Förekommande

Förekommande is a Swedish present participle derived from the verb förekomma, meaning to occur or take place. As a verbal adjective it describes something that occurs or has occurred within a given context, and it can be used attributively (en förekommande händelse) or predicatively in formal or technical prose. Common usage includes phrases like förekommande händelser or förekommande symtom, indicating events or symptoms observed within a specified period or dataset.

The term is closely linked to the noun förekomst, which denotes an occurrence or presence. Related verb forms are förekommer (present) and förekommit (supine/participle used in perfect tenses). Förekommande is therefore situated in a spectrum of expressions that discuss what has been observed or recorded, rather than what will happen in the future.

Usage notes and distinctions: förekommande should not be understood as meaning upcoming or forthcoming. That sense is conveyed by kommande. In many contexts, especially in everyday language, speakers may prefer alternatives such as som inträffat, som har inträffat, or som förekommit to express past occurrences. In official reports, statistics, medical literature, and legal texts, however, förekommande remains a natural choice for describing observed phenomena or events.

Examples: “Under perioden noterades flera förekommande symtom.” “Förekommande fel har åtgärdats.” “Analysen fokuserade på förekommande mönster i data.”