tredje statsmakten
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Swedish writer Erik Gustaf Geijer in 1838. Literally "the third branch of government". The first statsmakt refers to the executive, and the second to the legislature. Compare with the origin of English fourth estate.
Noun edit
- (idiomatic) Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the press
References edit
- stat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)