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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances. <br>
==Online Resources==
*'''1752-1941''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20339/sweden-sailors-seamen%E2%80%99s-house-enrollments?s=275764761 Sweden, Sailors and Seamen’s House Enrollments] at MyHeritage — index ($)


Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. <br>
==Occupations==


This occupational word list is under construction. It contains all the occupations found in the old Swedish Genealogical Word list (published by the Family History Library), along with new entries from other sources. The intention is to improve the old list. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>  
Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors’ life circumstances. <br>  


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Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
|+ '''Sortable table'''
 
This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|-
|aktris
|actress
|female play actor, performer
|-
|aktör
|actor
|male play actor, performer
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|-
! Occupation
|allmäningskarl
! Short definition
|common farmer, peasant, or man
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|
|-
|-
| accismästare
|amiral
| customs officer
|admiral (military)
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|anförare
| a midwife
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|angivare
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|informer (1788)
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|
|-
|-
| adelsman
|anklagare
| nobleman
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| adelssven
|ansättare
| page (youth)  
|(military) rammer
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|service position with ramrods
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|apotekare
| (latin)
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|arbetare
| (latin)
|worker, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|arbetskarl
| (latin)
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|arbetsman
| (latin)
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|arbk.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|  
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|arkebusier
| (latin)  
|(military) member of firing squad
|  
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| aedituus
|arkibiskop
| (latin)  
|(1788) archbishop
|  
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|arklimästare
| evening-service preacher
|(military) gunner
|  
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| aktor
|arrendator
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (''arrendekontrakt''). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
|-
|-
| aktris
|artillerist
| actress
|(military) man of the artillery
| female play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| aktör
|artillerikonstapel
| actor
|(military) bombardier
| male play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|assessor
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| ansättare
|assuradör
| (military) rammer
|insurer, underwriter
| service position with ramrods
|
|-
|-
| apotekare
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|auctioneer
|  
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| arbetare
|auktor, autor
| worker, workman, laborer
|author
|
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|avisskrivare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|newswriter
|  
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| arbk.
|avskedad soldat
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|discharged, resigned soldier
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|avskrivare (1788)
| (military) member of firing squad
|transcriber, copier
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|axplockare
| (military) gunner
|gleaner
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| arrendator
|backstuguhjon
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|cottager (1788)
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| artillerist
|backstugusittare
| (military) man of the artillery
|cottager
|  
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|badare
| (military) bombardier
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| assessor
|badaremästare
| assessor
|barber surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| assuradör
|badmästare
| insurer, underwriter
|bath-keeper
|  
|(1889)
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|bagare
| auctioneer
|baker
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|bagaregesäll
| author
|baker's man
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|bagarelärling
| newswriter
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|bagaremästare
| discharged, resigned soldier
|master baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|banérförare
| gleaner
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|banérherre
| cottager
|(military) banneret
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|banér-riddare
| barber surgeon
|(military) knight banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|bankvaktmästare
| bath-keeper
|porter, messenger at a bank
| (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bagare
|banmästare
| baker
|overseer of a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|barberare
| baker's man
|barber, shaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|barberarebiträde
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|barber's assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|barberaregesäll
| master baker
|journeyman barber
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérförare
|barberarelärling
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|barber's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérherre
|barkare
| (military) banneret
|tanner
|
|(1829)
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|barnförlossare
| (military) knight banneret
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|barnmorska
| porter, messenger at a bank
|female midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| banmästare
|barnpiga
| overseer of a railway line
|maid for children
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|barnsköterska
| barber, shaver
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|baron
| barber's assistant
|baron
|  
|baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|basunist
| journeyman barber
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|bataljonsadjuntant
| barber's apprentice
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|bataljonschef
| tanner
|(military) commander of a battalion
| (1829)
|
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|batterikonstapel
| male midwife
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|bedragare
| female midwife
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|befallningshavande
| maid for children
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|befallningsman
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|befallningsman (konungens)
| baron
|county governor
| baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| basunist
|befaren båtsman
| trumpeter
|(military) traveling sailor
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|befordrare
| (military) sergeant-major
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|befällningshavande
| (military) commander of a battalion
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|beherskare
| (military) battalion bombardier
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|bensamlare
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|bergmästare
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|minemaster (1829)
|  
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens)
|bergsarbetare
| county governor
|miner
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|bergsbruksidkare
| (military) traveling sailor
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| befällningshavande
|bergsfogde
| officer in command
|bailiff of a mine
|
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|bergshauptman
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|mine inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|bergskarl
| minemaster (1829)
|miner
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|bergslagsman
| miner  
|miner, proprietor of a mine
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|bergsman
| mining man
|miner
|  
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|bergsprångare
| bailiff of a mine
|miner
|  
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|bergsråd
| mine inspector
|
|  
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|beridare
| miner
|horsebreaker, riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|beskattningsman
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsman
|beslagare
| miner
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| usually a mining farmer, not a mine worker
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| beridare
|beslagskarl
| horsebreaker, riding master
|see beslagare
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|besökare
| taxer, assessor
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|betalare
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|paymaster (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|betjänt
| see beslagare
|servant, civil servant
|  
|
|-
|-
| besökare
|bettlare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|bevaktare
| servant, civil servant
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bettlare
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| beggar
|captain of the watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|bevarare
| guard, keeper
|preserver, saver, conservator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|beväringskarl
| captain of the watch
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevarare
|beväringsman
| preserver, saver, conservator
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|bibliotekarie
| militia man, conscript
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|bijouterihandlare
| recruit, conscript
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|  
|
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|bildhuggare
| librarian
|sculptor, statuary, carver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|bildskärare
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|se bildsnidare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|bildsnidare
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|biljettförsäljare
| se bildsnidare
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|biljettförsäljerska
| sculptor
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|bilöpare
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|bindare
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|tier, binder, fastener
|  
|for example net making
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|biodlare
| interloper
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|
|-
|-
| bindare
|biskop
| tier, binder, fastener
|bishop
| for example net making
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| biodlare
|biskötare
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| biskop
|biträde
| bishop
|assistant
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|
|-
|-
| biskötare
|bjudare
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| biträde
|bleckslagare
| assistant
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bjudare
|blockmakare
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|block maker, pulley maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|blodigelodlare
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|blomsterhandlare
| block maker, pulley maker
|flower seller (male)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|blomsterhandlerska
| cultivator of leeches
|flower seller (female)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|blomsterodlare
| flower seller (male)
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|blossbärare
| flower seller (female)
|torch-bearer
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|blyarbetare
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|lead worker, plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|blyfalsare
| torch-bearer
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|blystöpare
| lead worker, plumber  
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|blytäckare
| plumber  
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|bodbetjent
| plumber
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|boddräng
| plumber
|shop hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|bodflicka
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|shop girl, shop maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| boddräng
|bodgosse
| shop hand
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|bodhandlare
| shop girl, shop maid
|shopkeeper, tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|bodmamsell
