planerna

Planerna is a Swedish term meaning “the plans” and is used in administrative and planning contexts to refer to sets of official documents related to development and land use. The word functions as the definite plural of the noun plan, yielding form planerna. In Swedish, plan is used for schemes, arrangements, or schemes for projects, and planerna appears when multiple such plans are being discussed or cited collectively.

In urban and regional planning, planerna commonly appear in discussions of different planning instruments. Examples of related terms frequently found alongside planerna include områdesplanerna (area plans), detaljplanerna (detailed plans), and översiktsplanerna (comprehensive plans). The term planerna therefore often serves as a umbrella reference to the collection of plans that a municipality or regional authority has prepared, is preparing, or has approved.

The usage of planerna is largely administrative and legal. It is not typically employed as a stand-alone concept outside planning contexts, but rather as a way to refer to the body of planning documents under consideration or in force. Related concepts include having gällande plan (the current plan), planbeskrivningar (plan descriptions), and the broader framework of zoning and land-use regulation.

See also: detaljplan, översiktsplan, kommunala planer. While planerna are commonly discussed in municipal planning portals, the term is most meaningful within the specific context of a city or region’s planning apparatus.