Signaturfeltet står ved ansiktsbildet.

Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

• signatur = signature
• felt = field / box / area

So signaturfelt means signature field or signature box.

Then -et is added to make it definite:

• et signaturfelt = a signature field
• signaturfeltet = the signature field

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses two words, Norwegian often uses one compound word.

The ending -et is the definite article for many neuter nouns in Norwegian.

The base noun here is felt, which is neuter:

• et felt = a field / a box / an area
• feltet = the field / the box / the area

Since signaturfelt is a compound whose final part is felt, the whole compound is also neuter:

• et signaturfelt
• signaturfeltet

In Norwegian, the last part of the compound usually determines the gender.

Ansiktsbildet is another compound noun.

It breaks down like this:

• ansikt = face
• bilde = picture / image / photo

Together, ansiktsbilde means something like facial image, face photo, or in some contexts passport-style face photo.

Then -et makes it definite:

• et ansiktsbilde = a face picture / facial image
• ansiktsbildet = the face picture / the facial image

Again, the last part controls the gender:

• bilde is neuter
• so ansiktsbilde is neuter too

That -s- is a common linking element in Norwegian compounds.

So:

• ansikt
  • bilde becomes ansiktsbilde

This -s- does not usually change the meaning much; it just helps the compound sound more natural or follow established word formation patterns.

You will see this in many Norwegian compounds, for example:

• liv
  • erfaring → livserfaring
• arbeid
  • dag → arbeidsdag

There is not always a simple rule for when the linking -s- appears, so it is often best learned as part of the word.

Norwegian often uses position verbs where English would simply use is.

Here, står literally means stands, but in Norwegian it is often used for things that are positioned upright, placed, or located in a particular spot.

So:

• Signaturfeltet står ved ansiktsbildet.

sounds natural in Norwegian when describing where something appears or is placed, especially on a form, page, sign, screen, or document.

English would usually just say is next to or is by, but Norwegian often prefers a more specific verb such as:

• står = stands
• ligger = lies
• sitter = sits
• henger = hangs

This is a very common difference between English and Norwegian.

Sometimes yes, but it would usually be less specific or less idiomatic.

• Signaturfeltet er ved ansiktsbildet is understandable.
• Signaturfeltet står ved ansiktsbildet sounds more natural if you are talking about where the field is placed on a document or layout.

So er is grammatically possible in many situations, but står gives a stronger sense of physical placement.

Here ved means by, next to, or beside.

It indicates proximity rather than exact contact. So the idea is that the signature field is located near the face image.

Common related words are:

• ved = by / next to / at
• i = in
• på = on
• under = under
• over = above

In this sentence, ved is the natural choice for beside / by.

Because the sentence is talking about specific things, not just any signature field and any face image.

• signaturfeltet = the specific signature field
• ansiktsbildet = the specific face image

This is very common in instructions, document descriptions, and interface language, where the speaker assumes both items are known from the context.

If you made them indefinite, the meaning would be more general:

• Et signaturfelt står ved et ansiktsbilde
  = A signature field is next to a face image

That sounds much less natural in a real document-description context.

Yes. This is standard Norwegian main-clause word order:

• Signaturfeltet = subject
• står = verb
• ved ansiktsbildet = adverbial phrase of place

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Place expression

That is completely normal for a simple statement in Norwegian.

Very literal, actually:

• Signaturfeltet = the signature field
• står = stands
• ved = by / next to
• ansiktsbildet = the facial image / face picture

A word-for-word version would be:

The signature field stands by the face picture.

That is understandable in English, but English normally prefers something like is next to instead of stands by in this context. So the most natural English translation is usually less literal than the Norwegian structure.

A rough guide for an English speaker is:

• signaturfeltet ≈ sig-nah-TOOR-fel-teh
• står ≈ stor / stawr
• ved ≈ vayd or vehd, depending on accent
• ansiktsbildet ≈ AHN-sikts-bil-deh

A few useful pronunciation points:

• r in Norwegian is usually stronger or more tapped/trilled than in most English accents.
• å in står is a different vowel from English o.
• The d in ved may sound softer than an English d in some dialects.
• Compounds are usually pronounced as one word, with a main stress pattern that may feel different from English.

If you are learning Bokmål pronunciation, it is best to listen to native audio, since spelling does not always tell you everything about the vowels.

Possibly, depending on how the speaker imagines the layout.

Norwegian often chooses among position verbs based on shape, orientation, or convention:

• står for something conceived as standing or being placed
• ligger for something lying flat or simply being located
• sitter for something attached or fixed

On a page or form, people often use these verbs somewhat flexibly. But in a sentence like this, står is perfectly natural for showing where an element is placed relative to another.

So yes, ligger might be possible in some contexts, but står is not strange here at all.