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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances. <br>
==Online Resources==
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Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. <br>
==Occupations==


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


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Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
|+ '''Sortable table'''  
 
This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|-
|aktris
|actress
|female play actor, performer
|-
|aktör
|actor
|male play actor, performer
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer
|service position with ramrods
|-
|apotekare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|-
|arbetare
|worker, laborer
|
|-
|arbetskarl
|male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|arbetsman
|male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|arbk.
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|arkebusier
|(military) member of firing squad
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|arkibiskop
|(1788) archbishop
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|arklimästare
|(military) gunner
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|arrendator
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (''arrendekontrakt''). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
|-
|artillerist
|(military) man of the artillery
|
|-
|artillerikonstapel
|(military) bombardier
|
|-
|assessor
|assessor
|
|-
|assuradör
|insurer, underwriter
|
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|auctioneer
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|auktor, autor
|author
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|avisskrivare
|newswriter
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|avskedad soldat
|discharged, resigned soldier
|
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
|transcriber, copier
|
|-
|axplockare
|gleaner
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|backstuguhjon
|cottager (1788)
|see backstugusittare
|-
|backstugusittare
|cottager
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|badare
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|
|-
|badaremästare
|barber surgeon
|
|-
|badmästare
|bath-keeper
|(1889)
|-
|-
! Occupation
|bagare
! Short definition
|baker
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|
|-
|-
| accismästare
|bagaregesäll
| customs officer
|baker's man
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|bagarelärling
| a midwife
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|bagaremästare
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|master baker
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|
|-
|-
| adelsman
|banérförare
| nobleman
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| adelssven
|banérherre
| page (youth)  
|(military) banneret
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|banér-riddare
| (latin)  
|(military) knight banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|bankvaktmästare
| (latin)
|porter, messenger at a bank
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|banmästare
| (latin)
|overseer of a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|barberare
| (latin)
|barber, shaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|barberarebiträde
| (latin)
|barber's assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|barberaregesäll
| (latin)
|journeyman barber
|  
|
|-
|-
| aedituus
|barberarelärling
| (latin)
|barber's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|barkare
| evening-service preacher
|tanner
|  
|(1829)
|-
|-
| aktor
|barnförlossare
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| aktris
|barnmorska
| actress
|female midwife
| female play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| aktör
|barnpiga
| actor
|maid for children
| male play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|barnsköterska
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ansättare
|baron
| (military) rammer
|baron
| service position with ramrods
|baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|-
|-
| apotekare
|basunist
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| arbetare
|bataljonsadjuntant
| worker, workman, laborer
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|bataljonschef
| male worker, workman, laborer
|(military) commander of a battalion
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbk.
|batterikonstapel
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|(military) battalion bombardier
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|bedragare
| (military) member of firing squad
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|befallningshavande
| (military) gunner
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| arrendator
|befallningsman
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|
|-
|-
| artillerist
|befallningsman (konungens)
| (military) man of the artillery
|county governor
|  
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|befaren båtsman
| (military) bombardier
|(military) traveling sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| assessor
|befordrare
| assessor
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| assuradör
|befällningshavande
| insurer, underwriter
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|beherskare
| auctioneer
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|bensamlare
| author
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|bergmästare
| newswriter
|minemaster (1829)
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|bergsarbetare
| discharged, resigned soldier
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|bergsbruksidkare
| gleaner
|mining man
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|bergsfogde
| cottager
|bailiff of a mine
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|bergshauptman
| barber surgeon
|mine inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|bergskarl
| bath-keeper
|miner
| (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bagare
|bergslagsman
| baker
|miner, proprietor of a mine
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|bergsman
| baker's man
|miner
|  
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|bergsprångare
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|miner
|  
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|bergsråd
| master baker
|
|  
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| banérförare
|beridare
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|horsebreaker, riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérherre
|beskattningsman
| (military) banneret
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|beslagare
| (military) knight banneret
|seizer, confiscator, setter
|
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|beslagskarl
| porter, messenger at a bank
|see beslagare
|  
|
|-
|-
| banmästare
|besökare
| overseer of a railway line
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|betalare
| barber, shaver
|paymaster (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|betjänt
| barber's assistant
|servant, civil servant
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|bettlare
| journeyman barber
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|bevaktare
| barber's apprentice
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| tanner
|captain of the watch
| (1829)
|
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|bevarare
| male midwife
|preserver, saver, conservator
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|beväringskarl
| female midwife
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|beväringsman
| maid for children
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|bibliotekarie
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|bijouterihandlare
| baron
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|
|-
|-
| basunist
|bildhuggare
| trumpeter
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|bildskärare
| (military) sergeant-major
|se bildsnidare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|bildsnidare
| (military) commander of a battalion
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|biljettförsäljare
| (military) battalion bombardier
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|biljettförsäljerska
| governor, military- commander, chief
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|bilöpare
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens),
|bindare
| county governor
|tier, binder, fastener
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|for example net making
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|biodlare
| (military) traveling sailor
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|  
|
|-
|-
