Comments on Why "sommaren är kommen" rather than "sommaren har kommit" in Swedish?
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"kommen" is the past participle (perfekt particip) of komma. From this site,
Perfekt particip is used as adjective and declines almost the same way as adjectiv. [sic]
An example given in the site of the past participle is "maten är köpt", with a translation being, "the food is bought", and "den köpta maten ligger i kylskåpet" for "the bought food lies in the cupboard".
I'm not a native speaker, but searching for both forms of "summer has come" yields results, suggesting that maybe they are both correct.
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