Etter møtet fikk vi hvert vårt vedtak i posten, og ingen av oss forsto alt med en gang.

Etter møtet means after the meeting.

• etter = after
• møtet = the meeting

The noun møte means meeting, and møtet is the definite form, the meeting.

It comes first because Norwegian often begins a sentence with a time expression or another element to set the scene. Starting with Etter møtet is very natural and means something like After the meeting, ...

This is because of the Norwegian V2 rule: in a main clause, the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

The sentence begins with Etter møtet, which takes the first position. That means the verb must come next:

• Etter møtet fikk vi ...

If you started with the subject instead, you would say:

• Vi fikk hvert vårt vedtak i posten etter møtet.

Both are correct, but the word order changes because Norwegian requires the verb to stay in second position in main clauses.

Fikk is the past tense of få, which usually means get or receive.

So here:

• fikk vi ... i posten = we received ... in the mail

In this sentence, fikk is best understood as received.

Hvert vårt vedtak means a separate decision/order for each of us or more naturally each of us got our own decision.

Breakdown:

• hvert = each
• vårt = our
• vedtak = decision / formal ruling / administrative decision

This structure is common in Norwegian when talking about people each having one thing of their own:

• hver sin bil = each has their own car
• hvert sitt rom = each has their own room
• hvert vårt vedtak = each of us got our own decision

The neuter forms hvert and vårt are used because vedtak is a neuter noun.

This is a special Norwegian pattern used for distributed possession: each person has one item, and that item belongs to that person.

So hvert vårt vedtak does not mean each our decision in awkward English. It means:

• each of us got our own decision

The first word, hvert, shows the distributive idea: one each.
The second word, vårt, shows possession: our.

Together they express one separate decision per person.

Yes, but the meaning would be a little different.

• hvert vårt vedtak emphasizes that each person received their own separate decision.
• vedtakene våre simply means our decisions, without highlighting the one-each distribution as strongly.

So in this sentence, hvert vårt vedtak is more precise because it stresses that the decisions were individual.

Vedtak usually means a formal decision, resolution, or administrative ruling, depending on context.

It is often used in official, legal, political, or bureaucratic situations. In this sentence, it probably refers to an official decision sent to each person.

So possible English translations include:

• decision
• official decision
• ruling
• administrative decision

I posten literally means in the mail or by mail/post.

So:

• fikk vi hvert vårt vedtak i posten = we received our individual decisions in the mail

In natural English, you would usually say in the mail or by post.

Norwegian often uses i posten in this kind of context to mean something arrived through the postal system.

Ingen av oss means none of us.

Breakdown:

• ingen = no one / none
• av = of
• oss = us

So literally it is none of us.

This is a very common pattern in Norwegian:

• ingen av dem = none of them
• ingen av dere = none of you
• ingen av oss = none of us

Because av is a preposition, and after a preposition Norwegian uses the object form of the pronoun.

So:

• vi = we
• oss = us

Since the phrase is av oss = of us, Norwegian uses oss, just like English uses us rather than we.

Forsto is the past tense of forstå, which means to understand.

So:

• ingen av oss forsto alt = none of us understood everything

This is a common irregular verb:

• å forstå = to understand
• forstår = understand / understands
• forsto = understood
• har forstått = have/has understood

Alt med en gang means everything right away or everything immediately.

Breakdown:

• alt = everything
• med en gang = immediately / right away / at once

So:

• ingen av oss forsto alt med en gang = none of us understood everything right away

The expression med en gang is very common in everyday Norwegian.

No. Even though the words literally look like with one time, the expression is idiomatic and simply means:

• immediately
• right away
• at once

You should learn med en gang as a fixed expression.

Examples:

• Kom hit med en gang! = Come here right away!
• Jeg skjønte det ikke med en gang. = I didn’t understand it immediately.

The comma separates two main clauses:

1. Etter møtet fikk vi hvert vårt vedtak i posten
2. ingen av oss forsto alt med en gang

They are joined by og = and.

In Norwegian, commas are often used to separate coordinated main clauses, especially when each clause has its own finite verb. Here, the comma helps show the structure clearly.

Yes, it is very natural.

It sounds like standard written Norwegian and uses several common patterns:

• fronting a time expression: Etter møtet
• V2 word order: fikk vi
• distributive possession: hvert vårt vedtak
• common official vocabulary: vedtak
• common expression: med en gang

So it is a very useful sentence for learning both grammar and natural phrasing.