Ophört

Ophört is a Swedish term that functions as the past participle form of the verb ophöra, meaning to cease, discontinue, or stop. In practice, it conveys that a process, activity, or state has come to an end. The form is encountered primarily in written Swedish and is associated with more formal, historical, or legal styles.

In modern Swedish, the more common past participle for the same sense is upphört, and speakers typically use upphöra in the present tense or upphöra/har upphört in compound tenses. Ophört thus tends to appear in older texts, ecclesiastical or administrative records, legal documents, and other contexts where traditional language is preserved. Its appearance can signal a formal register or historical provenance.

Orthography and style notes: Ophört is often described as archaic or literary in contemporary usage. It may be found in translations of older works or in period writings that aim to reproduce historical Swedish. In everyday speech and contemporary writing, authors generally prefer upphört or alternative constructions such as har upphört att bli, depending on the sentence.

See also: upphöra, upphört, cease, discontinue.