Breakdown of Aktieägaren var tvungen att acceptera överenskommelsen.
acceptera
to accept
vara tvungen att
to have to
aktieägaren
the shareholder
överenskommelsen
the agreement (understanding, settlement)
Questions & Answers about Aktieägaren var tvungen att acceptera överenskommelsen.
Why use var tvungen att here instead of just måste for "had to"?
While måste can occasionally act as a past tense verb, var tvungen att (literally "was forced to") is the standard and unambiguous way to express "had to" in the past tense in Swedish. Keep in mind that tvungen functions like an adjective and must agree with the subject. Because aktieägaren is an en-word, it is tvungen. If the subject were plural, it would become var tvungna att.
How is the long noun överenskommelsen constructed?
It is built directly from the common phrasal verb att komma överens, which means "to agree" or "to get along". Turning this into a noun creates en överenskommelse (an agreement). In this sentence, it takes the definite singular suffix -n to mean "the agreement".
What are the root words that make up aktieägaren?
It is a compound of en aktie (a share or stock) and en ägare (an owner). As a definite singular noun, it becomes aktieägaren (the shareholder). If you needed to talk about multiple shareholders in the definite plural, it would become aktieägarna.