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The entire Swedish to English word list is available in PDF see [[Image:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf]].<br>  
The entire Swedish to English word list is available in PDF see [[Image:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf]].<br>  


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| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with A|A]]
| adelsman
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with B|B]]
| nobleman
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with C|C]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with D|D]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with E|E]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with F|F]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with G|G]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with H|H]]
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| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with I|I]]
| arton(de)
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with J|J]]
| eighteen (eighteenth)
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with K|K]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with L|L]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with M|M]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with N|N]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with O|O]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with P|P]]
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| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with Q|Q]]
| adlig
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with R|R]]
| noble
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with S|S]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with T|T]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with U|U]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with V, W|V, W]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with X, Y, Z|X, Y, Z]]
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with Å|Å]]
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| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with Ä|Ä]]
| adopterad
| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with Ö|Ö]]
| adopted
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| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with A|A]]
| adressbok
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with B|B]]
| directory
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with C|C]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with D|D]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with E|E]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with F|F]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with G|G]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with H|H]]
|-
|-
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with I|I]]
| afton
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with J|J]]
| evening
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with K|K]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with L|L]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with M|M]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with N|N]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with O|O]]
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with P|P]]
|-
|-
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with Q|Q]]
| aldrig
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with R|R]]
| never
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with S|S]]
|-
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with T|T]]
| alla, allt
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with U|U]]
| all
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with V, W|V, W]]
|-
| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with X, Y, Z|X, Y, Z]]
| alltid
| [[English to Swedish Numbers in Word Form|Numbers]]
| always
|-
| ambarn
| nursing child
|-
| andra
| second, others
|-
| andtäppa
| shortness of breath, asthma
|-
| anfall
| seizure(s)
|-
| angiven
| given, stated
|-
| ankom
| came, arrived
|-
| anmärkningar
| remarks, annotations
|-
| annan
| other
|-
| antavla
| pedigree chart
|-
| anteckning
| note, annotation, remark
|-
| april
| April
|-
| arbetare
| worker, laborer
|-
| arkiv
| archive
|-
| arrendator
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
| arton
| eighteen
|-
| arv
| inheritance
|-
| arvinge
| heir
|-
| arvskifte
| distribution of an inherited estate
|-
| att
| that (for example: know that he died)
|-
| attest
| certificate
|-
| augusti
| August
|-
| av
| of
|-
| avgift
| fee
|-
| avgång
| departure
|-
| avgått
| moved
|-
| avgått med döden
| died (departed through death)
|-
| avliden
| deceased, death
|-
| avskedad
| discharged, resigned
|-
| avsomna
| die, death
|-
| avvittring
| assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|-
| backe
| hill
|-
| backstugusittare
| one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
|-
| bagare
| baker
|-
| bakom
| behind
|-
| baneman
| slayer
|-
| baneslag
| death blow, mortal stroke
|-
| banesår
| death wound, mortal wound
|-
| bann
| excommunication
|-
| banna
| to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
|-
| bannlysa
| to excommunicate
|-
| baptist
| Baptist
|-
| bar
| carried
|-
| bara
| only
|-
| bar barnet
| carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|-
| barn
| child(ren)
|-
| barnbarn
| grandchild(ren)
|-
| barnbok
| preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
|-
| barnlös
| childless
|-
| barnmorska
| midwife
|-
| barnmördare
| murderer of a child
|-
| barnpiga
| maid for children
|-
| barnsbörd, barnsäng
| childbirth
|-
| barnsjuka
| children's disease
|-
| barnsnöd
| complication at childbirth
|-
| barnsäng
| childbirth
|-
| barnsängsfeber
| perpetual complications or sickness at birth
|-
| befolkning
| population
|-
| begrava
| bury
|-
| begravning
| burial
|-
| begravningslängd
| burial record
|-
| begravningsplats
| cemetery
|-
| begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard
| taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
|-
| benröta
| bone-rotting disease
|-
| benåd
| pardon
|-
| benämd
| called
|-
| berg
| hill, mountain
|-
| bergfolk
| mountain people, highlanders
|-
| bergslag
| mining district
|-
| bergsman
| miner
|-
| beskattning
| taxation
|-
| beskrivning
| description
|-
| besökare
| customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
|-
| betjänt
| servant, civil servant
|-
| bettlare
| beggar
|-
| betyg
| certificate
|-
| bevaka
| protect
|-
| bevis
| certificate, proof, evidence
|-
| bevistat läsförhören
| present at household examination (clerical survey)
|-
| beväring
| conscript
|-
| beväringsman
| recruit
|-
| bilaga
| supplement, enclosure
|-
| biografi
| biography
|-
| biträde
| assistant
|-
| blind
| blind
|-
| bliva
| to become
|-
| blodsjuka
| blood disorder
|-
| blodslag
| cerebal stroke
|-
| blodstörtning
| severe or sudden bleeding
|-
| blödning
| bleeding
|-
| bo
| to live, home, estate
|-
| bok
| book
|-
| bokhållare
| bookkeeper
|-
| bonde
| farmer
|-
| borg
| castle, fortress
|-
| borgare
| citizen, burgher
|-
| borgmästare
| mayor
|-
| borta
| absent
|-
| bortgift
| married elsewhere
|-
| bostad
| domicile
|-
| boupptekning
| probate, estate inventory
|-
| bredvid
| next to
|-
| bro
| bridge
|-
| bror
| brother
|-
| brorsdotter
| niece, brother\'s daughter
|-
| brorsson
| nephew, brother\'s son
|-
| brottfällig
| epileptic fits
|-
| brud
| bride
|-
| brudfolk
| bridal couple
|-
| brudgum
| bridegroom
|-
| brudpar
| bridal couple
|-
| bruk
| foundry, mill, iron industry
|-
| brukare
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
| bruksarbetare
| foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
|-
| bryggare
| brewer
|-
| bräcklighet
| frailty
|-
| brännsjuka
| feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
|-
| bröllop
| wedding
|-
| bröstarvinge
| heir
|-
| bröstfeber
| pneumonia
|-
| bröstsjuka
| chest illness, pneumonia
|-
| bröstkov
| shortness of breath
|-
| bröstkvav
| shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
|-
| bröstlidande
| chest disease
|-
| bröstpassion
| chest pain
|-
| bröstveda
| chest disease
|-
| bröstvärk
| chest pain
|-
| bukbet
| abdominal pain
|-
| brukbrok
| umbilical hernia
|-
| bukrev
| constipation
|-
| bukvred
| intestinal blockage
|-
| by
| village
|-
| bygd
| countryside, region, area
|-
| byggmästare
| contractor, builder
|-
| båda
| both
|-
| båtsman
| seaman, sailor
|-
| bägge
| both
|-
| bägges barn
| child of both parents
|-
| bälgslag
| colic
|-
| böcker
| books
|-
| böld
| abscess, boil
|-
| böter
| fee, fine
|-
| bötfälld
| fined
|-
| circa (ca.) (Latin)
| about, approximately
|-
| civilregistret
| civil registrar
|-
| coopvaerdi
| merchant marine
|-
| dag
| day
|-
| dagkarl
| day laborer
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| dal
| valley
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| Danmark
| Denmark
|-
| danneman
| farmer, gentleman
|-
| dansk
| danish
|-
| datum
| date
|-
| de
| they
|-
| december
| December
|-
| de där
| those
|-
| de här
| these
|-
| deja
| maidservant, milkmaid
|-
| demoiselle
| Miss
|-
| delinqventer
| delinquent, criminal (old spellling)
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| den
| the, it
|-
| den där
| that
|-
| den här
| this
|-
| deras
| their
|-
| dess
| his, her, its
|-
| det
| the, it
|-
| det där
| that
|-
| det här
| this
|-
| diarre
| diarrhea
|-
| djärv
| bold, daring, venturesome
|-
| dom
| sentence, judgment
|-
| dom
| sentence, judgment
|-
| domare
| judge
|-
| dombok
| court record
|-
| domsaga
| judicial district
|-
| dop
| baptism, christening
|-
| doplängd
| record of baptisms
|-
| dopnamn
| given name
|-
| dotter
| daughter
|-
| dragon
| light cavalryman
|-
| drunknad
| drowned
|-
| dräng
| farmhand, bachelor
|-
| duplikat
| duplicate record
|-
| dygn
| 24 hours, day
|-
| då
| then
|-
| där
| there
|-
| därstädes
| (of) that place
|-
| död, döda, döde
| dead, death
|-
| dödbok
| death record
|-
| dödfödd
| stillborn
|-
| dödslista
| death record
|-
| dödsorsak
| cause of death
|-
| död utan bröstarvinge
| died without issue
|-
| döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse
| christening
|-
| dött
| has died
|-
| döv
| deaf
|-
| efter
| after
|-
| efterkommande
| descendant(s)
|-
| eftermiddag
| afternoon
|-
| efternamn
| surname
|-
| efter sig lämnat
| left behind, survived by
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| egendom
| property
|-
| ej
| not
|-
| eldsvåda
| extensive fire
|-
| elfte
| eleventh
|-
| eller
| or
|-
| elva
| eleven
|-
| emigrerade
| emigrated
|-
| en, ett
| a, one
|-
| en/ett hundra(de)
| one hundred (one-hundredth)
|-
| en/ett tusen(de)
| one thousand (one-thousandth)
|-
| Engelska sjukan
| ricketts (vitamin deficiency)
|-
| enligt
| according to
|-
| epilepsi
| epilepsy
|-
| ett, en
| a, one
|-
| evangelisk
| evangelical
|-
| fabrik
| factory, mill
|-
| fabriksarbetare
| factory worker
|-
| fadder
| christening witness, godparent
|-
| fader
| father
|-
| falla
| fall, to be killed in war
|-
| fallande sot
| epilepsy
|-
| familj
| family
|-
| far
| father
|-
| farbror
| paternal uncle
|-
| farfar
| paternal grandfather
|-
| farmor
| paternal grandmother
|-
| fasta
| fast, Lent
|-
| faster
| paternal aunt
|-
| fattig
| poor
|-
| fattighjon
| pauper
|-
| fattighus
| poorhouse
|-
| f. d. (före detta)
| former(ly)
|-
| feber
| fever
|-
| feberfrossa
| malaria
|-
| februari
| February
|-
| fem(te)
| five (fifth)
|-
| femtio(nde)
| fifty (fiftieth)
|-
| femton(de)
| fifteen (fifteenth)
|-
| finländare, finne
| Finn
|-
| finsk
| Finnish
|-
| fiskare
| fisherman
|-
| fjol (i fjol)
| last year
|-
| fjorton(de)
| fourteen (fourteenth)
|-
| fjärde
| fourth
|-
| fjärdingsman
| parish constable
|-
| flicka
| girl
|-
| flicknamn
| maiden name
|-
| fluss
| any disease related to fluids
|-
| flytta
| move
|-
| flyttningsbetyg
| certificate of moving
|-
| fogde
| sheriff, bailiff, warden
|-
| folio
| page
|-
| fortsättning (forts.)
