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==Online Resources==
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>
*'''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==
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 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>  
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 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>
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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"
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!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|-
|aktris
|actress
|female play actor, performer
|-
|aktör
|actor
|male play actor, performer
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer
|service position with ramrods
|-
|apotekare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|-
|arbetare
|worker, laborer
|
|-
|arbetskarl
|male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|arbetsman
|male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|arbk.
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|arkebusier
|(military) member of firing squad
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|arkibiskop
|(1788) archbishop
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|arklimästare
|(military) gunner
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|arrendator
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (''arrendekontrakt''). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
|-
|artillerist
|(military) man of the artillery
|
|-
|artillerikonstapel
|(military) bombardier
|
|-
|assessor
|assessor
|
|-
|-
|assuradör
! Occupation
|insurer, underwriter
! Short definition
|
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|-
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| accismästare
|auctioneer
| customs officer
|one who performs auctions for public sale
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|-
|auktor, autor
| ackuschörska
|author
| a midwife
|author, penman, writer (1829)
| <br>
|-
|-
|avisskrivare
| adelsbussar
|newswriter
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|gazetteer, or newswriter
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|-
|-
|avskedad soldat
| adelsman
|discharged, resigned soldier
| nobleman
|
|  
|-
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
| adelssven
|transcriber, copier
| page (youth)  
|
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
|axplockare
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|gleaner
| (latin)
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|  
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| adjunctus ex officio
|cottager (1788)
| (latin)  
|see backstugusittare
|  
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|cottager
| (latin)
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|  
|-
|-
|badare
| administer, administra
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| administrator, pradii
|barber surgeon
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|badmästare
| advocatus ecclesiae
|bath-keeper
| (latin)
|(1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bagare
| aedituus
|baker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| aftonsångspredikant
|baker's man
| evening-service preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| aktor
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| aktris
|master baker
| actress
|
| female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|banérförare
| aktör
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| actor
|
| male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|banérherre
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|(military) banneret
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|
|  
|-
|-
|banér-riddare
| ansättare
|(military) knight banneret
| (military) rammer
|
| service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| apotekare
|porter, messenger at a bank
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|  
|-
|-
|banmästare
| arbetare
|overseer of a railway line
| worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberare
| arbetsman
|barber, shaver
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberarebiträde
| arbk.
|barber's assistant
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|
| male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| arkebusier
|journeyman barber
| (military) member of firing squad
|
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
|barberarelärling
| arklimästare
|barber's apprentice
| (military) gunner
|
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|barkare
| arrendator
|tanner
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|(1829)
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| artillerist
|male midwife
| (military) man of the artillery
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnmorska
| artillerikonstapel
|female midwife
| (military) bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| assessor
|maid for children
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnsköterska
| assuradör
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| insurer, underwriter
|
|  
|-
|-
|baron
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|baron
| auctioneer
|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.
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
|basunist
| auktor, autor
|trumpeter
| author
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|bataljonsadjuntant
| avisskrivare
|(military) sergeant-major
| newswriter
|
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
|bataljonschef
| avskedad soldat
|(military) commander of a battalion
| discharged, resigned soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|batterikonstapel
| axplockare
|(military) battalion bombardier
| gleaner
|
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|bedragare
| backstugusittare
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| cottager
|
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|-
|-
|befallningshavande
| badaremästare
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| barber surgeon
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman
| badmästare
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| bath-keeper
|
| (1889)
|-
|-
|befallningsman (konungens)
| bagare
|county governor
| baker
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|  
|-
|-
|befaren båtsman
| bagaregesäll
|(military) traveling sailor
| baker's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|befordrare
| bagarelärling
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|befällningshavande
| bagaremästare
|officer in command
| master baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|beherskare
| banérförare
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bensamlare
| banérherre
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| (military) banneret
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergmästare
| banér-riddare
|minemaster (1829)
| (military) knight banneret
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsarbetare
| bankvaktmästare
|miner
| porter, messenger at a bank
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsbruksidkare
| banmästare
|mining man
| overseer of a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsfogde
| barberare
|bailiff of a mine
| barber, shaver
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergshauptman
| barberarebiträde
|mine inspector
| barber's assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergskarl
| barberaregesäll
|miner
| journeyman barber
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergslagsman
| barberarelärling
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| barber's apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsman
| barkare
|miner
| tanner
|part owner of a mine (1788)
| (1829)
|-
|-
|bergsprångare
| barnförlossare
|miner
| male midwife
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsråd
| barnmorska
|
| female midwife
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beridare
| barnpiga
|horsebreaker, riding master
| maid for children
|
|  
|-
|-
|beskattningsman
| barnsköterska
|taxer, assessor
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|
|  
|-
|-
|beslagare
| baron
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| baron
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
| 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.
|-
|-
|beslagskarl
| basunist
|see beslagare
| trumpeter
|
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
|besökare
| bataljonsadjuntant
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| (military) sergeant-major
|
|  
|-
|-
|betalare
| bataljonschef
|paymaster (1788)
| (military) commander of a battalion
|
|  
|-
|-
|betjänt
| batterikonstapel
|servant, civil servant
| (military) battalion bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|bettlare
| befallningshavande
|beggar
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
|bevaktare
| befallningsman
|guard, keeper
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| befallningsman (konungens)
|captain of the watch
| county governor
|
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
|bevarare
| befaren båtsman
|preserver, saver, conservator
| (military) traveling sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringskarl
| befällningshavande
|militia man, conscript
| officer in command
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| bensamlare
|militia man, conscript
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|bibliotekarie
| bergmästare
|librarian
| minemaster (1829)
|
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
|bijouterihandlare
| bergsarbetare
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildhuggare
| bergsbruksidkare
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| mining man
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildskärare
| bergsfogde
|se bildsnidare
| bailiff of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildsnidare
| bergshauptman
|sculptor
| mine inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljare
| bergskarl
|ticket seller, booking clerk
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljerska
| bergslagsman
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|bilöpare
| bergsman
|interloper
| miner
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
| usually a mining farmer, not a mine worker
|-
|-
|bindare
| beridare
|tier, binder, fastener
| horsebreaker, riding master
|for example net making
|  
|-
|-
|biodlare
| beskattningsman
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| taxer, assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|biskop
| beslagare
|bishop
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|  
|-
|-
|biskötare
| beslagskarl
|bee-keeper, bee-master
| see beslagare
|
|  
|-
|-
|biträde
| besökare
|assistant
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bjudare
| betjänt
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
| servant, civil servant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bleckslagare
| bettlare
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| beggar
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|blockmakare
| bevaktare
|block maker, pulley maker
| guard, keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|blodigelodlare
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|cultivator of leeches
| captain of the watch
|
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlare
| bevarare
|flower seller (male)
| preserver, saver, conservator
|also known as blomstermånglare
