upplösas

Upplösas is a Swedish verb form used to indicate that something is being dissolved or liquidated in passive voice. It is most commonly applied to organizations, agreements, contracts, or other legal entities that cease to exist or are formally terminated. The word stems from the verb upplösa, whose noun form is upplösning, meaning dissolution.

In usage, upplösas describes a process where the subject is the entity that is dissolved, while the agent performing the dissolution may be specified with a by-phrase or implied from context. For example, in a sentence such as Föreningen upplöses av årsmötet, the association is dissolved by the annual meeting. Another example in past tense is Bolaget upplöstes efter bolagsstämman. The present tense passive form commonly appears as bolaget upplöses or föreningen upplösas, depending on tense and context.

Although upplösas can be used in formal or legal writing, for chemical dissolution Swedish typically prefers lösa upp in active or passive constructions (saltet löses upp i vattnet), and the everyday sense of dissolution is often expressed with lösa upp rather than upplösas. Nevertheless, upplösas remains correct in contexts describing the dissolution of institutions, agreements, or other organized structures.

Related terms include upplösning (the act or result of dissolution) and upplöst (dissolved), which function as noun and adjective forms, respectively. In institutional contexts, the concept is closely tied to legal procedures, governance changes, and organizational lifecycle.