Nøkkelkopien bestilles med sikkerhetskortet.

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, nøkkel + kopi becomes nøkkelkopi = a key copy / duplicate key.

Then the definite ending is added:

• en nøkkelkopi = a key copy
• nøkkelkopien = the key copy

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

Those are definite singular endings, and they depend on the gender of the noun.

• kopi takes the definite form kopien in this sentence
• kort is a neuter noun, so kortet means the card

Since compounds take their gender from the last part:

• nøkkelkopi follows kopi → nøkkelkopien
• sikkerhetskort follows kort → sikkerhetskortet

So the different endings are not random; they reflect the noun type.

That s is a very common linking sound in Norwegian compounds.

The word is built from:

• sikkerhet = security
• kort = card

Together they become sikkerhetskort.

This -s- does not have a separate meaning by itself. It just helps link the two parts into a natural-sounding compound. You will see this often in Norwegian, for example in words like arbeidsplass or sikkerhetsvakt.

Here, -s marks the passive.

• bestiller = orders / is ordering
• bestilles = is ordered / can be ordered

So bestilles is the passive form of bestille in the present tense.

This -s is not the same as the linking -s- in sikkerhetskort. They just happen to look alike:

• in bestilles, it is a verb ending
• in sikkerhetskort, it is part of a compound noun

Norwegian has two common ways to make the passive:

• s-passive: bestilles
• bli-passive: blir bestilt

Both can be correct, but they are used a little differently.

In instructions, notices, rules, and formal written language, the s-passive is very common because it is short and impersonal. That fits this sentence well.

So Nøkkelkopien bestilles med sikkerhetskortet sounds like a standard instruction or procedure.

Here med means with / by using.

It tells you the means or tool used to do something. The idea is that the security card is used in the ordering process.

So this is not with in the sense of accompaniment, like I came with my friend. It is with in the sense of using something.

Because the sentence is probably referring to a specific, known security card.

In context, that usually means the security card connected to the lock system, building, or customer account. Norwegian often uses the definite form when the thing is understood from the situation.

So:

• et sikkerhetskort = a security card, any one
• sikkerhetskortet = the security card, the specific one relevant here

Because in a passive sentence, the thing affected by the action becomes the grammatical subject.

In an active version, you might have something like:

• Du bestiller nøkkelkopien med sikkerhetskortet
• Man bestiller nøkkelkopien med sikkerhetskortet

In the passive version, nøkkelkopien moves into the subject position:

• Nøkkelkopien bestilles med sikkerhetskortet

So the sentence starts with the thing being ordered, not the person doing the ordering.

Not necessarily.

Grammatically, it is present tense, but in sentences like this it often describes a general rule, standard procedure, or instruction rather than an action happening at this exact moment.

So depending on context, it can feel like:

• is ordered
• is to be ordered
• can be ordered
• should be ordered this way

That kind of general present is very common in notices and instructions.

It is natural, but it does sound somewhat formal and impersonal.

That is mainly because of the passive bestilles. This style is very common in:

• instructions
• regulations
• official information
• customer service notices

In everyday speech, a speaker might choose a more direct active sentence instead, such as Du bestiller nøkkelkopien med sikkerhetskortet. But the original sentence is completely normal in written informational Norwegian.