| befälhavande
|biskop
| officer in command
|bishop
|  
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|biskötare
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|biträde
| minemaster (1829)
|assistant
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|bjudare
| miner
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|bleckslagare
| mining man
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|blockmakare
| bailiff of a mine
|block maker, pulley maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|blodigelodlare
| mine inspector
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|blomsterhandlare
| miner
|flower seller (male)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|blomsterhandlerska
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|flower seller (female)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| bergsman
|blomsterodlare
| miner
|cultivator of flowers, florist
|  
|
|-
|-
| beridare
|blossbärare
| horsebreaker, riding master
|torch-bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|blyarbetare
| taxer, assessor
|lead worker, plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|blyfalsare
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|blystöpare
| see beslagare
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| besökare
|blytäckare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|bodbetjent
| servant, civil servant
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bettlare
|boddräng
| beggar
|shop hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|bodflicka
| guard, keeper
|shop girl, shop maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|bodgosse
| captain of the watch
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevarare
|bodhandlare
| preserver, saver, conservator
|shopkeeper, tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|bodmamsell
| militia man, conscript
|shop girl, shop woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|bokbindare
| recruit, conscript
|bookbinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|bokförare
| librarian
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|bokhandlare
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|bokhållare
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|bokhäftare
| se bildsnidare
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|bokmakare
| sculptor
|book wright, book maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|bonde
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|bondedräng
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|farm hand
|  
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|bondeflicka
| interloper
|country girl
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|
|-
|-
| bindare
|bondepiga
| tier, binder, fastener
|peasant's maid
| for example net making
|
|-
|-
| biodlare
|borgare
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|citizen, burgher
|  
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| biskop
|borgmästare
| bishop
|mayor
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| biskötare
|borrare
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|  
|
|-
|-
| biträde
|borrmakare
| assistant
|bit forger
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| bjudare
|borrsmed
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|bit smith
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|boskapshandlare
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|dealer of livestock
|  
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|boskapsherde
| block maker, pulley maker
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|boskapsskötare
| cultivator of leeches
|stockman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|boskapsvaktare
| flower seller (male)
|herdsman
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|boställshavare
| flower seller (female)  
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|bouppteckningsman
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|person who inventories (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|boutredningsman
| torch-bearer
|administrator
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|brandmästare
| lead worker, plumber
|fire warden
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|braständare
| plumber
|fire lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|brevbärare
| plumber
|letter carrier, postman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|brevdragare
| plumber
|see brevbärare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|brevskrivare
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|letter writer
|  
|
|-
|-
| boddräng
|brevställare
| shop hand
|see brevskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|brobyggare
| shop girl, shop maid
|bridge builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|broderare
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|embroiderer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|broläggare
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|bridge builder, paver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|bromästare
| shop girl, shop woman
|bridge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|bronsarbetare
| bookbinder
|worker in bronze
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokförare
|bronsgjutare
| book keeper
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|brottmålsdomare
| bookseller
|judge criminal
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|brottmålsnoterie
| book keeper
|crown clerk
| same as bokförare
|
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|brovaktare
| book stitcher
|guard of a bridge
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|brovindare
| book wright, book maker
|bridge driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bonde
|brukare
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|bruksarbetare
| farm hand  
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|bruksegare
| country girl
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|bryggare
| peasant's maid
|brewer
|  
|
|-
|-
| borgare
|brännmästare
| citizen, burgher
|master distiller
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|brännvinsbrännare
| mayor
|brandy distiller
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|
|-
|-
| borrare
|buntmakare
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
|
|-
|-
| borrmakare
|byfogde
| bit forger
|hamlet bailiff
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| borrsmed
|byggare, byggkarl
| bit smith
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| boskapshandlare
|byggmästare
| dealer of livestock
|master builder, contractor
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsherde
|bykerska
| herdsman
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsskötare
|byskomakare
| stockman
|village shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsvaktare
|bågflytt
| herdsman
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|-
|-
| boställshavare
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bouppteckningsman
|bälgmakare
| person who inventories (1889)
|bellows-maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| boutredningsman
|bödel
| administrator
|executioner
|  
|
|-
|-
| brandmästare
|bösseskytt
| fire warden
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| braständare
|bössmed
| fire lighter
|gunsmith
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevbärare
|cantor
| letter carrier, postman
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|-
|-
| brevdragare
|curatus
| see brevbärare
|(latin)
|  
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| brevskrivare
|custod
| letter writer
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| brevställare
|d., dr.
| see brevskrivare
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| brobyggare
|dagkarl, daglönare
| bridge builder
|day laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| broderare
|danneman
| embroiderer
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| broläggare
|degn
| bridge builder, paver
|assistant to the priest
|  
|The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|-
|-
| bromästare
|deja, dejpiga
| bridge master
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsarbetare
|demoiselle
| worker in bronze
|Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsgjutare
|d.g.
| bronze founder, brazier
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsdomare
|disponent
| judge criminal
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsnoterie
|domare
| crown clerk
|judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovaktare
|domesticus
| guard of a bridge
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|-
|-
| brovindare
|domprost
| bridge driver
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
|-
|-
| brukare
|dr.
