artistens

Artistens is the Swedish definite singular possessive form of the noun artist, meaning the artist's. It is used to indicate that something belongs to or relates to a specific artist. In Swedish, possession is shown by appending the suffix -s to the definite form of the noun, so the definite form artisten becomes artistens: artistens verk, the artist's work.

The form is used across nouns to express ownership or association in a neutral way. It does not require an apostrophe, unlike English. For example, artistens framtid would translate to the artist's future, and artistens verk to the artist's works. The construction is common in everyday language, journalism, literature, and academic writing for clear attribution.

Origin and usage notes: the noun artist is a Swedish loanword from English, while the possessive -s is a general Swedish feature that attaches to the definite form of a noun to signal possession. Because it corresponds to a definite reference, the owner is typically assumed to be identifiable within the context. The term does not imply any particular style, movement, or group; it simply marks possession in the standard grammar of Swedish. In translations, artistens is often rendered as "the artist's" in English, maintaining the same sense of ownership.