For øvrig begynner strikkekvelden med rillestrikk.

Incidentally, the knitting evening begins with garter stitch.

Breakdown of For øvrig begynner strikkekvelden med rillestrikk.

• med: with
• begynne: to begin
• strikkekvelden: the knitting evening
• rillestrikken: the garter stitch

Questions & Answers about For øvrig begynner strikkekvelden med rillestrikk.

What does for øvrig mean here?

For øvrig usually means by the way, incidentally, or as for the rest.

In this sentence, it most naturally works like by the way or incidentally. It adds a side comment rather than the main point.

A few useful notes:

• for øvrig is a fixed expression
• øvrig on its own means remaining or otherwise
• together, for øvrig is very commonly used to add extra information

So the tone is something like: By the way, the knitting evening begins with garter stitch.

Why is it begynner strikkekvelden and not strikkekvelden begynner?

This is because Norwegian is a V2 language. That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position in a main clause.

Here, the sentence starts with the adverbial expression for øvrig. When something other than the subject comes first, the verb still has to stay in second position, so the subject moves after the verb:

• Strikkekvelden begynner med rillestrikk.
• For øvrig begynner strikkekvelden med rillestrikk.

So:

• first position: For øvrig
• second position: begynner
• then the subject: strikkekvelden

This often feels unusual to English speakers, because English usually keeps the subject before the verb.

What is strikkekvelden made up of?