riksomfattande

Riksomfattande is a Swedish adjective meaning nationwide or spanning the entire country. The prefix riks-, derived from rike or riket, denotes a national or state level, while omfattande means comprehensive, extensive, or wide-ranging. Together they describe something that applies across all parts of a country rather than to a particular region or locality.

Usage and contexts: It is commonly used in public administration, research, media, and policy discussions. It is typically attached to nouns such as undersökning (survey), reform, program, kampanj (campaign), or plan to indicate that the activity or measure covers the entire nation. For example, a riksomfattande undersökning is a national survey; a riksomfattande program is a nationwide program. The term is often contrasted with regionalt or lokalt qualifiers when scope is limited to a subset of the country.

Linguistic notes: The prefix riks- appears in many national-scale compounds and is used alongside other scope modifiers such as regionalt or lokalt to specify reach. Riksomfattande is typically formal and more common in government, statistics, and formal reporting than in everyday speech. It conveys breadth of reach and uniform applicability across all regions of the country.

See also: riket, riksdag. Related concepts include nationwide scope and national programs, which are described in similar terms when discussing policy, research, or public campaigns.