evenemanget

Evenemanget is the definite form of the Swedish noun evenemang, referring to a planned public or social occasion. An event can range from a concert or festival to a conference, sports match, or ceremonial act. The term is widely used in media, public announcements, and everyday speech to denote a specific occasion that is known or has been previously discussed.

Evenemang, the base form, is a neuter noun; the indefinite singular is ett evenemang, and the definite singular takes the suffix -et to form evenemanget. The plural indefinite is evenemang, and the definite plural is evenemangen. The word belongs to a broader family describing occurrences and happenings in Swedish, and it is cognate with similar terms in other Nordic languages (for example Norwegian begivenhet and Danish begivenhed) as well as with the English word event, though usage differs between languages.

In practice, evenemanget is used when the speaker or writer presumes the listener knows which event is meant, often because it has been mentioned earlier or is identifiable from context. For example: "Evenemanget i går samlade tusentals människor" and "Evenemanget börjar klockan åtta på kvällen." The term should not be confused with händelse, which can refer to a happening or incident more generally, including unplanned events.