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