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlerska
| beväringskarl
|flower seller (female)
| militia man, conscript
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterodlare
| beväringsman
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| recruit, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|blossbärare
| bibliotekarie
|torch-bearer
| librarian
|
|  
|-
|-
|blyarbetare
| bijouterihandlare
|lead worker, plumber
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|
|  
|-
|-
|blyfalsare
| bildhuggare
|plumber
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|
|  
|-
|-
|blystöpare
| bildskärare
|plumber
| se bildsnidare
|
|  
|-
|-
|blytäckare
| bildsnidare
|plumber
| sculptor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodbetjent
| biljettförsäljare
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| ticket seller, booking clerk  
|
|  
|-
|-
|boddräng
| biljettförsäljerska
|shop hand
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodflicka
| bilöpare
|shop girl, shop maid
| interloper
|
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
|bodgosse
| bindare
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| tier, binder, fastener
|
| for example net making
|-
|-
|bodhandlare
| biodlare
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodmamsell
| biskop
|shop girl, shop woman
| bishop
|
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
|bokbindare
| biskötare
|bookbinder
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokförare
| biträde
|book keeper
| assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhandlare
| bjudare
|bookseller
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhållare
| bleckslagare
|book keeper
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|same as bokförare
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|bokhäftare
| blockmakare
|book stitcher
| block maker, pulley maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokmakare
| blodigelodlare
|book wright, book maker
| cultivator of leeches
|
|  
|-
|-
|bonde
| blomsterhandlare
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
| flower seller (male)
|
| also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
|bondedräng
| blomsterhandlerska
|farm hand
| flower seller (female)
|a farmer's man, young peasant
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
|bondeflicka
| blomsterodlare
|country girl
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondepiga
| blossbärare
|peasant's maid
| torch-bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|borgare
| blyarbetare
|citizen, burgher
| lead worker, plumber
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|  
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| blyfalsare
|mayor
| plumber
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|  
|-
|-
|borrare
| blystöpare
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|borrmakare
| blytäckare
|bit forger
| plumber
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|  
|-
|-
|borrsmed
| bodbetjent
|bit smith
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|boskapshandlare
| boddräng
|dealer of livestock
| shop hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsherde
| bodflicka
|herdsman
| shop girl, shop maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsskötare
| bodgosse
|stockman
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsvaktare
| bodhandlare
|herdsman
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|boställshavare
| bodmamsell
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| shop girl, shop woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bouppteckningsman
| bokbindare
|person who inventories (1889)
| bookbinder
|
|  
|-
|-
|boutredningsman
| bokförare
|administrator
| book keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|brandmästare
| bokhandlare
|fire warden
| bookseller
|
|  
|-
|-
|braständare
| bokhållare
|fire lighter
| book keeper
|
| same as bokförare
|-
|-
|brevbärare
| bokhäftare
|letter carrier, postman
| book stitcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevdragare
| bokmakare
|see brevbärare
| book wright, book maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevskrivare
| bonde
|letter writer
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevställare
| bondedräng
|see brevskrivare
| farm hand
|
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
|brobyggare
| bondeflicka
|bridge builder
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|broderare
| bondepiga
|embroiderer
| peasant's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|broläggare
| borgare
|bridge builder, paver
| citizen, burgher
|
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
|bromästare
| borgmästare
|bridge master
| mayor
|
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
|bronsarbetare
| borrare
|worker in bronze
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsgjutare
| borrmakare
|bronze founder, brazier
| bit forger
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|brottmålsdomare
| borrsmed
|judge criminal
| bit smith
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits&nbsp;&nbsp; For more, see:&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|brottmålsnoterie
| boskapshandlare
|crown clerk
| dealer of livestock
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovaktare
| boskapsherde
|guard of a bridge
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovindare
| boskapsskötare
|bridge driver
| stockman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brukare
| boskapsvaktare
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| boställshavare
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksegare
| bouppteckningsman
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
| person who inventories (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bryggare
| boutredningsman
|brewer
| administrator
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännmästare
| brandmästare
|master distiller
| fire warden
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännvinsbrännare
| braständare
|brandy distiller
| fire lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|buntmakare
| brevbärare
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
| letter carrier, postman
|
|  
|-
|-
|byfogde
| brevdragare
|hamlet bailiff
| see brevbärare
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggare, byggkarl
| brevskrivare
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| letter writer
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| brevställare
|master builder, contractor
| see brevskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bykerska
| brobyggare
|washerwoman
| bridge builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|byskomakare
| broderare
|village shoemaker
| embroiderer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bågflytt
| broläggare
|archer, bowman
| bridge builder, paver
|
|  
|-
|-
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| bromästare
|(military) seaman, sailor
| bridge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bälgmakare
| bronsarbetare
|bellows-maker
| worker in bronze
|
|  
|-
|-
|bödel
| bronsgjutare
|executioner
| bronze founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|bösseskytt
| brottmålsdomare
|(military)
| judge criminal
|
|  
|-
|-
|bössmed
| brottmålsnoterie
|gunsmith
| crown clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|cantor
| brovaktare
|(latin)
| guard of a bridge
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|  
|-
|-
|curatus
| brovindare
|(latin)
| bridge driver
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|  
|-
|-
|custod
| brukare
|(latin)
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|  
|-
|-
|d., dr.
| bruksarbetare
|abbreviation for dräng
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|dagkarl, daglönare
| bruksegare
|day laborer
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|
|  
|-
|-
|danneman
| bryggare
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
| brewer
|
|  
|-
|-
|degn
| brännmästare
|assistant to the priest
| master distiller
|The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|  
|-
|-
|deja, dejpiga
| brännvinsbrännare
|maidservant, milkmaid
| brandy distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| buntmakare
|Miss
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|
|  
|-
|-
|d.g.
| byfogde
|
| hamlet bailiff
|
|  
|-
|-
|disponent
| byggare, byggkarl
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|domare
| byggmästare
|judge
| master builder, contractor
|
|  
|-
|-
|domesticus
| bykerska
|(latin)
| washerwoman
|servant, one who serves in a household
|  
|-
|-
|domprost
| byskomakare
|dean
| village shoemaker
|see also prestman
|  
|-
|-
|dr.
| bågflytt
|abbreviation for dräng
| archer, bowman
|
|  
|-
|-
|drabant, dravant
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| (military) seaman, sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|dragon
| bälgmakare
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|dräng, dr.
| bödel
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
| executioner
|
|  
|-
|-
|däga
| bösseskytt
|see deja
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantagent
| bössmed
|emigrant agent
| gunsmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantvärvare
| cantor
|emigrant agent
| (latin)
|
| see klockare
|-
|-
|extra roteringsmän
| commissarius
|
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| curatus
|factory worker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|famnmätare
| custod
|corder of wood
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fanjunkare
| d., dr.
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburshustru
| dagkarl, daglönare
|wife of a storekeeper
| day laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburssven
| danneman
|storehouse apprentice
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| degn
|pauper
| 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.)
|-
|-
|filtare
| deja, dejpiga
|felter
| maidservant, milkmaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|finbagare
| demoiselle
|pastry cook
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiolmakare
| d.g.
|violen maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskare
| domare
|fisherman
| judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskarflicka
| domesticus
|fisher girl
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskargosse
| domestik
|fisher boy
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskhandlare
| domherre
|fish salesman, fish hawker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjerdingsman
| domprost
|under bailiff of a härad
| see prestman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjäderarbetare
| dompräst
|feather maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| dr.
|see fjerdingsman
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|flickare
| drabant, dravant
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|
|  
|-
|-
|fogde
| dragon
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|  
|-
|-
|forbonde
| dräng, dr.
|carter, wagoner
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|
|  
|-
|-
|forman
| däga
|see forbonde
| see deja
|
|  
|-
|-
|formare
| emigrantagent
|moulder (1829)
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|friborgare
| emigrantvärvare
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|frihandlare
| extra roteringsmän
|free trader
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherre
| fabriksarbetare
|baron
| factory worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherrinna
| famnmätare
|baroness
| corder of wood
|
|  
|-
|-
|fru
| fanjunkare
|Mrs.
