Fortsättning

Fortsättning is a Swedish noun meaning continuation, extension, or sequel. It refers to the act of continuing something that has begun, or to the next part of a narrative, project, or process. In everyday language it can describe ongoing work or the progression to a subsequent phase, and in media it is used to signal that a story continues in a following installment or issue.

Etymology and usage: fortsättning is formed from the verb fortsätta, “to continue,” with the noun suffix -ning. The term is cognate with the English “continuation” and has parallels in related Nordic languages. In mathematics, the phrase analytisk fortsättning is used for analytic continuation, the extension of a function to a larger domain while preserving its analytic properties.

Cultural and publishing use: fortsättning is common in publishing, particularly in serialized fiction, where a tale appears across multiple issues or volumes. The phrase fortsättning följer is frequently printed at the end of a chapter or installment to indicate that the narrative will resume. The related term följetong denotes a serialized novel or ongoing story.

Other contexts: fortsättning can describe the ongoing life of a project, a plan that will be carried forward, or the continuation of a sequence or process in research and planning.

See also: fortsätta, förlängning, följetong, analytisk fortsättning.