Jaså, hyran betalades med autogiro.

Jaså is a very common Swedish reaction word. Here it means something like oh, I see, oh really, or I see now, depending on tone of voice.

It often shows:

• mild surprise
• new understanding
• recognition of an explanation

So Jaså, hyran betalades med autogiro sounds like someone has just understood how the rent was paid.

Hyran is the definite form of hyra, so it means the rent.

• en hyra = a rent / rent
• hyran = the rent

Swedish usually uses the definite form when talking about a specific, known thing. In this sentence, it is not rent in general, but a particular rent payment, so hyran is natural.

Betalades is the past passive of betala, meaning was paid.

Here is the pattern:

• betala = to pay
• betalade = paid
• betalas = is paid / is being paid
• betalades = was paid

So:

• Hyran betalades med autogiro = The rent was paid by direct debit

This -s passive is very common in Swedish.

The passive is used because the sentence focuses on the rent and the payment method, not on who paid it.

Compare:

• Vi betalade hyran med autogiro = We paid the rent by direct debit
• Hyran betalades med autogiro = The rent was paid by direct debit

The passive is especially common when:

• the person doing the action is unknown
• the person doing the action is unimportant
• the speaker wants a more neutral, matter-of-fact tone

Med here means by means of, using, or with. It shows the method used to pay.

So:

• med autogiro = by direct debit / using direct debit

This is different from av, which in passive sentences usually introduces the agent, the doer of the action.

For example:

• Boken skrevs av Karin = The book was written by Karin

But in your sentence, autogiro is not the doer. It is the payment method, so med is correct.

Autogiro is a Swedish banking term for an automatic withdrawal from your bank account, usually for recurring payments such as rent, bills, gym memberships, and similar things.

A good English equivalent is usually:

• direct debit
• sometimes automatic bank payment

So med autogiro means the rent was paid automatically through the bank system.

Because jaså is an interjection or discourse marker, not really part of the clause itself.

The main clause is:

• hyran betalades med autogiro

And that clause has normal word order:

• subject: hyran
• verb: betalades

So jaså is just placed in front as a reaction, and the clause keeps its usual structure.

Compare:

• Jaså, hyran betalades med autogiro = Oh, I see, the rent was paid by direct debit
• Igår betalades hyran med autogiro = Yesterday, the rent was paid by direct debit

In the second example, igår is part of the clause, so it triggers normal Swedish main-clause inversion, with the verb before the subject.

Yes. Swedish could also use the present perfect:

• Hyran har betalats med autogiro

That means the rent has been paid by direct debit.

The difference is roughly:

• betalades = simple past, a completed past event
• har betalats = present perfect, often with more connection to the present result

In many contexts, both are possible, but betalades sounds like a straightforward past statement about how the payment happened.