Plateselskapet står på inneromslaget.

Plateselskapet means the record company or the record label.

It is written as one word because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns where English uses two or more separate words.

Here, it is built from:

• plate = record
• selskap = company

So:

• plateselskap = record company / record label
• plateselskapet = the record company / the record label

This is very normal in Norwegian.

The ending -et is the definite article attached to the noun, like the in English.

So:

• et plateselskap = a record company
• plateselskapet = the record company

The reason it is -et is that selskap is a neuter noun.

A useful pattern is:

• et selskap = a company
• selskapet = the company

Since plateselskap ends with the head noun selskap, it follows the same pattern:

• et plateselskap
• plateselskapet

In Norwegian, a noun often shows definiteness by adding the ending directly to the noun:

• plateselskapet = the record company

So you do not usually add det as well unless the structure requires it.

For example:

• plateselskapet = the record company
• det store plateselskapet = the big record company

When there is an adjective like store, Norwegian normally uses double definiteness:

• det
  • adjective + noun with definite ending

But without an adjective, plateselskapet by itself is enough.

Literally, står means stands or is standing, but in Norwegian it is also commonly used about text or information.

In this sentence, står means something like:

• is written
• is printed
• is listed
• appears

So Plateselskapet står på inneromslaget does not mean the company is physically standing somewhere. It means the company’s name/information appears there in writing.

This is a very common Norwegian usage. For example:

• Det står i avisa. = It says so in the newspaper.
• Hva står det her? = What does it say here?

Inneromslaget means the inner sleeve or the inside cover, depending on context.

It is another compound noun:

• inner- = inner, inside
• omslag = cover, sleeve

And again, the ending -et makes it definite:

• et inneromslag = an inner sleeve / an inside cover
• inneromslaget = the inner sleeve / the inside cover

If the sentence is about a record or album, inner sleeve is often the most natural translation.

Norwegian often uses på when something is written, printed, or shown on a surface.

So:

• på inneromslaget = on the inner sleeve / on the inside cover

Even if English might sometimes think of something being in a booklet or inside a cover, Norwegian often uses på when the idea is that text appears on that physical part.

So with writing or printed information, på is very natural here.

The sentence has normal Norwegian main clause word order:

• Plateselskapet = subject
• står = verb
• på inneromslaget = prepositional phrase

So it follows the common pattern:

subject + verb + other information

Norwegian main clauses normally have the finite verb in the second position, and this sentence follows that rule naturally.

It is singular definite:

• et plateselskap = a record company
• plateselskapet = the record company

The plural forms would be:

• plateselskap or plateselskaper = record companies
• plateselskapene = the record companies

So this sentence refers to one specific record company / label.

Yes, you often can, especially in a simple translation.

But the fuller sense is usually more like:

• is written on the inner sleeve
• is printed on the inner sleeve
• is listed on the inner sleeve

So is on the inner sleeve is understandable, but it can sound a little vague in English. The Norwegian står strongly suggests that the information appears there as text.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Literally, plateselskap is record company, but in many real contexts English speakers would naturally say record label.

So if this sentence is about album credits, record label may sound especially natural. But record company is still a correct understanding of the Norwegian word.