This is the 10113th most frequent Swedish word.
ifjol
"Ifjol" means "last year" in English.
The word 'ifjol' is used here as an adverb to indicate that the action took place during the year preceding the current one.
Vi åkte till fjällen ifjol.
We went to the mountains last year.
In this sentence, 'ifjol' is positioned at the beginning to emphasize the time frame of the statement, acting as a temporal marker adverb.
Ifjol var ett år fullt av äventyr.
Last year was a year full of adventures.
Here, 'ifjol' specifies when the action of buying the bike occurred; it is used to denote the past year in the clause.