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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>  


==Word List==
== Word List ==


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''']].
To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: [[Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources]].<br>
 
To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: [[Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources]].


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]].
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" |Swedish
! scope="col" |English
! scope="col" |English
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|accismästare]]
|customs officer
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|adelsbussar]]
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|-
|-
|adelsman
|adelsman
|nobleman
|nobleman
|-
|-
|arton(de)
|adelssven
|eighteen (eighteenth)
|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
|-
|-
|adlig
|adlig
|noble
|noble
|-
|administer, administra
|(Latin) attendant, assistant
|-
|administrator
|(Latin) administrator
|-
|-
|adopterad
|adopterad
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|adressbok
|adressbok
|directory
|directory
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(Latin) lawyer of the assembly
|-
|aedituus
|(Latin) keeper of the sacristy, person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|-
|afton
|afton
|evening
|evening
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|-
|aktris
|actress, female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|akut luftrörsinflammation
|akut luftrörsinflammation
|Bronchitis
|Bronchitis
|-
|aktör
|actor, male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|aldrig
|aldrig
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|allvarlig blodbrist
|allvarlig blodbrist
|anemia
|anemia
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|-
|ambarn
|ambarn
|nursing child
|nursing child
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|-
|-
|ammande kvinna
|ammande kvinna
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|anfall
|anfall
|seizure(s)
|seizure(s)
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788)
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|-
|-
|angiven
|angiven
|given, stated
|given, stated
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|-
|-
|ankom
|ankom
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|annan
|annan
|other
|other
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer, service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|antavla
|antavla
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|anteckning
|anteckning
|note, annotation, remark
|note, annotation, remark
|-
|apostem
|swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
|-
|apotekare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|-
|-
|april
|april
|April
|April
|-
|apostem
|swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
|-
|-
|arbetare
|arbetare
|worker, laborer
|worker, laborer
|-
|arbetskarl, arbk.
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|arbetsman
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|arjeplogsjukan
|arjeplogsjukan
|porphyria
|porphyria
|-
|arkebusier
|(military) member of firing squad
|-
|arkebusera
|to shoot by order of the court
|-
|arkibiskop
|(1788) archbishop, |modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
|arkiv
|arkiv
|archive
|archive
|-
|arklimästare
|(military) gunner, |gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|aromatisk värk
|aromatisk värk
|rheumatism
|rheumatism
|-
|-
|arrendator
|[[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|arrendator]]
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|-
|arton
|artillerist
|eighteen
|(military) man of the artillery
|-
|artillerikonstapel
|(military) bombardier
|-
|arton (artonde)
|eighteen (eighteenth)
|-
|-
|-
|arv
|arv
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|asiatiska influenzan
|asiatiska influenzan
|asian flu
|asian flu
|-
|assessor
|assessor
|-
|assuradör
|insurer, underwriter
|-
|-
|aterom
|aterom
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|augustifeber
|augustifeber
|malaria
|malaria
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|auktor, autor
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|av
|av
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|avliden
|avliden
|deceased, death
|deceased, death
|-
|avisskrivare
|newswriter, gazetteer
|-
|-
|avskedad
|avskedad
|discharged, resigned
|discharged, resigned
|-
|avskedad soldat
|discharged, resigned soldier
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
|transcriber, copier
|-
|-
|avlsag
|avlsag
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|avvittring
|avvittring
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|-
|axplockare
|gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|backe
|backe
|hill
|hill
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
|backstuguhjon
|one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
|cottager (1788); see backstugusittare
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|backstugusittare]]
|cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller
|-
|badare
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|-
|badaremästare
|barber surgeon
|-
|badmästare
|bath-keeper (1889)
|-
|-
|bagare
|bagare
|baker
|baker
|-
|bagaregesäll
|baker's man
|-
|bagarelärling
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|-
|bagaremästare
|master baker
|-
|-
|bakom
|bakom
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|baneman
|baneman
|slayer
|slayer
|-
|banérförare
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|-
|banérherre
|(military) banneret
|-
|banér-riddare
|(military) knight banneret
|-
|-
|baneslag
|baneslag
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|banesår
|banesår
|death wound, mortal wound
|death wound, mortal wound
|-
|bankvaktmästare
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|banmästare
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|bankvaktmästare
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|banmästare
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|-
|bann
|bann
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|bar barnet
|bar barnet
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|-
|barberare
|barber, shaver
|-
|barberarebiträde
|barber's assistant
|-
|barberaregesäll
|journeyman barber
|-
|barberarelärling
|barber's apprentice
|-
|barkare
|tanner (1829)
|-
|-
|barn
|barn
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|barnbördshus
|barnbördshus
|maternity hospital
|maternity hospital
|-
|barnförlossare
|male midwife
|-
|-
|barnförlämning
|barnförlämning
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|barnmorska
|barnmorska
|midwife
|midwife
|-
|barnmördare
|murderer of a child
|-
|-
|barnpiga
|barnpiga
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|folio
|folio
|page
|page
|-
|folkskollärare
|public school teacher
|-
|-
|fortsättning (forts.)
|fortsättning (forts.)
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|gata
|gata
|street
|street
|-
|gatehus, gatuhus
|A term used in Southern Sweden for a crofters house similar to a backstuga
|-
|-
|genast
|genast
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|mantalslängd
|mantalslängd
|tax/census record
|tax/census record
|-
|marasmus
|malnutrition
|-
|-
|marknad
|marknad
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|mördad
|mördad
|murdered
|murdered
|-
|mördare
|murderer
|-
|-
|namn
|namn
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|stadsförsamling
|stadsförsamling
|city parish
|city parish
|-
|stalldrängen
|stable boy/man
|-
|-
|stamfader
|stamfader
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|ålderdomskrämpor
|ålderdomskrämpor
|old age ailments
|old age ailments
|-
|åldersdomssvaghet
|old age weakness or feebleness
|-
|-
|år
|år
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====Alphabetical Order====
====Alphabetical Order====


Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''Z'''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Before 2006 the letter '''W''' was considered a variation of '''V''' and not a letter. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order (after 2006):  
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''Z'''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Before 2006 the letter '''W''' was considered a variation of '''V''' and not a letter. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order (after 2006):  


A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö
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==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==


This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  
This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  


The following dictionaries are also available:  
The following dictionaries are also available:  


*Widegren, Gustaf,&nbsp;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]
*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]
*Wahrman, Sven Niclas.&nbsp;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]
*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. ({{FHL|16042|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,124,531 item 12}}).
*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. ({{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.
*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 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].
*For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg].


Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject&nbsp;Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FHL|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the&nbsp;[[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]]&nbsp;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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