statsråd

Swedish

Etymology

stat + -s- + råd

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

statsråd n

  1. (government) a minister[1][2] (member of government, cabinet)
  2. (government, historical) council of state (in the definite, statsrådet, formal name for the Swedish cabinet until the reform of 1975)
  3. (government, Finland) council of state; government, cabinet (in the definite, statsrådet, formal name for the Finnish cabinet)
  4. (Finland) councillor of state (honorary title awarded for meritorious service in politics and government; Finnish valtioneuvos)

Declension

Declension of statsråd 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative statsråd statsrådet statsråd statsråden
Genitive statsråds statsrådets statsråds statsrådens

References

  1. Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden
  2. Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN

Further reading

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