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==Online Resources==
Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances. <br>
*'''1752-1941''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20339/sweden-sailors-seamen%E2%80%99s-house-enrollments?s=275764761 Sweden, Sailors and Seamen’s House Enrollments] at MyHeritage — index ($)


==Occupations==
Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. <br>


Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors’ life circumstances. <br>  
This occupational word list is under construction. It contains all the occupations found in the old Swedish Genealogical Word list (published by the Family History Library), along with new entries from other sources. The intention is to improve the old list. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>  


Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
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This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
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|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|
|-
|-
|aktor
! Occupation
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
! Short definition
|
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|-
|-
|aktris
| abbot
|actress
| abbot
|female play actor, performer
|  
|-
|-
|aktör
| accismästare
|actor
| customs officer
|male play actor, performer
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|-
|allmänningsbonde
| ackuschörska
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| a midwife
|
| <br>
|-
|-
|allmäningskarl
| adelsbussar
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|-
|-
|amiral
| adelsman
|admiral (military)
| nobleman
|
|  
|-
|-
|anförare
| adelssven
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| page (youth)  
|
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
|angivare
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|informer (1788)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|anklagare
| adjunctus ex officio
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ansättare
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(military) rammer
| (latin)  
|service position with ramrods
|  
|-
|-
|apotekare
| administer, administra
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetare
| administrator, pradii
|worker, laborer
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetskarl
| advocat
|male worker, workman, laborer
| lawyer, attorney
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetsman
| advocatus ecclesiae
|male worker, workman, laborer
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbk.
| aedituus
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
| (latin)
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|-
|-
|arkebusier
| aftonsångspredikant
|(military) member of firing squad
| evening-service preacher
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|  
|-
|-
|arkibiskop
| agent
|(1788) archbishop
| agent, representative
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|  
|-
|-
|arklimästare
| aktor
|(military) gunner
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|  
|-
|-
|arrendator
| aktris
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| actress
|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.
| female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|artillerist
| aktör
|(military) man of the artillery
| actor
|
| male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|artillerikonstapel
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|(military) bombardier
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|
|  
|-
|-
|assessor
| amiral
|assessor
| admiral (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|assuradör
| anförare
|insurer, underwriter
| leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|
|  
|-
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| angivare
|auctioneer
| informer (1788)
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|  
|-
|-
|auktor, autor
| anklagare
|author
| accuser, impeacher (1788)  
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
|avisskrivare
| ansättare
|newswriter
| (military) rammer
|gazetteer, or newswriter
| service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|avskedad soldat
| apotekare
|discharged, resigned soldier
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|  
|-
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
| arbetskarl
|transcriber, copier
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|axplockare
| arbetsman
|gleaner
| male worker, workman, laborer
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|  
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| arbk.
|cottager (1788)
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|see backstugusittare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
| arkebusier
|cottager
| (military) member of firing squad
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
|badare
| arkibiskop
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| (1788) archbishop
|
| modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| arklimästare
|barber surgeon
| (military) gunner
|
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|badmästare
| arrendator
|bath-keeper
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|(1889)
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
|bagare
| artillerist
|baker
| (military) man of the artillery
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| artillerikonstapel
|baker's man
| (military) bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| assessor
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| assuradör
|master baker
| insurer, underwriter
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérförare
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| auctioneer
|
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
|banérherre
| auktor, autor
|(military) banneret
| author
|
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|banér-riddare
| avisskrivare
|(military) knight banneret
| newswriter
|
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| avskedad soldat
|porter, messenger at a bank
| discharged, resigned soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|banmästare
| avskrivare (1788)
|overseer of a railway line
| transcriber, copier
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberare
| axplockare
|barber, shaver
| gleaner
|
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|barberarebiträde
| backstugusittare
|barber's assistant
| cottager
|
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| badaremästare
|journeyman barber
| barber surgeon
|
|  
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|-
|barberarelärling
| badmästare
|barber's apprentice
| bath-keeper
|
| (1889)
|-
|-
|barkare
| bagare
|tanner
| baker
|(1829)
|  
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| bagaregesäll
|male midwife
| baker's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnmorska
| bagarelärling
|female midwife
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| bagaremästare
|maid for children
| master baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnsköterska
| banérförare
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|baron
| banérherre
|baron
| (military) banneret
|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
| banér-riddare
|trumpeter
| (military) knight banneret
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonsadjuntant
| bankvaktmästare
|(military) sergeant-major
| porter, messenger at a bank
|
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonschef
| banmästare
|(military) commander of a battalion
| overseer of a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|batterikonstapel
| barberare
