Hun ordner billettene, så vi slipper kø.

Ordner is the present tense of å ordne.

In this sentence, å ordne means something like:

• arrange
• sort out
• take care of
• fix

So Hun ordner billettene means that she is handling the ticket situation for the group.

It is a very common and flexible verb in Norwegian.

Because billettene is the definite plural form, meaning the tickets.

Here is the pattern:

• en billett = a ticket
• billetten = the ticket
• billetter = tickets
• billettene = the tickets

So the sentence is talking about specific tickets, not just tickets in general.

Here, så means so, therefore, or as a result.

It connects the two parts of the sentence:

• Hun ordner billettene = she takes care of the tickets
• så vi slipper kø = so we avoid the queue / so we do not have to queue

So så shows the consequence of the first clause.

Because in this sentence, så is acting as a coordinating conjunction meaning so.

That means the second clause keeps normal main-clause word order:

• vi slipper kø

So you get:

• Hun ordner billettene, så vi slipper kø.

If så were being used more like then at the start of a clause, you could often get inversion:

• Så slipper vi kø.

But in your sentence, så links two clauses, so vi stays before slipper.

No. Slipper here is from å slippe, and it does not mean English to slip.

In this context, å slippe means:

• to avoid
• to be spared
• to not have to

So vi slipper kø means something like:

• we avoid the queue
• we won’t have to queue
• we are spared the queue

A very common pattern is:

• slippe å + infinitive

For example:

• Vi slipper å stå i kø = We won’t have to stand in line

Your sentence is a slightly shorter way of expressing that idea.

Because kø here is being used in a more general sense.

• slippe kø = avoid queueing / avoid the queue situation in general
• slippe køen = avoid the specific queue

Both can make sense, but slippe kø is natural when you mean the general inconvenience of having to queue.

You can think of it as similar to English differences like:

• avoid traffic = traffic in general
• avoid the traffic = a specific traffic situation

Grammatically, it is in the present tense:

• ordner
• slipper

But in Norwegian, the present tense is often used for the future, especially when the situation is planned or clearly understood from context.

So this sentence can mean either:

• She is taking care of the tickets, so we avoid the queue
• She’ll take care of the tickets, so we won’t have to queue

Both are possible depending on context.

The comma separates two full clauses:

• Hun ordner billettene
• så vi slipper kø

In standard Norwegian writing, a comma is natural here because the sentence contains two linked clauses with their own finite verbs:

• ordner
• slipper

So the comma helps show the structure clearly.

Yes, absolutely.

• Vi slipper kø is short and idiomatic.
• Vi slipper å stå i kø is more explicit.

Both mean roughly the same thing, but slipper å stå i kø spells out the action more clearly:

• å stå i kø = to stand in line

So:

• Hun ordner billettene, så vi slipper kø.
• Hun ordner billettene, så vi slipper å stå i kø.

Both are good Norwegian. The second version is just more detailed.