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksarbetare
|drabant, dravant
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksegare
|dragon
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bryggare
|dräng, dr.
| brewer
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännmästare
|däga
| master distiller
|see deja
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännvinsbrännare
|emigrantagent
| brandy distiller
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| byfogde
|emigrantvärvare
| hamlet bailiff
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggare, byggkarl
|extra roteringsmän
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|fabriksarbetare
| master builder, contractor
|factory worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bykerska
|famnmätare
| washerwoman
|corder of wood
|  
|
|-
|-
| byskomakare
|fanjunkare
| village shoemaker
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bågflytt
|fatburshustru
| archer, bowman
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|fatburssven
| (military) seaman, sailor
|storehouse apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| bälgmakare
|fattighjon
| bellows-maker
|pauper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bödel
|filtare
| executioner
|felter
|  
|
|-
|-
| bösseskytt
|finbagare
| (military)
|pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| bössmed
|fiolmakare
| gunsmith
|violen maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| cantor
|fiskare
| (latin)
|fisherman
| see klockare
|
|-
|-
| commissarius
|fiskarflicka
| (latin)
|fisher girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| curatus
|fiskargosse
|  
|fisher boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| custod
|fiskhandlare
| (latin)
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|-
|-
| d., dr.
|fjerdingsman
| abbreviation for dräng
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|-
|-
| dagkarl, daglönare
|fjäderarbetare
| day laborer
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| danneman
|fjärdingsman
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| degn
|flickare
| assistant to the priest
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|
|-
|-
| deja, dejpiga
|fogde
| maidservant, milkmaid
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
| demoiselle
|forbonde
| Miss
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|-
|-
| d.g.
|forman
|  
|see forbonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| domare
|formare
| judge
|moulder (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| domesticus
|friborgare
| (latin)  
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| domestik
|frihandlare
| (latin)
|free trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| domherre
|friherre
| (latin)
|baron
|  
|
|-
|-
| domprost
|friherrinna
| see prestman
|baroness
|  
|
|-
|-
| dompräst
|fru
|  
|Mrs.
|  
|
|-
|-
| dr.
|frälse
| abbreviation for dräng
|nobility
|  
|
|-
|-
| drabant, dravant
|frälsebonde
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragon
|frälsetorpare
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| dräng, dr.
|fröken
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| däga
|fyrvaktare
| see deja
|lighthouse man
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantagent
|fyrverkare
| emigrant agent
|(military) fire worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantvärvare
|fågelfängare
| emigrant agent
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
|
|-
|-
| extra roteringsmän
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
|  
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|fårherde
| factory worker
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| famnmätare
|fårklippare
| corder of wood
|sheep shearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fanjunkare
|fädräng
| standard bearer, guidon
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburshustru
|fäflicka
| wife of a storekeeper
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburssven
|fäktmästare
| storehouse apprentice
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|fältbagare
| pauper
|army baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| filtare
|fältjägare
| felter
|army ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| finbagare
|fältpredikant
| pastry cook
| army chaplain
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiolmakare
|fältskär
| violen maker
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskare
|fältväbel
| fisherman
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskarflicka
|fänrik
| fisher girl
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| fiskargosse
|färgare
| fisher boy
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskhandlare
|färgaregesäll
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|journeyman dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjerdingsman
|färikarl
| under bailiff of a härad
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjäderarbetare
|färsing
| feather maker
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|fästebonde
| see fjerdingsman
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| flickare
|förare
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
| fogde
|föreståndare
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|manager
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| forbonde
|förpaktare
| carter, wagoner
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| forman
|förpantare
| see forbonde
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| formare
|försvarslös
| moulder (1829)
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|  
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| friborgare
|garnhandlare
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|dealer in wools
|  
|
|-
|-
| frihandlare
|garnisonssoldat
| free trader
|soldier in garrison duty
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherre
|garvare
| baron
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherrinna
|gaständare
| baroness
|gas lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| fru
|generalbefälhavare
| Mrs.
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälse
|generallöjtnant
| nobility
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsebonde
|gesäll
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|journeyman
|  
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| frälsetorpare
|gjutare
| see frälsebonde
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| fröken
|glasarbetare
| lady, honorable Miss
|glass worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrvaktare
|glasblåsare
| lighthouse man
|glassblower
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrverkare
|glasfabrikant
| (military) fire worker
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fågelfängare
|glashandlare
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|glassman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårherde
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| sheep tender, shepherd
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårklippare
|glasmålare
| sheep shearer
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| fädräng
|glasslipare
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäflicka
|glasögonmakare
| female herder, working with cattle
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäktmästare
|glättare
| fencing master, master swordsman
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältbagare
|gratialist
| army baker
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|grenadjär
| hunter (1829)  
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältpredikant
|grosshandlare
| army chaplin
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältskär
|gruvarbetare
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|gruvbrytare
| (military) sergeant major
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|gruvförvaltare
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| also seen as fändrik
|
|-
|-
| färgare
|gruvkarl
| dyer, stainer
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| färgaregesäll
|grönsakshandlare
| journeyman dyer
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| färikarl
|gs.
