arkiveras

Arkiveras is a Swedish verb form meaning "to be archived." It is the passive present form of the verb arkivera. In usage, arkiveras describes the state of documents, data, or records that have been moved to archival storage or a repository, usually as part of records management, legal compliance, or historical preservation. For example, "Dokumentet arkiveras i arkivet." "Företaget arkiverar äldre filer." In Swedish, the full infinitive is att arkivera, the present tense arkiverar, the passive present arkiveras, and the past participle arkiverat. The passive form is formed with the suffix -s, a common pattern in Swedish for passive voice.

Arkiveras is widely used in administrative, archival, and IT contexts, where organizations aim to preserve records for long-term retrieval while reducing active storage. In information technology, archiving typically involves moving data to long-term storage, applying metadata, and ensuring accessibility through migration and format standardization. The term should not be confused with backup, which is intended for disaster recovery and may be temporary.

Common related terms include arkiv (archive), arkivering (archiving), and arkivlagstiftning (archive law).