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|shop girl, shop woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|bokbindare
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|bookbinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|bokförare
| shop girl, shop woman
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|bokhandlare
| bookbinder
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokförare
|bokhållare
| book keeper  
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|bokhäftare
| bookseller
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|bokmakare
| book keeper
|book wright, book maker
| same as bokförare
|
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|bonde
| book stitcher
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|bondedräng
| book wright, book maker
|farm hand
|  
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| bonde
|bondeflicka
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|bondepiga
| farm hand
|peasant's maid
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|borgare
| country girl
|citizen, burgher
|  
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|borgmästare
| peasant's maid
|mayor
|  
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| borgare
|borrare
| citizen, burgher
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|borrmakare
| mayor
|bit forger
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| borrare
|borrsmed
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|bit smith
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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| borrmakare
|boskapshandlare
| bit forger
|dealer of livestock
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
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| borrsmed
|boskapsherde
| bit smith
|herdsman
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
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| boskapshandlare
|boskapsskötare
| dealer of livestock
|stockman
|  
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| boskapsherde
|boskapsvaktare
| herdsman  
|herdsman
|  
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| boskapsskötare
|boställshavare
| stockman
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
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| boskapsvaktare
|bouppteckningsman
| herdsman
|person who inventories (1889)
|  
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| boställshavare
|boutredningsman
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|administrator
|  
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| bouppteckningsman
|brandmästare
| person who inventories (1889)
|fire warden
|  
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| boutredningsman
|braständare
| administrator
|fire lighter
|  
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| brandmästare
|brevbärare
| fire warden
|letter carrier, postman
|  
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| braständare
|brevdragare
| fire lighter
|see brevbärare
|  
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| brevbärare
|brevskrivare
| letter carrier, postman
|letter writer
|  
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| brevdragare
|brevställare
| see brevbärare
|see brevskrivare
|  
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| brevskrivare
|brobyggare
| letter writer
|bridge builder
|  
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| brevställare
|broderare
| see brevskrivare
|embroiderer
|  
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| brobyggare
|broläggare
| bridge builder  
|bridge builder, paver
|  
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| broderare
|bromästare
| embroiderer
|bridge master
|  
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| broläggare
|bronsarbetare
| bridge builder, paver
|worker in bronze
|  
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| bromästare
|bronsgjutare
| bridge master
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
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| bronsarbetare
|brottmålsdomare
| worker in bronze
|judge criminal
|  
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| bronsgjutare
|brottmålsnoterie
| bronze founder, brazier
|crown clerk
|  
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| brottmålsdomare
|brovaktare
| judge criminal
|guard of a bridge
|  
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| brottmålsnoterie
|brovindare
| crown clerk
|bridge driver
|  
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| brovaktare
|brukare
| guard of a bridge
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
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| brovindare
|bruksarbetare
| bridge driver
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
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| brukare
|bruksegare
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
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| bruksarbetare
|bryggare
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|brewer
|  
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| bruksegare
|brännmästare
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|master distiller
|  
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| bryggare
|brännvinsbrännare
| brewer
|brandy distiller
|  
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| brännmästare
|buntmakare
| master distiller
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
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| brännvinsbrännare
|byfogde
| brandy distiller
|hamlet bailiff
|  
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| buntmakare
|byggare, byggkarl
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
|  
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| byfogde
|byggmästare
| hamlet bailiff
|master builder, contractor
|  
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| byggare, byggkarl
|bykerska
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|washerwoman
|  
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| byggmästare
|byskomakare
| master builder, contractor
|village shoemaker
|  
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| bykerska
|bågflytt
| washerwoman
|archer, bowman
|  
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| byskomakare
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| village shoemaker
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
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| bågflytt
|bälgmakare
| archer, bowman
|bellows-maker
|  
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| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|bödel
| (military) seaman, sailor
|executioner
|  
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| bälgmakare
|bösseskytt
| bellows-maker
|(military)
|  
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| bödel
|bössmed
| executioner
|gunsmith
|  
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| bösseskytt
|cantor
| (military)  
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
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| bössmed
|curatus
| gunsmith
|(latin)
|  
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| cantor
|custod
| (latin)  
|(latin)
| see klockare
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| commissarius
|d., dr.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
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| curatus
|dagkarl, daglönare
|  
|day laborer
|  
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| custod
|danneman
| (latin)
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
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|-
| d., dr.
|degn
| abbreviation for dräng
|assistant to the priest
|  
|The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
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| dagkarl, daglönare
|deja, dejpiga
| day laborer
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
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| danneman
|demoiselle
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|Miss
|  
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| degn
|d.g.
| assistant to the priest
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| The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
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| deja, dejpiga
|disponent
| maidservant, milkmaid
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
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|-
| demoiselle
|domare
| Miss
|judge
|  
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|-
| d.g.
|domesticus
|  
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
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|-
| domare
|domprost
| judge
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
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|-
| domesticus
|dr.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
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| domestik
|drabant, dravant
| (latin)  
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|  
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| domherre
|dragon
| (latin)  
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
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|-
| domprost
|dräng, dr.
| see prestman
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
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| dompräst
|däga
|  
|see deja
|  
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| dr.
|emigrantagent
| abbreviation for dräng
|emigrant agent
|  
|
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|-
| drabant, dravant
|emigrantvärvare
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|emigrant agent
|  
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| dragon
|extra roteringsmän
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|
|  
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| dräng, dr.
|fabriksarbetare
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|factory worker
|  
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| däga
|famnmätare
| see deja
|corder of wood
|  
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| emigrantagent
|fanjunkare
| emigrant agent
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
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| emigrantvärvare
|fatburshustru
| emigrant agent
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
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| extra roteringsmän
|fatburssven
|  
|storehouse apprentice
|  
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| fabriksarbetare
|fattighjon
| factory worker
|pauper
|  
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| famnmätare
|filtare
| corder of wood
|felter
|  
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| fanjunkare
|finbagare
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|pastry cook
|  
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| fatburshustru
|fiolmakare
| wife of a storekeeper
|violen maker
|  
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| fatburssven
|fiskare
| storehouse apprentice
|fisherman
|  
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|-
| fattighjon
|fiskarflicka
| pauper
|fisher girl
|  
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| filtare
|fiskargosse
| felter
|fisher boy
|  
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| finbagare
|fiskhandlare
| pastry cook
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
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|-
| fiolmakare
|fjerdingsman
| violen maker
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
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|-
| fiskare
|fjäderarbetare
| fisherman
|feather maker
|  
|
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|-
| fiskarflicka
|fjärdingsman
| fisher girl
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
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|-
| fiskargosse
|flickare
| fisher boy
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
|
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|-
| fiskhandlare
|fogde
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
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|-
| fjerdingsman
|forbonde
| under bailiff of a härad
|carter, wagoner
|  
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|-
| fjäderarbetare
|forman
| feather maker
|see forbonde
|  
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|-
| fjärdingsman
|formare
| see fjerdingsman
|moulder (1829)
|  
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|-
| flickare
|friborgare
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
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|-
| fogde
|frihandlare
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|free trader
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
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|-
| forbonde
|friherre
| carter, wagoner
|baron
|  
|
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|-
| forman
|friherrinna
| see forbonde
|baroness
|  
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|-
| formare
|fru
| moulder (1829)
|Mrs.
