Försåg

Försåg is a Swedish noun meaning provisioning—the act of supplying people or organizations with necessary goods before and during a deployment or operation, as well as the set of goods so supplied. Historically, försåg referred to provisions issued to ships, armies, garrisons or expeditions. The contents could include foodstuffs, drink, clothing, footwear, equipment, weapons, ammunition, fuel, medicines and other essential materiel, together with the transport and storage arrangements needed to move and distribute them. In practice, provisioning was planned by logisticians and quartermasters who kept ledgers of quantities, destinations and time frames.

The term is mainly attested in older Swedish texts and archival documents. In contemporary Swedish, försåg is largely archaic or specialized; modern language tends to use försörjning for provisioning or proviant for provisions. Nevertheless, the word appears in historical narratives, military histories and some diplomatic or maritime records to denote the provisioning phase or the actual stock of supplies to be issued.

Etymology and usage: the exact origin of försåg is not clearly documented in standard references; it appears in early modern Swedish and was used in compound forms related to supply and provisioning. The word's use declined as administrative vocabulary evolved toward standardized terms for logistics and supply chains.

See also: proviant; försörjning; logistik; supply chain.