One of my favourites is “paragrafryttare”, loaned from the German “prinzipienreiter”, basically “principle rider” or “principle knight”, used to denote someone who very rigidly applies rules, maxims, laws and principles. Of course English has “pedant” which has a similar feel to it, but is more about very rigidly focusing on insignificant things while ignoring more important things.
One of my favourites is “paragrafryttare”, loaned from the German “prinzipienreiter”, basically “principle rider” or “principle knight”, used to denote someone who very rigidly applies rules, maxims, laws and principles. Of course English has “pedant” which has a similar feel to it, but is more about very rigidly focusing on insignificant things while ignoring more important things.