skickades

Skickades is the past tense passive form of the Swedish verb skicka, meaning to send. It is used to describe something that was sent by someone, where the doer is often unknown, unimportant, or unclear, and the focus is on the action or result being completed in the past. The form is common in written and spoken Swedish, especially in reports, letters, and logistical contexts.

In terms of grammar, skickades is formed by adding the suffix -des to the verb stem in the simple past tense to create the passive voice: the subject receives the action rather than performing it. The corresponding present passive is skickas, and the present perfect passive is har skickats. For example: Brevet skickades i går (The letter was sent yesterday). Meddelandet har skickats till alla anställda (The message has been sent to all employees).

Skickades is often used when the actor performing the sending is not specified or is generalized, as in news reports or administrative records. It can be contrasted with the active past tense form skickade, which would indicate that someone sent something themselves (e.g., Revisorerna skickade rapporten).

Etymologically, the form derives from the verb skicka, with the -des ending marking the passive past tense in many Swedish verbs. Overall, skickades serves as a standard grammatical tool to express past sending actions in the passive voice.