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälse
| fatburshustru
|nobility
| wife of a storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsebonde
| fatburssven
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| storehouse apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsetorpare
| fattighjon
|see frälsebonde
| pauper
|
|  
|-
|-
|fröken
| filtare
|lady, honorable Miss
| felter
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrvaktare
| finbagare
|lighthouse man
| pastry cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrverkare
| fiolmakare
|(military) fire worker
| violen maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fågelfängare
| fiskare
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| fisherman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| fiskarflicka
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
| fisher girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårherde
| fiskargosse
|sheep tender, shepherd
| fisher boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårklippare
| fiskhandlare
|sheep shearer
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fädräng
| fjerdingsman
|male herdsman, working with cattle
| under bailiff of a härad
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäflicka
| fjäderarbetare
|female herder, working with cattle
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäktmästare
| fjärdingsman
|fencing master, master swordsman
| see fjerdingsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältbagare
| flickare
|army baker
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältjägare
| fogde
|army ranger
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
|fältpredikant
| forbonde
| army chaplain
| carter, wagoner
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältskär
| forman
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
| see forbonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| formare
|(military) sergeant major
| moulder (1829)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fänrik
| friborgare
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)  
|also seen as fändrik
|  
|-
|-
|färgare
| frihandlare
|dyer, stainer
| free trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|färgaregesäll
| friherre
|journeyman dyer
| baron
|
|  
|-
|-
|färikarl
| friherrinna
|ferryman (1829)
| baroness
|
|  
|-
|-
|färsing
| fru
|weaver, common weaver
| Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|fästebonde
| frälse
|a tenant farmer
| nobility
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|  
|-
|-
|förare
| frälsebonde
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|  
|-
|-
|föreståndare
| frälsetorpare
|manager
| see frälsebonde
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|  
|-
|-
|förpaktare
| fröken
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| lady, honorable Miss
|alias to arrendator
|  
|-
|-
|förpantare
| fyrvaktare
|mortgager,
| lighthouse man
|
|  
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| fyrverkare
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| (military) fire worker
|also means defenseless
|  
|-
|-
|garnhandlare
| fågelfängare
|dealer in wools
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|
|  
|-
|-
|garnisonssoldat
| fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
|soldier in garrison duty
| A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|
|  
|-
|-
|garvare
| fårherde
|tanner (1829)
| sheep tender, shepherd
|
|  
|-
|-
|gaständare
| fårklippare
|gas lighter
| sheep shearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|generalbefälhavare
| fädräng
|commanding general of a district
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|generallöjtnant
| fäflicka
|lieutenant general
| female herder, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|gesäll
| fäktmästare
|journeyman
| fencing master, master swordsman
|often abbreviated as gs
|  
|-
|-
|gjutare
| fältbagare
|caster, founder, moulder
| army baker
|works at a foundry
|  
|-
|-
|glasarbetare
| fältjägare
|glass worker
| hunter (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasblåsare
| fältpredikant
|glassblower
| army chaplin
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasfabrikant
| fältskär
|glassmaker
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|glashandlare
| fältväbel
|glassman
| (military) sergeant major
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| fänrik
|glassmaker
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|
| also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
|glasmålare
| färgare
|glass painter
| dyer, stainer
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasslipare
| färgaregesäll
|glass cutter, glass grinder
| journeyman dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasögonmakare
| färikarl
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
| ferryman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glättare
| färsing
|glosser, glazer, levigator
| weaver, common weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|gratialist
| fästebonde
|pensionary (1889)
| a tenant farmer
|person who receives or lives on a pension
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| förare
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
|grosshandlare
| föreståndare
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| manager
|
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
|gruvarbetare
| förpantare
|miner
| mortgager,
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvbrytare
| försvarslös
|miner
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|
| also means defenseless
|-
|-
|gruvförvaltare
| garnhandlare
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| dealer in wools
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvkarl
| garnisonssoldat
|see gruvarbetare
| soldier in garrison duty
|
|  
|-
|-
|grönsakshandlare
| garvare
|green grocer
| tanner (1829)
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|  
|-
|-
|gs.
| gaständare
|
| gas lighter
|abbreviation for gesäll
|  
|-
|-
|guldarbetare
| generalbefälhavare
|goldsmith (1829)
| commanding general of a district
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|guldsmed
| generallöjtnant
|goldsmith (1829)
| lieutenant general
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsbrukare
| gesäll
|farmer
| journeyman
|
| often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
|gårdsdräng
| gjutare
|see dräng
| caster, founder, moulder
|
| works at a foundry
|-
|-
|gårdsfogde
| glasarbetare
|see befallningsman
| glass worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| glasblåsare
|innkeeper
| glassblower
|
|  
|-
|-
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| glasfabrikant
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
| glassmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarmästare
| glashandlare
|forge master
| glassman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|forger, hammerman
| glassmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnfogde
| glasmålare
|overseer of a port
| glass painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnkapten
| glasslipare
|harbor master
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsidkare
| glasögonmakare
|trader, merchandiser
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsman
| glättare
|merchant, trader
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|
|  
|-
|-
|handhavare
| grenadjär
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| grosshandlare
|glove maker, glover
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| gruvarbetare
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverksgesäll
| gruvbrytare
|journeyman artisian
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| gruvförvaltare
|hatmaker
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|
|  
|-
|-
|hejdriddare
| gruvkarl
|ranger
| see gruvarbetare
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|  
|-
|-
|hembiträde
| grönsakshandlare
|servant girl, maid
| green grocer
|
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
|hemmansegare
| gs.
|farm owner
|  
|
| abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| guldarbetare
|farmer
| goldsmith (1829)  
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| guldsmed
|farmer, homeowner
| goldsmith (1829)
|same as jordegare
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|herrgårdstjenst
| gårdsbrukare
|service at a manor
| farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjon
| gårdsdräng
|person (1829, 1889)
| see dräng
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| gårdsfogde
|wheelwright, wheeler
| see befallningsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakardräng
| gästgivare
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| innkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphjon
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|extra hand or helper
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphustru
| hammarmästare
|helping woman,
| forge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbagare (1829)
| hammarsmed
|the kings baker
| forger, hammerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovdam (1829)
| hamnfogde
|lady of the court
| overseer of a port
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbetjent (1829)
| hamnkapten
|officer of the court
| harbor master
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovjunkare (1829)
| handelsidkare
|servant to the king
| trader, merchandiser
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|  
|-
|-
|hovkansler
| handelsman
|court chancellor
| merchant, trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovman (1829)
| handhavare
|courtier
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hudafdragare (1889)
| handskmakare
|skinner, flayer
| glove maker, glover
|
|  
|-
|-
|husbonde (1829)
| hantverkare
|master of a family or house
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|husdräng (1829)
| hantverksgesäll
|man servant in a house
| journeyman artisian
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfader
| hattmakare
|head of household, father
| hatmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|husflicka
| hejdriddare
|girl servant in a house
| ranger
|
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
|husfolk
| hemmansegare
|farmers, farm people
| farm owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|hushållare
| hemmansbrukare
|housekeeper
| farmer
|
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
|husjungfru (1829)
| hemmansägare
|see hushållerska
| farmer, homeowner
|
| same as jordegare
|-
|-
|husmamsell
| herrgårdstjenst
|housekeeper
| service at a manor
|
|  
|-
|-
|husman
| hjon
|tenant farmer
| person (1829, 1889)
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
|husmoder
| hjulmakare
|housewife, mistress of a family
| wheelwright, wheeler
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspiga
| hjulmakardräng
|housemaid
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspredikant
| hjälphjon