| continued
|-
| fosterbarn
| foster child
|-
| fosterland
| native land, fatherland
|-
| framför
| in front of
|-
| fredag
| Friday
|-
| frejd
| a person\'s character, conduct
|-
| friherre
| baron
|-
| frilla
| concubine
|-
| frillebarn
| bastard child
|-
| frossa
| malaria
|-
| fru
| Mrs.
|-
| från
| from
|-
| frånskild
| divorced
|-
| frälse
| nobility
|-
| frälsegård, frälsehemman
| tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax)
|-
| främmande
| foreign, strange, belonging to another parish
|-
| fröken
| Miss
|-
| fulslag
| inflammation at the edge of a finger
|-
| fylleri
| drunkenness
|-
| fyra
| four
|-
| fyrtio(nde)
| forty (fortieth)
|-
| fältfeber
| typhoid fever
|-
| fältskär
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|-
| fältväbel
| sergeant major
|-
| fästehjon
| betrothed couple, engaged pair
|-
| fästekvinna
| fiancée (female)
|-
| fästman
| fiancé (male)
|-
| fästmö
| fiancée (female)
|-
| fästning
| fortress
|-
| född, födda, födde, födelse
| born, birth
|-
| föddes
| was born
|-
| födelse
| birth
|-
| födelsebok
| birth record
|-
| födelsedag
| birthday
|-
| födelselängd
| birth record
|-
| födelseort
| place of birth
|-
| födorådstagare
| a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr
|-
| följande
| following, next
|-
| för
| for
|-
| fördelsman
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
| fördärvad
| severely crippled
|-
| före
| before
|-
| föregående
| previous, preceding
|-
| förelyst
| banns (in Finland)
|-
| förening
| society
|-
| förfäder
| forefathers
|-
| förgiftad
| poisoned
|-
| förhör
| household examination
|-
| förklara
| declared, explained
|-
| förkylning
| common cold
|-
| förlossning
| delivery (childbirth)
|-
| förlovad
| engaged
|-
| förlovning
| engagement
|-
| förmiddag
| morning, forenoon
|-
| förmyndare
| guardian
|-
| förmäla
| marry (older term)
|-
| förnamn
| given name
|-
| förra giftet
| previous marriage
|-
| förre, (den)
| former
|-
| förrätta
| perform
|-
| församling
| parish, congregation
|-
| församlingsbok
| clerical survey
|-
| första
| first
|-
| första gången
| first time
|-
| förstoppning
| constipation
|-
| försumlighet
| negligence, neglectfulness
|-
| försvarslös
| unemployed person, vagrant
|-
| förteckning
| list
|-
| föräldralös
| orphan
|-
| föräldrar
| parents
|-
| gamla
| old
|-
| gamla boken (G.B.)
| old book, previous clerical survey
|-
| gammal
| old
|-
| garvare
| tanner
|-
| gata
| street
|-
| genast
| right away, immediately
|-
| genealogi
| genealogy
|-
| genom
| through
|-
| gesäll
| journeyman
|-
| gift
| married
|-
| gifta sig
| to marry
|-
| gifte
| marriage
|-
| giftermål
| marriage ceremony
|-
| giftoman
| bride\'s sponsor
|-
| gikt
| gout
|-
| god
| good
|-
| gosse
| boy
|-
| granne
| neighbor
|-
| gratialist
| receiving a pension or cash from some special fund
|-
| grav
| grave
|-
| grekisk katolsk
| Eastern Orthodox
|-
| grenadjär
| infantryman
|-
| greve
| count (title of nobility)
|-
| gruva
| mine
|-
| gräns
| boundary line, border
|-
| gudfader
| godfather
|-
| gudmoder
| godmother
|-
| gulsot
| jaundice
|-
| gång
| time
|-
| gård
| farm, house
|-
| gåvor
| donations
|-
| gäll (gäld)
| clerical district
|-
| gästgivare
| innkeeper
|-
| gördelmakare
| brazier
|-
| halv-
| half-, step-
|-
| halvsyskon
| half siblings
|-
| hammarsmed
| forging smith
|-
| han
| he
|-
| handelsman
| merchant
|-
| handskmakare
| glove maker
|-
| hans
| his
|-
| hantverkare
| artisan
|-
| hastig
| acute
|-
| hattmakare
| hatmaker
|-
| hava
| to have
|-
| havande
| pregnant
|-
| hederlig
| honorable, honest
|-
| hektisk feber
| infectious disease accompanying a fever
|-
| helig
| holy
|-
| hem
| home
|-
| hemma
| at home
|-
| hemman
| farm, homestead
|-
| hemmansbrukare
| farmer
|-
| hemmansägare
| farmer, homeowner
|-
| hemort
| residence
|-
| hemvist
| domicile
|-
| henne
| her
|-
| heraldik
| heraldry
|-
| herr
| Mr.
