Hyresvärden har inte ens gjort besiktningen.

Hyresvärden means the landlord.

It is made up of:

• hyra = rent
• värd = host / landlord
• -en = the definite ending

So:

• en hyresvärd = a landlord
• hyresvärden = the landlord

Swedish often builds nouns this way by combining smaller words.

The -en is the definite article attached to the noun. Swedish usually puts the at the end of the word instead of using a separate word like English does.

Compare:

• en hyresvärd = a landlord
• hyresvärden = the landlord

So the sentence is talking about a specific landlord, not just any landlord.

Har gjort is the present perfect in Swedish.

It is formed with:

• har = has/have
• gjort = done

So:

• har gjort = has done / have done

Swedish uses the present perfect much like English does. It often suggests that the action is relevant now or connected to the present situation.

For example:

• Hyresvärden gjorde besiktningen. = The landlord did the inspection.
• Hyresvärden har gjort besiktningen. = The landlord has done the inspection.

In your sentence, har inte ens gjort means has not even done.

Gjort is the supine form of göra (to do / to make), and Swedish uses this form after har in the present perfect.

So:

• göra = to do
• gör = does/is doing
• gjorde = did
• gjort = done

Examples:

• Han gör det. = He does it.
• Han gjorde det. = He did it.
• Han har gjort det. = He has done it.

A common learner mistake is to expect a past participle exactly like English grammar terms suggest. In Swedish, after har, you normally use the supine, and for göra that form is gjort.

Inte ens means not even.

It adds emphasis and shows that something very basic or expected has still not happened.

So:

• Hyresvärden har inte ens gjort besiktningen. means:
• The landlord hasn’t even done the inspection.

The feeling is that the inspection is something you would definitely expect to be done, but it still has not happened.

This is normal Swedish word order.

In a main clause, the finite verb usually comes in the second position. Here, the finite verb is har.

Structure:

• Hyresvärden = subject
• har = finite verb
• inte ens = sentence adverbial
• gjort = main verb form
• besiktningen = object

So:

• Hyresvärden har inte ens gjort besiktningen.

This is very common in Swedish:

• Jag har inte sett det. = I have not seen it.
• Hon kan inte komma. = She cannot come.

The negative word inte usually comes after the finite verb in main clauses.

Besiktningen means the inspection.

It comes from:

• en besiktning = an inspection
• besiktningen = the inspection

In housing contexts, it often refers to an inspection of an apartment or house, for example before move-in, after move-out, or when checking the condition of the property.

Because it refers to a specific inspection, not just the general idea of an inspection.

Compare:

• en besiktning = an inspection
• besiktningen = the inspection

So the sentence implies that both speaker and listener know which inspection is being talked about.

Usually yes, but the exact nuance depends on context.

Besiktning can be used for things like:

• property inspections
• vehicle inspections
• technical inspections
• final checks of work

In a housing sentence like this one, it most naturally means a property or apartment inspection.

Yes. That means The landlord hasn’t done the inspection yet.

There is a difference in emphasis:

• har inte ens gjort besiktningen = hasn’t even done the inspection
• har inte gjort besiktningen än = hasn’t done the inspection yet

Inte ens is stronger and more frustrated or surprised. Än is more neutral and focuses on something not having happened so far.

Sometimes both are possible, but they do not sound exactly the same.

Yes. It follows a very common Swedish pattern:

Subject + finite verb + sentence adverb + main verb + object

Here:

• Hyresvärden = subject
• har = finite verb
• inte ens = sentence adverb
• gjort = main verb
• besiktningen = object

This pattern is useful to remember because English speakers often want to place inte differently.

For example:

• Jag har inte läst boken. = I have not read the book.
• De vill inte gå. = They do not want to go.

In a subordinate clause, inte usually comes before the finite verb.

Main clause:

• Hyresvärden har inte ens gjort besiktningen.

Subordinate clause:

• ...att hyresvärden inte ens har gjort besiktningen.
• ...that the landlord hasn’t even done the inspection.

This is a very important Swedish word-order difference:

• main clause: verb before inte
• subordinate clause: inte before verb

A careful approximate pronunciation is:

HY-res-vair-den

A few helpful points:

• hy- in Swedish has a vowel sound English does not quite have; it is not exactly like English hye
• vär has an ä sound, somewhat like the e in bed, but not identical
• the stress is mainly on the first syllable: HYresvärden

You do not need perfect pronunciation immediately, but it helps to notice that Swedish vowels are very important for being understood.

Yes. Just like landlord in English, hyresvärden can refer to:

• a private person
• a housing company
• a property owner acting as the landlord

So the sentence does not necessarily mean one individual man or woman. It can also mean the landlord as an organization.