journalfilm

Swedish

Etymology

journal +‎ film, used at least since 1939, but perhaps not 1936 or 1938?

Noun

journalfilm c

1. a newsreel, a short film summarizing the news of the week

Declension

Declension of journalfilm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	journalfilm	journalfilmen	journalfilmer	journalfilmerna
Genitive	journalfilms	journalfilmens	journalfilmers	journalfilmernas

Synonyms

• filmjournal
• nyhetsfilm
• veckorevy

References

• journalfilm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Gösta Werner, Dokumentär film. Reportagefilmens historik och utveckling in Project Runeberg
• filmjournal in Carl Magnus Ekbohrn, Förklaringar över 100,000 främmande ord och namn m.m. (1936)
• newsreel in Karl Kärre, Engelsk-svensk ordbok (1948), reprint of the 2nd ed. 1938