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enkeltpersoners

Enkeltpersoners is a term used in Swedish and related Scandinavian languages to refer to individual persons. Grammatically, it is the genitive plural form of the noun enkeperson/enkeltperson, meaning “of individual persons” or “belonging to single persons.” The base enkltperson denotes a single, private person or data subject, as opposed to a legal entity such as a company or organization.

In practice, enkeltpersoner is most common in formal, technical, or legal texts. It appears in contexts such

The term is often contrasted with more general words for people, such as personer or individer, which

See also: personuppgifter (personal data), integritet (privacy), rättigheter (rights), data skyddslagstiftning (data protection legislation).

Note: Usage varies by language and country, with similar forms in Danish and Norwegian, where the concept

as
statistics,
research
guidelines,
and
data
protection
or
privacy
discussions,
where
it
is
important
to
speak
about
people
as
data
subjects
rather
than
as
members
of
a
group.
The
genitive
form
enkeltpersoners
is
used
to
indicate
possession
or
association,
for
example
enkeltpersoners
uppgifter
(the
information
of
individual
persons)
or
enkeltpersoners
rättigheter
(the
rights
of
individual
persons).
appear
more
frequently
in
everyday
language.
Enkeltpersoner
tends
to
be
found
in
regulatory,
administrative,
or
scholarly
writing
where
precision
about
the
subject
as
an
individual
is
required,
especially
in
discussions
of
privacy,
consent,
and
personal
data.
and
inflection
follow
comparable
patterns.