|  
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|-
| friborgare
|frälse
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|nobility
|  
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|-
| frihandlare
|frälsebonde
| free trader
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
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|-
| friherre
|frälsetorpare
| baron
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
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|-
| friherrinna
|fröken
| baroness
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
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|-
| fru
|fyrvaktare
| Mrs.
|lighthouse man
|  
|
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|-
| frälse
|fyrverkare
| nobility
|(military) fire worker
|  
|
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|-
| frälsebonde
|fågelfängare
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
|
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|-
| frälsetorpare
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| see frälsebonde
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
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|-
| fröken
|fårherde
| lady, honorable Miss
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrvaktare
|fårklippare
| lighthouse man
|sheep shearer
|  
|
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|-
| fyrverkare
|fädräng
| (military) fire worker
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
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|-
| fågelfängare
|fäflicka
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
|fäktmästare
| A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
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|-
| fårherde
|fältbagare
| sheep tender, shepherd
|army baker
|  
|
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|-
| fårklippare
|fältjägare
| sheep shearer
|army ranger
|  
|
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|-
| fädräng
|fältpredikant
| male herdsman, working with cattle
| army chaplain
|  
|
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|-
| fäflicka
|fältskär
| female herder, working with cattle
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
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|-
| fäktmästare
|fältväbel
| fencing master, master swordsman
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältbagare
|fänrik
| army baker
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|färgare
| hunter (1829)
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
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|-
| fältpredikant
|färgaregesäll
| army chaplin
|journeyman dyer
|  
|
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|-
| fältskär
|färikarl
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
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|-
| fältväbel
|färsing
| (military) sergeant major
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|fästebonde
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|a tenant farmer
| also seen as fändrik
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| färgare
|förare
| dyer, stainer
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
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|-
| färgaregesäll
|föreståndare
| journeyman dyer
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| färikarl
|förpaktare
| ferryman (1829)
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| färsing
|förpantare
| weaver, common weaver
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|försvarslös
| a tenant farmer
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| förare
|garnhandlare
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|dealer in wools
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|
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|-
| föreståndare
|garnisonssoldat
| manager
|soldier in garrison duty
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|
|-
|-
| förpantare
|garvare
| mortgager,
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|gaständare
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|gas lighter
| also means defenseless
|
|-
|-
| garnhandlare
|generalbefälhavare
| dealer in wools
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|generallöjtnant
| soldier in garrison duty
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| garvare
|gesäll
| tanner (1829)
|journeyman
|  
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| gaständare
|gjutare
| gas lighter
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|glasarbetare
| commanding general of a district
|glass worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|glasblåsare
| lieutenant general
|glassblower
|  
|
|-
|-
| gesäll
|glasfabrikant
| journeyman
|glassmaker
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|glashandlare
| caster, founder, moulder
|glassman
| works at a foundry
|
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| glass worker
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasblåsare
|glasmålare
| glassblower
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|glasslipare
| glassmaker
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| glashandlare
|glasögonmakare
| glassman
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|glättare
| glassmaker
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmålare
|gratialist
| glass painter
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|grenadjär
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|grosshandlare
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| glättare
|gruvarbetare
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|gruvbrytare
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| grosshandlare
|gruvförvaltare
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvarbetare
|gruvkarl
| miner
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvbrytare
|grönsakshandlare
| miner
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| gruvförvaltare
|gs.
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| gruvkarl
|guldarbetare
| see gruvarbetare
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| grönsakshandlare
|guldsmed
| green grocer
|goldsmith (1829)
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| gs.
|gårdsbrukare
|  
|farmer
| abbreviation for gesäll
|
|-
|-
| guldarbetare
|gårdsdräng
| goldsmith (1829)
|see dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|gårdsfogde
| goldsmith (1829)
|see befallningsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsbrukare
|gästgivare
| farmer
|innkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsdräng
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| see dräng
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|hammarmästare
| see befallningsman
|forge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|hammarsmed
| innkeeper
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|hamnfogde
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|overseer of a port
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarmästare
|hamnkapten
| forge master  
|harbor master
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|handelsidkare
| forger, hammerman
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogde
|handelsman
| overseer of a port
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnkapten
|handhavare
| harbor master
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsidkare
|handskmakare
| trader, merchandiser
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|hantverkare
| merchant, trader
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| handhavare
|hantverksgesäll
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|hattmakare
| glove maker, glover
|hatmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|hejdriddare
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| hantverksgesäll
|hembiträde
| journeyman artisian
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|hemmansegare
| hatmaker
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| hejdriddare
|hemmansbrukare
| ranger
|farmer
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| hemmansegare
|hemmansägare
| farm owner
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|herrgårdstjenst
| farmer
|service at a manor
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|hjon
| farmer, homeowner
|person (1829, 1889)
| same as jordegare
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| herrgårdstjenst
|hjulmakare
| service at a manor
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjon
|hjulmakardräng
| person (1829, 1889)
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|hjälphjon
| wheelwright, wheeler
|extra hand or helper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|hjälphustru
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphjon
|hovbagare (1829)
| extra hand or helper
|the kings baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|hovdam (1829)
| helping woman,
|lady of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbagare (1829)  
|hovbetjent (1829)
| the kings baker
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovdam (1829)  
|hovjunkare (1829)
| lady of the court
|servant to the king
|  
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| hovbetjent (1829)
|hovkansler
| officer of the court  
|court chancellor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovjunkare (1829)  
|hovman (1829)
| servant to the king
|courtier
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|
|-
|-
| hovkansler
|hudafdragare (1889)
| court chancellor
|skinner, flayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovman (1829)  
|husbonde (1829)
| courtier
|master of a family or house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hudafdragare (1889)  
|husdräng (1829)
| skinner, flayer
|man servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| husbonde (1829)
|husfader
| master of a family or house
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| husdräng (1829)
|husflicka
| man servant in a house  
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfader
|husfolk
| head of household, father
|farmers, farm people
|  
|
|-
|-
| husflicka
|hushållare
| girl servant in a house
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|husjungfru (1829)
| farmers, farm people
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|-
|-
| hushållare
|husmamsell
| housekeeper  
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| husjungfru (1829)  
|husman
| see hushållerska
|tenant farmer
|
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|husmoder
| housekeeper