|private chaplain, house preacher
| extra hand or helper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustjänare
| hjälphustru
|house servant, domestic
| helping woman,  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustru
| hovbagare (1829)
|wife, mistress of a family
| the kings baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|hyttarbetare
| hovdam (1829)
|smelter, works at a foundry
| lady of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|hållkarl
| hovbetjent (1829)
|hostler
| officer of the court
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|  
|-
|-
|hårarbetare
| hovjunkare (1829)
|hair worker
| servant to the king
|
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
|häradsbokhållare
| hovkansler
|see häradsskrivare
| court chancellor
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsdomare
| hovman (1829)
|senior jurate
| courtier
|the oldest of the jury
|  
|-
|-
|häradsfogde
| hudafdragare (1889)
|bailiff of a härad (district)
| skinner, flayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradshövding
| husbonde (1829)
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
| master of a family or house
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsskrivare
| husdräng (1829)
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
| man servant in a house
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|  
|-
|-
|hövitsman
| husfader
|captain
| head of household, father
|
|  
|-
|-
|infanterist
| husflicka
|foot soldier
| girl servant in a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyses
| husfolk
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| farmers, farm people
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyseshjon
| hushållare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| housekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|inspektor
| husjungfru (1829)
|inspector
| see hushållerska
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|  
|-
|-
|inspektör
| husmamsell
|inspector
| housekeeper
|superior, superintendent
|  
|-
|-
|ishandlare
| husman
|ice man, dealer of ice
| tenant farmer
|
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
|jagare
| husmoder
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| housewife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|jodgumma (1829)
| huspiga
|midwife
| housemaid
|see barnmorska
|  
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| huspredikant
|husbandman (1829)
| private chaplain, house preacher
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|jordegare
| hustjänare
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| house servant, domestic
|
|  
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| hustru
|midwife (1889)
| wife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|jungfru
| hyttarbetare
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
| smelter, works at a foundry
|
|  
|-
|-
|junker
| hållkarl
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
| hostler
|
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
|jurist
| hårarbetare
|lawyer
| hair worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieborgmästare
| häradsbokhållare
|recorder
| see häradsskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieminister
| häradsdomare
|minster of justice
| senior jurate
|
| the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
|justitiestatsminister
| häradsfogde
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|
|  
|-
|-
|juvelerare
| häradshövding
|jeweller
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägare
| häradsskrivare
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägeribetjent
| hövitsman
|gamekeeper
| captain
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| infanterist
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
| foot soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnhandlare
| inhyses
|dealer of iron
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsarbetare
| inhyseshjon
|worker on a railway
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsbetjening
| inspektor
|service on a railway line
| inspector
|
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
|kakelungsmakare
| inspektör
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
| inspector
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
| superior, superintendent
|-
|-
|kammarfru
| ishandlare
|bedchamber woman
| ice man, dealer of ice
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjunkare
| jagare
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjungfru
| jodgumma (1829)
|see kammarpiga
| midwife
|
| see barnmorska
|-
|-
|kammarjägare
| jordbrukare
|rat hunter
| husbandman (1829)
|
| cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
|kammarpiga
| jordegare
|lady's maid
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| jordegumma
|clerk in a government office
| midwife (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|kamrerare
| jungfru
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|
|  
|-
|-
|kanongjutare
| junker
|cannon founder
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|founder who makes cannons
|  
|-
|-
|kapellmästare
| jurist
|chapel master
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapellpredikant
| justitieborgmästare
|preacher at a chapel
| recorder
|see kaplan
|  
|-
|-
|kaplan, kapellan
| justitieminister
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
| minster of justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapten
| justitiestatsminister
|(military) captain
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|  
|-
|-
|karduansmakare
| juvelerare
|cordwainer, leather dresser
| jeweller
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|  
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| jägare
|(military) cavalryman
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|kedjemakare
| jägeribetjent
|chain maker
| gamekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kistmakare
| jägmästare
|box maker
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| järnhandlare
|tinker
| dealer of iron
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelslagare
| järnvägsarbetare
|kettle maker
| worker on a railway
|
|  
|-
|-
|klampare
| järnvägsbetjening
|a foreman at a lumberyard
| service on a railway line
|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.
|  
|-
|-
|klensmed
| kakelungsmakare
|locksmith, toolmaker
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
|klockare, klr.
| kammarfru
|parish clerk
| bedchamber woman
|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.
|  
|-
|-
|klockgjutare
| kammarjunkare
|bell founder
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|
|  
|-
|-
|klr.
| kammarjungfru
|
| see kammarpiga
|abbreviation for klockare
|  
|-
|-
|kn.
| kammarjägare
|
| rat hunter
|abbreviation for knekt
|  
|-
|-
|klädesfärgare
| kammarpiga
|cloth dyer
| lady's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädeshandlare
| kammarskrivare
|cloth merchant
| clerk in a government office
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädesvävare
| kamrerare
|cloth weaver
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädsömmerska
| kanongjutare
|dressmaker
| cannon founder
|
| founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
|knalle
| kapellmästare
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
| chapel master
|
|  
|-
|-
|knappmakare
| kapellpredikant
|button maker
| preacher at a chapel
|
| see kaplan
|-
|-
|knekt
| kaplan, kapellan
|(military) soldier, man at arms
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|
|  
|-
|-
|knifvässare
| kapten
|knife sharpener, cutler
| (military) captain
|
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
|knifsmed
| karduansmakare
|cutler
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
|knipare
| kavallerist
|nipper
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplare
| kedjemakare
|male lace maker
| chain maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplerska
| kistmakare
|female lace maker
| box maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|koarrendator
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|see mjölkarrendator
| tinker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| kittelslagare
|merchant marine
| kettle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdikapten
| klampare
|captain of a merchant ship
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
|kofferdimatros
| klensmed
|merchant seaman
| locksmith, toolmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|koffertsnickare
| klockare, klr.
|trunk maker
| parish clerk
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
|kokerska
| klockgjutare
|female cook, cook maid
| bell founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|kogubbe
| klr.
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
| abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
|kolarbetare
| kn.
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
| abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
|kolare
| klädesfärgare
|coal man, charcoal burner
| cloth dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolbonde
| klädeshandlare
|coal carter
| cloth merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolhandlare
| klädesvävare
|coal merchant
| cloth weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|komminister
| klädsömmerska
|perpetual curate
| dressmaker
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|  
|-
|-
|kommissarie
| knalle
|commissioner
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|  
|-
|-
|konduktor
| knappmakare
|conductor, guard with the railways
| button maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|konduktör
| knekt
|sergeant
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|
|  
|-
|-
|konstapel
| knifvässare
|(police) constable
| knife sharpener, cutler
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|  
|-
|-
|konstnär
| knifsmed
|artist
| cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontorskrivare
| knipare
|clerk
| nipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontraktsprost
| knypplare
|rural dean
| male lace maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| knypplerska
|coppersmith
| female lace maker
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|koppartryckare
| koarrendator
|copper plate printer
| see mjölkarrendator
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgarbetare
| kofferdi
|basket worker, wicker
| merchant marine
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgflätare
| kofferdimatros
|basket maker
| merchant seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|korherre
| koffertsnickare
|canon
| trunk maker
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|  
|-
|-
|korpral
| kokerska
|(military) corporal
| female cook, cook maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kovaktare
| kogubbe
|cow keeper
| cow feeder, cow keeper  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kreaturshandlare
| kolarbetare
|see boskapshandlare