| ferryman (1829)
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| färsing
|guldarbetare
| weaver, common weaver
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|guldsmed
| a tenant farmer
|goldsmith (1829)
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| förare
|gårdsbrukare
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|farmer
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|
|-
|-
| föreståndare
|gårdsdräng
| manager
|see dräng
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|
|-
|-
| förpantare
|gårdsfogde
| mortgager,
|see befallningsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|gästgivare
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|innkeeper
| also means defenseless
|
|-
|-
| garnhandlare
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| dealer in wools
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|hammarmästare
| soldier in garrison duty
|forge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| garvare
|hammarsmed
| tanner (1829)
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gaständare
|hamnfogde
| gas lighter
|overseer of a port
|  
|
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|hamnkapten
| commanding general of a district
|harbor master
|  
|
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|handelsidkare
| lieutenant general
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|-
|-
| gesäll
|handelsman
| journeyman
|merchant, trader
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|handhavare
| caster, founder, moulder
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| works at a foundry
|
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|handskmakare
| glass worker
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasblåsare
|hantverkare
| glassblower
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|hantverksgesäll
| glassmaker
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| glashandlare
|hattmakare
| glassman
|hatmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|hejdriddare
| glassmaker
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| glasmålare
|hembiträde
| glass painter
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|hemmansegare
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|hemmansbrukare
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|farmer
|  
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| glättare
|hemmansägare
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|herrgårdstjenst
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|service at a manor
|  
|
|-
|-
| grosshandlare
|hjon
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|person (1829, 1889)
|  
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| gruvarbetare
|hjulmakare
| miner
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvbrytare
|hjulmakardräng
| miner
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvförvaltare
|hjälphjon
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|extra hand or helper
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvkarl
|hjälphustru
| see gruvarbetare
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| grönsakshandlare
|hovbagare (1829)
| green grocer
|the kings baker
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|
|-
|-
| gs.
|hovdam (1829)
|  
|lady of the court
| abbreviation for gesäll
|
|-
|-
| guldarbetare
|hovbetjent (1829)
| goldsmith (1829)  
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|hovjunkare (1829)
| goldsmith (1829)
|servant to the king
|  
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| gårdsbrukare
|hovkansler
| farmer
|court chancellor
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsdräng
|hovman (1829)
| see dräng
|courtier
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|hudafdragare (1889)
| see befallningsman
|skinner, flayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|husbonde (1829)
| innkeeper
|master of a family or house
|  
|
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|husdräng (1829)
| brazier
|man servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| halnabonde
|husfader
|  
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| halvdräng, halvkarl
|husflicka
|  
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|husfolk
|  
|farmers, farm people
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogdeinspektör, hamnkassör
|hushållare
|  
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|husjungfru (1829)
| merchant
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|husmamsell
| glove maker
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskomakare
|husman
|  
|tenant farmer
|  
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|husmoder
| artisan
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|huspiga
| hatmaker
|housemaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| Hejdriddare
|huspredikant
|  
|private chaplain, house preacher
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of Greater Sweden
|
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|hustjänare
| farmer
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|hustru
| farmer, homeowner
|wife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| herredagsman
|hyttarbetare
|  
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjon
|hållkarl
| pauper, person receiving social assistance
|hostler
|  
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|hårarbetare
| wheelwright
|hair worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|häradsbokhållare
|  
|see häradsskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälpbrytare
|häradsdomare
|  
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|häradsfogde
|  
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|-
|-
| hoveribonde
|häradshövding
|  
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovfru
|häradsskrivare
|  
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| hovman
|hövitsman
|  
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| huddragare
|infanterist
|  
|foot soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| husar
|inhyses
| light cavalryman
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| husbonde
|inhyseshjon
| farmer
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfader
|inspektor
| head of household, father
|inspector
|
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| husflicka
|inspektör
|  
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| husfolk
|ishandlare
| farmers, farm people
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfogde
|jagare
|  
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|jodgumma (1829)
|  
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| husfru
|jordbrukare
|  
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| husfröken
|jordegare
|  
|landowner, landholder, landlord
|  
|
|-
|-
| huskarl
|jordegumma
|  
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|jungfru
|  
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|-
|-
| husman
|junker
| farm laborer (owned house but not land)
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|jurist
|  
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hyttknekt
|justitieborgmästare
| (military)
|recorder
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållare
|justitieminister
|  
|minster of justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl, hållmästare
|justitiestatsminister
|  
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|juvelerare
|  
|jeweller
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|jägare
|  
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|jägeribetjent
|  
|gamekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|jägmästare
|  
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|järnhandlare
|  
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradstjänare
|järnvägsarbetare
|  
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|-
|-
| härbergerare
|järnvägsbetjening
|  
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| härvlare
|kakelungsmakare
|  
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| hörare
|kammarfru
|  
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| höre
|kammarjunkare
|  
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|  
|
|-
|-
| hövitsman
|kammarjungfru
|  
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| indelningsbåtsman
|kammarjägare
|  
|rat hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| infanterist
|kammarpiga
|  
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyses
|kammarskrivare
| lodger, tenant
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhysesbonde
|kamrerare
|  
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|-
|-
| inspektor
|kanongjutare
|  
|cannon founder
|  
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| inspektör
|kapellmästare
|  
|chapel master
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordekvinna, jordemor, jordegumma
|kapellpredikant
| midwife
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| jungfru
|kaplan, kapellan
| Miss, maiden, virgin
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|-
|-
| junkare
|kapten
|  
|(military) captain
|  
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| jägare
|karduansmakare
| hunter
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|  
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|kavallerist
| forester
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| jämkare
|kedjemakare
|  
|chain maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägare
|kistmakare
|  
|box maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kalkant
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|  
|tinker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kalkrörare
|kittelslagare
|  
|kettle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarfiskal
|klampare
|  
|a foreman at a lumberyard
|  
|A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|klensmed
|  
|locksmith, toolmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|klockare, klr.
|  
|parish clerk
|  
|During the Middle Ages the klockare was responsible for maintaining and ringing the church bells. Over time, the klockare was given additional duties to assist the parish priest.
