"The judge works at the supreme court."

Translation: Domaren arbetar på högsta domstolen.

[Jonathan606349]

Not "den" högsta domstolen?

[Arnauti]

In things that are names or like names, we often skip the article before adjective + determinate noun.

[Jonathan606349]

Thanks! That's about what I figured, but wasn't sure.

[Segwyne]

Does domstolen literally translate as the seat of judgement?

[vogliocapire]

According to Zmrzlina in another thread, Yes

[Keeletaat]

Can anyone explain when one uses "den" with definite articles and when not?

[devalanteriel]

You would normally always use the definite article in this kind of expression, since you have an adjective describing a noun. This is an exception only since högsta domstolen is the name of the institution, so högsta is grammatically speaking part of the noun rather than an adjective describing it.

[Keeletaat]

Thanks for explaining!

[nahjop]

Domaren arbetar "i" högsta domstolen?

[LearnerAnne]

Jag skulle säga i. På låter märkligt. Man kan säga på tingsrätten, men det heter i hovrätten och i högsta domstolen.

[devalanteriel]

We accept på and vid but i I'd argue is flat out wrong, unless you mean inside.

[LearnerAnne]

Högsta domstolen använder själv i: http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Arbeta-pa-Hogsta-domstolen/Justitierad/
The Swedish High Court chooses "i", so I dare say it is certainly not "flat out wrong". By the way, I teach Swedish at upper high school (gymnasiet).

[devalanteriel]

That link does not support your argument. You är domare i Högsta domstolen, yes, but you wouldn't arbeta i Högsta domstolen unless you meant the physical building. They're different things. Formally speaking, the court works as an entity in a similar manner as a corporation would. Hence, arbeta i Högsta domstolen sounds like e.g. arbeta i Saab would.

I am also a native with credentials related to teaching Swedish - let's not use those to support our claims. I'm only replying in English because learners have asked me to, since some feel it facilitates their learning.

[devalanteriel]

You work i skolan because it refers to a nonspecific.

That link also says that people ARE [profession] in the supreme court, not that they WORK in the supreme court. The same goes for journalists, they don't WORK in Svenska dagbladet, they ARE journalists in Svenska dagbladet.

[LearnerAnne]

Din jämförelse med Saab haltar. Ibland används faktiskt i i stället för på när det gäller arbetsplatser: i kyrkan, i skolan, i vården ... faktiskt också på namngivna arbetsplatser. Man kan jobba som journalist på Expressen, men i Svenska Dagbladet.

För att återgå till domare, eller justitieråd som domarna i HD kallas, så används i om ett justitieråd av advokatsamfundet också: https://www.advokatsamfundet.se/for-advokater/Advokat-i-framtiden/Fem-fragor-till/Alla-Fem-fragor/Fem-fragor-till-Kerstin-Calissendorff/

Därmed lämnar jag diskussionen.