uppklarades

Uppklarades is a Swedish verb form meaning that a case or incident was cleared or solved by authorities. It is the preterite passive form of the verb uppklara, which means to clarify, resolve, or clear up a matter, especially in criminal investigations.

In practice, uppklarades appears in police reports, press releases, and news coverage to indicate that an investigation has reached a conclusion in which the perpetrator or responsibility has been established or the case otherwise closed. The term does not necessarily imply a conviction; a case may be uppklarad if a suspect has been identified and charged, or if the case is closed for other reasons (for example, lack of leads or the suspect cannot be prosecuted).

Grammar and related forms: the adjective uppklarad means solved or cleared, as in ett uppklarat mord (a solved murder). The form uppklarade can be used as active preterite, while uppklarades is the passive form used in past tense statements. In crime statistics, uppklaringsprocent refers to the proportion of reported crimes that are deemed uppklarade.

Origin and usage: rooted in uppklara with the prefix upp-, the term is widely used in Swedish media, law enforcement, and criminology to describe the resolution of cases.