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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==
*'''1752-1941''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20339/sweden-sailors-seamen%E2%80%99s-house-enrollments?s=275764761 Sweden, Sailors and Seamen’s House Enrollments] at MyHeritage — index ($)


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