mottagare

Mottagare is a Swedish noun meaning the person or entity that receives something. It is used for recipients of letters, parcels, payments, information or signals, and is commonly contrasted with avsändare, the sender, in contexts ranging from mail handling to administrative procedures.

In postal, logistics and formal contexts, mottagaren is the person named in an address who is authorized to receive the item. In administrative and social welfare settings, mottagare refers to the beneficiary or recipient of benefits, subsidies or services. In digital communication, mottagare can denote the recipient of a message or email, distinguishing it from the sender and any carbon copy recipients.

Etymology and usage notes: mottagare derives from the verb mottaga, meaning to receive, with the agent noun suffix -are, producing a term for the person who performs the action. The word is gender-neutral and widely used across formal and everyday Swedish.

Examples of usage include phrases like “brev till mottagaren” (the letter to the recipient), “mottagare av pension” (pension recipient), and “lista över mottagare” (list of recipients). The term is common in legal, administrative, and logistical language as well as in everyday talk about receiving items or information.