bilagor

Bilagor is the plural form of the Swedish noun bilaga, meaning an attachment or appendix in a document. The term is commonly used in Swedish writing to refer to supplementary material included with reports, letters, forms, or emails. The indefinite plural bilagor translates to attachments or appendices, while the definite plural bilagorna means the attachments.

Usage and examples

In formal and informal contexts, bilagor appear in phrases such as “se bilagorna” (see the attachments) or “bilagorna innehåller detaljerad data” (the attachments contain detailed data). Attachments can accompany various document types, including reports, applications, contracts, and academic papers, and may be provided in printed form or as digital files.

Relationship to related terms

The singular bilaga denotes a single attachment, and several attachments are referred to collectively as bilagor. The concept is closely tied to the broader idea of appendices in documents. In everyday Swedish, other terms may be used for attachments in different contexts, but bilaga/bilagor remains standard for written materials.

Cross-linguistic note

Cognate forms exist in neighboring Scandinavian languages to denote attachments or appendices, such as bilagor in Swedish and corresponding terms in Norwegian and Danish. While not identical across languages, these terms serve a similar function in organizational and formal writing.

See also

Appendix (document), Attachment (email)