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| The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary. (See "Additional Resources" below.) | | The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary such as the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]. (Or see "Additional Resources" below.) |
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| Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br> | | Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br> |
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| == Word List == | | == Word List == |
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| Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|Sweden Occupations]].<br> | | Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|'''Sweden Occupations''']]. |
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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>
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| {| width="99%" class="wikitable sortable" | | The entire Swedish to English word list is available in a PDF file [[Media:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf|Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011]]. |
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| | ! scope="col" |Swedish |
| | ! scope="col" |English |
| | |- |
| | |abbot |
| | |abbot |
| | |- |
| | |[[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|accismästare]] |
| | |customs officer |
| | |- |
| | |ackuschörska |
| | |a midwife |
| | |- |
| | |[[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|adelsbussar]] |
| | |(military) soldier of lower rank |
| | |- |
| | |adelsman |
| | |nobleman |
| | |- |
| | |adelssven |
| | |page (youth); a young nobleman who worked at a royal court |
| | |- |
| | |adjunctus sacri ministerii |
| | |(Latin) pastorsadjunkt; see adjunkt |
| | |- |
| | |adjunkt |
| | |(civil) teacher of 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt/pastoratsadjunkt |
| |- | | |- |
| ! scope="col" | Swedish
| | |adlig |
| ! scope="col" | English
| | |noble |
| |- | | |- |
| | adelsman | | |administer, administra |
| | nobleman | | |(Latin) attendant, assistant |
| |- | | |- |
| | arton(de) | | |administrator |
| | eighteen (eighteenth) | | |(Latin) administrator |
| |- | | |- |
| | adlig | | |adopterad |
| | noble | | |adopted |
| |- | | |- |
| | adopterad | | |adress |
| | adopted | | |address |
| |- | | |- |
| | adress | | |adressbok |
| | address | | |directory |
| |- | | |- |
| | adressbok | | |advocat |
| | directory | | |lawyer, attorney |
| |- | | |- |
| | afton | | |advocatus ecclesiae |
| | evening | | |(Latin) lawyer of the assembly |
| |- | | |- |
| | aldrig | | |aedituus |
| | never | | |(Latin) keeper of the sacristy, person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment |
| |- | | |- |
| | alla, allt | | |afton |
| | all | | |evening |
| |- | | |- |
| | alltid | | |aftonsångspredikant |
| | always | | |evening-service preacher |
| |- | | |- |
| | ambarn | | |agent |
| | nursing child | | |agent, representative |
| |- | | |- |
| | andra | | |aktor |
| | second, others | | |accuser, impeacher, prosecutor |
| |- | | |- |
| | andtäppa | | |aktris |
| | shortness of breath, asthma | | |actress, female play actor, performer |
| |- | | |- |
| | anfall | | |akut luftrörsinflammation |
| | seizure(s) | | |Bronchitis |
| |- | | |- |
| | angiven | | |aktör |
| | given, stated | | |actor, male play actor, performer |
| |- | | |- |
| | ankom | | |aldrig |
| | came, arrived | | |never |
| |- | | |- |
| | anmärkningar | | |alla, allt |
| | remarks, annotations | | |all |
| |- | | |- |
| | annan | | |almsveda |
| | other | | |shingles |
| |- | | |- |
| | antavla | | |alltid |
| | pedigree chart | | |always |
| |- | | |- |
| | anteckning | | |allvarlig blodbrist |
| | note, annotation, remark | | |anemia |
| |- | | |- |
| | april | | |allmänningsbonde |
| | April | | |common farmer, peasant, or man |
| |- | | |- |
| | arbetare | | |allmäningskarl |
| | worker, laborer | | |common farmer, peasant, or man |
| |- | | |- |
| | arkiv | | |ambarn |
| | archive | | |nursing child |
| |- | | |- |
| | arrendator | | |amiral |
| | tenant farmer, leaseholder | | |admiral (military) |
| |- | | |- |
| | arton | | |ammande kvinna |
| | eighteen | | |nursing mother |
| |- | | |- |
| | arv | | |anasarcha |
| | inheritance | | |anasarca (a form of edema) |
| |- | | |- |
| | arvinge | | |andra |
| | heir | | |second, others |
| |- | | |- |
| | arvskifte | | |andfåddhet |
| | distribution of an inherited estate | | |respiratory distress |
| |- | | |- |
| | att | | |andnöd |
| | that (for example: know that he died) | | |respiratory distress |
| |- | | |- |
| | attest | | |andtäppa |
| | certificate | | |shortness of breath, asthma |
| |- | | |- |
| | augusti | | |anemi |
| | August | | |anemia |
| |- | | |- |
| | av | | |anfall |
| | of | | |seizure(s) |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgift | | |anförare |
| | fee | | |leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788) |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgång | | |angivare |
| | departure | | |informer (1788) |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgått | | |angiven |
| | moved | | |given, stated |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgått med döden | | |anklagare |
| | died (departed through death) | | |accuser, impeacher (1788) |
| |- | | |- |
| | avliden | | |ankom |
| | deceased, death | | |came, arrived |
| |- | | |- |
| | avskedad | | |anmärkningar |
| | discharged, resigned | | |remarks, annotations |
| |- | | |- |
| | avsomna | | |annan |
| | die, death | | |other |
| |- | | |- |
| | avvittring | | |ansättare |
| | assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage | | |(military) rammer, service position with ramrods |
| |- | | |- |
| | backe | | |antavla |
| | hill | | |pedigree chart |
| |- | | |- |
| | backstugusittare | | |anteckning |
| | one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller | | |note, annotation, remark |
| |- | | |- |
| | bagare | | |apostem |
| | baker | | |swelling, boils, or growths of some sort |
| |- | | |- |
| | bakom | | |apotekare |
| | behind | | |pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist |
| |- | | |- |
| | baneman | | |april |
| | slayer | | |April |
| |- | | |- |
| | baneslag | | |arbetare |
| | death blow, mortal stroke | | |worker, laborer |
| |- | | |- |
| | banesår | | |arbetskarl, arbk. |
| | death wound, mortal wound | | |male worker, workman, laborer |
| |- | | |- |
| | bann | | |arbetsman |
| | excommunication | | |male worker, workman, laborer |
| |- | | |- |
| | banna | | |arjeplogsjukan |
| | to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove | | |porphyria |
| |- | | |- |
| | bannlysa | | |arkebusier |
| | to excommunicate | | |(military) member of firing squad |
| |- | | |- |
| | baptist | | |arkebusera |
| | Baptist | | |to shoot by order of the court |
| |- | | |- |
| | bar | | |arkibiskop |
| | carried | | |(1788) archbishop, |modern Swedish ärkebiskop |
| |- | | |- |
| | bara | | |arkiv |
| | only | | |archive |
| |- | | |- |
| | bar barnet | | |arklimästare |
| | carried or held the child (at baptism font) | | |(military) gunner, |gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829) |
| |- | | |- |
| | barn | | |aromatisk värk |
| | child(ren) | | |rheumatism |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnbarn | | |[[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|arrendator]] |
| | grandchild(ren) | | |tenant farmer, leaseholder |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnbok | | |artillerist |
| | preconfirmation roll (in Finland) | | |(military) man of the artillery |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnlös | | |artillerikonstapel |
| | childless | | |(military) bombardier |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnmorska | | |arton (artonde) |
| | midwife | | |eighteen (eighteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnmördare
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| | murderer of a child
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| |- | | |- |
| | barnpiga | | |arv |
| | maid for children | | |inheritance |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsbörd, barnsäng | | |arvinge |
| | childbirth | | |heir |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsjuka | | |arvskifte |
| | children's disease | | |distribution of an inherited estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsnöd | | |arvsot |
| | complication at childbirth | | |hereditary illness |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsäng | | |asiatiska influenzan |
| | childbirth | | |asian flu |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsängsfeber | | |assessor |
| | perpetual complications or sickness at birth | | |assessor |
| |- | | |- |
| | befolkning | | |assuradör |
| | population | | |insurer, underwriter |
| |- | | |- |
| | begrava | | |aterom |
| | bury | | |atheroma |
| |- | | |- |
| | begravning | | |att |
| | burial | | |that (for example: know that he died) |
| |- | | |- |
| | begravningslängd | | |attest |
| | burial record | | |certificate |
| |- | | |- |
| | begravningsplats | | |augusti |
| | cemetery | | |August |
| |- | | |- |
| | begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard | | |augustifeber |
| | taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion | | |malaria |
| |- | | |- |
| | benröta | | |auktionist, auktionskommissarie |
| | bone-rotting disease | | |auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale |
| |- | | |- |
| | benåd | | |auktor, autor |
| | pardon | | |author, penman, writer (1829) |
| |- | | |- |
| | benämd | | |av |
| | called | | |of |
| |- | | |- |
| | berg | | |avgift |
| | hill, mountain | | |fee |
| |- | | |- |
| | bergfolk | | |avgång |
| | mountain people, highlanders | | |departure |
| |- | | |- |
| | bergslag | | |avgått |
| | mining district | | |moved |
| |- | | |- |
| | bergsman | | |avgått med döden |
| | miner | | |died (departed through death) |
| |- | | |- |
| | beskattning | | |avig börd |
| | taxation | | |birthing complications |
| |- | | |- |
| | beskrivning | | |avliden |
| | description | | |deceased, death |
| |- | | |- |
| | besökare | | |avisskrivare |
| | customs official (archaic), visitor (modern) | | |newswriter, gazetteer |
| |- | | |- |
| | betjänt | | |avskedad |
| | servant, civil servant | | |discharged, resigned |
| |- | | |- |
| | bettlare | | |avskedad soldat |
| | beggar | | |discharged, resigned soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | betyg | | |avskrivare (1788) |
| | certificate | | |transcriber, copier |
| |- | | |- |
| | bevaka | | |avlsag |
| | protect | | |postpartum infection |
| |- | | |- |
| | bevis | | |avsomna |
| | certificate, proof, evidence | | |die, death |
| |- | | |- |
| | bevistat läsförhören | | |avvittring |
| | present at household examination (clerical survey) | | |assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage |
| |- | | |- |
| | beväring | | |axplockare |
| | conscript | | |gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering |
| |- | | |- |
| | beväringsman | | |backe |
| | recruit | | |hill |
| |- | | |- |
| | bilaga | | |backstuguhjon |
| | supplement, enclosure | | |cottager (1788); see backstugusittare |
| |- | | |- |
| | biografi | | |[[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|backstugusittare]] |
| | biography | | |cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller |
| |- | | |- |
| | biträde | | |badare |
| | assistant | | |keeper of a bath house (1788) |
| |- | | |- |
| | blind | | |badaremästare |
| | blind | | |barber surgeon |
| |- | | |- |
| | bliva | | |badmästare |
| | to become | | |bath-keeper (1889) |
| |- | | |- |
| | blodsjuka | | |bagare |
| | blood disorder | | |baker |
| |- | | |- |
| | blodslag | | |bagaregesäll |
| | cerebal stroke | | |baker's man |
| |- | | |- |
| | blodstörtning | | |bagarelärling |
| | severe or sudden bleeding | | |baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper |
| |- | | |- |
| | blödning | | |bagaremästare |
| | bleeding | | |master baker |
| |- | | |- |
| | bo | | |bakom |
| | to live, home, estate | | |behind |
| |- | | |- |
| | bok | | |baneman |
| | book | | |slayer |
| |- | | |- |
