Dödsstället

Dödsstället is a Swedish noun meaning "the place of death" or "death site." It denotes the location where a person dies, whether through natural causes, violence, execution, accident, or ritual death. The term is formed from the words död (death) and ställe (place) and appears in definite form as dödsstället and in indefinite form dödsställe.

In usage, dödsstället is primarily found in literary, historical, or journalistic contexts rather than in everyday speech. It often appears in biographies, memoirs, or historical narratives when the precise location of a death is relevant. The expression can carry solemn, somber, or forensic connotations, in contrast to more neutral terms like dödsplats.

Dödsstället contrasts with dödsplats, a more common contemporary term for the site where someone died; dödsställe may imply a more specific or narrative sense of the place, sometimes with emotional or symbolic weight. Although not a fixed geographical name, the concept can be used generically to refer to any known death site, including battlefields, crime scenes, or sites of execution.