Subject-Verb Inversion in Norwegian

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Subject-Verb Inversion

The subject can occur behind the first verb in a main clause in the following cases:

(1) Main clause yes-no-question:

(2) Main clause constituent question:

(3) Fronted adverbial in declarative main clause:

(4) Topicalized noun phrase in declarative main clause:

In all cases the subject is moved behind the finite verb; this is generally referred to as Subject-Verb Inversion. In (1) this is all that happens, while in the other cases, an element is 'fronted', so to say taking over the original place of the subject.