| | bokhållare | | |banérförare |
| | bookkeeper | | |(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer |
| |- | | |- |
| | bonde | | |banérherre |
| | farmer | | |(military) banneret |
| |- | | |- |
| | borg | | |banér-riddare |
| | castle, fortress | | |(military) knight banneret |
| |- | | |- |
| | borgare | | |baneslag |
| | citizen, burgher | | |death blow, mortal stroke |
| |- | | |- |
| | borgmästare | | |banesår |
| | mayor | | |death wound, mortal wound |
| |- | | |- |
| | borta | | |bankvaktmästare |
| | absent | | |porter, messenger at a bank |
| |- | | |- |
| | bortgift | | |banmästare |
| | married elsewhere | | |overseer of a railway line |
| |- | | |- |
| | bostad | | |bankvaktmästare |
| | domicile | | |porter, messenger at a bank |
| |- | | |- |
| | boupptekning | | |banmästare |
| | probate, estate inventory | | |overseer of a railway line |
| |- | | |- |
| | bredvid | | |bann |
| | next to | | |excommunication |
| |- | | |- |
| | bro | | |banna |
| | bridge | | |to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove |
| |- | | |- |
| | bror | | |bannlysa |
| | brother | | |to excommunicate |
| |- | | |- |
| | brorsdotter | | |baptist |
| | niece, brother\'s daughter | | |Baptist |
| |- | | |- |
| | brorsson | | |bar |
| | nephew, brother\'s son | | |carried |
| |- | | |- |
| | brottfällig | | |bara |
| | epileptic fits | | |only |
| |- | | |- |
| | brud | | |bar barnet |
| | bride | | |carried or held the child (at baptism font) |
| |- | | |- |
| | brudfolk | | |barberare |
| | bridal couple | | |barber, shaver |
| |- | | |- |
| | brudgum | | |barberarebiträde |
| | bridegroom | | |barber's assistant |
| |- | | |- |
| | brudpar | | |barberaregesäll |
| | bridal couple | | |journeyman barber |
| |- | | |- |
| | bruk | | |barberarelärling |
| | foundry, mill, iron industry | | |barber's apprentice |
| |- | | |- |
| | brukare | | |barkare |
| | tenant farmer, leaseholder | | |tanner (1829) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bruksarbetare | | |barn |
| | foundryman, mill hand, iron worker | | |child(ren) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bryggare | | |barnafånge |
| | brewer | | |complications at childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | bräcklighet | | |barnbarn |
| | frailty | | |grandchild(ren) |
| |- | | |- |
| | brännsjuka | | |barnbok |
| | feber disease, literally a "burning disease" | | |preconfirmation roll (in Finland) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröllop | | |barnbördshus |
| | wedding | | |maternity hospital |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstarvinge | | |barnförlossare |
| | heir | | |male midwife |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstfeber | | |barnförlämning |
| | pneumonia | | |polio |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstsjuka | | |barnkolera |
| | chest illness, pneumonia | | |diarrhea |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstkov | | |barnkoppor |
| | shortness of breath | | |smallpox |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstkvav | | |barnkvävning |
| | shortness of breath, can mean suffocation | | |Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Mother was often blamed for smothering the child. Sometimes the priest held an investigation to determine weather the death was an accident |
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| | bröstlidande | | |barnlös |
| | chest disease | | |childless |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstpassion | | |barnmorska |
| | chest pain | | |midwife |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstveda | | |barnpiga |
| | chest disease | | |maid for children |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstvärk | | |barnsbörd, barnsäng |
| | chest pain | | |childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | bukbet | | |barnsjuka |
| | abdominal pain | | |children's disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | brukbrok | | |barnsnöd |
| | umbilical hernia | | |complication at childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | bukrev | | |barnsäng |
| | constipation | | |childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | bukvred | | |barnsängsfeber |
| | intestinal blockage | | |perpetual complications or sickness at birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | by | | |Basedows sjukdom |
| | village | | |hyperthyroidism |
| |- | | |- |
| | bygd | | |befolkning |
| | countryside, region, area | | |population |
| |- | | |- |
| | byggmästare | | |begrava |
| | contractor, builder | | |bury |
| |- | | |- |
| | båda | | |begravning |
| | both | | |burial |
| |- | | |- |
| | båtsman | | |begravningslängd |
| | seaman, sailor | | |burial record |
| |- | | |- |
| | bägge | | |begravningsplats |
| | both | | |cemetery |
| |- | | |- |
| | bägges barn | | |begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard |
| | child of both parents | | |taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion |
| |- | | |- |
| | bälgslag | | |benröta, benbrand, benetter |
| | colic | | |bone-rotting disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | böcker | | |benuppmjukning |
| | books | | |rickets, caused by vitamin D deficiencies |
| |- | | |- |
| | böld | | |benåd |
| | abscess, boil | | |pardon |
| |- | | |- |
| | böter | | |benämd |
| | fee, fine | | |called |
| |- | | |- |
| | bötfälld | | |berg |
| | fined | | |hill, mountain |
| |- | | |- |
| | circa (ca.) (Latin) | | |bergfolk |
| | about, approximately | | |mountain people, highlanders |
| |- | | |- |
| | civilregistret | | |bergslag |
| | civil registrar | | |mining district |
| |- | | |- |
| | coopvaerdi | | |bergsman |
| | merchant marine | | |miner |
| |- | | |- |
| | dag | | |beskattning |
| | day | | |taxation |
| |- | | |- |
| | dagkarl | | |beskrivning |
| | day laborer | | |description |
| |- | | |- |
| | dal | | |besökare |
| | valley | | |customs official (archaic), visitor (modern) |
| |- | | |- |
| | Danmark | | |beteckning för ägare eller brukare |
| | Denmark | | |indication if owner or renter |
| |- | | |- |
| | danneman | | |betjänt |
| | farmer, gentleman | | |servant, civil servant |
| |- | | |- |
| | dansk | | |bettlare |
| | danish | | |beggar |
| |- | | |- |
| | datum | | |betyg |
| | date | | |certificate |
| |- | | |- |
| | de | | |bevaka |
| | they | | |protect |
| |- | | |- |
| | december | | |bevis |
| | December | | |certificate, proof, evidence |
| |- | | |- |
| | de där | | |bevistat läsförhören |
| | those | | |present at household examination (clerical survey) |
| |- | | |- |
| | de här | | |beväring |
| | these | | |conscript |
| |- | | |- |
| | deja | | |beväringsman |
| | maidservant, milkmaid | | |recruit |
| |- | | |- |
| | demoiselle | | |bilaga |
| | Miss | | |supplement, enclosure |
| |- | | |- |
| | delinqventer | | |binnikemask |
| | delinquent, criminal (old spellling) | | |tapeworm |
| |- | | |- |
| | den | | |biografi |
| | the, it | | |biography |
| |- | | |- |
| | den där | | |biträde |
| | that | | |assistant |
| |- | | |- |
| | den här | | |bleksot |
| | this | | |anemia |
| |- | | |- |
| | deras | | |blind |
| | their | | |blind |
| |- | | |- |
| | dess | | |Blindtarms inflamation |
| | his, her, its | | |appendicitis |
| |- | | |- |
| | det | | |bliva |
| | the, it | | |to become |
| |- | | |- |
| | det där | | |blodförgiftning |
| | that | | |sepsis |
| |- | | |- |
| | det här | | |blodkastning |
| | this | | |excessive blood flow to a specific area of the body, leading to a build up of blood in that area |
| |- | | |- |
| | diarre | | |blodkoppor |
| | diarrhea | | |no modern term. Infections or sicknesses that cause blood blisters |
| |- | | |- |
| | djärv | | |blodpropp |
| | bold, daring, venturesome | | |thrombus |
| |- | | |- |
| | dom | | |blodsjuka |
| | sentence, judgment | | |blood disorder |
| |- | | |- |
| | dom | | |blodslag |
| | sentence, judgment | | |cerebal stroke |
| |- | | |- |
| | domare | | |blodsot |
| | judge | | |presents similar to dysentery but it can refer to several different illnesses |
| |- | | |- |
| | dombok | | |blodstörtning |
| | court record | | |severe or sudden bleeding |
| |- | | |- |
| | domsaga | | |blödning |
| | judicial district | | |bleeding |
| |- | | |- |
| | dop | | |blödarsjuka |
| | baptism, christening | | |hemophilia or inability of the blood to clot, causing excessive bleeding from minor injuries |
| |- | | |- |
| | doplängd | | |bo |
| | record of baptisms | | |to live, home, estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | dopnamn | | |bok |
| | given name | | |book |
| |- | | |- |
| | dotter | | |bokhållare |
| | daughter | | |bookkeeper |
| |- | | |- |
| | dragon | | |bonde |
| | light cavalryman | | |farmer |
| |- | | |- |
| | drunknad | | |borg |
| | drowned | | |castle, fortress |
| |- | | |- |
| | dräng | | |borgare |
| | farmhand, bachelor | | |citizen, burgher |
| |- | | |- |
| | duplikat | | |borgmästare |
| | duplicate record | | |mayor |
| |- | | |- |
| | dygn | | |borta |
| | 24 hours, day | | |absent |
| |- | | |- |
| | då | | |bortgift |
| | then | | |married elsewhere |
| |- | | |- |
| | där | | |bostad |
| | there | | |domicile |
| |- | | |- |
| | därstädes | | |boupptekning |
| | (of) that place | | |probate, estate inventory |
| |- | | |- |
| | död, döda, döde | | |bredvid |
| | dead, death | | |next to |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödbok | | |bro |
| | death record | | |bridge |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödfödd | | |bror |
| | stillborn | | |brother |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödslista | | |brorsdotter |
| | death record | | |niece, brother\'s daughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödsorsak | | |brorsson |
| | cause of death | | |nephew, brother\'s son |
| |- | | |- |
| | död utan bröstarvinge | | |brottfällig |
| | died without issue | | |epileptic fits |
| |- | | |- |
| | döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse | | |brud |
| | christening | | |bride |
| |- | | |- |
| | dött | | |brudfolk |
| | has died | | |bridal couple |
| |- | | |- |
| | döv | | |brudgum |
| | deaf | | |bridegroom |
| |- | | |- |
| | efter | | |brudpar |
| | after | | |bridal couple |
| |- | | |- |
| | efterkommande | | |bruk |
| | descendant(s) | | |foundry, mill, iron industry |
| |- | | |- |
| | eftermiddag | | |brukare |
| | afternoon | | |tenant farmer, leaseholder |
| |- | | |- |
| | efternamn | | |bruksarbetare |
| | surname | | |foundryman, mill hand, iron worker |
| |- | | |- |
| | efter sig lämnat | | |brukningsdelen |
| | left behind, survived by | | |farm division |
| |- | | |- |
| | egendom | | |bryggare |
| | property | | |brewer |
| |- | | |- |
| | ej | | |bräcklighet |
| | not | | |frailty |
| |- | | |- |
| | eldsvåda | | |brännsjuka |
| | extensive fire | | |feber disease, literally a "burning disease" |
| |- | | |- |
| | elfte | | |bröllop |
| | eleventh | | |wedding |
| |- | | |- |
| | eller | | |bröstarvinge |
| | or | | |heir |
| |- | | |- |
| | elva | | |bröstfeber |
| | eleven | | |pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | emigrerade | | |bröstsjuka |
| | emigrated | | |chest illness, pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | en, ett | | |bröstkov |
| | a, one | | |shortness of breath |
| |- | | |- |
| | en/ett hundra(de) | | |bröstkvav |
| | one hundred (one-hundredth) | | |shortness of breath, can mean suffocation |
| |- | | |- |
| | en/ett tusen(de) | | |bröstlidande |
| | one thousand (one-thousandth) | | |chest disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | Engelska sjukan | | |bröstpassion |
| | ricketts (vitamin deficiency) | | |chest pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | enligt | | |bröstveda |
| | according to | | |chest disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | epilepsi | | |bröstvärk |
| | epilepsy | | |chest pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | ett, en | | |bukbet |
| | a, one | | |abdominal pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | evangelisk | | |brukbrok |
| | evangelical | | |umbilical hernia |
| |- | | |- |
| | fabrik | | |bukrev |
| | factory, mill | | |constipation |
| |- | | |- |
| | fabriksarbetare | | |bukvred |
| | factory worker | | |intestinal blockage |
| |- | | |- |
| | fadder | | |by |
