Invägningar

Invägningar is a Swedish noun that refers to the act or process of weighing different factors in order to reach a judgment or decision. The term comes from the verb inväg, meaning to weigh in or take into account. Invägningar can denote both the methodological process of evaluating aspects and the resulting assessment.

In practical use, invägningar appear in areas such as policy analysis, project evaluation, risk assessment, and budgeting. They involve identifying relevant factors (costs, benefits, risks, feasibility), assessing their importance, and often combining them with qualitative judgments or quantitative methods such as scoring models or multi-criteria decision analysis. The goal is to create a structured, reasoned basis for decisions rather than relying purely on intuition.

Different approaches to invägningar range from simple pros-and-cons lists to formal analyses that document assumptions, data sources, and weighting criteria. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with avvägningar or weighing (vägningar) in everyday language, though invägningar may emphasize the inclusion and consideration of factors in a decision rather than only the outcome.

See also: vägning (weighing), avvägning (deliberation).

Examples: Invägningar av kostnader och nyttor visade att projektet var ekonomiskt försvarbart. Beslutet togs efter noggranna invägningar av risker och möjligheter.