| collier
|
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| kolare
|
| coal man, charcoal burner
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|  
|-
|-
|krigsman
| kolbonde
|soldier
| coal carter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronoarrendator
| kolhandlare
|crown tenant, crown peasant
| coal merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobefallningsman
| komminister
|see länsman
| perpetual curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
|kronobetjäning
| kommissarie
|police
| commissioner
|
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
|kronobonde
| konduktor
|crown peasant
| conductor, guard with the railways
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronofogde
| konduktör
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
| sergeant
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|  
|-
|-
|kronojägare
| konstapel
|ranger
| (police) constable
|
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| konstnär
|see länsman
| artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronouppbördsman
| kontorskrivare
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
| clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| kontraktsprost
|potter
| rural dean
|
|  
|-
|-
|kryddkrämare
| kopparslagare
|grocer, storekeeper
| coppersmith
|
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|krögare
| koppartryckare
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
| copper plate printer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kurir
| korgarbetare
|courier
| basket worker, wicker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kusk, kutsk
| korgflätare
|coachman
| basket maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kustuppsyningsman
| korherre
|an under officer with the coast guard
| canon
|
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
|kvarnarrendator
| korpral
|renter of a mill
| (military) corporal
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnbyggare
| kovaktare
|mill wright
| cow keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarndräng
| kreaturshandlare
|mill hand
| see boskapshandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnegare
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|mill owner
|  
|
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
|kvarntullsinspektor
| krigsman
|mill toll inspector
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kypare
| kronoarrendator
|wine cooper, cooper
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkobetjänare
| kronobefallningsman
|churchman, clergyman
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoföreståndare
| kronobetjäning
|churchwarden
| police
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| kronobonde
|rector, parson, parish minister
| crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| kronofogde
|church guard, sexton
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
|kyrkvärd
| kronojägare
|churchwarden
| ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|käpphandlare
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|cane seller, caneman
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökbetjäning
| kronouppbördsman
|kitchen staff
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökspiga
| krukmakare
|kitchen maid
| potter
|
|  
|-
|-
|köpman
| kryddkrämare
|merchant
| grocer, storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|körsnär
| krögare
|fur merchant, furrier
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|see buntmakare
|  
|-
|-
|kötthandlare
| kurir
|meat salesman, butcher
| courier
|
|  
|-
|-
|köttmånglare
| kusk, kutsk
|see kötthandlare
| coachman
|
|  
|-
|-
|lackerare
| kvarnarrendator
|one who applies lacquer
| renter of a mill
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdsidkare
| kvarnbyggare
|dairyman
| mill wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdspiga
| kvarndräng
|dairymaid
| mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|laggare
| kvarnegare
|hooper
| mill owner
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|  
|-
|-
|lagkarl
| kvarntullsinspektor
|lawyer
| mill toll inspector
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|landbo
| kypare
|tenant farmer
| wine cooper, cooper
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|  
|-
|-
|landshövding
| kyrkobetjänare
|lord lieutenant
| churchman, clergyman
|see befallningshavande
|  
|-
|-
|landsknekt
| kyrkoföreståndare
|(military) landsquenet
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|landskontorist
| kyrkoherde
|clerk in receivers office
| rector, parson, parish minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsman
| kyrkovaktare
|fellow countryman, compatriot
| church guard, sexton
|
|  
|-
|-
|landstrykare
| kyrkvärd
|vagrant, tramp
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsvägsriddare
| käpphandlare
|knight of the road
| cane seller, caneman
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|  
|-
|-
|landtbo
| kökbetjäning
|countryman, person from the country
| kitchen staff
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbrukare
| kökspiga
|farmer, gentleman farmer
| kitchen maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksbokhållare
| köpman
|under steward
| merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksinspektor
| körsnär
|land steward
| fur merchant, furrier
|
| see buntmakare
|-
|-
|landtflicka
| kötthandlare
|country girl
| meat salesman, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthandlare
| köttmånglare
|country shopkeeper
| see kötthandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthushållare
| ladugårdsidkare
|husbandman
| dairyman
|see also jordbrukare
|  
|-
|-
|landtjunkare
| ladugårdspiga
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|lantmätare
| laggare
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
| hooper
|
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
|lappare
| lagkarl
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappbonde
| landbo
|Lapp peasant
| person living in the country
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappskarvare
| landshövding
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| lord lieutenant
|
| see befallningshavande
|-
|-
|lappskräddare
| landsknekt
|patch tailor, botcher
| (military) landsquenet
|
|  
|-
|-
|lastningsbokhållare
| landskontorist
|shipping clerk
| clerk in receivers office
|
|  
|-
|-
|legoknekt
| landsman
|(military) mercenary
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|
|  
|-
|-
|likörare
| landstrykare
|hearse driver
| vagrant, tramp
|
|  
|-
|-
|liktarskeppare
| landsvägsriddare
|lighterman, bargeman
| knight of the road
|
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
|limkokare
| landtbo
|glue boiler
| countryman, person from the country
|
|  
|-
|-
|linberedare
| landtbrukare
|flax dresser
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhandlare
| landtbruksbokhållare
|dealer in flax, flaxman
| under steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhäcklare
| landtbruksinspektor
|flax dresser
| land steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|linvävare
| landtflicka
|linen weaver
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdrabant
| landthandlare
|(military) yeoman of the guard
| country shopkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdragon
| landthushållare
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
| husbandman
|
| see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
|livgrenadjär
| landtjunkare
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|livhussar
| lappare
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|
|  
|-
|-
|ljusfabrikör
| lappbonde
|candlemaker
| Lapp peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|logarvare
| lappskarvare
|tanner
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|lokomotivförare
| lappskräddare
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
| patch tailor, botcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|lots
| lastningsbokhållare
|sea pilot
| shipping clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumphandlare
| legoknekt
|rag dealer
| (military) mercenary
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumpsamlare
| likörare
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
| hearse driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|lånförmedlare
| liktarskeppare
|negotiator of loans, broker
| lighterman, bargeman
|
|  
|-
|-
|läkare
| limkokare
|doctor
| glue boiler
|healer, curer, physician
|  
|-
|-
|länsbokhållare
| linberedare
|sheriff clerk
| flax dresser
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsinnehavare
| linhandlare
|tenant of a feud
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsman
| linhäcklare
|sheriff
| flax dresser
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsåklagare
| livdrabant
|county prosecutor
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärare
| livdragon
|teacher
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärling
| livgrenadjär
|apprentice
| &nbsp;(military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers&nbsp;
|
|  
|-
|-
|löjtnant
| livhussar
|lieutenant
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|
|  
|-
|-
|lösdrivare
| ljusfabrikör
|vagrant
| candlemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|madam
| logarvare
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
| tanner
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|  
|-
|-
|madrassmakare
| lokomotivförare
|mattressmaker
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinbokhållare
| lots
|warehouse clerk
| sea pilot
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinsförvaltare
| lumphandlare
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
| rag dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratsperson
| lumpsamlare
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratssekreterare
| lånförmedlare
|town clerk
| negotiator of loans, broker
|
|  
|-
|-
|major
| läkare
|(military) army major
| doctor
|
| healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
|majorska
| länsbokhållare
|wife of a major
| sheriff clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|malmbrytare
| länsinnehavare
|mine digger, miner
| tenant of a feud
|
|  
|-
|-
|malthandlare
| länsman
|dealer in malt, maltman
| sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|mamsell
| länsåklagare
|miss
| county prosecutor
|comparable to fröken
|  
|-
|-
|mantalskommissarie
| lärare
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
| teacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|manufakturhandlare
| lärling
|haberdasher
| apprentice
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|  
|-
|-
|marketentare
| löjtnant
|sutler
| lieutenant
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|  
|-
|-
|marketenterska
| lösdrivare
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
| vagrant
|
|  
|-
|-
|marmorarbetare
| madam
|marble cutter
| 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.)
