Bolagets

Bolagets is the possessive form of the Swedish noun bolag, meaning “the company’s” or “of the company.” It is used to indicate ownership or relation to a specific company in written Swedish, particularly in business, legal, and formal contexts.

In singular form, bolaget refers to “the company,” and bolagets is the possessive, as in bolagets styrelse (the company’s board of directors) or bolagets policy (the company’s policy). In plural, bolagen means “the companies,” and bolagens is the possessive plural, as in bolagens produkter (the companies’ products) or bolagens ledning (the companies’ management). The possessive form is formed by adding -ets to the definite singular and -agens to the definite plural.

Usage notes: bolagets is commonly found in contracts, annual reports, corporate communications, and legal documents to attribute actions, policies, or properties to a specific company. The word bolagets should be distinguished from bolags-, a productive prefix in compound nouns that denotes corporate-related concepts, such as bolagsstyrning (corporate governance) or bolagsskatt (corporate tax). These compounds convey a related but different meaning, not possession of a particular item by a company.

Examples:

- Bolagets styrelse beslutar varje kvartal. The company’s board decides each quarter.

- Bolagets policy kräver att all information delas internt. The company’s policy requires information to be shared internally.

- Bolagens produkter konkurrerar på den europeiska marknaden. The companies’ products compete on the European market.