Pågick

pågick is a Swedish verb form meaning took place or was in progress. It is the simple past tense of the verb pågå, which means to continue or to be ongoing. The construction reflects the idea that a process or event persisted for a period in the past.

Etymology and form. The verb pågå is a compound formed from the prefix på- meaning on or along with gå, to go. In its inflected past tense, pågå forms as pågick in standard Swedish. The related forms include pågår in the present tense and pågått as the past participle, used in perfect tense constructions such as har pågått.

Usage. Pågick is used to describe events, processes, or situations that occurred or continued over time in the past. It emphasizes duration rather than a single instantaneous moment. In formal writing, it often appears in historical accounts, reports, and narrative descriptions of events.

Examples. Det pågick en stor utredning under flera månader. (A large investigation took place over several months.) Under festivalen pågick olika aktiviteter från morgon till kväll. (During the festival, various activities took place from morning to evening.) The past continuous sense can be conveyed with kontext and related tenses, such as har pågått for present perfect interpretations.

See also. On-going status and related Swedish verb forms include pågår (present), har pågått (present perfect), and pågådde (less common literary past). The term is primarily used in Swedish linguistic and historical contexts.