So:

• en rapport = a report
• rapporten = the report

and

• en innregulering = an innregulering / an adjustment
• innreguleringen = the innregulering / the adjustment

Because Norwegian usually expresses the by adding an ending to the noun.

This is one of the biggest differences from English.

Compare:

• English: the report

• Norwegian: rapporten

• English: the adjustment
• Norwegian: innreguleringen

So in this sentence, the is already built into:

• innreguleringsrapporten
• innreguleringen

A separate article is not needed here.

Følger is the present tense of the verb å følge.

• å følge = to follow
• følger = follows / is following

So the sentence is in the present tense.

Some useful forms:

• å følge = to follow
• følger = follows
• fulgte = followed
• har fulgt = has/have followed

No. Å følge is broader than that.

It can mean:

• to follow physically
• to come after
• to accompany
• to be included with
• to follow a rule or instruction

In a sentence like this, it may very well mean something more like:

• comes after
• accompanies
• is provided with

The exact nuance depends on the context. So even though the basic verb is follow, you should not assume it always means literal movement behind something.

The sentence has a very basic subject–verb–object structure:

• Innreguleringsrapporten = subject
• følger = verb
• innreguleringen = object

So literally:

• The innregulering report
  • follows
    • the innregulering

This is a normal Norwegian main clause word order. It also follows the rule that the finite verb comes in the second position in a main clause.

Both nouns here are treated as common gender nouns in Bokmål.

That is why they use:

• en rapport
• rapporten

and

• en innregulering
• innreguleringen

In Bokmål, many nouns are either:

• common gender with en / -en
• neuter with et / -et

Here, the -en ending shows that these are common-gender singular definite forms.

A rough learner-friendly guide is:

• følger ≈ FUHL-ger, but with the Norwegian vowel ø, which does not exist exactly in English

A few pronunciation notes:

• fø has the vowel ø, similar to the vowel in French deux or German schön
• lg in følger is pronounced clearly enough for learners as something like lg, though natural speech may sound smoother than spelling suggests
• the stress is on the first syllable: FØL-ger

If you want to sound more natural, the most important thing is getting reasonably close to the ø sound.

Not really for most learners. It sounds fairly technical or specialized, especially in contexts like construction, ventilation, heating systems, or other professional documentation.

That means two useful things for a learner:

• You do not need to expect this word in ordinary daily conversation.
• It is normal that it looks difficult, because it belongs to more specialized vocabulary.

With technical Norwegian, it is especially helpful to:

• identify the base noun
• spot compound structure
• notice the definite ending

That lets you understand the grammar even when the vocabulary itself is specialized.