Samordnet

Samordnet is a Norwegian adjective and past participle derived from the verb samordne, meaning to coordinate or harmonize. The form describes something that has been organized through joint effort, often across different organizations or sectors. The English equivalent is coordinated or harmonized.

In public administration and policy discourse, samordnet is commonly used to signal cross-agency collaboration and alignment of objectives, resources, and timelines. It appears in government reports, white papers, and program descriptions to indicate that actions are planned and implemented in a unified manner rather than in isolation. Typical collocations include samordnet innsats, samordnet planverk, and samordnet utvikling, which describe coordinated efforts, consolidated planning, and joint development.

Linguistically, samordnet is the past-participle form of samordne and functions as an adjective as well as a predicate complement. The concept is widely used in Norwegian to emphasize coordination and joint responsibility. Cognates or close equivalents exist in other Scandinavian languages, reflecting a shared administrative and policy vocabulary.

See also: coordination, samordning, samordnede tiltak.