|-
|-
|maskinarbetare
| madrassmakare
|mechanic, machinist
| mattressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|maskinist
| magasinbokhållare
|machinist
| warehouse clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|masmästare
| magasinsförvaltare
|smelting master
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|materialförvaltare
| magistratsperson
|store keeper
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|
|  
|-
|-
|matlagerska
| magistratssekreterare
|female cook
| town clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|matmoder
| major
|housewife, mistress of a house
| (military) army major
|
|  
|-
|-
|matros
| majorska
|sailor, seaman
| wife of a major
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|mattbindare
| malmbrytare
|mat maker, straw platter
| mine digger, miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|matvaruhandlare
| malthandlare
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| dealer in malt, maltman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mejerska
| mamsell
|dairy maid
| miss
|
| comparable to fröken
|-
|-
|messingsslagare
| mantalskommissarie
|brass smith, brazier
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|messingssmed
| manufakturhandlare
|brass smith
| haberdasher
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
|metallarbetare
| marketentare
|metal worker
| sutler
|
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
|metallgjutare
| marketenterska
|brass founder, brazier
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|mildsoldat
| marmorarbetare
|militiaman
| marble cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mineralgrävare
| maskinarbetare
|miner
| mechanic, machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|minister
| maskinist
|government minister
| machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|minuthandlare
| masmästare
|retailer
| smelting master
|
|  
|-
|-
|minör
| materialförvaltare
|miner (1889)
| store keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölhandlare
| matlagerska
|flour merchant
| female cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkarrendator
| matmoder
|tenant dairy farmer
| housewife, mistress of a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljare
| matros
|milkman
| sailor, seaman
|
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljerska
| mattbindare
|milkwoman
| mat maker, straw platter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkhustru
| matvaruhandlare
|milkwoman
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkpiga
| mejerska
|milkmaid, dairymaid
| dairy maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjöldräng
| messingsslagare
|miller's man
| brass smith, brazier
|
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|mjölnare
| messingssmed
|miller
| brass smith
|
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|mjölnarhustru
| metallarbetare
|millers wife
| metal worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnerska
| metallgjutare
|miller woman
| brass founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|modehandlare
| mildsoldat
|dealer in fancy goods
| militiaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|modesömmerska
| mineralgrävare
|milliner (1889)
| miner
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|modist
| minister
|milliner
| government minister
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|murare
| minuthandlare
|mason
| retailer
|bricklayer, stone mason
|  
|-
|-
|muraregesäll
| minör
|journeyman mason
| miner (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|murarelärling
| mjölhandlare
|masons apprentice
| flour merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|murarmästare
| mjölkarrendator
|master mason
| tenant dairy farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mureriarbetare
| mjölkförsäljare
|bricklayer
| milkman
|
|  
|-
|-
|murerihandtlangare
| mjölkförsäljerska
|hodman
| milkwoman
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|  
|-
|-
|musketerare
| mjölkhustru
|musketeer
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|målare
| mjölkpiga
|painter, artist
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|målargesäll
| mjöldräng
|journeyman painter
| miller's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|målarmästare
| mjölnare
|master painter
| miller
|
|  
|-
|-
|månads karl
| mjölnarhustru
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
| millers wife
|
|  
|-
|-
|månglerska
| mjölnerska
|market woman
| miller woman  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|  
|-
|-
|månglare
| modehandlare
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
| dealer in fancy goods  
|
|  
|-
|-
|mältare
| modesömmerska
|maltman, maltster
| milliner (1889)
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|mästare
| modist
|master
| milliner
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|mästergesäll
| murare
|master journeyman
| mason
|
| bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
|möbelhandlare
| muraregesäll
|dealer in furniture
| journeyman mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelmakare
| murarelärling
|cabinet maker
| masons apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelsnickare
| murarmästare
|cabinet maker
| master mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|mölnare (1829)
| mureriarbetare
|see mjölnare
| bricklayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterherre
| murerihandtlangare
|(military) muster master
| hodman
|
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
|mönsterskrivare
| musketerare
|(military) muster clerk
| musketeer
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|  
|-
|-
|mössmakare
| målare
|cap maker
| painter, artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattman
| målargesäll
|night man
| journeyman painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattvaktare
| målarmästare
|night watchman
| master painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipperhandlare
| månglerska&nbsp;
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| market woman
|
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
|nipphandlerska
| månglare
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|
|  
|-
|-
|nybyggare
| mältare
|settler
| maltman, maltster
|or colonizer
|  
|-
|-
|nålmakare
| mästare
|needle maker
| master
|
|  
|-
|-
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| mästergesäll
|juror
| master journeyman
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|  
|-
|-
|näringsidkare
| möbelhandlare
|tradesman
| dealer in furniture
|
|  
|-
|-
|nätbindare
| möbelmakare
|net maker
| cabinet maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|officer
| möbelsnickare
|officer
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|okulist
| mölnare (1829)
|oculist
| see mjölnare
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|  
|-
|-
|ombudsman
| mönsterherre
|attorney, proctor
| (military) muster master
|
|  
|-
|-
|opperstyrman
| mönsterskrivare
|captain's mate
| (military) muster clerk
|
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
|organist
| mössmakare
|organist
| cap maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelbyggare
| nattman
|organ builder
| night man
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelnist
| nattvaktare
|organist
| night watchman
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelspelare
| nipperhandlare
|organ player
| milliner, toyman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgeltrampare
| nipphandlerska
|organ blower
| dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|osthandlare
| nybyggare
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| settler
|
| or colonizer
|-
|-
|ostronhandlare
| nålmakare
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
| needle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxhandlare
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|cattle dealer
| juror
|
| &nbsp;kind of juryman/lay judge&nbsp;
|-
|-
|oxslagtare
| näringsidkare
|beef butcher
| tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhusinspektor
| nätbindare
|pack officer
| net maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhuskarl
| officer
|packer
| officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pansarsmed
| okulist
|armourer
| oculist
|
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
|pantaregare
| ombudsman
|owner of a pawn
| attorney, proctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantgivare
| opperstyrman
|mortgager
| captain's mate
|
|  
|-
|-
|papparbetare
| organist
|paste board worker
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersfabrikör
| orgelbyggare
|paper maker
| organ builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappershandlare
| orgelnist
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersskärare
| orgelspelare
|paper cutter
| organ player
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappmakare
| orgeltrampare
|cardboard
| organ blower
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymfabrikant
| osthandlare
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymhandlare
| ostronhandlare
|perfumer, perfume dealer
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|
|  
|-
|-
|parmmätare
| oxhandlare
|hay measurer
| cattle dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastor
| oxslagtare
|parish minister, pastor
| beef butcher
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|  
|-
|-
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| packhusinspektor
|(latin) parish priest
| pack officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastorsadjunkt
| packhuskarl
|stipendiary curate
| packer
|clergyman receiving pay
|  
|-
|-
|pelshandlare
| pansarsmed
|furrier
| armourer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pennberedare
| pantaregare
|pen dispenser
| owner of a pawn
|
|  
|-
|-
|pensionsföreståndare
| pantgivare
|master of a boarding school
| mortgager
|
|  
|-
|-
|perukmakare
| papparbetare
|wig maker
| paste board worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|p. et. P.
| pappersfabrikör
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
| paper maker
|parish priest
|  
|-
|-
|piga
| pappershandlare
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|pipare
| pappersskärare
|piper
| paper cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|pipsmed
| pappmakare
|see bössmed
| cardboard
|
|  
|-
|-
|piskmakare
| parfymfabrikant
|whip makeer
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|plogsmed
| parfymhandlare
|plough wright
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|plymmakare
| pastor
|feather maker
| parish minister, pastor
|
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
|plåtslagare
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
| (latin) parish priest
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|porterbryggare
| pastorsadjunkt
|brewer of dark ale
| stipendiary curate
|
| clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
|possessionat
| pelshandlare
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
| furrier
|
|  
|-
|-
|postförare
| pensionsföreståndare
|mail driver
| master of a boarding school
|
|  
|-
|-
|postmästare
| perukmakare
|postmaster
| wig maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|predikant
| p. et. P.