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| husman
|huspiga
| tenant farmer
|housemaid
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|
|-
|-
| husmoder
|huspredikant
| housewife, mistress of a family
|private chaplain, house preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspiga
|hustjänare
| housemaid
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|hustru
| private chaplain, house preacher
|wife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustjänare
|hyttarbetare
| house servant, domestic
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustru
|hållkarl
| wife, mistress of a family
|hostler
|  
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| hyttarbetare
|hårarbetare
| smelter, works at a foundry
|hair worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl
|häradsbokhållare
| hostler
|see häradsskrivare
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|häradsdomare
| hair worker
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| häradsbokhållare
|häradsfogde
| see häradsskrivare
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|häradshövding
| senior jurate
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
| the oldest of the jury
|
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|häradsskrivare
| bailiff of a härad (district)  
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|hövitsman
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|infanterist
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|foot soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| hövitsman
|inhyses
| captain
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| infanterist
|inhyseshjon
| foot soldier
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyses
|inspektor
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|inspector
|
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| inhyseshjon
|inspektör
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| inspektor
|ishandlare
| inspector
|ice man, dealer of ice
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|
|-
|-
| inspektör
|jagare
| inspector
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| superior, superintendent
|
|-
|-
| ishandlare
|jodgumma (1829)
| ice man, dealer of ice
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| jagare
|jordbrukare
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| jodgumma (1829)
|jordegare
| midwife
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| see barnmorska
|
|-
|-
| jordbrukare
|jordegumma
| husbandman (1829)  
|midwife (1889)
| cultivator, farmer (1889)
|
|-
|-
| jordegare
|jungfru
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordegumma
|junker
| midwife (1889)
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|-
|-
| jungfru
|jurist
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| junker
|justitieborgmästare
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|recorder
|  
|
|-
|-
| jurist
|justitieminister
| lawyer
|minster of justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieborgmästare
|justitiestatsminister
| recorder
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieminister
|juvelerare
| minster of justice
|jeweller
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitiestatsminister
|jägare
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| juvelerare
|jägeribetjent
| jeweller
|gamekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägare
|jägmästare
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägeribetjent
|järnhandlare
| gamekeeper
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|järnvägsarbetare
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnhandlare
|järnvägsbetjening
| dealer of iron
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägsarbetare
|kakelungsmakare
| worker on a railway
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| järnvägsbetjening
|kammarfru
| service on a railway line
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kakelungsmakare
|kammarjunkare
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|kammarjungfru
| bedchamber woman
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|kammarjägare
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|rat hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjungfru
|kammarpiga
| see kammarpiga
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|kammarskrivare
| rat hunter
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarpiga
|kamrerare
| lady's maid
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|kanongjutare
| clerk in a government office
|cannon founder
|  
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| kamrerare
|kapellmästare
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|chapel master
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|kapellpredikant
| cannon founder
|preacher at a chapel
| founder who makes cannons
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| kapellmästare
|kaplan, kapellan
| chapel master
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapellpredikant
|kapten
| preacher at a chapel
|(military) captain
| see kaplan
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| kaplan, kapellan
|karduansmakare
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| kapten
|kavallerist
| (military) captain
|(military) cavalryman
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|kedjemakare
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|chain maker
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|kistmakare
| (military) cavalryman
|box maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjemakare
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| chain maker
|tinker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kistmakare
|kittelslagare
| box maker  
|kettle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|klampare
| tinker
|a foreman at a lumberyard
|  
|A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
|-
|-
| kittelslagare
|klensmed
| kettle maker
|locksmith, toolmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klampare
|klockare, klr.
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|parish clerk
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|During the Middle Ages the klockare was responsible for maintaining and ringing the church bells. Over time, the klockare was given additional duties to assist the parish priest.
|-
|-
| klensmed
|klockgjutare
| locksmith, toolmaker
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.  
|klr.
| parish clerk
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| klockgjutare
|kn.
| bell founder
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| klr.
|klädesfärgare
|  
|cloth dyer
| abbreviation for klockare
|
|-
|-
| kn.
|klädeshandlare
|  
|cloth merchant
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| klädesfärgare
|klädesvävare
| cloth dyer
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädeshandlare
|klädsömmerska
| cloth merchant
|dressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädesvävare
|knalle
| cloth weaver
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädsömmerska
|knappmakare
| dressmaker
|button maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knalle
|knekt
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
|-
|-
| knappmakare
|knifvässare
| button maker
|knife sharpener, cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| knekt
|knifsmed
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifvässare
|knipare
| knife sharpener, cutler
|nipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifsmed
|knypplare
| cutler
|male lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knipare
|knypplerska
| nipper
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplare
|koarrendator
| male lace maker
|see mjölkarrendator
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplerska
|kofferdi
| female lace maker
|merchant marine
|  
|
|-
|-
| koarrendator
|kofferdikapten
| see mjölkarrendator
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|kofferdimatros
| merchant marine
|merchant seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kofferdimatros
|koffertsnickare
| merchant seaman
|trunk maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| koffertsnickare
|kokerska
| trunk maker
|female cook, cook maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kokerska
|kogubbe
| female cook, cook maid
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kogubbe
|kolarbetare
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| kolarbetare
|kolare
| collier
|coal man, charcoal burner
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|kolbonde
| coal man, charcoal burner
|coal carter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolbonde
|kolhandlare
| coal carter
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolhandlare
|komminister
| coal merchant
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| komminister
|kommissarie
| perpetual curate
|commissioner
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| kommissarie
|konduktor
| commissioner
|conductor, guard with the railways
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|
|-
|-
| konduktor
|konduktör
| conductor, guard with the railways
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| konduktör
|konstapel
| sergeant
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| konstapel
|konstnär
| (police) constable
|artist
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|
|-
|-
| konstnär
|kontorskrivare
| artist
|clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontorskrivare
|kontraktsprost
| clerk
|rural dean
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontraktsprost
|kopparslagare
| rural dean
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|koppartryckare
| coppersmith
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| koppartryckare
|korgarbetare
| copper plate printer
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgarbetare
|korgflätare
| basket worker, wicker
|basket maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgflätare
|korherre
| basket maker
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| korherre
|korpral
| canon
|(military) corporal
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|
|-
|-
| korpral
|kovaktare
| (military) corporal
|cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kovaktare
|kreaturshandlare
| cow keeper
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kreaturshandlare
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| see boskapshandlare
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|krigsman
|  
|soldier
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|
