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


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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]
 
*Widegren, Gustaf, <u>Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon</u>, 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]
 
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)
advocat lawyer, attorney
advocatus ecclesiae (latin)
aedituus (latin)
agent agent, representative
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
avskrivare (1788) transcriber, copier
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
  • Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon, Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svenskt och Engelsk Lexicon

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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