omgång

Omgång is a noun used in Swedish and Norwegian to denote a complete cycle or stage within a process, most often in competitive, procedural, or production contexts. The term comes from older forms in Scandinavian languages and combines a sense of around or surrounding with a going or turning, reflecting a recurring sequence.

In sports and games, en omgång refers to a round of matches within a league or tournament. For example, in a football season, each set of matches across all teams is called an omgång, such as den tredje omgången. In knockout tournaments, omgång can describe a particular stage of play or a progression through rounds as teams advance.

In politics and elections, omgång describes a voting round. If no candidate obtains the required majority, subsequent omgångar may be held, commonly referred to as andra omgången or tredje omgången, depending on the number of rounds in the election system.

The term is also used in production, publishing, and testing to denote a batch or run—for instance, en ny omgång av tester or en ny omgång av produktionen—indicating items produced or examined together in a single cycle.

In everyday language, omgång can refer to another round of activities or even to a round of drinks, as in a social context. Common collocations include första omgången, andra omgången, and nästa omgång. While cognate in related Scandinavian languages, precise usage and phrasing may vary by country, but the core meaning as a cyclical stage or batch remains consistent.