|-
|-
| krigsman
|kronoarrendator
| soldier
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronoarrendator
|kronobefallningsman
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|kronobetjäning
| see länsman
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|kronobonde
| police
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|kronofogde
| crown peasant
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|kronojägare
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|ranger
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|
|-
|-
| kronojägare
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| ranger
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kronouppbördsman
| see länsman
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|krukmakare
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|potter
|  
|
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|kryddkrämare
| potter
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kryddkrämare
|krögare
| grocer, storekeeper
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|-
|-
| krögare
|kurir
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|courier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kurir
|kusk, kutsk
| courier
|coachman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|kustuppsyningsman
| coachman
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnarrendator  
|kvarnarrendator
| renter of a mill  
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnbyggare  
|kvarnbyggare
| mill wright  
|mill wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarndräng  
|kvarndräng
| mill hand  
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnegare  
|kvarnegare
| mill owner  
|mill owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor  
|kvarntullsinspektor
| mill toll inspector  
|mill toll inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare  
|kypare
| wine cooper, cooper  
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjänare  
|kyrkobetjänare
| churchman, clergyman  
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoföreståndare  
|kyrkoföreståndare
| churchwarden  
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde  
|kyrkoherde
| rector, parson, parish minister  
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare  
|kyrkovaktare
| church guard, sexton  
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd  
|kyrkvärd
| churchwarden  
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| käpphandlare  
|käpphandlare
| cane seller, caneman  
|cane seller, caneman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökbetjäning  
|kökbetjäning
| kitchen staff  
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökspiga  
|kökspiga
| kitchen maid  
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpman  
|köpman
| merchant  
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| körsnär  
|körsnär
| fur merchant, furrier  
|fur merchant, furrier
| see buntmakare
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| kötthandlare  
|kötthandlare
| meat salesman, butcher  
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| köttmånglare  
|köttmånglare
| see kötthandlare  
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdsidkare
|lackerare
| dairyman
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdspiga
|ladugårdsidkare
| dairymaid
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| laggare
|ladugårdspiga
| hooper
|dairymaid
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|
|-
|-
| lagkarl
|laggare
| lawyer
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| landbo
|lagkarl
| person living in the country
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| landshövding
|landbo
| lord lieutenant
|tenant farmer
| see befallningshavande
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| landsknekt
|landshövding
| (military) landsquenet
|lord lieutenant
|  
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| landskontorist
|landsknekt
| clerk in receivers office
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|landskontorist
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|clerk in receivers office
|  
|
|-
|-
| landstrykare
|landsman
| vagrant, tramp
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsvägsriddare
|landstrykare
| knight of the road
|vagrant, tramp
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|
|-
|-
| landtbo
|landsvägsriddare
| countryman, person from the country
|knight of the road
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| landtbrukare
|landtbo
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksbokhållare
|landtbrukare
| under steward
|farmer, gentleman farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksinspektor
|landtbruksbokhållare
| land steward  
|under steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtflicka
|landtbruksinspektor
| country girl
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthandlare
|landtflicka
| country shopkeeper
|country girl
|  
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| landthushållare
|landthandlare
| husbandman
|country shopkeeper
| see also jordbrukare
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| landtjunkare
|landthushållare
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
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| lappare
|landtjunkare
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|  
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| lappbonde
|lantmätare
| Lapp peasant
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
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| lappskarvare
|lappare
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
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| lappskräddare
|lappbonde
| patch tailor, botcher
|Lapp peasant
|  
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| lastningsbokhållare
|lappskarvare
| shipping clerk
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
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| legoknekt
|lappskräddare
| (military) mercenary
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
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| likörare
|lastningsbokhållare
| hearse driver
|shipping clerk
|  
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| liktarskeppare
|legoknekt
| lighterman, bargeman
|(military) mercenary
|  
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| limkokare
|likörare
| glue boiler
|hearse driver
|  
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| linberedare
|liktarskeppare
| flax dresser
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
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| linhandlare
|limkokare
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|glue boiler
|  
|
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| linhäcklare
|linberedare
| flax dresser  
|flax dresser
|  
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| livdrabant
|linhandlare
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
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| livdragon
|linhäcklare
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|flax dresser
|  
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| livgrenadjär
|linvävare
| &nbsp;(military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers&nbsp;
|linen weaver
|  
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| livhussar
|livdrabant
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
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| ljusfabrikör
|livdragon
| candlemaker
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
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| logarvare
|livgrenadjär
| tanner
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
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| lokomotivförare
|livhussar
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
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| lots
|ljusfabrikör
| sea pilot
|candlemaker
|  
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| lumphandlare
|logarvare
| rag dealer
|tanner
|  
|
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| lumpsamlare
|lokomotivförare
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
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| lånförmedlare
|lots
| negotiator of loans, broker
|sea pilot
|  
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| läkare
|lumphandlare
| doctor
|rag dealer
| healer, curer, physician
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|-
| länsbokhållare
|lumpsamlare
| sheriff clerk
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
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| länsinnehavare
|lånförmedlare
| tenant of a feud
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
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| länsman
|läkare
| sheriff
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
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| länsåklagare
|länsbokhållare
| county prosecutor
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
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| lärare
|länsinnehavare
| teacher
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
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|-
| lärling
|länsman
| apprentice
|sheriff
|  
|
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|-
| löjtnant
|länsåklagare
| lieutenant
|county prosecutor
|  
|
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|-
| lösdrivare
|lärare
| vagrant
|teacher
|  
|
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|-
| madam
|lärling
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|apprentice
| Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
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|-
| madrassmakare
|löjtnant
| mattressmaker
|lieutenant
|  
|
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|-
| magasinbokhållare
|lösdrivare
| warehouse clerk
|vagrant
|  
|
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|-
| magasinsförvaltare
|madam
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|  
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|-
|-
| magistratsperson
|madrassmakare
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratssekreterare
|magasinbokhållare
| town clerk  
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
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|-
| major
|magasinsförvaltare
| (military) army major
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
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|-
| majorska
|magistratsperson
| wife of a major
