völdin
Völdin is the definite plural form of the Icelandic noun völd, meaning powers or authorities. It is commonly used to refer to the institutions and people that hold political power within a state—the government, the ruling elite, and the administrative apparatus. The indefinite plural is völd, while the singular forms are vald (a power) and valdið (the power).
In political and public discourse, völdin denotes the group of those currently in power, and it can
Völdin also appears in journalism and literature to reference power structures more broadly, not only the government