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|klockgjutare
|  
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|klr.
| assistant clerk
|
|  
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| kanik
|kn.
|  
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|klädesfärgare
|  
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanonist
|klädeshandlare
|  
|cloth merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapelan, kaplan
|klädesvävare
| assistant minister
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapten
|klädsömmerska
| (military)
|dressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kaptenlöjtnant
|knalle
| (military)
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|knappmakare
|  
|button maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|knekt
| (military) cavalryman
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjesmed
|knifvässare
|  
|knife sharpener, cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjesmedsdräng
|knifsmed
|  
|cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| kettelsmed
|knipare
|  
|nipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelbötare, kittelflickare
|knypplare
|  
|male lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelförare
|knypplerska
|  
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klampare
|koarrendator
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|see mjölkarrendator
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|
|-
|-
| klappare
|kofferdi
|  
|merchant marine
|  
|
|-
|-
| klensmed
|kofferdikapten
| toolmaker, locksmith
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| klerk
|kofferdimatros
|  
|merchant seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.
|koffertsnickare
| parish clerk
|trunk maker
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|
|-
|-
| klockarpräst
|kokerska
|  
|female cook, cook maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| klr.
|kogubbe
|  
|cow feeder, cow keeper
| abbreviation for klockare
|
|-
|-
| klutgubbe
|kolarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| kn.
|kolare
|  
|coal man, charcoal burner
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| knalle
|kolbonde
|  
|coal carter
|  
|
|-
|-
| knape
|kolhandlare
|  
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| knekt
|komminister
| (military)
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| knipsmed
|kommissarie
|  
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|konduktor
| merchant marine
|conductor, guard with the railways
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|konduktör
| charcoal burner
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kollega
|konstapel
|  
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| komminister
|konstnär
| assistant minister
|artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| kompastor
|kontorskrivare
|  
|clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| konduktör
|kontraktsprost
|  
|rural dean
|  
|
|-
|-
| konstapel
|kopparslagare
|  
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| konterfejare
|koppartryckare
|  
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontorsdräng
|korgarbetare
|  
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontraktist
|korgflätare
|  
|basket maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopperska
|korherre
|  
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|korpral
| coppersmith
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|-
|-
| korherre
|kovaktare
|  
|cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| korpral
|kreaturshandlare
| (military)
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| korv
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|  
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|krigsman
|  
|soldier
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|
|-
|-
| krlmn.
|kronoarrendator
|  
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| krokare
|kronobefallningsman
|  
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|kronobetjäning
|  
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|kronobonde
|  
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|kronofogde
|  
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|kronojägare
|  
|ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofänrik
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
|  
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kronouppbördsman
|  
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronorättare
|krukmakare
|  
|potter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|kryddkrämare
|  
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|krögare
| potter
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|-
|-
| krypare, kypare
|kurir
|  
|courier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kuerdare
|kusk, kutsk
|  
|coachman
|  
|
|-
|-
| Kungl. Maj:ts fullmäktige
|kustuppsyningsman
|  
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| kuper
|kvarnarrendator
|  
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|-
|-
| kursmed
|kvarnbyggare
|  
|mill wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|kvarndräng
|  
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnfogde
|kvarnegare
|  
|mill owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnskrivare
|kvarntullsinspektor
|  
|mill toll inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor
|kypare
|  
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvinnohjon
|kyrkobetjänare
|  
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkdräng
|kyrkoföreståndare
|  
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoadjunkt
|kyrkoherde
|  
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjäning, kyrkobetjänt
|kyrkovaktare
|  
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobonde
|kyrkvärd
|  
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkofogde
|käpphandlare
|  
|cane seller, caneman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkogubbe
|kökbetjäning
|  
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkogömmare
|kökspiga
|  
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|köpman
| parish minister
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|körsnär
| church officer
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| kyrkvaktmästare, kyrkväktare
|kötthandlare
|  
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd
|köttmånglare
|  
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare
|lackerare
|  
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kåtkarl
|ladugårdsidkare
|  
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpdräng
|ladugårdspiga
|  
|dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpman
|laggare
| merchant
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| körsnär
|lagkarl
| furrier
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| laggare
|landbo
|  
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| lagman, lagsagoman
|landshövding
|  
|lord lieutenant
|  
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| landbo, landbonde
|landsknekt
|  
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsfiskal
|landskontorist
|  
|clerk in receivers office
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsfogde
|landsman
|  
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsherre
|landstrykare
|  
|vagrant, tramp
|  
|
|-
|-
| landshövitsman
|landsvägsriddare
|  
|knight of the road
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| landsknekt
|landtbo
| (military)
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|landtbrukare
|  
|farmer, gentleman farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsryttare
|landtbruksbokhållare
|  
|under steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappare
|landtbruksinspektor
|  
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|landtflicka
|  
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| legoknekt
|landthandlare
| (military)
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| lejdebonde
|landthushållare
|  
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
| lekare
|landtjunkare
|  
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| liggare
|lantmätare
|  
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
|-
|-
| likare
|lappare
|  
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
|
|-
|-
| lineslagare
|lappbonde
|  
|Lapp peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| liusmoder
|lappskarvare
|  
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| livgrenadjär
|lappskräddare
| (military)
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| livjägare
|lastningsbokhållare
| (military)
|shipping clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| losbagare
|legoknekt
|  
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
|-
|-
| lots
|likörare
| sea pilot
|hearse driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumpsamlare
|liktarskeppare
|  
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| läkare
|limkokare
| doctor
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|linberedare
| sheriff
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsåklagare
|linhandlare
|  
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärare
|linhäcklare
| teacher
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärling
|linvävare
| apprentice
|linen weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|livdrabant
|  
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|livdragon
| vagrant
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|livgrenadjär
|  
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinskarl
|livhussar
|  
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| major
|ljusfabrikör
| (military)
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinist
|logarvare
| machinist, engineer
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| matros
|lokomotivförare
| sailor, seaman
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ministrant
|lots
|  
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkdeja
|lumphandlare
|  
|rag dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|lumpsamlare
| miller
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mottagare