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
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|-
| malmbrytare
|magistratssekreterare
| mine digger, miner
|town clerk
|  
|
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| malthandlare
|major
| dealer in malt, maltman
|(military) army major
|  
|
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|-
| mamsell
|majorska
| miss
|wife of a major
| comparable to fröken
|
|-
|-
| mantalskommissarie
|malmbrytare
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
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|-
| manufakturhandlare
|malthandlare
| haberdasher
|dealer in malt, maltman
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|
|-
|-
| marketentare
|mamsell
| sutler
|miss
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| marketenterska
|mantalskommissarie
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)  
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| marmorarbetare
|manufakturhandlare
| marble cutter
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| maskinarbetare
|marketentare
| mechanic, machinist
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| maskinist
|marketenterska
| machinist
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
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|-
| masmästare
|marmorarbetare
| smelting master
|marble cutter
|  
|
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| materialförvaltare
|maskinarbetare
| store keeper
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
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|-
| matlagerska
|maskinist
| female cook
|machinist
|  
|
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|-
| matmoder
|masmästare
| housewife, mistress of a house
|smelting master
|  
|
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|-
| matros
|materialförvaltare
| sailor, seaman
|store keeper
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|
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|-
| mattbindare
|matlagerska
| mat maker, straw platter
|female cook
|  
|
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|-
| matvaruhandlare
|matmoder
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
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|-
| mejerska
|matros
| dairy maid
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| messingsslagare
|mattbindare
| brass smith, brazier
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingssmed
|matvaruhandlare
| brass smith
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallarbetare
|mejerska
| metal worker
|dairy maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallgjutare
|messingsslagare
| brass founder, brazier  
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| mildsoldat
|messingssmed
| militiaman
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| mineralgrävare
|metallarbetare
| miner
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| minister
|metallgjutare
| government minister
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| minuthandlare
|mildsoldat
| retailer
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| minör
|mineralgrävare
| miner (1889)
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölhandlare
|minister
| flour merchant
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkarrendator
|minuthandlare
| tenant dairy farmer
|retailer
|  
|
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|-
| mjölkförsäljare
|minör
| milkman
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljerska
|mjölhandlare
| milkwoman
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkhustru
|mjölkarrendator
| milkwoman
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkpiga
|mjölkförsäljare
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjöldräng
|mjölkförsäljerska
| miller's man
|milkwoman
|  
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|-
|-
| mjölnare
|mjölkhustru
| miller
|milkwoman
|  
|
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|-
| mjölnarhustru
|mjölkpiga
| millers wife
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
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|-
|-
| mjölnerska
|mjöldräng
| miller woman
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| modehandlare
|mjölnare
| dealer in fancy goods
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| modesömmerska
|mjölnarhustru
| milliner (1889)
|millers wife
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
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|-
| modist
|mjölnerska
| milliner
|miller woman
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| murare
|modehandlare
| mason
|dealer in fancy goods
| bricklayer, stone mason
|
|-
|-
| muraregesäll
|modesömmerska
| journeyman mason
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| murarelärling
|modist
| masons apprentice
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| murarmästare
|murare
| master mason  
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| mureriarbetare
|muraregesäll
| bricklayer
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| murerihandtlangare
|murarelärling
| hodman
|masons apprentice
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|
|-
|-
| musketerare
|murarmästare
| musketeer
|master mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| målare
|mureriarbetare
| painter, artist
|bricklayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| målargesäll
|murerihandtlangare
| journeyman painter
|hodman
|  
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| målarmästare
|musketerare
| master painter
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| månglerska&nbsp;
|målare
| market woman
|painter, artist
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|
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|-
| månglare
|målargesäll
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|journeyman painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mältare
|målarmästare
| maltman, maltster
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|månads karl
| master
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästergesäll
|månglerska
| master journeyman
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| möbelhandlare
|månglare
| dealer in furniture
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelmakare
|mältare
| cabinet maker
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelsnickare
|mästare
| cabinet maker
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| mölnare (1829)
|mästergesäll
| see mjölnare
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|möbelhandlare
| (military) muster master
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|möbelmakare
| (military) muster clerk
|cabinet maker
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|
|-
|-
| mössmakare
|möbelsnickare
| cap maker  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattman
|mölnare (1829)
| night man
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattvaktare
|mönsterherre
| night watchman
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| nipperhandlare
|mönsterskrivare
| milliner, toyman (1829)  
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| nipphandlerska
|mössmakare
| dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|nattman
| settler
|night man
| or colonizer
|
|-
|-
| nålmakare
|nattvaktare
| needle maker
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|nipperhandlare
| juror
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| &nbsp;kind of juryman/lay judge&nbsp;
|
|-
|-
| näringsidkare
|nipphandlerska
| tradesman
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| nätbindare
|nybyggare
| net maker
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| officer
|nålmakare
| officer
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| oculist
|juror
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| ombudsman
|näringsidkare
| attorney, proctor
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| opperstyrman
|nätbindare
| captain's mate
|net maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|officer
| organist
|officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelbyggare
|okulist
| organ builder
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| orgelnist
|ombudsman
| organist
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelspelare
|opperstyrman
| organ player
|captain's mate
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|organist
| organ blower
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| osthandlare
|orgelbyggare
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| ostronhandlare
|orgelnist
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxhandlare
|orgelspelare
| cattle dealer
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxslagtare
|orgeltrampare
| beef butcher
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|osthandlare
| pack officer
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|ostronhandlare
| packer
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| pansarsmed
|oxhandlare
| armourer
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantaregare
|oxslagtare
| owner of a pawn
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantgivare
|packhusinspektor
| mortgager
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| papparbetare
|packhuskarl
| paste board worker
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersfabrikör
|pansarsmed
| paper maker
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappershandlare
|pantaregare
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersskärare
|pantgivare
| paper cutter
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappmakare
|papparbetare
| cardboard
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymfabrikant
|pappersfabrikör
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker  
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymhandlare
|pappershandlare
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastor
|pappersskärare
| parish minister, pastor
|paper cutter
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|pappmakare
| (latin) parish priest
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|parfymfabrikant
| stipendiary curate
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
| clergyman receiving pay
|
|-
|-
| pelshandlare
|parfymhandlare
| furrier
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pensionsföreståndare
|parmmätare
| master of a boarding school
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| perukmakare
|pastor
| wig maker
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| p. et. P.  
