r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Jun 21 '20

Søndagsspørsmål #337 - Sunday Question Thread

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u/knoberation Native speaker Jun 22 '20

It might be the case is that "dette" refers to something other than "krav". Here's a random example I found:

Hvis man må gå i trapp mer enn én etasje for å komme til boenhetens inngangsdør, utløser dette krav om løfteplattform for to til seks boenheter, og heis om det er mer enn seks boenheter.

In this case, "dette" refers to the condition mentioned earlier in the sentence, not "krav". This could also be written as "utløser dette et krav..."

Otherwise, you will see this occasionally, but to me it's very formal and almost archaic language. I've seen it a few times in laws, here's one example:

Den som har overtrådt bestemmelser i eller vedtak gitt i medhold av denne lov §§ 6 til 9, kan Kongen gi pålegg om å betale overtredelsesgebyr til statskassen.

In this example "denne" refers to "lov" but they haven't used "loven". I'm not sure why, but as I said this feels very formal. It's not natural to speak this way.