|-
| Herren
| Lord
|-
| herrgård
| manorial estate
|-
| hetsig feber
| inflammatory fever
|-
| hinderlös
| free, unhindered (to travel, marry)
|-
| hinderlöshetsbetyg
| certificate of being unhindered
|-
| historia
| history
|-
| hittebarn
| foundling
|-
| hjon
| person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon
|-
| hjonelag
| connubial union (union in the state of marriage)
|-
| hjulmakare
| wheelwright
|-
| hjärnblödning
| stroke, cerebral hemorrhage
|-
| hjärtslag
| cardiac arrest
|-
| hjärtsprång
| heart disease
|-
| hon
| she
|-
| honom
| him
|-
| hos
| at, in, with
|-
| hosta
| cough
|-
| hovrätt
| circuit court of appeal
|-
| hur
| how
|-
| hus
| house
|-
| husar
| light cavalryman
|-
| husbonde
| master of a family or of a house
|-
| husfader
| head of household, father
|-
| husfolk
| farmers, farm people
|-
| husförhör, husförhörslängd
| clerical survey, household examination
|-
| husman
| farm laborer (owned house but not land)
|-
| husmoder
| female head of household, mother
|-
| hustru
| wife
|-
| hyresgäst
| lodger
|-
| håll och styng
| pneumonia
|-
| här
| here
|-
| härad
| civil district within a county
|-
| häradsrätt
| district court
|-
| härstädes
| here, at given location
|-
| hög
| high
|-
| höger
| right
|-
| höst
| autumn
|-
| i
| in
|-
| icke
| not
|-
| i dag
| today
|-
| i fjol
| last year
|-
| ifrån
| from
|-
| i går
| yesterday
|-
| ihjälslagen
| beaten to death
|-
| i morgon
| tomorrow
|-
| inflyttning
| incoming, moving in
|-
| inflyttningsbetyg
| moving in certificate
|-
| inflyttningslängd
| moving in register
|-
| ingen
| no, no one, none
|-
| inget
| nothing, none
|-
| inhyses
| a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|-
| innehåll
| contents
|-
| innevarande
| current
|-
| inskrivning
| entry
|-
| invandrare
| immigrant
|-
| invandring
| immigration
|-
| januari
| January
|-
| jord
| earth, soil, land
|-
| jordbrukare
| farmer
|-
| jordebok
| land record
|-
| jordegumma
| midwife
|-
| jordfästning
| funeral, burial service
|-
| jude
| Jew
|-
| judisk
| Jewish
|-
| jul
| Christmas
|-
| juli
| July
|-
| jungfru
| Miss, maiden, virgin
|-
| juni
| June
|-
| jägare
| hunter
|-
| jägmästare
| forester
|-
| jämte
| together with
|-
| kallad
| called, named
|-
| kallbrand
| gangrene
|-
| kammarskrivare
| assistant clerk
|-
| kapellförsamling
| chapelry, dependent branch of a parish
|-
| kaplan
| assistant minister
|-
| karbunkel
| carbuncle
|-
| karl
| man, male
|-
| karta
| map
|-
| katalog
| directory, catalog
|-
| katekismilängd
| communion record
|-
| katolsk
| Catholic
|-
| kavallerist
| cavalryman
|-
| kikhosta
| whooping cough
|-
| klensmed
| toolmaker, locksmith
|-
| klockare
| parish clerk
|-
| knekt
| soldier
|-
| knektekontrakt
| agreement of enrollment
|-
| kofferdi
| merchant marine
|-
| kolare
| charcoal burner
|-
| kolera
| cholera
|-
| kolik
| colic
|-
| kommen ifrån
| came from
|-
| komminister
| assistant minister
|-
| kommun
| township, municipality, parish
|-
| kommunikant
| person receiving communion
|-
| kommunionbok
| communion book
|-
| kommunionlängd
| communion record
|-
| konfirmation
| confirmation
|-
| konfirmationslängd
| confirmation record
|-
| kontrahenterna
| marriage applicants
|-
| kontrakt
| deanery (clerical district)
|-
| konung, kung
| king
|-
| konvulsioner
| convulsions
|-
| kopparslagare
| coppersmith
|-
| koppor
| smallpox
|-
| kov
| shortness of breath
|-
| kramp
| convulsions
|-
| krank
| illness
|-
| krigsarkiv
| war archive, military archive
|-
| kristendomskunskap
| religious knowledge
|-
| kristnad
| christened, baptized
|-
| krono-
| belonging to the crown (government)
|-
| kronohemman
| farm owned by the crown (government)
|-
| krukmakare
| potter
|-
| kräfta
| cancer
|-
| kung, konung
| king
|-
| kungarike
| kingdom
|-
| kunglig
| royal
|-
| kusin
| cousin
|-
| kvarlåtenskap
| possessions left after death