| | christening witness, godparent | | |village |
| |- | | |- |
| | fader | | |bygd |
| | father | | |countryside, region, area |
| |- | | |- |
| | falla | | |byggmästare |
| | fall, to be killed in war | | |contractor, builder |
| |- | | |- |
| | fallande sot | | |båda |
| | epilepsy | | |both |
| |- | | |- |
| | familj | | |båtsman |
| | family | | |seaman, sailor |
| |- | | |- |
| | far | | |bägge |
| | father | | |both |
| |- | | |- |
| | farbror | | |bägges barn |
| | paternal uncle | | |child of both parents |
| |- | | |- |
| | farfar | | |bälgslag |
| | paternal grandfather | | |colic |
| |- | | |- |
| | farmor | | |böcker |
| | paternal grandmother | | |books |
| |- | | |- |
| | fasta | | |böld |
| | fast, Lent | | |abscess, boil |
| |- | | |- |
| | faster | | |böter |
| | paternal aunt | | |fee, fine |
| |- | | |- |
| | fattig | | |bötfälld |
| | poor | | |fined |
| |- | | |- |
| | fattighjon | | |caution |
| | pauper | | |security, deposit (as in bondsman) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fattighus | | |cautionister |
| | poorhouse | | |witness |
| |- | | |- |
| | f. d. (före detta) | | |choret (koret) |
| | former(ly) | | |the most eastern part of the church floor plan, usually by the altar |
| |- | | |- |
| | feber | | |Christendom, Kristendom |
| | fever | | |Christianity, Christian, religious |
| |- | | |- |
| | feberfrossa | | |circa (ca.) (Latin) |
| | malaria | | |about, approximately |
| |- | | |- |
| | februari | | |civilregistret |
| | February | | |civil registrar |
| |- | | |- |
| | fem(te) | | |civilstånd |
| | five (fifth) | | |marital status |
| |- | | |- |
| | femtio(nde) | | |coopvaerdi |
| | fifty (fiftieth) | | |merchant marine |
| |- | | |- |
| | femton(de) | | |dag |
| | fifteen (fifteenth) | | |day |
| |- | | |- |
| | finländare, finne | | |dagkarl |
| | Finn | | |day laborer |
| |- | | |- |
| | finsk | | |dal |
| | Finnish | | |valley |
| |- | | |- |
| | fiskare | | |Danmark |
| | fisherman | | |Denmark |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjol (i fjol) | | |danneman |
| | last year | | |farmer, gentleman |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjorton(de) | | |dansk |
| | fourteen (fourteenth) | | |danish |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjärde | | |datum |
| | fourth | | |date |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjärdingsman | | |de |
| | parish constable | | |they |
| |- | | |- |
| | flicka | | |december |
| | girl | | |December |
| |- | | |- |
| | flicknamn | | |de där |
| | maiden name | | |those |
| |- | | |- |
| | fluss | | |de här |
| | any disease related to fluids | | |these |
| |- | | |- |
| | flytta | | |deja |
| | move | | |maidservant, milkmaid |
| |- | | |- |
| | flyttningsbetyg | | |demoiselle |
| | certificate of moving | | |Miss |
| |- | | |- |
| | fogde | | |delinqventer |
| | sheriff, bailiff, warden | | |delinquent, criminal (old spellling) |
| |- | | |- |
| | folio | | |den |
| | page | | |the, it |
| |- | | |- |
| | fortsättning (forts.) | | |den där |
| | continued | | |that |
| |- | | |- |
| | fosterbarn | | |den här |
| | foster child | | |this |
| |- | | |- |
| | fosterland | | |deras |
| | native land, fatherland | | |their |
| |- | | |- |
| | framför | | |dess |
| | in front of | | |his, her, its |
| |- | | |- |
| | fredag | | |det |
| | Friday | | |the, it |
| |- | | |- |
| | frejd | | |det där |
| | a person\'s character, conduct | | |that |
| |- | | |- |
| | friherre | | |det här |
| | baron | | |this |
| |- | | |- |
| | frilla | | |diarre |
| | concubine | | |diarrhea |
| |- | | |- |
| | frillebarn | | |djärv |
| | bastard child | | |bold, daring, venturesome |
| |- | | |- |
| | frossa | | |dog |
| | malaria | | |dead, died |
| |- | | |- |
| | fru | | |dom |
| | Mrs. | | |sentence, judgment |
| |- | | |- |
| | från | | |dom |
| | from | | |sentence, judgment |
| |- | | |- |
| | frånskild | | |domare |
| | divorced | | |judge |
| |- | | |- |
| | frälse | | |dombok |
| | nobility | | |court record |
| |- | | |- |
| | frälsegård, frälsehemman | | |domsaga |
| | tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax) | | |judicial district |
| |- | | |- |
| | främmande | | |dop |
| | foreign, strange, belonging to another parish | | |baptism, christening |
| |- | | |- |
| | fröken | | |doplängd |
| | Miss | | |record of baptisms |
| |- | | |- |
| | fulslag | | |dopnamn |
| | inflammation at the edge of a finger | | |given name |
| |- | | |- |
| | fylleri | | |dotter |
| | drunkenness | | |daughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | fyra | | |dragon |
| | four | | |light cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | fyrtio(nde) | | |drunknad |
| | forty (fortieth) | | |drowned |
| |- | | |- |
| | fältfeber | | |dräng |
| | typhoid fever | | |farmhand, bachelor |
| |- | | |- |
| | fältskär | | |duplikat |
| | assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon | | |duplicate record |
| |- | | |- |
| | fältväbel | | |dygn |
| | sergeant major | | |24 hours, day |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästehjon | | |då |
| | betrothed couple, engaged pair | | |then |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästekvinna | | |där |
| | fiancée (female) | | |there |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästman | | |därstädes |
| | fiancé (male) | | |(of) that place |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästmö | | |död, döda, döde |
| | fiancée (female) | | |dead, death |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästning | | |dödbok |
| | fortress | | |death record |
| |- | | |- |
| | född, födda, födde, födelse | | |dödfödd |
| | born, birth | | |stillborn |
| |- | | |- |
| | föddes | | |dödslista |
| | was born | | |death record |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelse | | |dödsorsak |
| | birth | | |cause of death |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelsebok | | |död utan bröstarvinge |
| | birth record | | |died without issue |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelsedag | | |döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse |
| | birthday | | |christening |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelselängd | | |dött |
| | birth record | | |has died |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelseort | | |döv |
| | place of birth | | |deaf |
| |- | | |- |
| | födorådstagare | | |efter |
| | 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 | | |after |
| |- | | |- |
| | följande | | |efterkommande |
| | following, next | | |descendant(s) |
| |- | | |- |
| | för | | |eftermiddag |
| | for | | |afternoon |
| |- | | |- |
| | fördelsman | | |efternamn |
| | person receiving support after giving his estate to another | | |surname |
| |- | | |- |
| | fördärvad | | |efter sig lämnat |
| | severely crippled | | |left behind, survived by |
| |- | | |- |
| | före | | |egendom |
| | before | | |property |
| |- | | |- |
| | föregående | | |ej |
| | previous, preceding | | |not |
| |- | | |- |
| | förelyst | | |ejusdem |
| | banns (in Finland) | | |same day/month |
| |- | | |- |
| | förening | | |eldsvåda |
| | society | | |extensive fire |
| |- | | |- |
| | förfäder | | |elfte |
| | forefathers | | |eleventh |
| |- | | |- |
| | förgiftad | | |eller |
| | poisoned | | |or |
| |- | | |- |
| | förhör | | |elva |
| | household examination | | |eleven |
| |- | | |- |
| | förklara | | |emigrerade |
| | declared, explained | | |emigrated |
| |- | | |- |
| | förkylning | | |en, ett |
| | common cold | | |a, one |
| |- | | |- |
| | förlossning | | |en/ett hundra(de) |
| | delivery (childbirth) | | |one hundred (one-hundredth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | förlovad | | |en/ett tusen(de) |
| | engaged | | |one thousand (one-thousandth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | förlovning | | |Engelska sjukan |
| | engagement | | |ricketts (vitamin deficiency) |
| |- | | |- |
| | förmiddag | | |enligt |
| | morning, forenoon | | |according to |
| |- | | |- |
| | förmyndare | | |epilepsi |
| | guardian | | |epilepsy |
| |- | | |- |
| | förmäla | | |ett, en |
| | marry (older term) | | |a, one |
| |- | | |- |
| | förnamn | | |evangelisk |
| | given name | | |evangelical |
| |- | | |- |
| | förra giftet | | |fabrik |
| | previous marriage | | |factory, mill |
| |- | | |- |
| | förre, (den) | | |fabriksarbetare |
| | former | | |factory worker |
| |- | | |- |
| | förrätta | | |fadder |
| | perform | | |christening witness, godparent |
| |- | | |- |
| | församling | | |fader |
| | parish, congregation | | |father |
| |- | | |- |
| | församlingsbok | | |falla |
| | clerical survey | | |fall, to be killed in war |
| |- | | |- |
| | första | | |fallande sot |
| | first | | |epilepsy |
| |- | | |- |
| | första gången | | |familj |
| | first time | | |family |
| |- | | |- |
| | förstoppning | | |far |
| | constipation | | |father |
| |- | | |- |
| | försumlighet | | |farbror |
| | negligence, neglectfulness | | |paternal uncle |
| |- | | |- |
| | försvarslös | | |farfar |
| | unemployed person, vagrant | | |paternal grandfather |
| |- | | |- |
| | förteckning | | |farmor |
| | list | | |paternal grandmother |
| |- | | |- |
| | föräldralös | | |fasta |
| | orphan | | |fast, Lent |
| |- | | |- |
| | föräldrar | | |faster |
| | parents | | |paternal aunt |
| |- | | |- |
| | gamla | | |fattig |
| | old | | |poor |
| |- | | |- |
| | gamla boken (G.B.) | | |fattighjon |
| | old book, previous clerical survey | | |pauper |
| |- | | |- |
| | gammal | | |fattighus |
| | old | | |poorhouse |
| |- | | |- |
| | garvare | | |f. d. (före detta) |
| | tanner | | |former(ly) |
| |- | | |- |
| | gata | | |feber |
| | street | | |fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | genast | | |feberfrossa |
| | right away, immediately | | |malaria |
| |- | | |- |
| | genealogi | | |februari |
| | genealogy | | |February |
| |- | | |- |
| | genom | | |fem(te) |
| | through | | |five (fifth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | gesäll | | |femtio(nde) |
| | journeyman | | |fifty (fiftieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | gift | | |femton(de) |
| | married | | |fifteen (fifteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | gifta sig | | |finländare, finne |
| | to marry | | |Finn |
| |- | | |- |
| | gifte | | |finsk |
| | marriage | | |Finnish |
| |- | | |- |
| | giftermål | | |fiskare |
| | marriage ceremony | | |fisherman |
| |- | | |- |
| | giftoman | | |fjol (i fjol) |
| | bride\'s sponsor | | |last year |
| |- | | |- |
| | gikt | | |fjorton(de) |
| | gout | | |fourteen (fourteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | god | | |fjärde |
| | good | | |fourth |
| |- | | |- |
| | gosse | | |fjärdingsman |
| | boy | | |parish constable |
| |- | | |- |
| | granne | | |flicka |
| | neighbor | | |girl |
| |- | | |- |
| | gratialist | | |flicknamn |
| | receiving a pension or cash from some special fund | | |maiden name |
| |- | | |- |
| | grav | | |fluss |
| | grave | | |any disease related to fluids |
| |- | | |- |
| | grekisk katolsk | | |flytta |
| | Eastern Orthodox | | |move |
| |- | | |- |
| | grenadjär | | |flyttningsbetyg |
| | infantryman | | |certificate of moving |
| |- | | |- |
| | greve | | |fogde |
| | count (title of nobility) | | |sheriff, bailiff, warden |
| |- | | |- |
| | gruva | | |folio |
| | mine | | |page |
| |- | | |- |
| | gräns | | |folkskollärare |
| | boundary line, border | | |public school teacher |
| |- | | |- |
| | gudfader | | |fortsättning (forts.) |
| | godfather | | |continued |
| |- | | |- |
| | gudmoder | | |fosterbarn |
| | godmother | | |foster child |
| |- | | |- |
| | gulsot | | |fosterland |
| | jaundice | | |native land, fatherland |
| |- | | |- |
| | gång | | |framför |
| | time | | |in front of |
| |- | | |- |
| | gård | | |fredag |
| | farm, house | | |Friday |
| |- | | |- |
| | gåvor | | |frejd |
| | donations | | |a person's character, conduct |
| |- | | |- |
| | gäll (gäld) | | |friherre |
| | clerical district | | |baron |
| |- | | |- |
| | gästgivare | | |frilla |
| | innkeeper | | |concubine |
| |- | | |- |
| | gördelmakare | | |frillebarn |
| | brazier | | |bastard child |
| |- | | |- |
| | halv- | | |frossa |
| | half-, step- | | |malaria |
| |- | | |- |
| | halvsyskon | | |fru |
| | half siblings | | |Mrs. |
| |- | | |- |
| | hammarsmed | | |från |
