Polisanmälan görs på polisstationen.

Because Swedish usually writes compound nouns as a single word. Here, polis + anmälan becomes polisanmälan.

This is very normal in Swedish. English often uses two words where Swedish uses one: police report → polisanmälan train station → tågstation

So for a Swedish learner, it is good to expect lots of one-word compounds.

Görs is the present passive form of göra.

• gör = does / makes
• görs = is done / is made

So grammatically, Polisanmälan görs ... means something like The police report is made/filed ...

In natural English, is filed may sound better than the very literal is done.

Because this sentence is passive.

In an active sentence, you might say: Man gör en polisanmälan på polisstationen. = You/one/people make/file a police report at the police station.

When Swedish changes that into the passive, the thing affected by the action becomes the grammatical subject: Polisanmälan görs på polisstationen.

So even though polisanmälan feels like the object in English, in this Swedish sentence it functions as the subject.

Because Swedish often uses the passive for general instructions, rules, or official information.

The passive makes the sentence sound:

• impersonal
• neutral
• official
• focused on the procedure, not the person doing it

So this sentence is less about who files the report and more about where the filing is done.

Yes, it is a normal and common expression.

Swedish often uses göra in places where English uses a more specific verb. So göra en polisanmälan is the standard way to say make/file a police report.

You may also hear related expressions such as:

• göra en anmälan
• anmäla något till polisen
• lämna in en polisanmälan

But göra en polisanmälan is perfectly standard.

Because -en is the definite singular ending here.

• en polisstation = a police station
• polisstationen = the police station

Swedish usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

So: på polisstationen = at the police station

Because på is the normal choice here.

With places and institutions, Swedish often uses på where English uses at:

• på banken
• på kontoret
• på polisstationen

Using i would emphasize being physically inside the building. That is possible in some contexts, but here på polisstationen is the more idiomatic choice for talking about where the report is filed.

There are two important things to know.

First, Swedish usually marks definiteness on the noun itself rather than with a separate word.

Second, nouns like anmälan are a bit tricky because the indefinite and definite singular can look the same in writing:

• en anmälan = a report
• anmälan = the report

The same applies to polisanmälan. So context has to tell you how specific it is.

In this sentence, it is best understood as a general, procedural statement. If you wanted to make the indefinite meaning extra clear, you could say: En polisanmälan görs på polisstationen.

Yes. A very common active version is:

Man gör en polisanmälan på polisstationen.

Here man means something like one, you, or people in general.

Compared with the original:

• Polisanmälan görs på polisstationen sounds more official or instructional.
• Man gör en polisanmälan på polisstationen sounds a bit more direct and conversational.

Both are correct.