postombud

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

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.

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