slutförts

Slutförts is a Swedish past participle form of the verb slutföra, meaning to bring something to a completion or end. It is primarily used in passive constructions to indicate that a task or action has been completed. A typical sentence is Arbetet har slutförts, meaning the work has been completed. The form is characteristic of the passive perfect tense, often appearing with auxiliary verbs such as har or hade.

Etymology and formation: slutföra is a compound verb built from slut (end) and föra (to bring, to carry). The past participle used in passive constructions is slutförts, while the adjectival or non-passive form is slutfört (completed) and can be used to modify a noun as ett slutfört projekt (a completed project) or slutförda uppgifter (completed tasks).

Usage and nuances: Slutförts indicates a completed state from the perspective of the action’s result and is common in administrative, project management, legal, and scientific contexts. It contrasts with avslutat or fullbordat, which are often used more generally for finishing or ending tasks. Slutfört is typically used attributively to describe a noun, whereas slutförts is used predicatively in perfect passive constructions.

See also: slutföra, slutfört, avsluta, fullbordat. In Swedish, choosing between these forms conveys subtle distinctions between completed status (slutfört/slutförts) and the act of finishing (avsluta, fullbordat).

Notes: While slutförts is the standard passive past participle, speakers may also encounter affixed or regional variants in informal usage. The term remains neutral and widely understood in formal writing.