Schemalägger

Schemalägger is a Swedish verb meaning to plan and assign specific times for activities by creating a timetable or calendar. The action involves placing tasks, meetings, shifts, or other resources into a structured schedule. The form combines schema, meaning a timetable or plan, with lägga, meaning to put or place. Schemalägga is the infinitive; schemalägger is the present tense, and the past tense is schemaläggde. The supine or past participle is schemalagt and is used with have or had in perfect tenses (har schemalagt, hade schemalagt).

Common contexts for schemaläggning include workplaces, where managers schemalägger shifts; educational institutions designing class timetables; healthcare facilities coordinating appointments or duty rosters; and event organizers allocating time slots. In software and digital calendars, the verb is used to describe creating or updating time allocations, such as schemaläggning av möten or automatic resource scheduling.

Linguistic and usage notes: schemalägga is a transitive verb that often appears with direct objects like "möten," "pass," or "tider." It denotes a deliberate act of fixing times, sometimes with implications of fixed or non-flexible arrangements. The term is commonly distinguished from planera (to plan in a broader sense) or boka (to book or reserve), where schemalägga implies integrating an item into a schedule.

See also: schema, schema (schedule), planera, boka.