postombud

Swedish

Etymology

From post (“post, postal”) +‎ ombud (“ombud, representative”).

Noun

postombud n

1. (obsolete, 1933 to 1980s) a post office proxy, often done as a sideline by shopkeepers or sometimes by lantbrevbärare (“rural letter carriers”) in the kitchen
2. (since 2006) a post office proxy, often located at the förbutik (“pre-store”) of a grocery store; provides services such as selling postage plus sending and receiving parcels and registered mail

   Ditt paket kan hämtas hos närmaste postombud.

   Your parcel can be collected at nearest postal representative.

3. a business that performs this service

   Hemköp är vårat lokala postombud.

   Hemköp is our local postal representative.

Declension

Declension of postombud

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	postombud	postombuds
	definite	postombudet	postombudets
plural	indefinite	postombud	postombuds
	definite	postombuden	postombudens

See also

• frimärksombud (“simplest post office proxy”)
• företagscenter (“business post centre”)
• spelombud (“bookmaker proxy”)