karolinsk

Swedish

Adjective

karolinsk

1. (historical) Carolean (of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles X–XII, especially Charles XII, or the Caroleans)
   • 1888, Esaias Tegnér, “Axel”, in Skaldestycken‎^[1], P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 11 August 2025, page 2:

     Den gamla tiden är mig kär, den gamla karolinska tiden.

     The old days are dear to me, the old Carolean days.

   • 1935, Frans G. Bengtsson, Karl XII:s levnad 1: Till uttåget ur Sachsen‎^[2], P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 11 August 2025, page 290:

     [Gatlopp] bör ha varit svår[a] att uthärda till och med för en stadig karolinsk ryggtavla.

     Running the gauntles must have been difficult to endure, even for a sturdy Carolean back.

Declension

Inflection of karolinsk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	karolinsk	—	—
neuter singular	karolinskt	—	—
plural	karolinska	—	—
masculine plural2	karolinske	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	karolinske	—	—
all	karolinska	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• karolin

References

• “karolinsk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)