|lånförmedlare
|  
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
|-
|-
| murare
|läkare
| mason
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| måkare
|länsbokhållare
|  
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| målakarl
|länsinnehavare
|  
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|-
|-
| målningsman
|länsman
|  
|sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| mångare
|länsåklagare
|  
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|lärare
| master
|teacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästerman
|lärling
|  
|apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästermansbetjänt
|löjtnant
|  
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästerska
|lösdrivare
|  
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästersven
|madam
|  
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|  
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|madrassmakare
|  
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|magasinbokhållare
| (military)
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattman
|magasinsförvaltare
|  
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattväktare
|magistratsperson
|  
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| navarsmed
|magistratssekreterare
|  
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|major
| settler
|(military) army major
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålhandlare
|majorska
|  
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålslipare
|malmbrytare
|  
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|malthandlare
| juryman
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nötakarl
|mamsell
|  
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| oftamolog
|mantalskommissarie
|  
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|manufakturhandlare
|  
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| ombudsråd
|marketentare
|  
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| omfärdsman
|marketenterska
|  
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|marmorarbetare
|  
|marble cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| oppsnappare
|maskinarbetare
|  
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|maskinist
|  
|machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| ostiarius
|masmästare
| (latin)
|smelting master
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|materialförvaltare
|  
|store keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|matlagerska
|  
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| pallbrytare
|matmoder
|  
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| paltekvinna
|matros
|  
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| panttorpare
|mattbindare
|  
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastor
|matvaruhandlare
| parish minister
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|mejerska
| (latin) parish priest
|dairy maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|messingsslagare
|  
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| paysagist
|messingssmed
|  
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| paysagist
|metallarbetare
|  
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| peppardräng
|metallgjutare
|  
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| pestgubbe
|mildsoldat
|  
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.
|mineralgrävare
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|miner
| parish priest
|
|-
|-
| pickare
|minister
|  
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| piga
|minuthandlare
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|retailer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipare
|minör
|  
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipplockare
|mjölhandlare
|  
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| piprensare
|mjölkarrendator
|  
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| plikthuggare
|mjölkförsäljare
|  
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| pockläkare
|mjölkförsäljerska
|  
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| polsterer
|mjölkhustru
|  
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| portenär
|mjölkpiga
|  
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|mjöldräng
|  
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| postkommissarie
|mjölnare
|  
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|mjölnarhustru
|  
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| preceptor
|mjölnerska
|  
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|modehandlare
|  
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|modesömmerska
|  
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|  
|modist
| procurator
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| profoss
|murare
| flogmaster (military)
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| prost
|muraregesäll
| dean
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|murarelärling
|  
|masons apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|murarmästare
| minister
|master mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| puke
|mureriarbetare
|  
|bricklayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pulsator campanae
|murerihandtlangare
| (latin)
|hodman
|  
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| pulsator organi
|musketerare
| (latin)
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|målare
|  
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| puppmakare
|målargesäll
|  
|journeyman painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| pälsare, pälsmakare
|målarmästare
|  
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|månads karl
|  
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| rammakare
|månglerska
|  
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| ramsnickare
|månglare
|  
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| raskpassare
|mältare
|  
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| rectrix
|mästare
| (latin)
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| redsven
|mästergesäll
|  
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|möbelhandlare
| (military)
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|möbelmakare
| (military)
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| reglerare
|möbelsnickare
|  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|mölnare (1829)
|  
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| resehandlare
|mönsterherre
|  
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| reuter
|mönsterskrivare
|  
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| riddare
|mössmakare
|  
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridfogde
|nattman
|  
|night man
|  
|
|-
|-
| rostvändare
|nattvaktare
|  
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteman
|nipperhandlare
|  
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|nipphandlerska
|  
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteringsbåtsman
|nybyggare
|  
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|nålmakare
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| rullerska
|nämdeman , nm., nman
|  
|juror
|  
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|näringsidkare
|  
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttare
|nätbindare
| (military) cavalryman
|net maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|officer
|  
|officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| räckare
|okulist
|  
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| rådman
|ombudsman
| councilman
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| rättare
|opperstyrman
| farm foreman
|captain's mate
|  
|
|-
|-
| sacellanus
|organist
| (latin)
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| sacerdos
|orgelbyggare
| (latin)
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|orgelnist
| (latin)
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| sadelmakare
|orgelspelare
|  
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|orgeltrampare
|  
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| sartor
|osthandlare
|  
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| satinatär
|ostronhandlare
|  
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|oxhandlare
|  
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|oxslagtare
|  
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|packhusinspektor
|  
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare
|packhuskarl
|  
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|pansarsmed
|  
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexman, siäxman
|pantaregare
|  
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillbärare
|pantgivare
|  
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexman
|papparbetare
| parish caretaker
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjättedomare
|pappersfabrikör
|  
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|pappershandlare
| sailor, seaman
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skallman
|pappersskärare
|  
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|pappmakare
| executioner, hangman
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|parfymfabrikant
| (military) sharpshooter
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattearrendator
|parfymhandlare
|  
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebergsman
|parmmätare
|  
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|pastor
|  
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| skattelapp
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|  
|(latin) parish priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattningsman
|pastorsadjunkt
|  
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| skeppare
|pelshandlare
| skipper
|furrier
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|pennberedare
|  
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| skiftare
|pensionsföreståndare
|  
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoflickare
|perukmakare
|  
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogman
|p. et. P.
