Efter att vi har tvättat klart vill hon vika allt direkt.

Efter att introduces a time clause and means after when it is followed by a whole clause.

• efter
  • noun phrase: efter middagen = after dinner
• efter att
  • clause: efter att vi har tvättat klart = after we have finished washing

Here, att is part of the conjunction efter att. It is not the same att as the infinitive marker meaning to.

Because efter att vi har tvättat klart is a subordinate clause.

In Swedish, subordinate clauses normally keep the order:

subject + finite verb

So you get:

vi har tvättat klart

not:

har vi tvättat klart

The verb-second rule does not apply inside this subordinate clause.

Har tvättat is the present perfect, used for something that will be completed before the next action.

• har = present tense of ha
• tvättat = the supine form of tvätta

After har and hade, Swedish uses the supine, not the infinitive. So:

• tvätta = to wash
• tvättat = washed / have washed

In this sentence, it shows that the washing is finished before she wants to fold everything.

Here, klart means something like finished, completely, or to completion.

So tvätta klart means finish washing or wash completely.

This is a very common pattern in Swedish:

• äta klart = finish eating
• läsa klart = finish reading
• göra klart = finish doing / get ready / complete

So har tvättat klart is not just have washed; it specifically emphasizes that the washing is done.

No. This is a very common false friend.

Vill means want or wants to, not future will.

So:

• hon vill vika allt = she wants to fold everything

English will is usually expressed in other ways in Swedish, often with ska or just the present tense depending on context.

Because the sentence starts with a whole time clause:

Efter att vi har tvättat klart

When something other than the subject comes first in a Swedish main clause, the finite verb must come second. This is the V2 rule.

So the main clause becomes:

vill hon vika allt direkt

not:

hon vill vika allt direkt

You can think of the structure like this:

1. Efter att vi har tvättat klart = first position
2. vill = second position
3. hon = subject after the verb

Vika is the infinitive form, meaning to fold.

After modal-style verbs like vill, kan, ska, måste, Swedish normally uses the infinitive without att.

So:

• hon vill vika = she wants to fold
• not hon vill att vika

That is different from verbs like försöka or börja, where att may appear depending on the structure.

Because allt here means everything.

Swedish has different forms:

• all = all, whole, entire (common gender singular)
• allt = all, everything (neuter singular / pronoun)
• alla = all (plural)

So:

• all tvätt = all the laundry
• alla kläder = all the clothes
• allt = everything

In this sentence, allt is a pronoun standing on its own, so everything is the natural translation.

Direkt means directly, right away, or immediately.

It is placed at the end because that is a very natural position for this kind of adverb in Swedish:

vill hon vika allt direkt

This gives a neutral word order. You can move direkt earlier for emphasis, but the sentence as given sounds very natural and standard.

Usually, no comma is needed here in normal Swedish writing:

Efter att vi har tvättat klart vill hon vika allt direkt.

Swedish generally uses fewer commas than English. A comma may sometimes appear for clarity or style, especially in longer sentences, but in a short sentence like this it is usually omitted.

The context strongly suggests laundry because of vika allt.

You normally fold clothes, towels, or laundry, so tvättat here is most naturally understood as done the washing / done the laundry. Swedish often leaves this kind of thing implicit if the context makes it obvious.

A more explicit version could be:

• Efter att vi har tvättat klart vill hon vika tvätten direkt.
• Efter att vi har tvättat klart vill hon vika all tvätt direkt.