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|(latin) parish priest
| parish priest
|
|-
|-
| piga
|pastorsadjunkt
| maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand&nbsp;
|stipendiary curate
| <br>
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| pipare
|pelshandlare
| piper
|furrier
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipsmed
|pennberedare
| see bössmed
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| piskmakare
|pensionsföreståndare
| whip makeer
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| plogsmed
|perukmakare
| plough wright
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| plymmakare
|p. et. P.
| feather maker
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|-
|-
| plåtslagare
|piga
| black smith, worker in sheet iron
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| porterbryggare
|pipare
| brewer of dark ale
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|pipsmed
| mail driver
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|piskmakare
| postmaster
|whip makeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|plogsmed
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| prest
|plymmakare
| priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|plåtslagare
| employer, master
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| profoss
|porterbryggare
| flogmaster (military)
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|possessionat
| dean, sub dean (1829)
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|postförare
| district physician, country doctor
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|postmästare
| minister
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|predikant
| pouch maker
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|prest
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|principal
| (military)
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|profoss
| (military)  
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| repslagare
|prost
| rope maker
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|provinsialläkare
| itinerant, or migratory people
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| resepredikant
|präst
| itinerant preacher
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|pungmakare
| knight
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridlärare
|rackare
| riding master
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| roddare
|reesig
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| rorgängare
|regementsknekt
| helmsman, steersman
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteman
|repslagare
| assistant overseer
|rope maker
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|resandefolk
| see rotmästare
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|resepredikant
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotmästare&nbsp;
|riddare
| (military) leader
|knight
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|ridlärare
| farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army&nbsp;
|riding master
| a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier&nbsp;
|
|-
|-
| ryttare
|roddare
| (military) cavalryman
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|rorgängare
| captain of a cavalry
|helmsman, steersman
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| rådman
|roteman
| councilman
|assistant overseer
| <br>
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| rättare
|rotemästare
| overseer (1829)
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|rotesoldat
| &nbsp;(latin) assistant priest&nbsp;
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
|  
|
|-
|-
| &nbsp;sadelmakare
|rotmästare
| saddle maker, leather worker
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| salthandlare
|ruggare
| dealer of salt, saltman
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|rusthållare
| person who measures salt
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
|  
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|-
|-
| saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|ryttare
| a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|(military) cavalryman
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|saltpetersjudare]]
|
|-
|-
| satinvävare
|ryttmästare
| satin weaver
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|rådbisittare
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|city councilman
|  
|The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|rådman
| sail maker
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|rättare
| sail maker
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| cord maker
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| sergeant
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| silkhandlare
|sadelmakare
| silk merchant
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillpackare
|salthandlare
| herring packer
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|saltmätare
| sailor, seaman
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| executioner, hangman
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|satinvävare
| (military) sharpshooter
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|saxmakare
|  
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| skatteindrivare
|segelmakare
| tax collector
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppare
|segelsömmare
| skipper
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsbyggmästare
|sejlare
| master ship builder
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|sergeant
| ship boy
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoarbetare
|sexmän
| shoe maker
|type of parish law enforcement
|  
|In older times the sexmän were a type of police authority for the discipline and order within a parish. The sexmän fined people for being disruptive during church services, sleeping during church services, drunkenness at banquets, or even sexual offenses. They expressed their charges at the parish council in turn, or according to turn based on the commons of each rote. The number of sexmän varied according to the size of the parish. The purpose of sexmän in a parish was deminished after the municipal reforms of 1862. After 1862 the sexmän were occasionally used to support municipal or church councils by delivering notifications or summons to appear before the respective councils (mostly from church councils.) By the early 1900’s the function of the sexmän was given to the fjärdingsman or village patrolmen.
|-
|-
| skogshuggare
|silkhandlare
| wood cutter, lumberer
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|sillpackare
| forester
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare
|sjöman
| schoolteacher
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare
|skarprättare
| shoemaker
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaregesäll
|skarpskytt
| journeyman shoemaker
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaremästare
|skattebonde
| master shoemaker
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråmästare
|skatteindrivare
| master of a guild
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|skeppare
| tailor
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddaregesäll
|skeppsbyggmästare
| journeyman tailor
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddarelärling
|skeppsgosse
| tailor's apprentice
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| skulptör
|skoarbetare
| sculptor
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skutskeppare
|skogshuggare
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skådespelare
|skogvaktare
| stage player, actor
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärslippare
|skollärare
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| skördeman
|skomakare
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköterska
|skomakaregesäll
| nurse
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|skomakaremästare
| meat cutter, butcher
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|skråmästare
|  
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|skräddare, skrädkarl
|  
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|skräddaregesäll
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsgesäll
|skräddarelärling
| journeyman smith
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsmästare
|skulptör
| master smith
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| småkrämare
|skutskeppare
| dealer in small wares
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältare
|skådespelare
| smelter, melter, fuser
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältarsmed
|skärslippare
| shingler
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| smörhandlare
|skördeman
| butterman, butter merchant
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickare
|sköterska
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickarmästare
|slaktardräng
| master jointer
|butcher's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|slaktare
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenpräst
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| sockerbagare
|smed
| confectioner, pastry cook
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| sockerbruksarbetare
|smedsgesäll
| sugar refiner (workman)
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| soldat
|smedsmästare
| soldier
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| spetshandlare
|småkrämare
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetsknypplerska
|smältare
| female lace maker
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|smältarsmed
| nailer, person who makes nails
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|smörhandlare
| spinner
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnerska
|snickare
| female spinner, spinstress
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnhushjon
|snickarmästare
| inmate of a house of correction
|master jointer
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|
|-
|-
| stadsfogde
|snörmakare
| town bailiff
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadskamrer
|sockenpräst
| town clerk
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|sockenskrivare
| physician to the town, town doctor
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| statare, statsdräng
|sockerbagare
| see statkarl
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| statkarl
|sockerbruksarbetare
| farm hand
|sugar refiner (workman)
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|
|-
|-
| statman
|soldat
| statesman
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| statsfru
|speditör
| lady of state
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| stenarbetare
|spetshandlare
| stone worker
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|spetsknypplerska
| quarrier, quarryman
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|spiksmed
| stonecutter
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenkolsarbetare
|spinnare
| collier
|spinner
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| strykerska
|spinnerska
| laundress, ironing woman
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| strängmakare
|spinnhushjon
| string maker
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|stadsfogde
| gun founder
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|stadskamrer
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|town clerk
| see fanjunkare
|
|-
|-
| styresman
|stadsläkare
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|statare, statsdräng
| (military) steersman
|see statkarl
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|
|-
|-
| stålarbetare
|statkarl
| steel worker
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| stålsmed
