Villkora

Villkora is a Swedish verb meaning to impose conditions or terms on someone or something, or to subject something to predefined prerequisites. It is used to describe the act of attaching covenants, restrictions, or requirements to an agreement, contract, loan, lease, or license. In everyday usage, villkora implies a formal or contractual conditioning rather than a casual restriction.

The term is derived from the noun villkor, meaning condition or term. As a regular -a verb, villkora follows standard Swedish conjugation patterns, and its use is common in legal, financial, and business writing. Its nuance is distinctly policy- or contract-focused, contrasting with more general verbs for restricting or limiting.

Typical contexts for villkora include financial contracting, rental agreements, and regulatory compliance, where one party’s rights or obligations are expressly conditioned on specific events or performance criteria. For example, a loan might be villkorad by requirements such as timely repayments or the maintenance of certain financial covenants, or a licensing agreement might be villkorad by confidentiality obligations.

See also: villkor (condition), avtal (agreement), kontrakt (contract), klausul (clause), covenants (kovenanter).