befogenhet

By surface analysis, befogen +‎ -het, where befogen is an obsolete variant of befogad. Compare beläsenhet (versus beläst) or beskaffenhet (versus beskaffad). Cognate with German befugen, Befugnis, and Dutch bevoegdheid.

befogenhet c

1. a legal right to do something; authority, power

   att utöva sina befogenheter

   to exercise one's powers

   att överskrida sina befogenheter

   to exceed one's powers

• behörighet

• “befogenhet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “befogenhet”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “befogenhet”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)