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|
| parish priest
|-
|-
|prest
| piga
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
| maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand&nbsp;
|
| <br>
|-
|-
|principal
| pipare
|employer, master
| piper
|
|  
|-
|-
|profoss
| pipsmed
|flogmaster (military)
| see bössmed
|
|  
|-
|-
|prost
| piskmakare
|dean, sub dean (1829)
| whip makeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|provinsialläkare
| plogsmed
|district physician, country doctor
| plough wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|präst
| plymmakare
|minister
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pungmakare
| plåtslagare
|pouch maker
| black smith, worker in sheet iron
|
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|rackare
| porterbryggare
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
| brewer of dark ale
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|  
|-
|-
|reesig
| postförare
|(military)
| mail driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|regementsknekt
| postmästare
|(military)
| postmaster
|
|  
|-
|-
|repslagare
| predikant
|rope maker
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|
|  
|-
|-
|resandefolk
| prest
|itinerant, or migratory people
| priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|resepredikant
| principal
|itinerant preacher
| employer, master
|
|  
|-
|-
|riddare
| profoss
|knight
| flogmaster (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|ridlärare
| prost
|riding master
| dean, sub dean (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|roddare
| provinsialläkare
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
| district physician, country doctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|rorgängare
| präst
|helmsman, steersman
| minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|roteman
| pungmakare
|assistant overseer
| pouch maker
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|  
|-
|-
|rotemästare
| rackare
|see rotmästare
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
|rotesoldat
| reesig
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| (military)  
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|  
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|rotmästare
| regementsknekt
|(military) leader
| (military)  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|  
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|ruggare
| repslagare
|worker in textile manufacturing
| rope maker
|
|  
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|rusthållare
| resandefolk
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
| itinerant, or migratory people
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|  
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|ryttare
| resepredikant
|(military) cavalryman
| itinerant preacher
|
|  
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|-
|ryttmästare
| riddare
|captain of a cavalry
| knight
|<br>
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|rådbisittare
| ridlärare
|city councilman
| riding master
|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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|rådman
| roddare
|councilman
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|<br>
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|rättare
| rorgängare
|overseer (1829)
| helmsman, steersman
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|  
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|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| roteman
|(latin) assistant priest
| assistant overseer
|
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| rotemästare
|(latin) priest in training
| see rotmästare
|
|  
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|sadelmakare
| rotesoldat
|saddle maker, leather worker
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|
|  
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|salthandlare
| rotmästare&nbsp;
|dealer of salt, saltman
| (military) leader
|
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
|saltmätare
| rusthållare
|person who measures salt
| farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army&nbsp;
|
| a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier&nbsp;
|-
|-
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| ryttare
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
| (military) cavalryman
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|  
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|satinvävare
| ryttmästare
|satin weaver
| captain of a cavalry
|
| <br>
|-
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|saxmakare
| rådman
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
| councilman
|
| <br>
|-
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|segelmakare
| rättare
|sail maker
| overseer (1829)
|
|  
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|-
|segelsömmare
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|sail maker
| &nbsp;(latin) assistant priest&nbsp;
|
|  
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|sejlare
| &nbsp;sadelmakare
|cord maker
| saddle maker, leather worker
|
|  
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|-
|sergeant
| salthandlare
|sergeant
| dealer of salt, saltman
|
|  
|-
|-
|sexmän
| saltmätare
|type of parish law enforcement
| person who measures salt
|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.
|  
|-
|-
|silkhandlare
| saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|silk merchant
| a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
|sillpackare
| satinvävare
|herring packer
| satin weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|sjöman
| saxmakare
|sailor, seaman
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|
|  
|-
|-
|skarprättare
| segelmakare
|executioner, hangman
| sail maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skarpskytt
| segelsömmare
|(military) sharpshooter
| sail maker
|
|  
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|-
|skattebonde
| sejlare
|
| cord maker
|
|  
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|-
|skatteindrivare
| sergeant
|tax collector
| sergeant
|
|  
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|-
|skeppare
| silkhandlare
|skipper
| silk merchant
|
|  
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|-
|skeppsbyggmästare
| sillpackare
|master ship builder
| herring packer
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsgosse
| sjöman
|ship boy
| sailor, seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|skoarbetare
| skarprättare
|shoe maker
| executioner, hangman
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogshuggare
| skarpskytt
|wood cutter, lumberer
| (military) sharpshooter
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogvaktare
| skattebonde
|forester
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skollärare
| skatteindrivare
|schoolteacher
| tax collector
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakare
| skeppare
|shoemaker
| skipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaregesäll
| skeppsbyggmästare
|journeyman shoemaker
| master ship builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaremästare
| skeppsgosse
|master shoemaker
| ship boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|skråmästare
| skoarbetare
|master of a guild
| shoe maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| skogshuggare
|tailor
| wood cutter, lumberer
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddaregesäll
| skogvaktare
|journeyman tailor
| forester
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddarelärling
| skollärare
|tailor's apprentice
| schoolteacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|skulptör
| skomakare
|sculptor
| shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skutskeppare
| skomakaregesäll
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
| journeyman shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skådespelare
| skomakaremästare
|stage player, actor
| master shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skärslippare
| skråmästare
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
| master of a guild
|
|  
|-
|-
|skördeman
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
| tailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|sköterska
| skräddaregesäll
|nurse
| journeyman tailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|slaktardräng
| skräddarelärling
|butcher's man
| tailor's apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|slaktare
| skulptör
|meat cutter, butcher
| sculptor
|
|  
|-
|-
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| skutskeppare
|
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|  
|-
|-
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| skådespelare
|
| stage player, actor
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|  
|-
|-
|smed
| skärslippare
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|smedsgesäll
| skördeman
|journeyman smith
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|smedsmästare
| sköterska
|master smith
| nurse
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|småkrämare
| slaktare
|dealer in small wares
| meat cutter, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|smältare
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smältarsmed
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|shingler
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smörhandlare
| smed
|butterman, butter merchant
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|snickare
| smedsgesäll
|joiner, cabinetmaker
| journeyman smith
|
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|snickarmästare
| smedsmästare
|master jointer
| master smith
|
| For more, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|snörmakare
| småkrämare
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
| dealer in small wares
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockenpräst
| smältare
|parish priest, parson (1829)
| smelter, melter, fuser
|
|  
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|-
|sockenskrivare
| smältarsmed
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
| shingler
|
|  
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|-
|sockerbagare
| smörhandlare
|confectioner, pastry cook
| butterman, butter merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockerbruksarbetare
| snickare
|sugar refiner (workman)
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|soldat
| snickarmästare
|soldier
| master jointer
|
|  
|-
|-
|speditör
| snörmakare
|forwarding shipping agent
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|  
|-
|-
|spetshandlare
| sockenpräst
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|spetsknypplerska
| sockenskrivare
|female lace maker
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|spiksmed
| sockerbagare
|nailer, person who makes nails
| confectioner, pastry cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnare
| sockerbruksarbetare
|spinner
| sugar refiner (workman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnerska
| soldat
|female spinner, spinstress
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnhushjon
| spetshandlare
|inmate of a house of correction
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|  
|-
|-
|stadsfogde
| spetsknypplerska
|town bailiff
| female lace maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadskamrer
| spiksmed
|town clerk
| nailer, person who makes nails
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadsläkare
| spinnare
|physician to the town, town doctor
| spinner
|
|  
|-
|-
|statare, statsdräng
| spinnerska
|see statkarl
| female spinner, spinstress
|
|  
|-
|-
|statkarl
| spinnhushjon
|farm hand
| inmate of a house of correction
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
|statman
| stadsfogde
|statesman
| town bailiff
|
|  
|-
|-
|statsfru
| stadskamrer
|lady of state