|  
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|-
|-
| skogskommissarie
|piga
|  
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| skogstorpare
|pipare
|  
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|pipsmed
| forester
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare
|piskmakare
| schoolteacher
|whip makeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare
|plogsmed
| shoemaker
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| skottman
|plymmakare
|  
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråfader
|plåtslagare
|  
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|porterbryggare
| tailor
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| skrädtigare
|possessionat
|  
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| skuvare
|postförare
|  
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärsant
|postmästare
|  
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| skörare
|predikant
|  
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skörvakt
|prest
|  
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköttare
|principal
|  
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|profoss
| meat cutter, butcher
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| slubbare, slubberska
|prost
|  
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|provinsialläkare
|  
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|präst
|  
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|pungmakare
| blacksmith
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| smeddräng
|rackare
|  
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| smedsven
|reesig
|  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältare
|regementsknekt
|  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältardräng
|repslagare
|  
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältarmästare
|resandefolk
|  
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickare
|resepredikant
| carpenter
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|riddare
|  
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenrättare
|ridlärare
|  
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskomakare
|roddare
|  
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|rorgängare
|  
|helmsman, steersman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenstugubetjänt
|roteman
|  
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| socknare
|rotemästare
|  
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknebödare
|rotesoldat
|  
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknelapp
|rotmästare
|  
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| soldat
|ruggare
| soldier
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| speckhök
|rusthållare
|  
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
|  
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|-
|-
| spetsmakare
|ryttare
|  
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetssmed
|ryttmästare
|  
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| spikdräng
|rådbisittare
|  
|city councilman
|  
|The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|rådman
|  
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| spinnare
|rättare
| spinner
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsbetjänt
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|  
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
|  
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| stallare
|sadelmakare
|  
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stampare
|salthandlare
|  
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| statare, statdräng
|saltmätare
| farm laborer
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| statman
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|  
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| statsfru
|satinvävare
|  
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| stattorpare
|saxmakare
| farm laborer, usually married
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| stavhuggare
|segelmakare
|  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stekare
|segelsömmare
|  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|sejlare
|  
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|sergeant
| stonecutter
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| strandsittare
|sexmän
|  
|type of parish law enforcement
|  
|In older times the sexmän were a type of police authority for the discipline and order within a parish. The sexmän fined people for being disruptive during church services, sleeping during church services, drunkenness at banquets, or even sexual offenses. They expressed their charges at the parish council in turn, or according to turn based on the commons of each rote. The number of sexmän varied according to the size of the parish. The purpose of sexmän in a parish was deminished after the municipal reforms of 1862. After 1862 the sexmän were occasionally used to support municipal or church councils by delivering notifications or summons to appear before the respective councils (mostly from church councils.) By the early 1900’s the function of the sexmän was given to the fjärdingsman or village patrolmen.
