förtroendevald

== Swedish == === Etymology === förtroende (“trust”) +‎ -s- +‎ vald (“chosen, elected”) === Adjective === förtroendevald (not comparable) having been elected as an elected official (as opposed to having been appointed outside an election) (nominalized) an elected official ==== Declension ==== === References === “förtroendevald”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “förtroendevald”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)