Lärarnas

Lärarnas is the genitive form of the Swedish plural noun lärarna, meaning “the teachers.” It is used to denote possession or affiliation with teachers and appears frequently in the names of organizations, unions, and publications connected to the teaching profession. In Swedish, lärarna is the definite plural for “the teachers,” and adding -s to form lärarnas yields the possessive “the teachers’” or “of the teachers.” This construction is common when naming bodies that represent, support, or concern educators.

A notable example is Lärarnas Riksförbund, the national association for teachers in Sweden, whose name can be understood as “the Teachers’ National Association.” The form also occurs in other education-related entities and media, where it signals a link to the teaching community rather than to individual teachers.

The term thus functions primarily as a grammatical device in proper nouns, rather than as a distinct standalone organization. Its use reflects how Swedish groups often build institutional identity around professional communities by adopting possessive forms of common occupation nouns.