verksamhet

verksam +‎ -het. Swedish verksamhet derives from verksam (“busy, active”) just like English business derives from being busy.

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1. goal-oriented activity (either commercial or more general goal-oriented activity, carried out on an ongoing basis, often within an organization or group)

   Teaterns verksamhet omfattar också turnéer

   The activities of the theater also includes tours

2. (seldom in Finland) a business (commercial or not), an enterprise, an institution

• Verksamhet is a neutral word, often used in legal texts and social sciences to denote any kind of private or public institution or enterprise.
• While Swedish verksam (“worksome”) (one who works; i.e. busy, but also effective) doubtlessly has the same roots as German wirksam (“effective”), their meanings do not fully overlap. And Swedish verksamhet (“activity”) has taken on quite a different meaning than German Wirksamkeit (“effectiveness”). Swedish verksamhet corresponds better to German Tätigkeit (“activity”).

• verksamhetsberättelse
• verksamhetsform
• verksamhetsplanering
• verksamhetsstyrning
• verksamhetsutveckling

• verksamhet in Svensk ordbok.