|-
|-
| stupagreve
|silkhandlare
|  
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|sillpackare
|  
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|sjöman
| (military)
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| styreman
|skarprättare
|  
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|skarpskytt
| (military)  
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| surveillant
|skattebonde
|  
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|skatteindrivare
| (latin) shoemaker
|tax collector
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|skeppare
|  
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| sysslepåg
|skeppsbyggmästare
|  
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|skeppsgosse
| saw setter
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| säckguldsmed
|skoarbetare
|  
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| säjarekarl, säjarmakare
|skogshuggare
|  
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sängvaktare
|skogvaktare
|  
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| sättare
|skollärare
|  
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| sökare
|skomakare
|  
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| taffelsmed
|skomakaregesäll
|  
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetmakare
|skomakaremästare
|  
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tappare
|skråmästare
|  
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| tavernare
|skräddare, skrädkarl
|  
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringsassistent
|skräddaregesäll
|  
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringskommissarie
|skräddarelärling
|  
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|skulptör
| brickmaker, tiler
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|skutskeppare
| brickmoulder, tiler
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|skådespelare
| tiler
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|skärslippare
| beggar
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tillsierska
|skördeman
|  
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|sköterska
| carpenter, builder
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| tinghörer
|slaktardräng
|  
|butcher's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|slaktare
|  
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjuv
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| thief
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| tjänare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| servant
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|smed
|  
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|smedsgesäll
|  
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| tolvman
|smedsmästare
|  
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|småkrämare
|  
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|smältare
| crofter, cottager
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| tredjen, tredjer
|smältarsmed
|  
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| tremänningssoldat
|smörhandlare
| (military)
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| trumslagare
|snickare
| drummer
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tråggesäll
|snickarmästare
|  
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|snörmakare
| gardener
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tröjekäring
|sockenpräst
|  
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|sockenskrivare
| barrelmaker
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnjunkare
|sockerbagare
|  
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsgesäll
|sockerbruksarbetare
|  
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsmockare
|soldat
|  
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullmelerare
|speditör
|  
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| underlagman
|spetshandlare
|  
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|spetsknypplerska
|  
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnmästare
|spiksmed
|  
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| uppblåsare
|spinnare
|  
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| utbrukare
|spinnerska
|  
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| utsittare
|spinnhushjon
|  
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| vagndrivare
|stadsfogde
|  
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnkarl
|stadskamrer
|  
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnman
|stadsläkare
|  
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|statare, statsdräng
| cartwright
|see statkarl
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|statkarl
| (military)  
|farm hand
|
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| vagnsåkare
|statman
|  
|statesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktare
|statsfru
|  
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|stenarbetare
| caretaker
|stone worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| valackare
|stenbrytare
|  
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| valkare
|stenhuggare
|  
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|stenkolsarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| vallsmed
|stickerska
|  
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsarbete
|strykerska
|  
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsrättare
|strängmakare
|  
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vantmakare
|studerande
|  
|student
|  
|
|-
|-
| vasall
|styckgjutare
|  
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| verkgesäll
|styckjunkare
|  
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|styresman
|  
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice korpral
|styrman
|  
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|stålarbetare
|  
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vinman
|stålsmed
|  
|steel smith
|  
|
|-
|-
| voltigör
|stålmångelska
|  
|stall woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|sutor
|  
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| vårdskrivare
|svamphandlare
|  
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| väpnare
|svarvare
|  
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|svärdfejare
| weaver
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävlagare
|symamsell
|  
|seamstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävpiga
|sågställare
|  
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| växlare
|sämskmakare
|  
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkare
|sättare
|  
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|taktäckare
| profession, occupation
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| åbo
|tandläkare
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|tapetserare
|  
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|tappare
|  
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| änglamakerska
|tattare
|  
|gipsy (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärendesman
|taxeringsman
|  
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärlingsman
|tegelformare
|  
|brick moulder
|  
|
|-
|-
| ödegårdsman
|tegelbrännare
|  
|brickmaker, tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| överman
|tegelslagare
|  
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
| överståthållare
|tegeltäckare
|  
|tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| 12man
|tehandlare
|  
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
|
|-
|tenngjutare
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|tiggare
|beggar
|
|-
|timmerhuggare
|timber cutter
|
|-
|timmerman
|carpenter, builder
|
|-
|tingsskrivare
|copyist of court cases
|
|-
|tjuv
|thief
|
|-
|tjänare
|servant
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|tjänstehjon
|servant, menial work
|see tjänare
|-
|tobakshandlare
|tobacco merchant
|
|-
|tobaksspinnare
|tobacco spinner
|
|-
|tolvman
|se nämdeman
|
|-
|tornväktare
|tower watch
|
|-
|torpare
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|-
|tresserska
|braider, plaiter
|
|-
|trikotstickerska
|tricot knitter,
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|trummare
|drummer
|
|-
|tryckare
|printer, pressman
|
|-
|trädgårdsmästare
|gardener
|
|-
|tullbetjänt
|customs officer
|
|-
|tulltjänsteman
|customs officer
|
|-
|tullvaktmästare
|landing waiter
|
|-
|tunnbindare
|barrelmaker, cooper
|
|-
|tunnelarbetare
|tunneller
|
|-
|tvättare
|male launderer, washerman
|
|-
|tvätterska
|washerwoman
|
|-
|tvättgumma
|washerwoman
|-
|tältmakare
|tent maker
|
|-
|ullfärgare
|wool dyer
|
|-
|ullhandlare
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|
|-
|underlöjtnant
|sub lieutenant
|
|-
|underofficer
|non comissioned officer
|
|-
|underståtthållare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|-
|urmakare
|watch and clockmaker
|
|-
|vagnmakare
|cartwright, carriage maker
|
|-
|vagnmästare
|wagon master
|
|-
|vaktare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|
|-
|vallflicka
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|-
|valkare
|fuller, miller
|
|-
|vallhjon
|a person tending cattle in the field
|
|-
|vandrare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|-
|vapendragare
|squire, esquire
|
|-
|vedhuggare
|wood cutter
|
|-
|vice häradshövding
|see häradshövding
|
|-
|vicepastor
|curate
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|vinodlare
|wine grower
|
|-
|vårdarinna
|nurse
|
|-
|väglagare
|repairer of roads
|
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|
|-
|vävskedbindare
|weaver's comb binder
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|yllehandlare
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|-
|yrke
|occupation, profession
|
|-
|yrkesidkare
|trader
|
|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
|
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
|-
|ämbetsman
|government official, crown officer
|
|-
|överbefalhavare
|commander in chief
|
|-
|överkonstapel
|(military) corporal
|
|-
|överståthållare
|governor
|
|-
|ölbryggare
|beer brewer
|
|}
|}


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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


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


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