Personliga

Personliga is a Swedish adjective form meaning "personal" or "private." It is used before plural nouns to denote traits, items, or information related to a person. For example, "personliga uppgifter" (personal data) and "personliga egenskaper" (personal characteristics). The definite plural form is "de personliga uppgifterna" and "de personliga egenskaperna."

Origin and morphology: Personliga derives from the noun person with the suffix -lig, which creates adjectives meaning "pertaining to." The root traces back to Latin persona, through the broader Germanic and Scandinavian linguistic history. In related Scandinavian languages, cognate forms exist, such as Danish and Norwegian equivalents meaning "personal."

Usage and nuance: The term emphasizes relation to an individual, often in contexts involving privacy, identity, or personal life. In everyday Swedish, it can describe what belongs to or concerns a specific person. In legal or data-protection language, the standard term for personal information is the compound "personuppgifter" (personal data), though "personliga uppgifter" is also common in everyday usage.

Related terms: The adjective has neuter and plural inflections to match different nouns (personligt for neuter singular, personliga for plural). It is closely related to other forms such as personlig (the base form used before singular nouns) and to concepts like personlighet (personality) and personal data concepts used in GDPR and Swedish law.