fri vilja
Swedish
Etymology
From fri (“free”) + vilja (“will”).
Noun
- (philosophy, theology) free will (ability to choose between different – nonpredetermined – courses of action)
- 1898, August Strindberg, translated by Frans Eugène Fahlstedt, Legender[1], C. & E. Gernandts förlags-aktiebolag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Lunds universitetsbiblioteket, archived from the original on 12 March 2025, page 96:
- Gud är kärleken; han regerar icke öfver slafvar, och därför har han låtit de dödliga åtnjuta fri vilja.
- God is love; he doesn't rule over slaves, and therefore he has allowed mortals to enjoy free will.
- 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 25 December 2023, §1853:
- Syndens rot finns i människans hjärta, i hennes fria vilja.
- The root of sin is in the heart of man, in his free will.
- 2024 June 14, Maria Küchen, “Gud som ateist – G K Chesterton och paradoxens gnistor”, in Sveriges Radio[3], archived from the original on 22 February 2022:
- Kristendomen [...] berövade människor deras frihet, hävdade samma materialister som förnekade den fria viljan.
- Christianity robbed people of their freedom, argued the same materialists who denied free will.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fri vilja | fri viljas |
| definite | den fria viljan | den fria viljans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |