Swedish: An Essential Grammar, 2nd edition

S-passive:
Äpplena skalas.
Forms of bli + past participle:
Äpplena blir skalade.
Forms of vara + past participle:
Äpplena var skalade.
Forms with bli/vara are sometimes called ‘periphrastic forms’.
Use of passive forms
1 s-passive
This is by far the most common form, especially in written Swedish, and
stresses the action of the verb, often indicating a repetition, command or
instruction:
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Verbs
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Frukost serveras kl. 9.
Breakfast is served at 9 o’clock.
Ordet uttalas med accent 1.
The word is pronounced with accent 1.
Felparkering straffas med böter.
Illegal parking is punishable by fine.
Öppnas här.
Open here. (E.g. on packages)
The s-passive construction often has no agent, and is often the equivalent
of an active construction using man, de, någon or folk: