allmänhet

Swedish edit

allmänhet c

public; people in general
- 1867, Malmström, Bernhard Elis, Samlade skrifter: Grunddragen af svenska vitterheters historia. 5 vol. 1866-68, N.M. Lindh, Volume 2, page 454:
  Allmänheter, såsom alla mäktiga, älska ej gerna att höra sina fel.
  Publics, as all powerful, does not love to hear their faults.

Plural is rare.
"Språket", Sveriges Radio, P1, on February 22, 2011, discussed a specialized use of this word among police and guards, en allmänhet (“a commoner, member of the common people”), referring to one person not directly involved in a crime, but a potential witness. See also personal.