| | forging smith | | |from |
| |- | | |- |
| | han | | |frånskild |
| | he | | |divorced |
| |- | | |- |
| | handelsman | | |frälse |
| | merchant | | |nobility |
| |- | | |- |
| | handskmakare | | |frälsegård, frälsehemman |
| | glove maker | | |tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hans | | |främmande |
| | his | | |foreign, strange, belonging to another parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | hantverkare | | |fröken |
| | artisan | | |Miss |
| |- | | |- |
| | hastig | | |fulslag |
| | acute | | |inflammation at the edge of a finger |
| |- | | |- |
| | hattmakare | | |fylleri |
| | hatmaker | | |drunkenness |
| |- | | |- |
| | hava | | |fyra |
| | to have | | |four |
| |- | | |- |
| | havande | | |fyrtio(nde) |
| | pregnant | | |forty (fortieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hederlig | | |fånig |
| | honorable, honest | | |brainsick, underwitted, idiotic (1889) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hektisk feber | | |fältfeber |
| | infectious disease accompanying a fever | | |typhoid fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | helig | | |fältskär |
| | holy | | |assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon |
| |- | | |- |
| | hem | | |fältväbel |
| | home | | |sergeant major |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemma | | |fästehjon |
| | at home | | |betrothed couple, engaged pair |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemman | | |fästekvinna |
| | farm, homestead | | |fiancée (female) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemmansbrukare | | |fästman |
| | farmer | | |fiancé (male) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemmansägare | | |fästmö |
| | farmer, homeowner | | |fiancée (female) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemort | | |fästning |
| | residence | | |fortress |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemvist | | |född, födda, födde, födelse |
| | domicile | | |born, birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | henne | | |föddes |
| | her | | |was born |
| |- | | |- |
| | heraldik | | |födelse |
| | heraldry | | |birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | herr | | |födelsebok |
| | Mr. | | |birth record |
| |- | | |- |
| | Herren | | |födelsedag |
| | Lord | | |birthday |
| |- | | |- |
| | herrgård | | |födelselängd |
| | manorial estate | | |birth record |
| |- | | |- |
| | hetsig feber | | |födelseort |
| | inflammatory fever | | |place of birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | hinderlös | | |födorådstagare |
| | free, unhindered (to travel, marry) | | |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 |
| |- | | |- |
| | hinderlöshetsbetyg | | |följande |
| | certificate of being unhindered | | |following, next |
| |- | | |- |
| | historia | | |för |
| | history | | |for |
| |- | | |- |
| | hittebarn | | |fördelsman |
| | foundling | | |person receiving support after giving his estate to another |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjon | | |fördärvad |
| | person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon | | |severely crippled |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjonelag | | |före |
| | connubial union (union in the state of marriage) | | |before |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjulmakare | | |föregående |
| | wheelwright | | |previous, preceding |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjärnblödning | | |förelyst |
| | stroke, cerebral hemorrhage | | |banns (in Finland) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjärtslag | | |förening |
| | cardiac arrest | | |society |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjärtsprång | | |förfäder |
| | heart disease | | |forefathers |
| |- | | |- |
| | hon | | |förgiftad |
| | she | | |poisoned |
| |- | | |- |
| | honom | | |förhör |
| | him | | |household examination |
| |- | | |- |
| | hos | | |förklara |
| | at, in, with | | |declared, explained |
| |- | | |- |
| | hosta | | |förklaringen |
| | cough | | |explanation |
| |- | | |- |
| | hovrätt | | |förkylning |
| | circuit court of appeal | | |common cold |
| |- | | |- |
| | hur | | |förlossning |
| | how | | |delivery (childbirth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hus | | |förlovad |
| | house | | |engaged |
| |- | | |- |
| | husar | | |förlovning |
| | light cavalryman | | |engagement |
| |- | | |- |
| | husbonde | | |förmiddag |
| | master of a family or of a house | | |morning, forenoon |
| |- | | |- |
| | husfader | | |förmyndare |
| | head of household, father | | |guardian |
| |- | | |- |
| | husfolk | | |förmäla |
| | farmers, farm people | | |marry (older term) |
| |- | | |- |
| | husförhör, husförhörslängd | | |förnamn |
| | clerical survey, household examination | | |given name |
| |- | | |- |
| | husman | | |förra giftet |
| | farm laborer (owned house but not land) | | |previous marriage |
| |- | | |- |
| | husmoder | | |förre, (den) |
| | female head of household, mother | | |former |
| |- | | |- |
| | hustru | | |förrätta |
| | wife | | |perform |
| |- | | |- |
| | hyresgäst | | |församling |
| | lodger | | |parish, congregation |
| |- | | |- |
| | håll och styng | | |församlingsbok |
| | pneumonia | | |clerical survey |
| |- | | |- |
| | här | | |första |
| | here | | |first |
| |- | | |- |
| | härad | | |första gången |
| | civil district within a county | | |first time |
| |- | | |- |
| | häradsrätt | | |förstår |
| | district court | | |understand |
| |- | | |- |
| | härstädes | | |förstoppning |
| | here, at given location | | |constipation |
| |- | | |- |
| | hög | | |försumlighet |
| | high | | |negligence, neglectfulness |
| |- | | |- |
| | höger | | |försvarslös |
| | right | | |unemployed person, vagrant |
| |- | | |- |
| | höst | | |förteckning |
| | autumn | | |list |
| |- | | |- |
| | i | | |föräldralös |
| | in | | |orphan |
| |- | | |- |
| | icke | | |föräldrar |
| | not | | |parents |
| |- | | |- |
| | i dag | | |gamla |
| | today | | |old |
| |- | | |- |
| | i fjol | | |gamla boken (G.B.) |
| | last year | | |old book, previous clerical survey |
| |- | | |- |
| | ifrån | | |gammal |
| | from | | |old |
| |- | | |- |
| | i går | | |garvare |
| | yesterday | | |tanner |
| |- | | |- |
| | ihjälslagen | | |gata |
| | beaten to death | | |street |
| |- | | |- |
| | i morgon | | |gatehus, gatuhus |
| | tomorrow | | |A term used in Southern Sweden for a crofters house similar to a backstuga |
| |- | | |- |
| | inflyttning | | |genast |
| | incoming, moving in | | |right away, immediately |
| |- | | |- |
| | inflyttningsbetyg | | |genealogi |
| | moving in certificate | | |genealogy |
| |- | | |- |
| | inflyttningslängd | | |genom |
| | moving in register | | |through |
| |- | | |- |
| | ingen | | |gesäll |
| | no, no one, none | | |journeyman |
| |- | | |- |
| | inget | | |gift |
| | nothing, none | | |married |
| |- | | |- |
| | inhyses | | |gifta sig |
| | a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger | | |to marry |
| |- | | |- |
| | innehåll | | |gifte |
| | contents | | |marriage |
| |- | | |- |
| | innevarande | | |giftermål |
| | current | | |marriage ceremony |
| |- | | |- |
| | inskrivning | | |giftoman |
| | entry | | |bride\'s sponsor |
| |- | | |- |
| | invandrare | | |gikt |
| | immigrant | | |gout |
| |- | | |- |
| | invandring | | |god |
| | immigration | | |good |
| |- | | |- |
| | januari | | |gosse |
| | January | | |boy |
| |- | | |- |
| | jord | | |granne |
| | earth, soil, land | | |neighbor |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordbrukare | | |gratialist |
| | farmer | | |receiving a pension or cash from some special fund |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordebok | | |grav |
| | land record | | |grave |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordegumma | | |gravationer (estate inventories) |
| | midwife | | |claims against another persons estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordfästning | | |grekisk katolsk |
| | funeral, burial service | | |Eastern Orthodox |
| |- | | |- |
| | jude | | |grenadjär |
| | Jew | | |infantryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | judisk | | |greve |
| | Jewish | | |count (title of nobility) |
| |- | | |- |
| | jul | | |gruva |
| | Christmas | | |mine |
| |- | | |- |
| | juli | | |gräns |
| | July | | |boundary line, border |
| |- | | |- |
| | jungfru | | |gudeligen |
| | Miss, maiden, virgin | | |godly |
| |- | | |- |
| | juni | | |gudfader |
| | June | | |godfather |
| |- | | |- |
| | jägare | | |gudmoder |
| | hunter | | |godmother |
| |- | | |- |
| | jägmästare | | |gulsot |
| | forester | | |jaundice |
| |- | | |- |
| | jämte | | |gång |
| | together with | | |time |
| |- | | |- |
| | kallad | | |gård |
| | called, named | | |farm, house |
| |- | | |- |
| | kallbrand | | |gåvor |
| | gangrene | | |donations |
| |- | | |- |
| | kammarskrivare | | |gäll (gäld) |
| | assistant clerk | | |clerical district |
| |- | | |- |
| | kapellförsamling | | |gästgivare |
| | chapelry, dependent branch of a parish | | |innkeeper |
| |- | | |- |
| | kaplan | | |gördelmakare |
| | assistant minister | | |brazier |
| |- | | |- |
| | karbunkel | | |halv- |
| | carbuncle | | |half-, step- |
| |- | | |- |
| | karl | | |halvsyskon |
| | man, male | | |half siblings |
| |- | | |- |
| | karta | | |hammarsmed |
| | map | | |forging smith |
| |- | | |- |
| | katalog | | |han |
| | directory, catalog | | |he |
| |- | | |- |
| | katekismilängd | | |handelsman |
| | communion record | | |merchant |
| |- | | |- |
| | katolsk | | |handskmakare |
| | Catholic | | |glove maker |
| |- | | |- |
| | kavallerist | | |hans |
| | cavalryman | | |his |
| |- | | |- |
| | kikhosta | | |hantverkare |
| | whooping cough | | |artisan |
| |- | | |- |
| | klensmed | | |hastig |
| | toolmaker, locksmith | | |acute |
| |- | | |- |
| | klockare | | |hattmakare |
| | parish clerk | | |hatmaker |
| |- | | |- |
| | knekt | | |hava |
| | soldier | | |to have |
| |- | | |- |
| | knektekontrakt | | |havande |
| | agreement of enrollment | | |pregnant |
| |- | | |- |
| | kofferdi | | |hederlig |
| | merchant marine | | |honorable, honest |
| |- | | |- |
| | kolare | | |hektisk feber |
| | charcoal burner | | |infectious disease accompanying a fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | kolera | | |helgonskyld |
| | cholera | | |tax or wage to the klockare often a agricultural product |
| |- | | |- |
| | kolik | | |helig |
| | colic | | |holy |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommen ifrån | | |hem |
| | came from | | |home |
| |- | | |- |
| | komminister | | |hemma |
| | assistant minister | | |at home |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommun | | |hemman |
| | township, municipality, parish | | |farm, homestead |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommunikant | | |hemmansbrukare |
| | person receiving communion | | |farmer |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommunionbok | | |hemmansägare |
| | communion book | | |farmer, homeowner |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommunionlängd | | |hemort |
| | communion record | | |residence |
| |- | | |- |
| | konfirmation | | |hemvist |
| | confirmation | | |domicile |
| |- | | |- |
| | konfirmationslängd | | |henne |
| | confirmation record | | |her |
| |- | | |- |
| | kontrahenterna | | |heraldik |
| | marriage applicants | | |heraldry |
| |- | | |- |
| | kontrakt | | |herr |
| | deanery (clerical district) | | |Mr. |
| |- | | |- |
| | konung, kung | | |Herren |
| | king | | |Lord |
| |- | | |- |
| | konvulsioner | | |herrgård |
| | convulsions | | |manorial estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | kopparslagare | | |hetsig feber |
| | coppersmith | | |inflammatory fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | koppor | | |hinderlös |
| | smallpox | | |free, unhindered (to travel, marry) |
| |- | | |- |
| | kov | | |hinderlöshetsbetyg |
| | shortness of breath | | |certificate of being unhindered |
| |- | | |- |
| | kramp | | |historia |
| | convulsions | | |history |
| |- | | |- |
| | krank | | |hittebarn |
| | illness | | |foundling |
| |- | | |- |
| | krigsarkiv | | |hjon |
| | war archive, military archive | | |person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon |
| |- | | |- |
