"Hon bestämde sig för att arbeta mer."

Translation: She decided to work more.

[Anxiolytic]

Why 'för att' here, and not just 'att'?

[person222222]

I'd like to know this too. I feel like it should be "att/to", and "for att/in order to" seems funny to me.

[Arnauti]

The normal usage is to always have the preposition with the reflexive form of the verb: hon bestämde sig för att …  and never with the non reflexive verb: hon bestämde att …

It's a general tendency that a preposition will often pop up when a verb becomes reflexive, I can't say without checking if it's always like that, but I can say off the top of my head that it happens very often.

[jbrains762]

Vad är skillnaden mellan "...bestämde sig för..." och bara "...bestämde..."?

[Berniebud]

"Bestämma sig" means to decide for oneself.

"Bestämma" means to decide for someone else.

"De har bestämt att hon ska köra bilen"

[DianeLehma]

What's the difference between bestämma and besluta? When would you use each? Thanks.

[cyshan]

Is "She chose to work more" acceptable?

[JohnMcConn7]

Why is 'she decided to do more work' wrong?