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


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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
abbot abbot
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. See: Backstugusittare
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
sexmän type of parish law enforcement See Sexmän.
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
speditör forwarding shipping agent agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
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
stickerska knitter, woman who knits
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
trikotstickerska tricot knitter, a woman who knits tricot fabric
trummare drummer
tryckare printer, pressman
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tullbetjänt customs officer
tulltjänsteman customs officer
tullvaktmästare landing waiter
tunnbindare barrelmaker, cooper
tunnelarbetare tunneller
tvättare male launderer, washerman
tvätterska washerwoman
tvättgumma washerwoman
tältmakare tent maker
ullfärgare wool dyer
ullhandlare wool merchant, trader in wool
underlöjtnant sub lieutenant
underofficer non comissioned officer
underståtthållare sub governor, deputy sheriff
urmakare watch and clockmaker
vagnmakare cartwright, carriage maker
vagnmästare wagon master
vaktare keeper, warder, guard, watcher
vaktmästare caretaker
vallflicka shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
valkare fuller, miller
vallhjon a person tending cattle in the field
vandrare wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
vapendragare squire, esquire
vedhuggare wood cutter
vice häradshövding see häradshövding
vicepastor curate a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
vinodlare wine grower
vårdarinna nurse
väglagare repairer of roads
vävare weaver
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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