förlorades
Förlorades is a Swedish verb form that serves as the preterite passive of the verb förlora, meaning to lose. It describes that something was lost in the past, without specifying who lost it. The construction is commonly used in formal or historical writing, where the agent responsible for the loss is unknown or not stated.
Grammatically, Swedish forms the passive by adding -s to the verb stem in present and past tenses.
Usage is typical in news reports, historical narratives, legal or administrative language, and other formal prose
Etymology traces förlorades to the verb förlora, which derives from older Scandinavian roots meaning to lose.
See also: förlora, förlust, passive voice in Swedish, bibliotek and archives terminology where items can be