inrymme

Inrymme is a Swedish noun that denotes interior space or an enclosed space within a building, vehicle, vessel, or container. The term emphasizes the inner volume rather than external dimensions and is commonly used in architecture, construction, and interior design to describe a defined spatial area such as a room, compartment, or chamber. It is formed from the prefix in- meaning inside and rum meaning room or space.

In planning and building contexts, inrymme can refer to both individual rooms (ett inrymme) and larger interior areas within a plan (inrymmen). In professional contexts it provides a more technical nuance about usable space, layout, partitions, and function, compared with the everyday synonym rum. The term is frequently found in design briefs, cadastral descriptions, and compliance documents to specify the arrangement and capacity of internal volumes.

Examples of use include: “Planlösningen optimerar inrymmet mellan kök och vardagsrum.” and “Det totala inrymmet på 120 kvadratmeter rymmer tre sovrum och ett arbetsrum.” The definite form appears as inrymmet (the interior space) and inrymmena (the interior spaces, plural).

See also: rum, interiör, utrymme. Inrymme is a technical alternative to more common words for interior space and is most often encountered in architectural or planning contexts within Swedish-language material.