tredje statsmakten

Swedish

Etymology

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

tredje statsmakten c

1. (idiomatic) Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the press

References

• stat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)