Vad sa de att hade hänt?

[kirkeby]

English Translation

What did they say happened?

Is the Swedish correct here? The sentence sounds more natural to me if you leave out ‘att’.

[davidculley]

This reminds me of this discussion. I’m no native speaker, alas, so I’ll only link the discussions.

[morbrorper]

@kirkeby

if you leave out ‘att’

Yes, that makes it correct. Alternatively, you could say “Vad var det de sa hade hänt?”.