| | kristendomskunskap | | |hjonelag |
| | religious knowledge | | |connubial union (union in the state of marriage) |
| |- | | |- |
| | kristnad | | |hjulmakare |
| | christened, baptized | | |wheelwright |
| |- | | |- |
| | krono- | | |hjärnblödning |
| | belonging to the crown (government) | | |stroke, cerebral hemorrhage |
| |- | | |- |
| | kronohemman | | |hjärtslag |
| | farm owned by the crown (government) | | |cardiac arrest |
| |- | | |- |
| | krukmakare | | |hjärtsprång |
| | potter | | |heart disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | kräfta | | |hon |
| | cancer | | |she |
| |- | | |- |
| | kung, konung | | |honom |
| | king | | |him |
| |- | | |- |
| | kungarike | | |hos |
| | kingdom | | |at, in, with |
| |- | | |- |
| | kunglig | | |hosta |
| | royal | | |cough |
| |- | | |- |
| | kusin | | |hovrätt |
| | cousin | | |circuit court of appeal |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvarlåtenskap | | |hujus |
| | possessions left after death | | |this month |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvarn | | |hur |
| | mill | | |how |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvarter | | |hus |
| | block, quarter | | |house |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvinna, kvinnkjön | | |husar |
| | woman, female | | |light cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | kväll | | |husbonde |
| | evening | | |master of a family or of a house |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvävning | | |husfader |
| | suffocation | | |head of household, father |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrka | | |husfolk |
| | church | | |farmers, farm people |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkobok | | |husförhör, husförhörslängd |
| | parish register | | |clerical survey, household examination |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkoby | | |husman |
| | village in which the parish church is located | | |farm laborer (owned house but not land) |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkogång | | |husmoder |
| | introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth | | |female head of household, mother |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkogård | | |hustru |
| | churchyard, cemetery | | |wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkoherde | | |hyresgäst |
| | parish minister | | |lodger |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkosocken | | |håll och styng |
| | ecclesiastical parish | | |pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkotagen | | |här |
| | introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth | | |here |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkovaktare | | |härad |
| | church officer | | |civil district within a county |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkovärd | | |häradsrätt |
| | church or parish warden | | |district court |
| |- | | |- |
| | käresta | | |härstädes |
| | loved one, wife | | |here, at given location |
| |- | | |- |
| | kön | | |hög |
| | sex, gender | | |high |
| |- | | |- |
| | köpebrev | | |höger |
| | purchase deed, title deed | | |right |
| |- | | |- |
| | köping | | |höst |
| | small town | | |autumn |
| |- | | |- |
| | köpman | | |i |
| | merchant | | |in |
| |- | | |- |
| | körsnär | | |icke |
| | furrier | | |not |
| |- | | |- |
| | lag | | |i dag |
| | law | | |today |
| |- | | |- |
| | laga år kommen | | |i fjol |
| | of legal age | | |last year |
| |- | | |- |
| | land | | |ifrån |
| | land, country | | |from |
| |- | | |- |
| | landsarkiv | | |i går |
| | provincial archive | | |yesterday |
| |- | | |- |
| | landsförsamling | | |ihjälslagen |
| | rural parish of a city | | |beaten to death |
| |- | | |- |
| | landskap | | |i morgon |
| | province | | |tomorrow |
| |- | | |- |
| | lapp | | |inflyttning |
| | Lapp | | |incoming, moving in |
| |- | | |- |
| | ledig | | |inflyttningsbetyg |
| | unmarried, free | | |moving in certificate |
| |- | | |- |
| | leva | | |inflyttningslängd |
| | to live | | |moving in register |
| |- | | |- |
| | levande | | |ingen |
| | living | | |no, no one, none |
| |- | | |- |
| | lik | | |inget |
| | corpse | | |nothing, none |
| |- | | |- |
| | lilla | | |inhyses |
| | little, small | | |a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger |
| |- | | |- |
| | liten | | |innehåll |
| | little, small | | |contents |
| |- | | |- |
| | lots | | |innevarande |
| | sea pilot | | |current |
| |- | | |- |
| | lucka | | |inskrivning |
| | gap (missing records) | | |entry |
| |- | | |- |
| | lunginflammation | | |inskrivningsskyldiga |
| | pneumonia | | |conscription duty |
| |- | | |- |
| | lungsot | | |invandrare |
| | consumption, tuberculosis | | |immigrant |
| |- | | |- |
| | luteran, lutersk | | |invandring |
| | Lutheran | | |immigration |
| |- | | |- |
| | lysning | | |januari |
| | banns | | |January |
| |- | | |- |
| | lysningslängd | | |jord |
| | banns register | | |earth, soil, land |
| |- | | |- |
| | lyst | | |jordbrukare |
| | posted banns | | |farmer |
| |- | | |- |
| | låg | | |jordebok |
| | low | | |land record |
| |- | | |- |
| | lägersmål | | |jordegumma |
| | illicit relations | | |midwife |
| |- | | |- |
| | lägrad kvinna | | |jordfästning |
| | woman who has had illicit relations | | |funeral, burial service |
| |- | | |- |
| | lägre | | |jordregisternamn |
| | lower | | |land registry name |
| |- | | |- |
| | läkare | | |jude |
| | doctor | | |Jew |
| |- | | |- |
| | län | | |judisk |
| | county | | |Jewish |
| |- | | |- |
| | längd | | |jul |
| | roll, record, book | | |Christmas |
| |- | | |- |
| | länsman | | |juli |
| | sheriff | | |July |
| |- | | |- |
| | lärare | | |jungfru |
| | teacher | | |Miss, maiden, virgin |
| |- | | |- |
| | lärling | | |juni |
| | apprentice | | |June |
| |- | | |- |
| | lönskaläge | | |jägare |
| | illicit relations between unmarried persons | | |hunter |
| |- | | |- |
| | löpande | | |jägmästare |
| | current | | |forester |
| |- | | |- |
| | lördag | | |jämte |
| | Saturday | | |together with |
| |- | | |- |
| | lösdrivare | | |kallad |
| | vagrant | | |called, named |
| |- | | |- |
| | magref | | |kallbrand |
| | colic | | |gangrene |
| |- | | |- |
| | magsjukdom | | |kammarskrivare |
| | stomach disease | | |assistant clerk |
| |- | | |- |
| | magvärk | | |kapellförsamling |
| | stomachache | | |chapelry, dependent branch of a parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | magskärv | | |kaplan |
| | painful stomach disease | | |assistant minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | maj | | |karbunkel |
| | May | | |carbuncle |
| |- | | |- |
| | majestät | | |karl |
| | royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät) | | |man, male |
| |- | | |- |
| | majestätsbrott | | |karta |
| | treason | | |map |
| |- | | |- |
| | maka | | |katalog |
| | wife | | |directory, catalog |
| |- | | |- |
| | makarnas gemensamma barn | | |katekismilängd |
| | child(ren) a couple had together | | |communion record |
| |- | | |- |
| | make | | |katolsk |
| | husband | | |Catholic |
| |- | | |- |
| | mamsell | | |kavallerist |
| | Miss | | |cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | man, mankjön | | |kikhosta |
| | man, male, husband | | |whooping cough |
| |- | | |- |
| | mantal | | |klensmed |
| | assessed unit of land | | |toolmaker, locksmith |
| |- | | |- |
| | mantalskriven | | |klockare |
| | registered for tax/census purposes | | |parish clerk |
| |- | | |- |
| | mantalslängd | | |knekt |
| | tax/census record | | |soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | marknad | | |knektekontrakt |
| | market, fair | | |agreement of enrollment |
| |- | | |- |
| | mars | | |kofferdi |
| | March | | |merchant marine |
| |- | | |- |
| | maskslag | | |kolare |
| | fainting | | |charcoal burner |
| |- | | |- |
| | maskinist | | |kolera |
| | machinist, engineer | | |cholera |
| |- | | |- |
| | matros | | |kolik |
| | sailor, seaman | | |colic |
| |- | | |- |
| | med | | |kommen ifrån |
| | with | | |came from |
| |- | | |- |
| | medborgare | | |komminister |
| | citizen | | |assistant minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | medlem | | |kommun |
| | member | | |township, municipality, parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | mellan | | |kommunikant |
| | between | | |person receiving communion |
| |- | | |- |
| | men | | |kommunionbok |
| | but | | |communion book |
| |- | | |- |
| | middag | | |kommunionlängd |
| | noon | | |communion record |
| |- | | |- |
| | midnatt | | |konfirmation |
| | midnight | | |confirmation |
| |- | | |- |
| | militär | | |konfirmationslängd |
| | military | | |confirmation record |
| |- | | |- |
| | minderårig | | |kontrahenterna |
| | underage | | |marriage applicants |
| |- | | |- |
| | mindre | | |kontrakt |
| | lesser, smaller | | |deanery (clerical district) |
| |- | | |- |
| | ministerialbok | | |konung, kung |
| | parish register | | |king |
| |- | | |- |
| | minut | | |konvulsioner |
| | minute | | |convulsions |
| |- | | |- |
| | mjölnare | | |kopparslagare |
| | miller | | |coppersmith |
| |- | | |- |
| | moder, mor | | |koppor |
| | mother | | |smallpox |
| |- | | |- |
| | moderpassion | | |kov |
| | hysteric fits | | |shortness of breath |
| |- | | |- |
| | morbror | | |kramp |
| | maternal uncle | | |convulsions |
| |- | | |- |
| | morfar | | |krank |
| | maternal grandfather | | |illness |
| |- | | |- |
| | morgon | | |krigsarkiv |
| | morning | | |war archive, military archive |
| |- | | |- |
| | morgongåva | | |kristendom, christendom |
| | morning gift, dowry | | |Christianity, Christian, religious |
| |- | | |- |
| | mormor | | |kristendomskunskap |
| | maternal grandmother | | |religious knowledge |
| |- | | |- |
| | mosaisk | | |kristnad |
| | Jewish | | |christened, baptized |
| |- | | |- |
| | moster | | |krono- |
| | maternal aunt | | |belonging to the crown (government) |
| |- | | |- |
| | mot | | |kronohemman |
| | against, toward | | |farm owned by the crown (government) |
| |- | | |- |
| | murare | | |krukmakare |
| | mason | | |potter |
| |- | | |- |
| | mycket | | |kräfta |
| | very, much | | |cancer |
| |- | | |- |
| | myndig | | |kung, konung |
| | of legal age | | |king |
| |- | | |- |
| | myndling | | |kungarike |
| | pupil or ward | | |kingdom |
| |- | | |- |
| | måg | | |kunglig |
| | son-in-law | | |royal |
| |- | | |- |
| | målsman | | |kusin |
| | guardian | | |cousin |
| |- | | |- |
| | månad | | |kunskap |
| | month | | |knowledge |
| |- | | |- |
| | måndag | | |kvarlåtenskap |
| | Monday | | |possessions left after death |
| |- | | |- |
| | mässling | | |kvarn |
| | measles | | |mill |
| |- | | |- |
| | mästare | | |kvarter |
| | master | | |block, quarter |
| |- | | |- |
| | mördad | | |kvinna, kvinnkjön |
| | murdered | | |woman, female |
| |- | | |- |
| | namn | | |kvinnoklinik |
| | name | | |maternity hospital/clinic |
| |- | | |- |
| | nationalitet | | |kväll |
| | nationality | | |evening |
| |- | | |- |
| | natt | | |kvävning |
| | night | | |suffocation |
| |- | | |- |
| | nattvard | | |kyrka |
| | communion | | |church |
| |- | | |- |
| | nedan(för) | | |kyrkobok |
| | below | | |parish register |
| |- | | |- |
| | nedkomst | | |kyrkoby |
| | birth | | |village in which the parish church is located |
| |- | | |- |
| | nedre | | |kyrkogång |
| | lower | | |[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | nervfeber | | |kyrkogård |
| | typhoid fever | | |churchyard, cemetery |
| |- | | |- |
| | nervslag | | |kyrkoherde |
| | sudden paralysis | | |parish minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | nio(nde) | | |kyrkosocken |
| | nine (ninth) | | |ecclesiastical parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | nittio(nde) | | |kyrkotagen |
| | ninety (nintieth) | | |[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | nitton(de) | | |kyrkovaktare |
| | nineteen (nineteenth) | | |church officer |
| |- | | |- |
| | njurpassion | | |kyrkovärd |
| | kidney stone disease | | |church or parish warden |
| |- | | |- |
| | noll | | |käresta |
| | zero | | |loved one, wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | nord | | |kön |
| | north | | |sex, gender |
| |- | | |- |
| | Norge | | |köpebrev |
| | Norway | | |purchase deed, title deed |
| |- | | |- |
| | norr(a) | | |köping |
| | north, northern | | |small town |
