statsråd

Swedish

Etymology

stat +‎ -s- +‎ råd

Pronunciation

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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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite statsråd statsråds
definite statsrådet statsrådets
plural indefinite statsråd statsråds
definite statsråden statsrådens

References

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

Further reading

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