Förbjöds

Förbjöds is the past passive form of the Swedish verb "förbjuda," meaning "to forbid" or "to prohibit." It indicates that something was prohibited or banned at some point in the past. The subject of the sentence is what was forbidden. For example, "Bilen förbjöds att köra på den här vägen" translates to "The car was forbidden to drive on this road." This grammatical construction is common in Swedish to describe actions that were not allowed. The verb "förbjuda" itself is derived from "för-" (prefix indicating prohibition or prevention) and "bjuda" (to bid, to offer, or in older usage, to command). The past passive form "förbjöds" is used when the agent performing the forbidding is either unknown, unimportant, or implied from the context. It's a crucial element for constructing sentences that express past prohibitions in Swedish.