| |- | | |- |
| | norsk | | |köpman |
| | Norwegian | | |merchant |
| |- | | |- |
| | november | | |körsnär |
| | November | | |furrier |
| |- | | |- |
| | nu | | |lag |
| | now | | |law |
| |- | | |- |
| | nummer | | |laga år kommen |
| | number | | |of legal age |
| |- | | |- |
| | ny (a) | | |land |
| | new | | |land, country |
| |- | | |- |
| | nya boken (N.B.) | | |landsarkiv |
| | new book, next clerical survey | | |provincial archive |
| |- | | |- |
| | nybyggare | | |landsförsamling |
| | settler | | |rural parish of a city |
| |- | | |- |
| | nyfödd | | |landskap |
| | newborn | | |province |
| |- | | |- |
| | nytt | | |lapp |
| | new | | |Lapp |
| |- | | |- |
| | någon | | |ledig |
| | someone, anyone | | |unmarried, free |
| |- | | |- |
| | något | | |leva |
| | something, somewhat | | |to live |
| |- | | |- |
| | nämdeman | | |levande |
| | juryman | | |living |
| |- | | |- |
| | när | | |lik |
| | when | | |corpse |
| |- | | |- |
| | nära | | |lilla |
| | near | | |little, small |
| |- | | |- |
| | näringsfång | | |liten |
| | source of livelihood, business, industry | | |little, small |
| |- | | |- |
| | närvarande | | |lots |
| | present | | |sea pilot |
| |- | | |- |
| | närvaro | | |lucka |
| | presence | | |gap (missing records) |
| |- | | |- |
| | nöddop | | |lunginflammation |
| | emergency baptism | | |pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | oangiven | | |lungsot |
| | not given | | |consumption, tuberculosis |
| |- | | |- |
| | obefintliga | | |luteran, lutersk |
| | persons whose residence is not known | | |Lutheran |
| |- | | |- |
| | och | | |lysning |
| | and | | |banns |
| |- | | |- |
| | också | | |lysningslängd |
| | also | | |banns register |
| |- | | |- |
| | odaterad | | |lyst |
| | not dated | | |posted banns |
| |- | | |- |
| | odöpt | | |låg |
| | not christened | | |low |
| |- | | |- |
| | ofta | | |lägenhets |
| | often | | |apartment |
| |- | | |- |
| | ofärdig | | |lägersmål |
| | lame, crippled | | |illicit relations |
| |- | | |- |
| | ogift | | |lägrad kvinna |
| | unmarried | | |woman who has had illicit relations |
| |- | | |- |
| | oktober | | |lägre |
| | October | | |lower |
| |- | | |- |
| | okänd | | |läkare |
| | unknown | | |doctor |
| |- | | |- |
| | olycka | | |län |
| | accident, misfortune | | |county |
| |- | | |- |
| | om | | |längd |
| | if, about | | |roll, record, book |
| |- | | |- |
| | omkommen | | |länsman |
| | died accidentally, drowned | | |sheriff |
| |- | | |- |
| | omkring | | |lärare |
| | about | | |teacher |
| |- | | |- |
| | omvändelse | | |lärling |
| | conversion | | |apprentice |
| |- | | |- |
| | omyndig | | |lönskaläge |
| | minor | | |illicit relations between unmarried persons |
| |- | | |- |
| | onsdag | | |löpande |
| | Wednesday | | |current |
| |- | | |- |
| | ondslag | | |lördag |
| | syphilis | | |Saturday |
| |- | | |- |
| | ordbok | | |lösdrivare |
| | dictionary | | |vagrant |
| |- | | |- |
| | ormbett | | |magref |
| | bitten by a snake | | |colic |
| |- | | |- |
| | orsak | | |magsjukdom |
| | cause, reason | | |stomach disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | ort | | |magvärk |
| | place | | |stomachache |
| |- | | |- |
| | ortförteckning | | |magskärv |
| | locality list, gazetteer | | |painful stomach disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | ortodox | | |maj |
| | (Eastern) Orthodox | | |May |
| |- | | |- |
| | otidigt sängelag | | |majestät |
| | fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged) | | |royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät) |
| |- | | |- |
| | ovan, ovanför | | |majestätsbrott |
| | above | | |treason |
| |- | | |- |
| | oxel | | |maka |
| | tumour | | |spouse, mate, husband, or wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | oäkta | | |makarnas gemensamma barn |
| | illegitimate (child) | | |child(ren) a couple had together |
| |- | | |- |
| | passion | | |make |
| | suffering | | |spouse, mate, husband, or wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | pastor | | |mamsell |
| | parish minister | | |Miss |
| |- | | |- |
| | pastorat | | |man, mankjön |
| | parish | | |man, male, husband |
| |- | | |- |
| | pastorsexpedition | | |mantal |
| | parish office | | |assessed unit of land |
| |- | | |- |
| | personernas | | |mantalskriven |
| | the person\'s | | |registered for tax/census purposes |
| |- | | |- |
| | pest | | |mantalslängd |
| | plague | | |tax/census record |
| |- | | |- |
| | piga | | |marasmus |
| | maid, maiden, servant girl | | |malnutrition |
| |- | | |- |
| | pilt(ebarn) | | |marknad |
| | boy, male child | | |market, fair |
| |- | | |- |
| | pingst | | |mars |
| | Pentecost, Whitsunday | | |March |
| |- | | |- |
| | pliktad | | |maskslag |
| | fined | | |fainting |
| |- | | |- |
| | plåga | | |maskinist |
| | pain | | |machinist, engineer |
| |- | | |- |
| | podager | | |massel |
| | gout | | |small rash, similar to measles |
| |- | | |- |
| | pojke | | |matros |
| | boy | | |sailor, seaman |
| |- | | |- |
| | profoss | | |med |
| | flogmaster (military) | | |with |
| |- | | |- |
| | prost | | |medborgare |
| | dean | | |citizen |
| |- | | |- |
| | prosteri | | |medlem |
| | deanery | | |member |
| |- | | |- |
| | präst | | |mellan |
| | minister | | |between |
| |- | | |- |
| | prästgård | | |men |
| | parsonage | | |but |
| |- | | |- |
| | på | | |middag |
| | on, upon, at (some place), in (about time) | | |noon |
| |- | | |- |
| | påsk | | |midnatt |
| | Easter | | |midnight |
| |- | | |- |
| | påssjuka | | |militär |
| | mumps | | |military |
| |- | | |- |
| | regemente | | |minderårig |
| | regiment | | |underage |
| |- | | |- |
| | register | | |mindre |
| | register, index | | |lesser, smaller |
| |- | | |- |
| | repslagare | | |ministerialbok |
| | rope maker | | |parish register |
| |- | | |- |
| | Riddarhuset | | |minut |
| | house of nobility | | |minute |
| |- | | |- |
| | rike | | |mjölnare |
| | state, realm | | |miller |
| |- | | |- |
| | riksarkiv | | |moder, mor |
| | national archives, state archives | | |mother |
| |- | | |- |
| | rote | | |moderpassion |
| | district within a parish | | |hysteric fits |
| |- | | |- |
| | rotehjon | | |morbror |
| | person supported by a parish district | | |maternal uncle |
| |- | | |- |
| | rotesoldat | | |morfar |
| | soldier for a district in a parish | | |maternal grandfather |
| |- | | |- |
| | rulla | | |morgon |
| | record, roll | | |morning |
| |- | | |- |
| | rusthåll | | |morgongåva |
| | farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier | | |morning gift, dowry |
| |- | | |- |
| | rusthållare | | |mormor |
| | owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier | | |maternal grandmother |
| |- | | |- |
| | rymt, rymd | | |mosaisk |
| | runaway | | |Jewish |
| |- | | |- |
| | rysk, ryss | | |moster |
| | Russian | | |maternal aunt |
| |- | | |- |
| | Ryssland | | |mot |
| | Russia | | |against, toward |
| |- | | |- |
| | ryttare | | |murare |
| | cavalryman | | |mason |
| |- | | |- |
| | rådhusrätt | | |mycket |
| | city court | | |very, much |
| |- | | |- |
| | rådman | | |myndig |
| | councilman | | |of legal age |
| |- | | |- |
| | rådstu(gu)rätt | | |myndling |
| | city court | | |pupil or ward |
| |- | | |- |
| | räkenskapslängd | | |måg |
| | records of accounts | | |son-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | rätt | | |målsman |
| | court, right, correct | | |guardian |
| |- | | |- |
| | rättare | | |månad |
| | farm foreman | | |month |
| |- | | |- |
| | rödsot | | |måndag |
| | dysentery | | |Monday |
| |- | | |- |
| | röta | | |mässling |
| | gangrene | | |measles |
| |- | | |- |
| | rötfeber | | |mästare |
| | gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever | | |master |
| |- | | |- |
| | sakna(s) | | |mördad |
| | miss, missing | | |murdered |
| |- | | |- |
| | salig | | |mördare |
| | the deceased, blessed | | |murderer |
| |- | | |- |
| | samhälle | | |namn |
| | community | | |name |
| |- | | |- |
| | samma | | |nationalitet |
| | (the) same | | |nationality |
| |- | | |- |
| | sammanavla | | |natt |
| | beget, conceive | | |night |
| |- | | |- |
| | sammanviga | | |nattvard |
| | marry | | |communion |
| |- | | |- |
| | samma städes | | |nedan(för) |
| | (of) the same place | | |below |
| |- | | |- |
| | samt | | |nedkomst |
| | and, together with | | |birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | samtycke | | |nedre |
| | permission, consent (to) | | |lower |
| |- | | |- |
| | scharlakansfeber | | |nervfeber |
| | scarlet fever | | |typhoid fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | sedan | | |nervslag |
| | since | | |sudden paralysis |
| |- | | |- |
| | sekel | | |nio(nde) |
| | century | | |nine (ninth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | senare, (den) | | |nittio(nde) |
| | later, the latter | | |ninety (nintieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | sent | | |nitton(de) |
| | late | | |nineteen (nineteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | september | | |njurpassion |
| | September | | |kidney stone disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | sex | | |noll |
| | six | | |zero |
| |- | | |- |
| | sexman | | |nord |
| | parish caretaker | | |north |
| |- | | |- |
| | sextio(nde) | | |Norge |
| | sixty (sixtieth) | | |Norway |
| |- | | |- |
| | sexton(de) | | |norr(a) |
| | sixteen (sixteenth) | | |north, northern |
| |- | | |- |
| | sida | | |norsk |
| | page | | |Norwegian |
| |- | | |- |
| | sig | | |november |
| | himself, herself, itself | | |November |
| |- | | |- |
| | sin, sitt, sina | | |nu |
| | his, her, its (own) | | |now |
| |- | | |- |
| | sinnessvag | | |nummer |
| | feebleminded | | |number |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjelfspillan | | |ny (a) |
| | one who committed suicide (old spelling) | | |new |
| |- | | |- |
| | sju | | |nya boken (N.B.) |
| | seven | | |new book, next clerical survey |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjuk | | |nybyggare |
| | sick | | |settler |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjukdom | | |nyfödd |
| | sickness | | |newborn |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjuklig | | |nytt |
| | sickly | | |new |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjunde | | |någon |
| | seventh | | |someone, anyone |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjuttio(nde) | | |något |
| | seventy (seventieth) | | |something, somewhat |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjutton(de) | | |nämdeman |
| | seventeen (seventeenth) | | |juryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | självmord | | |när |
| | suicide | | |when |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjätte | | |nära |
| | sixth | | |near |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjö | | |näringsfång |
| | lake | | |source of livelihood, business, industry |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjöman | | |närvarande |
| | sailor, seaman | | |present |
| |- | | |- |
| | skarprättare | | |närvaro |
| | executioner, hangman | | |presence |
| |- | | |- |
| | skarpskytt | | |nöddop |
| | sharpshooter | | |emergency baptism |
| |- | | |- |
| | skatt | | |oangiven |
| | tax | | |not given |
| |- | | |- |
| | skattehemman | | |obefintliga |
| | farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government) | | |persons whose residence is not known |
| |- | | |- |
| | skeppare | | |och |
| | skipper | | |and |
| |- | | |- |
| | skerfva | | |också |
| | rickets or malnutrition | | |also |
| |- | | |- |
| | skilsmässa | | |odaterad |
| | divorce | | |not dated |
| |- | | |- |
| | skog | | |odöpt |
| | forest | | |not christened |
| |- | | |- |
| | skogvaktare | | |ofta |
| | forester | | |often |
| |- | | |- |
| | skola | | |ofärdig |
| | school | | |lame, crippled |
| |- | | |- |
| | skollärare | | |ogift |
| | schoolteacher | | |unmarried |
| |- | | |- |
| | skomakare | | |oktober |
| | shoemaker | | |October |
| |- | | |- |
| | skorstensfejare | | |okänd |
| | chimney-sweep | | |unknown |
| |- | | |- |
| | skottår | | |olycka |
| | leap year | | |accident, misfortune |
| |- | | |- |
| | skrud | | |om |
| | gown (bridal) | | |if, about |
| |- | | |- |
| | skräddare | | |omkommen |
| | tailor | | |died accidentally, drowned |
| |- | | |- |
| | skörbjugg | | |omkring |
