diff --git a/dune/solvers/norms/fullnorm.hh b/dune/solvers/norms/fullnorm.hh
index 6a34d891cb1c1c57b05310190387d9699669d942..d4f9f93b2157fc420e9498277904df44a7452e62 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/norms/fullnorm.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/norms/fullnorm.hh
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
  * \tparam LowRankFactor the type of the factor used to represent the low rank operator
  * \tparam VectorType the vector type the norm may be applied to
  */
-template <class LowRankFactor=Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector <double,1> >, class VectorType=Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector <double,1> > >
-class FullNorm: public Norm<VectorType>
+template <class LowRankFactor=Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector <double,1> >, class V=Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector <double,1> > >
+class FullNorm: public Norm<V>
 {
     public:
+        typedef V VectorType;
         typedef typename VectorType::field_type field_type;
 
         FullNorm(const field_type alpha, const LowRankFactor &lowRankFactor) :
@@ -70,12 +71,13 @@ template<>
 class FullNorm<Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double,1> >, Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double,1> > >:
     public Norm<Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double,1> > >
 {
-        typedef Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double,1> > VectorType;
-        typedef VectorType::size_type SizeType;
-
+    public:
         typedef double field_type;
-
+        typedef Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<field_type,1> > VectorType;
+    private:
+        typedef VectorType::size_type SizeType;
     public:
+
         FullNorm(const field_type alpha, const VectorType &m) :
             m(m),
             alpha(alpha)