Säkerställs

säkerställs is the passive present tense form of the Swedish verb säkerställa. The verb säkerställa translates to "ensure" or "secure" in English. Therefore, "säkerställs" means "is ensured" or "is secured."

This grammatical form is used to indicate that an action of ensuring or securing is being done or is happening, but the subject performing the action is either unknown, unimportant, or implied by the context. For example, "Att säkerhet säkerställs är viktigt" translates to "That security is ensured is important." In this sentence, the focus is on the state of security being ensured, not on who is doing the ensuring.

The passive voice construction with "-s" is very common in Swedish and is used across various tenses and moods. "Säkerställs" specifically denotes a present-day or ongoing process of ensuring. It can be found in official documents, instructions, and general discourse where the emphasis is on the outcome or the state of being secured rather than the agent responsible for it. For instance, in a policy document, one might read "Att alla data säkert lagras säkerställs genom kryptering," meaning "That all data is stored securely is ensured through encryption."