|-
| kvarn
| mill
|-
| kvarter
| block, quarter
|-
| kvinna, kvinnkjön
| woman, female
|-
| kväll
| evening
|-
| kvävning
| suffocation
|-
| kyrka
| church
|-
| kyrkobok
| parish register
|-
| kyrkoby
| village in which the parish church is located
|-
| kyrkogång
| introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|-
| kyrkogård
| churchyard, cemetery
|-
| kyrkoherde
| parish minister
|-
| kyrkosocken
| ecclesiastical parish
|-
| kyrkotagen
| introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|-
| kyrkovaktare
| church officer
|-
| kyrkovärd
| church or parish warden
|-
| käresta
| loved one, wife
|-
| kön
| sex, gender
|-
| köpebrev
| purchase deed, title deed
|-
| köping
| small town
|-
| köpman
| merchant
|-
| körsnär
| furrier
|-
| lag
| law
|-
| laga år kommen
| of legal age
|-
| land
| land, country
|-
| landsarkiv
| provincial archive
|-
| landsförsamling
| rural parish of a city
|-
| landskap
| province
|-
| lapp
| Lapp
|-
| ledig
| unmarried, free
|-
| leva
| to live
|-
| levande
| living
|-
| lik
| corpse
|-
| lilla
| little, small
|-
| liten
| little, small
|-
| lots
| sea pilot
|-
| lucka
| gap (missing records)
|-
| lunginflammation
| pneumonia
|-
| lungsot
| consumption, tuberculosis
|-
| luteran, lutersk
| Lutheran
|-
| lysning
| banns
|-
| lysningslängd
| banns register
|-
| lyst
| posted banns
|-
| låg
| low
|-
| lägersmål
| illicit relations
|-
| lägrad kvinna
| woman who has had illicit relations
|-
| lägre
| lower
|-
| läkare
| doctor
|-
| län
| county
|-
| längd
| roll, record, book
|-
| länsman
| sheriff
|-
| lärare
| teacher
|-
| lärling
| apprentice
|-
| lönskaläge
| illicit relations between unmarried persons
|-
| löpande
| current
|-
| lördag
| Saturday
|-
| lösdrivare
| vagrant
|-
| magref
| colic
|-
| magsjukdom
| stomach disease
|-
| magvärk
| stomachache
|-
| magskärv
| painful stomach disease
|-
| maj
| May
|-
| majestät
| royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät)
|-
| majestätsbrott
| treason
|-
| maka
| wife
|-
| makarnas gemensamma barn
| child(ren) a couple had together
|-
| make
| husband
|-
| mamsell
| Miss
|-
| man, mankjön
| man, male, husband
|-
| mantal
| assessed unit of land
|-
| mantalskriven
| registered for tax/census purposes
|-
| mantalslängd
| tax/census record
|-
| marknad
| market, fair
|-
| mars
| March
|-
| maskslag
| fainting
|-
| maskinist
| machinist, engineer
|-
| matros
| sailor, seaman
|-
| med
| with
|-
| medborgare
| citizen
|-
| medlem
| member
|-
| mellan
| between
|-
| men
| but
|-
| middag
| noon
|-
| midnatt
| midnight
|-
| militär
| military
|-
| minderårig
| underage
|-
| mindre
| lesser, smaller
|-
| ministerialbok
| parish register
|-
| minut
| minute
|-
| mjölnare
| miller
|-
| moder, mor
| mother
|-
| moderpassion
| hysteric fits
|-
| morbror
| maternal uncle
|-
| morfar
| maternal grandfather
|-
| morgon
| morning
|-
| morgongåva
| morning gift, dowry
|-
| mormor
| maternal grandmother
|-
| mosaisk
| Jewish
|-
| moster
| maternal aunt
|-
| mot
| against, toward
|-
| murare
| mason
|-
| mycket
| very, much
|-
| myndig
| of legal age
|-
| myndling
| pupil or ward
|-
| måg
| son-in-law
|-
| målsman
| guardian
|-
| månad
| month
|-
| måndag
| Monday
|-
| mässling
| measles
|-
| mästare
| master
|-
| mördad
| murdered
|-
| namn
| name
|-
| nationalitet
| nationality
|-
| natt
| night
|-
| nattvard
| communion
|-
| nedan(för)
| below
|-
| nedkomst
| birth
|-
| nedre
| lower
|-
| nervfeber
| typhoid fever
|-
| nervslag
| sudden paralysis
|-
| nio(nde)
| nine (ninth)
|-
| nittio(nde)
| ninety (nintieth)
|-
| nitton(de)
| nineteen (nineteenth)
|-
| njurpassion
| kidney stone disease
|-
| noll
| zero
|-
| nord
| north
|-
| Norge
| Norway
|-
| norr(a)
| north, northern
|-
| norsk
| Norwegian
|-
| november
| November
|-
| nu
| now
|-
| nummer
| number
|-
| ny (a)
| new
|-
| nya boken (N.B.)