| | scurvy | | |about |
| |- | | |- |
| | slag(anfall) | | |omvändelse |
| | stroke | | |conversion |
| |- | | |- |
| | slagen af åskan | | |omyndig |
| | hit by lightning | | |minor |
| |- | | |- |
| | slagsmål | | |onsdag |
| | fight | | |Wednesday |
| |- | | |- |
| | slaktare | | |ondslag |
| | meat cutter, butcher | | |syphilis |
| |- | | |- |
| | slot | | |ordbok |
| | castle | | |dictionary |
| |- | | |- |
| | slut | | |ormbett |
| | end | | |bitten by a snake |
| |- | | |- |
| | släkt | | |orsak |
| | family, clan | | |cause, reason |
| |- | | |- |
| | släktbok | | |ort |
| | lineage book | | |place |
| |- | | |- |
| | släktforskning | | |ortförteckning |
| | genealogy | | |locality list, gazetteer |
| |- | | |- |
| | släkting | | |ortodox |
| | relative | | |(Eastern) Orthodox |
| |- | | |- |
| | släktled | | |otidigt sängelag |
| | generation | | |fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged) |
| |- | | |- |
| | smed | | |ovan, ovanför |
| | blacksmith | | |above |
| |- | | |- |
| | smittkoppor | | |oxel |
| | smallpox | | |tumour |
| |- | | |- |
| | smärta | | |oäkta |
| | pain | | |illegitimate (child) |
| |- | | |- |
| | små (plural) | | |passion |
| | little, small | | |suffering |
| |- | | |- |
| | snatteri | | |pastor |
| | pilfering | | |parish minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | snickare | | |pastorat |
| | carpenter | | |parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | socken | | |pastorsexpedition |
| | parish | | |parish office |
| |- | | |- |
| | soldat | | |personernas |
| | soldier | | |the person\'s |
| |- | | |- |
| | som | | |pest |
| | who, which, that | | |plague |
| |- | | |- |
| | sommar | | |piga |
| | summer | | |maid, maiden, servant girl |
| |- | | |- |
| | son | | |pilt(ebarn) |
| | son | | |boy, male child |
| |- | | |- |
| | sondotter | | |pingst |
| | son\'s daughter, granddaughter | | |Pentecost, Whitsunday |
| |- | | |- |
| | sonhustru | | |pliktad |
| | son\'s wife, daughter-in-law | | |fined |
| |- | | |- |
| | sonson | | |plåga |
| | son\'s son, grandson | | |pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | sotdöd | | |podager |
| | old age | | |gout |
| |- | | |- |
| | sotsäng | | |pojke |
| | sickbed | | |boy |
| |- | | |- |
| | spannmålstorpare | | |postaddress |
| | tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain | | |mailing address |
| |- | | |- |
| | spinnare | | |profoss |
| | spinner | | |flogmaster (military) |
| |- | | |- |
| | spridda år | | |prost |
| | intermittent years | | |dean |
| |- | | |- |
| | stad | | |prosteri |
| | city | | |deanery |
| |- | | |- |
| | stadsarkiv | | |präst |
| | city archives | | |minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | stadsförsamling | | |prästgård |
| | city parish | | |parsonage |
| |- | | |- |
| | stamfader | | |på |
| | progenitor | | |on, upon, at (some place), in (about time) |
| |- | | |- |
| | stamtavla | | |påsk |
| | descendancy chart | | |Easter |
| |- | | |- |
| | statare, statdräng | | |påssjuka |
| | farm laborer | | |mumps |
| |- | | |- |
| | stattorpare | | |regemente |
| | farm laborer, usually married | | |regiment |
| |- | | |- |
| | stenhuggare | | |register |
| | stonecutter | | |register, index |
| |- | | |- |
| | stenpassion | | |repslagare |
| | gallbladder disease | | |rope maker |
| |- | | |- |
| | sterbhus | | |Riddarhuset |
| | a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead | | |house of nobility |
| |- | | |- |
| | stift | | |rike |
| | diocese | | |state, realm |
| |- | | |- |
| | stoft | | |riksarkiv |
| | mortal remains, or ashes | | |national archives, state archives |
| |- | | |- |
| | stor, stort, stora | | |rote |
| | large, big, great | | |district within a parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | straff | | |rotehjon |
| | punishment | | |person supported by a parish district |
| |- | | |- |
| | straffarbete | | |rotesoldat |
| | hard labor | | |soldier for a district in a parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | strax | | |rulla |
| | right away, immediately | | |record, roll |
| |- | | |- |
| | strypsjuka | | |rusthåll |
| | diptheria | | |farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | stuga | | |rusthållare |
| | cottage, house | | |owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | stum | | |rymt, rymd |
| | dumb, mute | | |runaway |
| |- | | |- |
| | stupa | | |rysk, ryss |
| | to be killed in war | | |Russian |
| |- | | |- |
| | styrman | | |Ryssland |
| | mate, on ship | | |Russia |
| |- | | |- |
| | styv- | | |ryttare |
| | step- | | |cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | styvson | | |rådhusrätt |
| | stepson | | |city court |
| |- | | |- |
| | stånd | | |rådman |
| | status, condition | | |councilman |
| |- | | |- |
| | ståndsperson | | |rådstu(gu)rätt |
| | person of social standing | | |city court |
| |- | | |- |
| | ställe | | |räkenskapslängd |
| | place | | |records of accounts |
| |- | | |- |
| | stärbhus | | |rätt |
| | death estate | | |court, right, correct |
| |- | | |- |
| | stöld | | |rättare |
| | theft | | |farm foreman |
| |- | | |- |
| | svaghet | | |rödsot |
| | weakness, feebleness | | |dysentery |
| |- | | |- |
| | svagsint | | |röta |
| | feebleminded | | |gangrene |
| |- | | |- |
| | sven | | |rötfeber |
| | young man, apprentice | | |gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | svensk | | |sakna(s) |
| | Swedish | | |miss, missing |
| |- | | |- |
| | Sverige | | |salig |
| | Sweden | | |the deceased, blessed |
| |- | | |- |
| | svullnad | | |samhälle |
| | swelling, bloating | | |community |
| |- | | |- |
| | svulst | | |samma |
| | tumor | | |(the) same |
| |- | | |- |
| | svåger | | |sammanavla |
| | brother-in-law | | |beget, conceive |
| |- | | |- |
| | svägerska | | |sammanviga |
| | sister-in-law | | |marry |
| |- | | |- |
| | svärfar | | |samma städes |
| | father-in-law | | |(of) the same place |
| |- | | |- |
| | svärmor | | |samt |
| | mother-in-law | | |and, together with |
| |- | | |- |
| | svärson | | |samtycke |
| | son-in-law | | |permission, consent (to) |
| |- | | |- |
| | syd | | |sangliggande |
| | south | | |bedridden |
| |- | | |- |
| | syskon | | |scharlakansfeber |
| | siblings | | |scarlet fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | syskonbarn | | |sedan |
| | nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s) | | |since |
| |- | | |- |
| | syssling | | |sekel |
| | second cousin, tremänning | | |century |
| |- | | |- |
| | syster | | |senare, (den) |
| | sister | | |later, the latter |
| |- | | |- |
| | systerdotter | | |sent |
| | niece, sister\'s daughter | | |late |
| |- | | |- |
| | systerson | | |september |
| | nephew, sister\'s son | | |September |
| |- | | |- |
| | syting | | |sex |
| | person receiving support after giving his estate to another | | |six |
| |- | | |- |
| | såg | | |sexman |
| | saw, sawmill | | |parish caretaker |
| |- | | |- |
| | sågställare | | |sextio(nde) |
| | saw setter | | |sixty (sixtieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | sängliggande | | |sexton(de) |
| | bed-ridden | | |sixteen (sixteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | särskilda | | |sida |
| | special | | |page |
| |- | | |- |
| | säteri | | |sig |
| | freehold estate | | |himself, herself, itself |
| |- | | |- |
| | söder (södra) | | |sin, sitt, sina |
| | south (southern) | | |his, her, its (own) |
| |- | | |- |
| | söndag | | |sinnesrubbad |
| | Sunday | | |deranged |
| |- | | |- |
| | testamente | | |sinnessjuk |
| | will | | |insane |
| |- | | |- |
| | tid | | |sinnessvag |
| | time | | |feebleminded |
| |- | | |- |
| | tidskrift | | |sjelfspillan |
| | periodical | | |one who committed suicide (old spelling) |
| |- | | |- |
| | tiggare | | |sju |
| | beggar | | |seven |
| |- | | |- |
| | till | | |sjuk |
| | to | | |sick |
| |- | | |- |
| | tillsammans | | |sjukdom |
| | together | | |sickness |
| |- | | |- |
| | tillstånd | | |sjuklig |
| | dispensation, permission | | |sickly |
| |- | | |- |
| | timma | | |sjunde |
| | hour | | |seventh |
| |- | | |- |
| | timmerman | | |sjuttio(nde) |
| | carpenter, builder | | |seventy (seventieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | ting | | |sjutton(de) |
| | court | | |seventeen (seventeenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | tingslag | | |självmord |
| | judicial district, assize division | | |suicide |
| |- | | |- |
| | tio(nde) | | |sjätte |
| | ten (tenth) | | |sixth |
| |- | | |- |
| | tionde | | |sjö |
| | tenth, tithing | | |lake |
| |- | | |- |
| | tiondebok | | |sjöman |
| | tithing record | | |sailor, seaman |
| |- | | |- |
| | tisdag | | |skarprättare |
| | Tuesday | | |executioner, hangman |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugo | | |skarpskytt |
| | twenty | | |sharpshooter |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoandra | | |skatt |
| | twenty-second | | |tax |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoen, tjugoett | | |skattehemman |
| | twenty-one | | |farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government) |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugofem(te) | | |skeppare |
| | twenty-five (twenty-fifth) | | |skipper |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugofjärde | | |skerfva |
| | twenty-fourth | | |rickets or malnutrition |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugofyra | | |skilsmässa |
| | twenty-four | | |divorce |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoförsta | | |skog |
| | twenty-first | | |forest |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugonde | | |skogvaktare |
| | twentieth | | |forester |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugonio (nde) | | |skola |
| | twenty-nine (twenty-ninth) | | |school |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugosex | | |skollärare |
| | twenty-six | | |schoolteacher |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugosju(nde) | | |skomakare |
| | twenty-seven (twenty-seventh) | | |shoemaker |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugosjätte | | |skorstensfejare |
| | twenty-sixth | | |chimney-sweep |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugotre | | |skottår |
| | twenty-three | | |leap year |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugotredje | | |skrud |
| | twenty-third | | |gown (bridal) |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugotvå | | |skräddare |
| | twenty-two | | |tailor |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoåtta | | |skörbjugg |
| | twenty-eight | | |scurvy |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoåttonde | | |slag(anfall) |
| | twenty-eighth | | |stroke |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjuv | | |slagen af åskan |
| | thief | | |hit by lightning |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjänar | | |slagsmål |
| | serves | | |fight |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjänare | | |slaktare |
| | servant | | |meat cutter, butcher |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjänst | | |slot |
| | service, employment | | |castle |
| |- | | |- |
| | tolfte | | |slut |
| | twelfth | | |end |
| |- | | |- |
| | tolv | | |släkt |
| | twelve | | |family, clan |
| |- | | |- |
| | torpare | | |släktbok |
| | crofter, cottager | | |lineage book |
| |- | | |- |
| | torsdag | | |släktforskning |
| | Thursday | | |genealogy |
| |- | | |- |
| | tre (tredje) | | |släkting |
| | three (third) | | |relative |
| |- | | |- |
| | tremänning | | |släktled |
| | second cousin | | |generation |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettio | | |smed |
| | thirty | | |blacksmith |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettioen, trettioett | | |smittkoppor |
| | thirty-one | | |smallpox |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettioförsta | | |smärta |
| | thirty-first | | |pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettionde | | |små (plural) |
| | thirtieth | | |little, small |
| |- | | |- |
| | tretton(de) | | |snatteri |
| | thirteen (thirteenth) | | |pilfering |
| |- | | |- |
| | trillingar | | |snickare |
| | triplets | | |carpenter |
| |- | | |- |
| | trolovade | | |socken |
| | betrothed, engaged | | |parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | trosbekännelse | | |soldat |
