Uppförts

Uppförts is a Swedish term that denotes a completed act of erecting a structure. It functions as a past participle form related to the verb uppföra, meaning to build or construct. The form appears primarily in historical, legal, and architectural texts, rather than in everyday modern usage.

Origin and form: Uppförts is constructed from uppföra with a passive participle suffix. Its exact usage can vary by dialect and era, and it is most commonly encountered in archival language that preserves older phrasing. In contemporary Swedish, the more common past participle forms are uppfört or uppförd, while uppförts is often regarded as an older or regional variant.

Usage: The term is used to indicate that a structure has been erected. It is frequently found in cadastral records, land-law documents, and descriptive captions in older architectural surveys. In modern prose, writers typically use uppfört or the periphrastic form har uppfört to express the same idea.

Examples: In historical records you might encounter phrases such as “fastigheten uppförts under 1920-talet” or “en ny byggnad uppförts på tomten.” These usages reflect the archival style that preserves older constructions of participles.

See also: uppföra, byggnad, konstruktion, byggnadshistoria.