utrikesdepartement

Swedish

Etymology

utrikes +‎ departement

Noun

utrikesdepartement n

1. a ministry for foreign affairs, a foreign office

Usage notes

• Often used in definite form, to indicate Sweden's, but not considered a proper noun and not capitalized; abbreviated UD
• The equivalent in Finland is called utrikesministerium

Declension

Declension of utrikesdepartement
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	utrikesdepartement	utrikesdepartementet	utrikesdepartement	utrikesdepartementen
Genitive	utrikesdepartements	utrikesdepartementets	utrikesdepartements	utrikesdepartementens

See also

• ambassad
• ambassadör
• beskickning
• diplomat
• sändebud
• utrikesminister
• utrikesnämnd
• utrikespolitik