| | declaration of faith (religion) | | |soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | trumslagare | | |som |
| | drummer | | |who, which, that |
| |- | | |- |
| | trädgårdsmästare | | |sommar |
| | gardener | | |summer |
| |- | | |- |
| | tuberkulos | | |son |
| | tuberculosis | | |son |
| |- | | |- |
| | tumör | | |sondotter |
| | tumor | | |son\'s daughter, granddaughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | tunnbindare | | |sonhustru |
| | barrelmaker | | |son\'s wife, daughter-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | tvillingar | | |sonson |
| | twins | | |son\'s son, grandson |
| |- | | |- |
| | tvinsot | | |sotdöd |
| | withering from multiple causes | | |old age |
| |- | | |- |
| | två | | |sotsäng |
| | two | | |sickbed |
| |- | | |- |
| | två hundra(de) | | |spannmålstorpare |
| | two hundred (two-hundredth) | | |tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain |
| |- | | |- |
| | tyfus | | |spinnare |
| | typhoid | | |spinner |
| |- | | |- |
| | tysk | | |spridda år |
| | German | | |intermittent years |
| |- | | |- |
| | Tyskland | | |späd |
| | Germany | | |infant |
| |- | | |- |
| | tärande sjukdom | | |stad |
| | pneumonia, consumption | | |city |
| |- | | |- |
| | undantag | | |stadsarkiv |
| | support after giving up an estate | | |city archives |
| |- | | |- |
| | undantagsman kvinna | | |stadsförsamling |
| | person receiving support after giving his estate to another | | |city parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | under | | |stalldrängen |
| | under | | |stable boy/man |
| |- | | |- |
| | underskrift | | |stamfader |
| | signature | | |progenitor |
| |- | | |- |
| | undertecknad | | |stamtavla |
| | the undersigned | | |descendancy chart |
| |- | | |- |
| | ung | | |statare, statdräng |
| | young | | |farm laborer |
| |- | | |- |
| | ungkarl | | |stattorpare |
| | bachelor | | |farm laborer, usually married |
| |- | | |- |
| | uppgavs | | |stenhuggare |
| | stated, given, declared | | |stonecutter |
| |- | | |- |
| | ut | | |stenpassion |
| | out | | |gallbladder disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | utan | | |sterbhus |
| | without | | |a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead |
| |- | | |- |
| | utanför | | |stiefson |
| | outside | | |stepson |
| |- | | |- |
| | utdrag | | |stifson |
| | extract | | |stepson |
| |- | | |- |
| | utesluten | | |stift |
| | excommunicated | | |diocese |
| |- | | |- |
| | utflyttning | | |stoft |
| | moving out | | |mortal remains, or ashes |
| |- | | |- |
| | utflyttningsbetyg | | |stor, stort, stora |
| | moving out certificates | | |large, big, great |
| |- | | |- |
| | utflyttningslängd | | |straff |
| | moving out register | | |punishment |
| |- | | |- |
| | utländsk | | |straffarbete |
| | foreign | | |hard labor |
| |- | | |- |
| | utsot | | |strax |
| | diarrhea | | |right away, immediately |
| |- | | |- |
| | utvandrare | | |strypsjuka |
| | emigrant | | |diptheria |
| |- | | |- |
| | utvandring | | |studerande |
| | emigration | | |student |
| |- | | |- |
| | vad | | |stuga |
| | what | | |cottage, house |
| |- | | |- |
| | vagnmakare | | |stum |
| | cartwright | | |dumb, mute |
| |- | | |- |
| | vaktmästare | | |stupa |
| | caretaker | | |to be killed in war |
| |- | | |- |
| | vallon | | |styrman |
| | Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]] | | |mate, on ship |
| |- | | |- |
| | vandel | | |styv- |
| | conduct, habits, way of life | | |step- |
| |- | | |- |
| | vapen | | |styvson |
| | coat of arms, weapon | | |stepson |
| |- | | |- |
| | var | | |stånd |
| | each, everyone | | |status, condition |
| |- | | |- |
| | var | | |ståndsperson |
| | was, where | | |person of social standing |
| |- | | |- |
| | vara | | |ställe |
| | to be | | |place |
| |- | | |- |
| | varför | | |stärbhus |
| | why | | |death estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | vattenkoppor | | |stöld |
| | chicken pox | | |theft |
| |- | | |- |
| | vattusot, vattensot | | |summa |
| | edema, dropsy | | |total |
| |- | | |- |
| | vecka | | |svaghet |
| | week | | |weakness, feebleness |
| |- | | |- |
| | vem | | |svagsint |
| | who | | |feebleminded |
| |- | | |- |
| | venerisk sjukdom | | |sven |
| | venereal disease | | |young man, apprentice |
| |- | | |- |
| | verk | | |svensk |
| | factory, mill | | |Swedish |
| |- | | |- |
| | vid | | |Sverige |
| | at, on, close to, by | | |Sweden |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigd, vigda, vigde | | |svullnad |
| | married | | |swelling, bloating |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigsel | | |svulst |
| | marriage ceremony | | |tumor |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigselbok | | |svåger |
| | marriage book | | |brother-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigsellängd | | |svägerska |
| | marriage record | | |sister-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | vilja | | |svärfar |
| | to want, will | | |father-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | vilken, vilket, vilka | | |svärmor |
| | who, which, that | | |mother-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | vinter | | |svärson |
| | winter | | |son-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | vittne | | |syd |
| | witness | | |south |
| |- | | |- |
| | volym | | |syskon |
| | volume | | |siblings |
| |- | | |- |
| | våda | | |syskonbarn |
| | accident | | |nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s) |
| |- | | |- |
| | vådeligen | | |syssling |
| | violently (usually an accidental death) | | |second cousin, tremänning |
| |- | | |- |
| | vår | | |syster |
| | our, spring | | |sister |
| |- | | |- |
| | välboren | | |systerdotter |
| | of noble birth | | |niece, sister\'s daughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.) | | |systerson |
| | of good reputation | | |nephew, sister\'s son |
| |- | | |- |
| | vänster | | |syting |
| | left | | |person receiving support after giving his estate to another |
| |- | | |- |
| | värk | | |såg |
| | ache, dull pain | | |saw, sawmill |
| |- | | |- |
| | värnplikt | | |sågställare |
| | military service | | |saw setter |
| |- | | |- |
| | väster (västra) | | |sängliggande |
| | west (western) | | |bed-ridden |
| |- | | |- |
| | vävare | | |särskilda |
| | weaver | | |special |
| |- | | |- |
| | yngling | | |säteri |
| | young man, boy | | |freehold estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | yrke | | |söder (södra) |
| | profession, occupation | | |south (southern) |
| |- | | |- |
| | å | | |söndag |
| | at, on, to | | |Sunday |
| |- | | |- |
| | å | | |testamente |
| | river | | |will |
| |- | | |- |
| | åbo | | |tid |
| | tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease | | |time |
| |- | | |- |
| | åkomma | | |tidskrift |
| | ailment | | |periodical |
| |- | | |- |
| | ålder | | |tiggare |
| | age | | |beggar |
| |- | | |- |
| | ålderdom | | |till |
| | old age | | |to |
| |- | | |- |
| | år | | |tillsammans |
| | year | | |together |
| |- | | |- |
| | århundrade | | |tillstånd |
| | century | | |dispensation, permission |
| |- | | |- |
| | årlig | | |timma |
| | annual, yearly | | |hour |
| |- | | |- |
| | årtionde | | |timmerman |
| | decade | | |carpenter, builder |
| |- | | |- |
| | åt | | |ting |
| | to | | |court |
| |- | | |- |
| | återvänd | | |tingslag |
| | returned | | |judicial district, assize division |
| |- | | |- |
| | åtta | | |tio(nde) |
| | eight | | |ten (tenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | åttio(nde) | | |tionde |
| | eighty (eightieth) | | |tenth, tithing |
| |- | | |- |
| | åttonde | | |tiondebok |
| | eighth | | |tithing record |
| |- | | |- |
| | äga | | |tisdag |
| | own | | |Tuesday |
| |- | | |- |
| | ägare | | |titel |
| | owner | | |title/occupation |
| |- | | |- |
| | ägor | | |tjugo |
| | land, property | | |twenty |
| |- | | |- |
| | äkta | | |tjugoandra |
| | legitimate | | |twenty-second |
| |- | | |- |
| | äktenskap | | |tjugoen, tjugoett |
| | marriage | | |twenty-one |
| |- | | |- |
| | äldre | | |tjugofem(te) |
| | older, elder | | |twenty-five (twenty-fifth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | äldste | | |tjugofjärde |
| | oldest, eldest, elder | | |twenty-fourth |
| |- | | |- |
| | ämbete | | |tjugofyra |
| | office | | |twenty-four |
| |- | | |- |
| | änka | | |tjugoförsta |
| | widow | | |twenty-first |
| |- | | |- |
| | änkeman, änkling | | |tjugonde |
| | widower | | |twentieth |
| |- | | |- |
| | ännu | | |tjugonio (nde) |
| | yet, still | | |twenty-nine (twenty-ninth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | är | | |tjugosex |
| | are, is, am | | |twenty-six |
| |- | | |- |
| | ärlig | | |tjugosju(nde) |
| | honest | | |twenty-seven (twenty-seventh) |
| |- | | |- |
| | ätt | | |tjugosjätte |
| | family | | |twenty-sixth |
| |- | | |- |
| | ö | | |tjugotre |
| | island | | |twenty-three |
| |- | | |- |
| | öde | | |tjugotredje |
| | vacant, fate | | |twenty-third |
| |- | | |- |
| | öga | | |tjugotvå |
| | eye | | |twenty-two |
| |- | | |- |
| | öra | | |tjugoåtta |
| | ear | | |twenty-eight |
| |- | | |- |
| | öster (östra) | | |tjugoåttonde |
| | east (eastern) | | |twenty-eighth |
| |- | | |- |
| | över | | |tjuv |
| | over | | |thief |
| |- | | |- |
| | överlevande | | |tjänar |
| | survivor(s) | | |serves |
| |- | | |- |
| | övre | | |tjänare |
| | upper | | |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 |
| | |- |
| | |uppgiftsnummer |
| | |information number |
| | |- |
| | |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 |
| | |- |
| | |ålderdomskrämpor |
| | |old age ailments |
| | |- |
| | |åldersdomssvaghet |
| | |old age weakness or feebleness |
| | |- |
| | |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 |
| | |}<ref>FamilySearch. <u>Genealogical Word List, Swedish</u>. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997</ref><ref>Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1889</ref> |
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| In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples: | | In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples: |
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| The following dictionary is also available on microfilm for use in[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]]: | | The following dictionaries are also available: |
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| *Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FHL|16042|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,124,531 item 12}}). | | *Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, efter kongl. Secreteraren Sahlstedts Svenska ordbok, Stockholm 1788, available through [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/1788-swedish-english-dictionary 1788 Swedish English Dictionary] |
| *Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FHL|549532|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906. | | *Wahrman, Sven Niclas. Svenskt och Tyskt - Franskt - Engelskt Hand-lexicon, Örebro 1814, available through the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD] |
| | *Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FSC|16042|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,124,531 item 12}}). |
| | *Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FSC|549532|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906. |
| | *For death records: See a list of causes of death in the [http://www.ddss.nu/statistics/deathInfo Demographic Database of Southern Sweden (DDSS)]. |
| | *For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg]. |
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| Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[Family History Library Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] under {{FHL|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FHL|346068|subject-id|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}. | | Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FSC|Swedish language - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=1615546102|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FSC|Sweden - Language and languages - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=393683350|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}. |
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