Referansepersonen hennes svarer raskt, og arbeidsgiveren inviterer henne til en jobbsamtale neste uke.

Both are possible, but they work a little differently.

• referansepersonen hennes = literally the reference person her
• hennes referanseperson = literally her reference person

In Norwegian, possessives often come after the noun, and when they do, the noun usually takes the definite form:

• referansepersonen hennes

This is a very common and natural pattern in everyday Norwegian.

If the possessive comes before the noun, the noun is usually indefinite:

• hennes referanseperson

That version can sound a bit more formal or more emphatic, depending on context.

They have different jobs:

• hennes = her as a possessive
  
  • referansepersonen hennes = her reference person
• henne = her as an object pronoun
  
  • inviterer henne = invites her

So:

• hennes shows possession
• henne shows who receives the action

Because it is the definite singular form of a common-gender noun.

The base noun is:

• en referanseperson = a reference person

The definite form is:

• referansepersonen = the reference person

So in referansepersonen hennes, the noun is definite because Norwegian normally uses the definite form when the possessive comes after the noun.

arbeidsgiveren means the employer.

It comes from:

• en arbeidsgiver = an employer
• arbeidsgiveren = the employer

Again, -en marks the definite singular form of a common-gender noun.

So the sentence is talking about a specific employer, not just any employer.

Because raskt is functioning as an adverb here.

• rask = quick / fast as an adjective
• raskt = quickly as an adverb

So:

• Han er rask = He is fast
• Hun svarer raskt = She answers quickly

In Norwegian, many adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding -t.

They are both in the present tense.

• svarer = answers / is answering
• inviterer = invites / is inviting

Norwegian present tense is often used more broadly than English. It can describe:

• something happening now
• something habitual
• something planned in the near future

So inviterer henne til en jobbsamtale neste uke can naturally refer to a future event, especially because neste uke makes the time clear.

Because Norwegian often uses the present tense for future meaning when the time is clear.

Here, neste uke already tells you that the invitation concerns a future event. So Norwegian does not need a separate future marker.

Compare:

• Arbeidsgiveren inviterer henne til en jobbsamtale neste uke.
• literally: The employer invites her to a job interview next week

In natural English, we usually say will invite or is inviting, but Norwegian often just uses the present tense.

Because the verb å invitere commonly takes til when you say what someone is invited to.

Pattern:

• å invitere noen til noe = to invite someone to something

Examples:

• invitere henne til en fest = invite her to a party
• invitere ham til middag = invite him to dinner
• invitere henne til en jobbsamtale = invite her to a job interview

So til is the normal preposition after invitere in this structure.

en jobbsamtale means a job interview.

It is a compound noun:

• jobb = job
• samtale = conversation

So literally it is something like a job conversation, but in actual usage it means job interview.

Norwegian uses compound nouns very often, so this is a good example of how two words combine into one.

Because Norwegian often uses time expressions like this without a preposition.

• neste uke = next week
• neste måned = next month
• i morgen = tomorrow

English also says next week without a preposition, so this part matches English pretty well.

If you wanted to say in a week, that would be different:

• om en uke = in a week

But neste uke simply means next week.

Because the sentence contains two full clauses, each with its own subject and verb:

1. Referansepersonen hennes svarer raskt
2. arbeidsgiveren inviterer henne til en jobbsamtale neste uke

In Norwegian, it is normal to use a comma between independent clauses joined by og, men, for, etc.

So the comma helps show that these are two complete thoughts linked together.

Because og is just joining two main clauses, and the second clause keeps normal main-clause order.

The second clause begins with the subject:

• arbeidsgiveren = subject
• inviterer = verb

So the order is simply:

• subject + verb + object

There is no reason to invert anything here.

You would get inversion if some other element came first in the clause, for example:

• Neste uke inviterer arbeidsgiveren henne til en jobbsamtale.

Here neste uke comes first, so the verb moves before the subject, which is the normal Norwegian V2 pattern.

Yes. It is made from:

• referanse = reference
• person = person

Together:

• referanseperson = reference person, often meaning a professional reference

Then the definite form is:

• referansepersonen = the reference person

Compound nouns are extremely common in Norwegian, and usually they are written as one word, not two.