Upphöra

Upphöra is a Swedish verb meaning to cease, stop, or terminate. It denotes that a process, activity, or state ends. The term is common in formal, administrative, and legal language and is often preferred over more casual alternatives when a definitive end is intended. It can be used with constructions such as upphöra med något (to cease an activity or service) or upphöra att göra något (to stop doing something).

Conjugation and usage: Upphör is the present tense, upphörde is the past tense, and upphört is the supine. The perfect participle is upphört. Compound tenses are formed with the auxiliary ha, as in har upphört. The verb is intransitive and does not take a direct object; the thing ceasing is expressed in other elements, for example med något or i en sats med att.

Examples illustrate its formal tone: Bolaget upphörde med all verksamhet i oktober. Verksamheten har upphört, och myndigheterna har avvecklat relaterade processer. In everyday language, sluta is more common, but upphöra conveys a sense of definitive, ongoing cessation, often in institutional or legal contexts.

See also: related verbs and phrases such as sluta, avsluta, lägga ned, which express cessation or termination with varying degrees of formality and nuance.