|statman
| steel smith
|statesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålmångelska
|statsfru
| stall woman
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|stenarbetare
| (latin) shoemaker
|stone worker
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svamphandlare
|stenbrytare
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|stenhuggare
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| symamsell
|stenkolsarbetare
| seamstress
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| sågställare
|stickerska
| saw setter
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| sämskmakare
|strykerska
| see garvare
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sättare
|strängmakare
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| taktäckare
|studerande
| roofer
|student
|  
|
|-
|-
| tandläkare
|styckgjutare
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetserare
|styckjunkare
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| tappare
|styresman
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
| tapster is another title for bartender
|
|-
|-
| tattare
|styrman
| gipsy (1829)  
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| taxeringsman
|stålarbetare
| assessor
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelformare
|stålsmed
| brick moulder
|steel smith
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|stålmångelska
| brickmaker, tiler
|stall woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|sutor
| brickmoulder, tiler
|(latin) shoemaker
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|svamphandlare
| tiler
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tehandlare
|svarvare
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| tenngjutare
|svärdfejare
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|symamsell
| beggar
|seamstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerhuggare
|sågställare
| timber cutter
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|sämskmakare
| carpenter, builder
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|sättare
| copyist of court cases
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjuv
|taktäckare
| thief
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|tandläkare
| servant
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|tapetserare
| servant, menial work
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
| see tjänare
|
|-
|-
| tobakshandlare
|tappare
| tobacco merchant
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|tattare
| tobacco spinner
|gipsy (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tolvman
|taxeringsman
| se nämdeman
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|tegelformare
| tower watch
|brick moulder
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|tegelbrännare
| cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|brickmaker, tiler
| This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|
|-
|-
| tresserska
|tegelslagare
| braider, plaiter
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
| trummare
|tegeltäckare
| drummer
|tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| tryckare
|tehandlare
| printer, pressman
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|tenngjutare
| gardener
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
| tullbetjänt
|tiggare
| customs officer
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| tulltjänsteman
|timmerhuggare
| customs officer
|timber cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tullvaktmästare
|timmerman
| landing waiter
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|tingsskrivare
| barrelmaker, cooper
|copyist of court cases
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnelarbetare
|tjuv
| tunneller
|thief
|  
|
|-
|-
| tvättare
|tjänare
| male launderer, washerman
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
| tvätterska
|tjänstehjon
| washerwoman
|servant, menial work
|  
|see tjänare
|-
|-
| tvättgumma
|tobakshandlare
| washerwoman
|tobacco merchant
|
|-
|-
| tältmakare
|tobaksspinnare
| tent maker
|tobacco spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullfärgare
|tolvman
| wool dyer
|se nämdeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullhandlare
|tornväktare
| wool merchant, trader in wool
|tower watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlöjtnant
|torpare
| sub lieutenant
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|  
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|-
|-
| underofficer
|tresserska
| non comissioned officer
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|trikotstickerska
| sub governor, deputy sheriff
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|-
| urmakare
|trummare
| watch and clockmaker
|drummer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|tryckare
| cartwright, carriage maker
|printer, pressman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|trädgårdsmästare
| wagon master
|gardener
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktare
|tullbetjänt
| keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|tulltjänsteman
| caretaker
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallflicka
|tullvaktmästare
| shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|landing waiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| valkare
|tunnbindare
| fuller, miller
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallhjon
|tunnelarbetare
| a person tending cattle in the field
|tunneller
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandrare
|tvättare
| wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|male launderer, washerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vapendragare
|tvätterska
| squire, esquire
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vedhuggare
|tvättgumma
| wood cutter
|washerwoman
|  
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|tältmakare
| see häradshövding
|tent maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vicepastor
|ullfärgare
| curate
|wool dyer
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|
|-
|-
| vinodlare
|ullhandlare
| wine grower
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdarinna
|underlöjtnant
| nurse
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| väglagare
|underofficer
| repairer of roads
|non comissioned officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|underståtthållare
| weaver
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| yllehandlare
|urmakare
| dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|watch and clockmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|vagnmakare
| occupation, profession
|cartwright, carriage maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkesidkare
|vagnmästare
| trader
|wagon master
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkesman
|vaktare
| craftsman
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| åbo
|vaktmästare
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|caretaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|vallflicka
| head man of a company, headmaster (1829), alderman (1889)
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|  
|
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|valkare
| government official, crown officer
|fuller, miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| överbefalhavare
|vallhjon
| commander in chief
|a person tending cattle in the field
|  
|
|-
|-
| överkonstapel
|vandrare
| (military) corporal
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|  
|
|-
|-
| överståthållare
|vapendragare
| governor
|squire, esquire
|  
|
|-
|-
| ölbryggare  
|vedhuggare
| beer brewer  
|wood cutter
|  
|
|-
|vice häradshövding
|see häradshövding
|
|-
|vicepastor
|curate
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|vinodlare
|wine grower
|
|-
|vårdarinna
|nurse
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|-
|väglagare
|repairer of roads
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|-
|vävare
|weaver
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|-
|vävskedbindare
|weaver's comb binder
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|yllehandlare
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
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|-
|yrke
|occupation, profession
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|-
|yrkesidkare
|trader
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|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
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|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
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|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
|-
|ämbetsman
|government official, crown officer
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|-
|överbefalhavare
|commander in chief
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|-
|överkonstapel
|(military) corporal
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|-
|överståthållare
|governor
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|ölbryggare
|beer brewer
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|}


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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
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*Björkman, Carl Gustaf, <u>Svensk engelsk ordbok</u>, P.A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXstAAAAYAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Svensk engelsk ordbok]
 
*Deleen, Carl, <u>Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey</u>, N.M. Lindh, Örebro 1829. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BMEDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Swedish%20and%20English%20Pocket%20Dictionary&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary]
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


Harlock, Walter E., <u>Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga</u>, P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>  
== References ==
Anderson, Kent &amp; Henrik Anderö.''Ordbok för släktforskare''. ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
Björkman, Carl Gustaf. ''Svensk engelsk ordbok''. P.A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXstAAAAYAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Svensk engelsk ordbok]<br>
Deleen, Carl. ''Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey''. N.M. Lindh, Örebro 1829. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BMEDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Swedish%20and%20English%20Pocket%20Dictionary&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary]<br>
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Department. ''Genealogical Word List: Swedish''. Salt Lake City, 1989. {{FSDL|250107}}<br>
Gernandt, C. E. ''Nordisk Familjebok''. Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg], Feb. 2011. See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok]<br>
Harlock, Walter E. ''Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga''. P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>
Stockholm Stadsarkiv. "Rådbisittare", ''Källhandbok till Skråarkiven''. Stockholm, 2010<br>
Widegren, Gustaf. ''Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon''. Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=hIECAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Svenskt+och+Engelsk+Lexikon+1788&source=bl&ots=hqFS9d0VjN&sig=gF2ZdkoIoOtAMTSEDZbL8kr3MNs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H4wFUK_IM8KOrAHAsajJCA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Svenskt%20och%20Engelsk%20Lexikon%201788&f=false Svenskt och Engelsk Lexicon]<br>


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