No. 8,918 in Swedish
departementet
"Departementet" means "the department" in English.
In a sentence
Departementet arbetar med att utveckla nya politikområden.
The department is working on developing new policy areas.
Here, 'departementet' refers to a governmental or administrative department focused on particular policy tasks.
Mötet är ordnat av departementet.
The meeting is organized by the department.
In this sentence, 'departementet' is used to indicate the entity responsible for organizing the meeting.
Rapporten skickades till departementet för granskning.
The report was sent to the department for review.
In this context, 'departementet' represents the institution tasked with reviewing the report.
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