fördes

Fördes is a Swedish verb form used as the past tense of the passive verb föras, meaning that something or someone was led, carried, or transported by others or by forces outside the subject. It commonly appears in formal, historical, or news reporting language to describe movement or transfer that occurs under direction or control.

In usage, fördes is the passive counterpart to the active past tense form förde, which describes an agent actively leading or bringing something. The passive form fördes is used without naming the agent, or with agents introduced by av (by). It can be combined with prepositional phrases indicating destination or origin, for example fördes till ett annat område or fördes bort från platsen. The construction is typical for describing events such as evacuations, transports, or transfers of people or objects.

The form fördes is built from the verb föras (to be led, to be carried) in its past tense and passive voice. The root verb föra means to move, lead, or carry, and is historically related to other Germanic languages. The passive marker -s in föras yields the past passive form fördes in imperfect or past narrative contexts.

Examples of use include historical or journalistic statements such as "Under kriget fördes många människor till säkrare platser" (During the war, many people were moved to safer places) and "Fyndet fördes till forskningslaboratoriet" (The find was transported to the research laboratory).

See also: föra, föras, förde.