When expressing career appointments, advancements, or future professions, Swedish uses the preposition till (to/as) followed by a bare noun (no en/ett and no definite ending).
Use verbs like utnämna (to appoint) or befordra (to promote):
| The government appointed her ambassador. | Regeringen utnämnde henne till ambassadör. |
| The manager promised to promote me to CEO. | Chefen lovade att befordra mig till vd. |
The same structure applies with välja (to choose or elect):
| We chose her as CEO because she is smart. | Vi valde henne till vd eftersom hon är smart. |
Training for a Profession
For career preparation, use the reflexive verb utbilda sig (to train) or the informal plugga (to study) with till:
| Are you training to be a specialist? | Utbildar du dig till specialist? |
| He is sitting and studying to be a prosecutor. | Han sitter och pluggar till åklagare. |
When asking what someone is studying to be, till moves to the end of the question:
| What are you training to be? | Vad utbildar du dig till? |
Career Transformations
To express a journey from one role to another, pair från (from) with till (to). Both nouns remain bare:
| She went from student to expert. | Hon gick från student till expert. |
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