| new book, next clerical survey
|-
| nybyggare
| settler
|-
| nyfödd
| newborn
|-
| nytt
| new
|-
| någon
| someone, anyone
|-
| något
| something, somewhat
|-
| nämdeman
| juryman
|-
| när
| when
|-
| nära
| near
|-
| näringsfång
| source of livelihood, business, industry
|-
| närvarande
| present
|-
| närvaro
| presence
|-
| nöddop
| emergency baptism
|-
| oangiven
| not given
|-
| obefintliga
| persons whose residence is not known
|-
| och
| and
|-
| också
| also
|-
| odaterad
| not dated
|-
| odöpt
| not christened
|-
| ofta
| often
|-
| ofärdig
| lame, crippled
|-
| ogift
| unmarried
|-
| oktober
| October
|-
| okänd
| unknown
|-
| olycka
| accident, misfortune
|-
| om
| if, about
|-
| omkommen
| died accidentally, drowned
|-
| omkring
| about
|-
| omvändelse
| conversion
|-
| omyndig
| minor
|-
| onsdag
| Wednesday
|-
| ondslag
| syphilis
|-
| ordbok
| dictionary
|-
| ormbett
| bitten by a snake
|-
| orsak
| cause, reason
|-
| ort
| place
|-
| ortförteckning
| locality list, gazetteer
|-
| ortodox
| (Eastern) Orthodox
|-
| otidigt sängelag
| fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged)
|-
| ovan, ovanför
| above
|-
| oxel
| tumour
|-
| oäkta
| illegitimate (child)
|-
| passion
| suffering
|-
| pastor
| parish minister
|-
| pastorat
| parish
|-
| pastorsexpedition
| parish office
|-
| personernas
| the person\'s
|-
| pest
| plague
|-
| piga
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|-
| pilt(ebarn)
| boy, male child
|-
| pingst
| Pentecost, Whitsunday
|-
| pliktad
| fined
|-
| plåga
| pain
|-
| podager
| gout
|-
| pojke
| boy
|-
| profoss
| flogmaster (military)
|-
| prost
| dean
|-
| prosteri
| deanery
|-
| präst
| minister
|-
| prästgård
| parsonage
|-
| på
| on, upon, at (some place), in (about time)
|-
| påsk
| Easter
|-
| påssjuka
| mumps
|-
| regemente
| regiment
|-
| register
| register, index
|-
| repslagare
| rope maker
|-
| Riddarhuset
| house of nobility
|-
| rike
| state, realm
|-
| riksarkiv
| national archives, state archives
|-
| rote
| district within a parish
|-
| rotehjon
| person supported by a parish district
|-
| rotesoldat
| soldier for a district in a parish
|-
| rulla
| record, roll
|-
| rusthåll
| farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier
|-
| rusthållare
| owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier
|-
| rymt, rymd
| runaway
|-
| rysk, ryss
| Russian
|-
| Ryssland
| Russia
|-
| ryttare
| cavalryman
|-
| rådhusrätt
| city court
|-
| rådman
| councilman
|-
| rådstu(gu)rätt
| city court
|-
| räkenskapslängd
| records of accounts
|-
| rätt
| court, right, correct
|-
| rättare
| farm foreman
|-
| rödsot
| dysentery
|-
| röta
| gangrene
|-
| rötfeber
| gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever
|-
| sakna(s)
| miss, missing
|-
| salig
| the deceased, blessed
|-
| samhälle
| community
|-
| samma
| (the) same
|-
| sammanavla
| beget, conceive
|-
| sammanviga
| marry
|-
| samma städes
| (of) the same place
|-
| samt
| and, together with
|-
| samtycke
| permission, consent (to)
|-
| scharlakansfeber
| scarlet fever
|-
| sedan
| since
|-
| sekel
| century
|-
| senare, (den)
| later, the latter
|-
| sent
| late
|-
| september
| September
|-
| sex
| six
|-
| sexman
| parish caretaker
|-
| sextio(nde)
| sixty (sixtieth)
|-
| sexton(de)
| sixteen (sixteenth)
|-
| sida
| page
|-
| sig
| himself, herself, itself
|-
| sin, sitt, sina
| his, her, its (own)
|-
| sinnessvag
| feebleminded
|-
| sjelfspillan
| one who committed suicide (old spelling)
|-
| sju
| seven
|-
| sjuk
| sick
|-
| sjukdom
| sickness
|-
| sjuklig
| sickly
|-
| sjunde
| seventh
|-
| sjuttio(nde)
| seventy (seventieth)
|-
| sjutton(de)
| seventeen (seventeenth)
|-
| självmord
| suicide
|-
| sjätte
| sixth
|-
| sjö
| lake
|-
| sjöman
| sailor, seaman
|-
| skarprättare
| executioner, hangman
|-
| skarpskytt
| sharpshooter
|-
| skatt
| tax
|-
| skattehemman
| farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)
|-
| skeppare
| skipper
|-
| skerfva
| rickets or malnutrition
|-
| skilsmässa
| divorce
|-
| skog
| forest
|-
| skogvaktare
| forester
|-
| skola
| school
|-
| skollärare
| schoolteacher
|-
| skomakare
| shoemaker
|-
| skorstensfejare
| chimney-sweep
|-
| skottår
| leap year
|-
| skrud
| gown (bridal)
|-
| skräddare
| tailor
|-
| skörbjugg
| scurvy
|-
| slag(anfall)
| stroke
|-
| slagen af åskan
| hit by lightning
|-
| slagsmål
| fight
|-
| slaktare
| meat cutter, butcher
|-
| slot
| castle
|-
| slut
| end
|-
| släkt
| family, clan
|-
| släktbok
| lineage book
|-
| släktforskning
| genealogy
|-
| släkting
| relative
|-
| släktled
| generation
|-
| smed
| blacksmith
|-
| smittkoppor
| smallpox
|-
| smärta
| pain
|-
| små (plural)
| little, small
|-
| snatteri
| pilfering
|-
| snickare
| carpenter
|-
| socken
| parish
|-
| soldat
| soldier
|-
| som
| who, which, that
|-
| sommar
| summer
|-
| son
| son
|-
| sondotter
| son\'s daughter, granddaughter
|-
| sonhustru
| son\'s wife, daughter-in-law
|-
| sonson
| son\'s son, grandson
|-
| sotdöd
| old age
|-
| sotsäng
| sickbed
|-
| spannmålstorpare
| tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain
|-
| spinnare
| spinner
|-
| spridda år
| intermittent years
|-
| stad
| city
|-
| stadsarkiv
| city archives
|-
| stadsförsamling
| city parish
|-
| stamfader
| progenitor
|-
| stamtavla
| descendancy chart
|-
| statare, statdräng
| farm laborer
|-
| stattorpare
| farm laborer, usually married
|-
| stenhuggare
| stonecutter
|-
| stenpassion
| gallbladder disease
|-
| sterbhus
| a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead
|-
| stift
| diocese
|-
| stoft
| mortal remains, or ashes
|-
| stor, stort, stora
| large, big, great
|-
| straff
| punishment
|-
| straffarbete
| hard labor
|-
| strax
| right away, immediately
|-
| strypsjuka
| diptheria
|-
| stuga
| cottage, house
|-
| stum
| dumb, mute
|-
| stupa
| to be killed in war
|-
| styrman
| mate, on ship
|-
| styv-
| step-
|-
| styvson
| stepson
|-
| stånd
| status, condition
|-
| ståndsperson
| person of social standing
|-
| ställe
| place
|-
| stärbhus
| death estate
|-
| stöld
| theft
|-
| svaghet
| weakness, feebleness
|-
| svagsint
| feebleminded
|-
| sven
| young man, apprentice
|-
| svensk
| Swedish
|-
| Sverige
| Sweden
|-
| svullnad
| swelling, bloating
|-
| svulst
| tumor
|-
| svåger
| brother-in-law
|-
| svägerska
| sister-in-law
|-
| svärfar
| father-in-law
|-
| svärmor
| mother-in-law
|-
| svärson
| son-in-law
|-
| syd
| south
|-
| syskon
| siblings
|-
| syskonbarn
| nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)
|-
| syssling
| second cousin, tremänning
|-
| syster
| sister
|-
| systerdotter
| niece, sister\'s daughter
|-
| systerson
| nephew, sister\'s son
|-
| syting
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
| såg
| saw, sawmill
|-
| sågställare
| saw setter
|-
| sängliggande
| bed-ridden
|-
| särskilda
| special
|-
| säteri
| freehold estate
|-
| söder (södra)
| south (southern)
|-
| söndag
| Sunday
|-
| testamente
| will
|-
| tid
| time
|-
| tidskrift
| periodical
|-
| tiggare
| beggar
|-
| till
| to
|-
| tillsammans
| together
|-
| tillstånd
| dispensation, permission
|-
| timma
| hour
|-
| timmerman
| carpenter, builder
|-
| ting
| court
|-
| tingslag
| judicial district, assize division
|-
| tio(nde)
| ten (tenth)
|-
| tionde
| tenth, tithing
|-
| tiondebok
| tithing record
|-
| tisdag
| Tuesday
|-
| tjugo
| twenty
|-
| tjugoandra
| twenty-second
|-
| tjugoen, tjugoett
| twenty-one
|-
| tjugofem(te)
| twenty-five (twenty-fifth)
|-
| tjugofjärde
| twenty-fourth
|-
| tjugofyra
| twenty-four
|-
| tjugoförsta
| twenty-first
|-
| tjugonde
| twentieth
|-
| tjugonio (nde)
| twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
|-
| tjugosex
| twenty-six
|-
| tjugosju(nde)
| twenty-seven (twenty-seventh)
|-
