lagman

See also: Lagman and lagmän

Swedish

Etymology

lag +‎ man

Noun

lagman c

1. a chief judge of a tingsrätt (“district court”) and länsrätt (“county administrative court”)
2. Chief Justice (in Finland, the chief judge of a District Court)
3. a president of a city court (in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö)
4. a head of division at a court of appeal
5. (historical) lawspeaker, lawman

Declension

Declension of lagman
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lagman	lagmannen	lagmän	lagmännen
Genitive	lagmans	lagmannens	lagmäns	lagmännens

Related terms

• hovrättslagman
• kammarrättslagman