målgrens

Målgräns is a Swedish term used to describe a threshold or boundary associated with a specific target or goal. The word is a compound of mål (goal, target) and gräns (border, limit). In practice, a målgräns defines the range of acceptable outcomes around a target, or the limit that must not be exceeded to meet the goal. The term is used across various domains, including business, project management, statistics, and public policy, though its exact meaning and prominence can vary by organization.

In performance measurement, organizations set a målgräns for key indicators. For example, a company might set a quarterly revenue target of 50 million kronor with a målgräns of ±5%, so results between 47.5 and 52.5 million are regarded as meeting the goal. In environmental planning or public health, målgräns can denote the threshold for costs, emissions, or other criteria that must be reached or kept under to achieve policy objectives. In statistics, similar ideas are expressed with confidence intervals or tolerance bands, though the term målgräns is less formal and more contextual.

Relation to other terms: gräns means boundary or limit on its own; a related concept is gränsvärde (threshold value). Målgräns is thus a practical, goal-oriented bound used to assess performance or compliance. Its exact interpretation depends on the defined target and the context in which it is applied.