| tjugosjätte
| twenty-sixth
|-
| tjugotre
| twenty-three
|-
| tjugotredje
| twenty-third
|-
| tjugotvå
| twenty-two
|-
| tjugoåtta
| twenty-eight
|-
| tjugoåttonde
| twenty-eighth
|-
| tjuv
| thief
|-
| tjänar
| serves
|-
| tjänare
| servant
|-
| tjänst
| service, employment
|-
| tolfte
| twelfth
|-
| tolv
| twelve
|-
| torpare
| crofter, cottager
|-
| torsdag
| Thursday
|-
| tre (tredje)
| three (third)
|-
| tremänning
| second cousin
|-
| trettio
| thirty
|-
| trettioen, trettioett
| thirty-one
|-
| trettioförsta
| thirty-first
|-
| trettionde
| thirtieth
|-
| tretton(de)
| thirteen (thirteenth)
|-
| trillingar
| triplets
|-
| trolovade
| betrothed, engaged
|-
| trosbekännelse
| declaration of faith (religion)
|-
| trumslagare
| drummer
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
| gardener
|-
| tuberkulos
| tuberculosis
|-
| tumör
| tumor
|-
| tunnbindare
| barrelmaker
|-
| tvillingar
| twins
|-
| tvinsot
| withering from multiple causes
|-
| två
| two
|-
| två hundra(de)
| two hundred (two-hundredth)
|-
| tyfus
| typhoid
|-
| tysk
| German
|-
| Tyskland
| Germany
|-
| tärande sjukdom
| pneumonia, consumption
|-
| undantag
| support after giving up an estate
|-
| undantagsman kvinna
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
| under
| under
|-
| underskrift
| signature
|-
| undertecknad
| the undersigned
|-
| ung
| young
|-
| ungkarl
| bachelor
|-
| uppgavs
| stated, given, declared
|-
| ut
| out
|-
| utan
| without
|-
| utanför
| outside
|-
| utdrag
| extract
|-
| utesluten
| excommunicated
|-
| utflyttning
| moving out
|-
| utflyttningsbetyg
| moving out certificates
|-
| utflyttningslängd
| moving out register
|-
| utländsk
| foreign
|-
| utsot
| diarrhea
|-
| utvandrare
| emigrant
|-
| utvandring
| emigration
|-
| vad
| what
|-
| vagnmakare
| cartwright
|-
| vaktmästare
| caretaker
|-
| vallon
| Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]]
|-
| vandel
| conduct, habits, way of life
|-
| vapen
| coat of arms, weapon
|-
| var
| each, everyone
|-
| var
| was, where
|-
| vara
| to be
|-
| varför
| why
|-
| vattenkoppor
| chicken pox
|-
| vattusot, vattensot
| edema, dropsy
|-
| vecka
| week
|-
| vem
| who
|-
| venerisk sjukdom
| venereal disease
|-
| verk
| factory, mill
|-
| vid
| at, on, close to, by
|-
| vigd, vigda, vigde
| married
|-
| vigsel
| marriage ceremony
|-
| vigselbok
| marriage book
|-
| vigsellängd
| marriage record
|-
| vilja
| to want, will
|-
| vilken, vilket, vilka
| who, which, that
|-
| vinter
| winter
|-
| vittne
| witness
|-
| volym
| volume
|-
| våda
| accident
|-
| vådeligen
| violently (usually an accidental death)
|-
| vår
| our, spring
|-
| välboren
| of noble birth
|-
| välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.)
| of good reputation
|-
| vänster
| left
|-
| värk
| ache, dull pain
|-
| värnplikt
| military service
|-
| väster (västra)
| west (western)
|-
| vävare
| weaver
|-
| yngling
| young man, boy
|-
| yrke
| profession, occupation
|-
| å
| at, on, to
|-
| å
| river
|-
| åbo
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|-
| åkomma
| ailment
|-
| ålder
| age
|-
| ålderdom
| old age
|-
| år
| year
|-
| århundrade
| century
|-
| årlig
| annual, yearly
|-
| årtionde
| decade
|-
| åt
| to
|-
| återvänd
| returned
|-
| åtta
| eight
|-
| åttio(nde)
| eighty (eightieth)
|-
| åttonde
| eighth
|-
| äga
| own
|-
| ägare
| owner
|-
| ägor
| land, property
|-
| äkta
| legitimate
|-
| äktenskap
| marriage
|-
| äldre
| older, elder
|-
| äldste
| oldest, eldest, elder
|-
| ämbete
| office
|-
| änka
| widow
|-
| änkeman, änkling
| widower
|-
| ännu
| yet, still
|-
| är
| are, is, am
|-
| ärlig
| honest
|-
| ätt
| family
|-
| ö
| island
|-
| öde
| vacant, fate
|-
| öga
| eye
|-
| öra
| ear
|-
| öster (östra)
| east (eastern)
|-
| över
| over
|-
| överlevande
| survivor(s)
|-
| övre
| upper
|}
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