Den överenskomna depositionen står i hyreskontraktet.

This is a very common Swedish pattern called double definiteness.

In English, you say the agreed deposit.

In Swedish, when a noun is:

• definite (the deposit), and
• has an adjective before it (agreed),

you usually need:

1. a definite article before the adjective: den
2. a definite ending on the noun: depositionen

So:

• en deposition = a deposit
• depositionen = the deposit
• den överenskomna depositionen = the agreed deposit

Without the adjective, you would usually just say depositionen.
With the adjective, Swedish normally adds den as well.

Because the noun phrase is definite.

The base pattern is:

• en överenskommen deposition = an agreed deposit
• den överenskomna depositionen = the agreed deposit

So the participle/adjective changes form depending on grammar.

Here, depositionen is:

• singular
• common gender
• definite

In a definite noun phrase, adjectives and participles usually take -a:

• den stora bilen
• den skrivna texten
• den överenskomna depositionen

So överenskommen is the form you would expect in an indefinite phrase, while överenskomna is the correct form here because the phrase is definite.

It means agreed or agreed-upon.

It comes from the verb överenskomma, which means to agree on or to come to an agreement about something.

So:

• vi kom överens om depositionen = we agreed on the deposit
• den överenskomna depositionen = the agreed deposit

Grammatically, överenskomna is a past participle being used like an adjective.

Because stå i is a very common Swedish way to say that something is written, stated, or appears in a text/document.

So:

• Det står i kontraktet. = It says so in the contract.
• Det står i boken. = It is written in the book.

If you said är i hyreskontraktet, it would sound more like is in the rental contract in a physical or general sense, not specifically is written/stated there.

So in this sentence, står i hyreskontraktet is the natural choice.

Hyreskontraktet means the rental contract or the lease agreement.

It is a compound noun:

• hyra = rent
• kontrakt = contract

Together:

• hyreskontrakt = rental contract
• hyreskontraktet = the rental contract

Swedish forms compounds very freely, much more than English.
So instead of saying something like rent contract, Swedish joins the words into one: hyreskontrakt.

The -s- in the middle is a common linking sound in compounds.

The basic word order is:

Subject + verb + adverbial

• Den överenskomna depositionen = subject
• står = verb
• i hyreskontraktet = place/prepositional phrase

So:

Den överenskomna depositionen står i hyreskontraktet.

This is normal Swedish main-clause word order.

Also remember that Swedish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position in main clauses.

For example, you could also say:

I hyreskontraktet står den överenskomna depositionen.

That is still correct, because now I hyreskontraktet is in first position, and står stays in second position.

Yes, deposition can mean a deposit, especially a security deposit in housing or rental contexts.

So:

• en deposition = a deposit
• depositionen = the deposit

Depending on context, Swedish may also use other expressions, but deposition is perfectly understandable here and fits a legal or contract-related sentence well.

One thing to watch out for: the English word deposition often means something different in legal English, but in Swedish deposition can very naturally refer to money left as security.

It is originally a verb form—a past participle—but here it is functioning like an adjective.

This is very common in Swedish, just as in English:

• the agreed amount
• the signed contract
• the written rule

In Swedish:

• den överenskomna depositionen
• det undertecknade kontraktet
• den skrivna regeln

So it comes from a verb, but in the sentence it behaves like an adjective describing the noun.

The indefinite version would be:

en överenskommen deposition

Compare:

• en överenskommen deposition = an agreed deposit
• den överenskomna depositionen = the agreed deposit

This shows two changes:

1. the article changes from en to den
2. the participle changes from överenskommen to överenskomna
3. the noun changes from deposition to depositionen

This is a useful pattern to learn because it appears all the time in Swedish.

Yes, you might hear that, but it gives a slightly different nuance.

• står i hyreskontraktet = is written/stated in the rental contract
• finns i hyreskontraktet = exists/is found in the rental contract

Both can work, but står is more idiomatic when you want to emphasize that the information is explicitly written there.

So if you are talking about contract wording, står i is usually the best choice.

A few parts may feel tricky for English speakers:

• den: roughly dehn
• överenskomna: roughly UH-veh-rens-kom-na
• depositionen: roughly deh-poh-sih-SHO-nen
• hyreskontraktet: roughly HYY-res-kon-TRAK-tet

A few pronunciation notes:

• ö does not sound like English o. It is closer to the vowel in British bird, but not exactly the same.
• y in Swedish is not like English y in yes. It is a rounded front vowel that many English speakers need practice with.
• Stress often falls clearly in compounds, such as hyreskontraktet, where kontrakt carries a strong stress.

If your goal is natural speech, överenskomna and hyreskontraktet are probably the two words worth practicing most.

There actually is a definite marker—it is just attached to the noun.

• hyreskontrakt = rental contract
• hyreskontraktet = the rental contract

Swedish often puts definiteness at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

So i hyreskontraktet literally corresponds to in the rental contract.

This is one of the biggest structural differences between English and Swedish.