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


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


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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 militia man, 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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: 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   If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, 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 army ranger 
fältpredikant  army chaplain 
fältskär assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
fältväbel (military) sergeant major
fänrik  (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant  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 

military: NCO, sergeant

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) If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
guldsmed goldsmith (1829) If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, 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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, 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 tenant farmer  with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
messingssmed brass smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, 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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, 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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
smedsgesäll journeyman smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
smedsmästare master smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, 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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
tiggare beggar
timmerhuggare timber cutter
timmerman carpenter, builder
tingsskrivare copyist of court cases
tjuv thief
tjänare servant also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
tjänstehjon servant, menial work see tjänare
tobakshandlare tobacco merchant
tobaksspinnare tobacco spinner
tolvman se nämdeman
tornväktare tower watch
torpare cottager, tenant farmer, peasant This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
tresserska braider, plaiter
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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