| town clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenarbetare
| stadsläkare
|stone worker
| physician to the town, town doctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenbrytare
| statare, statsdräng
|quarrier, quarryman
| see statkarl
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenhuggare
| statkarl
|stonecutter
| farm hand
|
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
|stenkolsarbetare
| statman
|collier
| statesman
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|stickerska
| statsfru
|knitter, woman who knits
| lady of state
|
|  
|-
|-
|strykerska
| stenarbetare
|laundress, ironing woman
| stone worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|strängmakare
| stenbrytare
|string maker
| quarrier, quarryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|studerande
| stenhuggare
|student
| stonecutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckgjutare
| stenkolsarbetare
|gun founder
| collier
|
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|styckjunkare
| strykerska
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
| laundress, ironing woman
|see fanjunkare
|  
|-
|-
|styresman
| strängmakare
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
| string maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|styrman
| styckgjutare
|(military) steersman
| gun founder
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|  
|-
|-
|stålarbetare
| styckjunkare
|steel worker
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|
| see fanjunkare
|-
|-
|stålsmed
| styresman
|steel smith
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålmångelska
| styrman
|stall woman
| (military) steersman
|
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
|sutor
| stålarbetare
|(latin) shoemaker
| steel worker
|see skomakare
|  
|-
|-
|svamphandlare
| stålsmed
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
| steel smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|svarvare
| stålmångelska
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
| stall woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|svärdfejare
| sutor
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
| (latin) shoemaker
|
| see skomakare
|-
|-
|symamsell
| svamphandlare
|seamstress
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|sågställare
| svärdfejare
|saw setter
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|
|  
|-
|-
|sämskmakare
| symamsell
|see garvare
| seamstress
|
|  
|-
|-
|sättare
| sågställare
|type setter, or (military) rammer
| saw setter  
|
|  
|-
|-
|taktäckare
| sämskmakare
|roofer
| see garvare
|
|  
|-
|-
|tandläkare
| sättare
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tapetserare
| taktäckare
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
| roofer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tappare
| tandläkare
|tapster, bottler (1889)
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|  
|-
|-
|tattare
| tapetserare
|gipsy (1829)
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|
|  
|-
|-
|taxeringsman
| tappare
|assessor
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|
| tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
|tegelformare
| tattare
|brick moulder
| gipsy (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelbrännare
| taxeringsman
|brickmaker, tiler
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelslagare
| tegelformare
|brickmoulder, tiler
| brick moulder
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|  
|-
|-
|tegeltäckare
| tegelbrännare
|tiler
| brickmaker, tiler  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tehandlare
| tegelslagare
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
| brickmoulder, tiler
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
|tenngjutare
| tegeltäckare
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
| tiler
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|  
|-
|-
|tiggare
| tehandlare
|beggar
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerhuggare
| tenngjutare
|timber cutter
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|
| For more, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
|timmerman
| tiggare
|carpenter, builder
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|tingsskrivare
| timmerhuggare
|copyist of court cases
| timber cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjuv
| timmerman
|thief
| carpenter, builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjänare
| tingsskrivare
|servant
| copyist of court cases
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|  
|-
|-
|tjänstehjon
| tjuv
|servant, menial work
| thief
|see tjänare
|  
|-
|-
|tobakshandlare
| tjänare
|tobacco merchant
| servant
|
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
|tobaksspinnare
| tjänstehjon
|tobacco spinner
| servant, menial work
|
| see tjänare
|-
|-
|tolvman
| tobakshandlare
|se nämdeman
| tobacco merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|tornväktare
| tobaksspinnare
|tower watch
| tobacco spinner
|
|  
|-
|-
|torpare
| tolvman
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
| se nämdeman
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|  
|-
|-
|tresserska
| tornväktare
|braider, plaiter
| tower watch
|
|  
|-
|-
|trikotstickerska
| torpare
|tricot knitter,
| cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
| 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.
|-
|-
|trummare
| tresserska
|drummer
| braider, plaiter
|
|  
|-
|-
|tryckare
| trummare
|printer, pressman
| drummer
|
|  
|-
|-
|trädgårdsmästare
| tryckare
|gardener
| printer, pressman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tullbetjänt
| trädgårdsmästare
|customs officer
| gardener
|
|  
|-
|-
|tulltjänsteman
| tullbetjänt
|customs officer
| customs officer  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tullvaktmästare
| tulltjänsteman
|landing waiter
| customs officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnbindare
| tullvaktmästare
|barrelmaker, cooper
| landing waiter
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnelarbetare
| tunnbindare
|tunneller
| barrelmaker, cooper
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättare
| tunnelarbetare
|male launderer, washerman
| tunneller
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvätterska
| tvättare
|washerwoman
| male launderer, washerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättgumma
| tvätterska
|washerwoman
| washerwoman  
|
|-
|-
|tältmakare
| tvättgumma
|tent maker
| washerwoman
|
|-
|-
|ullfärgare
| tältmakare
|wool dyer
| tent maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullhandlare
| ullfärgare
|wool merchant, trader in wool
| wool dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|underlöjtnant
| ullhandlare
|sub lieutenant
| wool merchant, trader in wool
|
|  
|-
|-
|underofficer
| underlöjtnant
|non comissioned officer
| sub lieutenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|underståtthållare
| underofficer
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
| non comissioned officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|urmakare
| underståtthållare
|watch and clockmaker
| sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|vagnmakare
| urmakare
|cartwright, carriage maker
| watch and clockmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|vagnmästare
| vagnmakare
|wagon master
| cartwright, carriage maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|vaktare
| vagnmästare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
| wagon master
|
|  
|-
|-
|vaktmästare
| vaktare
|caretaker
| keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|vallflicka
| vaktmästare
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
| caretaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|valkare
| vallflicka
|fuller, miller
| shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|  
|-
|-
|vallhjon
| valkare
|a person tending cattle in the field
| fuller, miller
|
|  
|-
|-
|vandrare
| vallhjon
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
| a person tending cattle in the field
|
|  
|-
|-
|vapendragare
| vandrare
|squire, esquire
| wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|  
|-
|-
|vedhuggare
| vapendragare
|wood cutter
| squire, esquire
|
|  
|-
|-
|vice häradshövding
| vedhuggare
|see häradshövding
| wood cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|vicepastor
| vice häradshövding
|curate
| see häradshövding
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|  
|-
|-
|vinodlare
| vicepastor
|wine grower
| curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|-
|vårdarinna
| vinodlare
|nurse
| wine grower
|
|  
|-
|-
|väglagare
| vårdarinna
|repairer of roads
| nurse
|
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|vävare
| väglagare
|weaver
| repairer of roads
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|vävskedbindare
| vävare
|weaver's comb binder
| weaver  
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
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|yllehandlare
| yllehandlare  
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
| dealer of woolen cloth, woolman  
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|yrke
| yrke  
|occupation, profession
| occupation, profession  
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|yrkesidkare
| yrkesidkare  
|trader
| trader  
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|yrkesman
| yrkesman  
|craftsman
| craftsman  
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|åbo
| åbo  
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease  
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|ålderman
| ålderman  
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
| head man of a company, headmaster (1829), alderman (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
| ämbetsman  
|government official, crown officer
| government official, crown officer  
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|överbefalhavare
| överbefalhavare  
|commander in chief
| commander in chief  
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|överkonstapel
| överkonstapel  
|(military) corporal
| (military) corporal  
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|överståthållare
| överståthållare  
|governor
| governor  
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|ölbryggare
| ölbryggare  
|beer brewer
| beer brewer  
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== References ==
=== 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>
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <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>
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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>
*Björkman, Carl Gustaf, <u>Svensk engelsk ordbok</u>, 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]
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>
*Deleen, Carl, <u>Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey</u>, 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]
 
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>


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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.

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.

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.

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


References[edit | edit source]

Anderson, Kent & Anderö, Henrik, Ordbok för släktforskare, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006


  • Björkman, Carl Gustaf, Svensk engelsk ordbok, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svensk engelsk ordbok

Family History Dept, Genealogical Word List: Sweden, Salt Lake City, 1997

Gernandt,C. E., Nordisk Familjebok, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through Projekt Runeberg , Feb. 2011 See Nordisk Familjebok

Harlock, Walter E., Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1944

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