|(military) battalion bombardier
| barber, shaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|bedragare
| barberarebiträde
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| barber's assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningshavande
| barberaregesäll
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| journeyman barber
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman
| barberarelärling
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| barber's apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman (konungens)
| barkare
|county governor
| tanner
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
| (1829)
|-
|-
|befaren båtsman
| barnförlossare
|(military) traveling sailor
| male midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|befordrare
| barnmorska
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
| female midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|befällningshavande
| barnpiga
|officer in command
| maid for children
|
|  
|-
|-
|beherskare
| barnsköterska
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| female nurse (not wet nurse)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bensamlare
| baron
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| 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.
|-
|-
|bergmästare
| basunist
|minemaster (1829)
| trumpeter
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
|bergsarbetare
| bataljonsadjuntant
|miner
| (military) sergeant-major
|
|  
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|-
|bergsbruksidkare
| bataljonschef
|mining man
| (military) commander of a battalion
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsfogde
| batterikonstapel
|bailiff of a mine
| (military) battalion bombardier
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergshauptman
| befallningshavande
|mine inspector
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
|bergskarl
| befallningsman
|miner
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergslagsman
| befallningsman (konungens)
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| county governor
|
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
|bergsman
| befaren båtsman
|miner
| (military) traveling sailor
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsprångare
| befällningshavande
|miner
| officer in command
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsråd
| bensamlare
|
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beridare
| bergmästare
|horsebreaker, riding master
| minemaster (1829)
|
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
|beskattningsman
| bergsarbetare
|taxer, assessor
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|beslagare
| bergsbruksidkare
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| mining man
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beslagskarl
| bergsfogde
|see beslagare
| bailiff of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|besökare
| bergshauptman
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| mine inspector
|
|  
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|-
|betalare
| bergskarl
|paymaster (1788)
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|betjänt
| bergslagsman
|servant, civil servant
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|bettlare
| bergsman
|beggar
| miner
|
| usually a mining farmer, not a mine worker
|-
|-
|bevaktare
| beridare
|guard, keeper
| horsebreaker, riding master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| beskattningsman
|captain of the watch
| taxer, assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevarare
| beslagare
|preserver, saver, conservator
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringskarl
| beslagskarl
|militia man, conscript
| see beslagare
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| besökare
|militia man, conscript
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bibliotekarie
| betjänt
|librarian
| servant, civil servant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bijouterihandlare
| bettlare
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildhuggare
| bevaktare
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| guard, keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildskärare
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|se bildsnidare
| captain of the watch
|
|  
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|-
|bildsnidare
| bevarare
|sculptor
| preserver, saver, conservator
|
|  
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|-
|biljettförsäljare
| beväringskarl
|ticket seller, booking clerk
| militia man, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljerska
| beväringsman
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
| militia man, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|bilöpare
| bibliotekarie
|interloper
| librarian
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|  
|-
|-
|bindare
| bijouterihandlare
|tier, binder, fastener
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|for example net making
|  
|-
|-
|biodlare
| bildhuggare
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|
|  
|-
|-
|biskop
| bildskärare
|bishop
| se bildsnidare
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|  
|-
|-
|biskötare
| bildsnidare
|bee-keeper, bee-master
| sculptor
|
|  
|-
|-
|biträde
| biljettförsäljare
|assistant
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|bjudare
| biljettförsäljerska
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bleckslagare
| bilöpare
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| interloper
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
|blockmakare
| bindare
|block maker, pulley maker
| tier, binder, fastener
|
| for example net making
|-
|-
|blodigelodlare
| biodlare
|cultivator of leeches
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|
|  
|-
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|blomsterhandlare
| biskop
|flower seller (male)
| bishop
|also known as blomstermånglare
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlerska
| biskötare
|flower seller (female)
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterodlare
| biträde
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| assistant
|
|  
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|blossbärare
| bjudare
|torch-bearer
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|
|  
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|blyarbetare
| bleckslagare
|lead worker, plumber
| 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]
|-
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|blyfalsare
| blockmakare
|plumber
| block maker, pulley maker
|
|  
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|blystöpare
| blodigelodlare
|plumber
| cultivator of leeches
|
|  
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|blytäckare
| blomsterhandlare
|plumber
| flower seller (male)
|
| also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
|bodbetjent
| blomsterhandlerska
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| flower seller (female)
|
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
|boddräng
| blomsterodlare
|shop hand
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|
|  
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|bodflicka
| blossbärare
|shop girl, shop maid
| torch-bearer
|
|  
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|bodgosse
| blyarbetare
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| lead worker, plumber
|
|  
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|bodhandlare
| blyfalsare
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| plumber
|
|  
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|bodmamsell
| blystöpare
|shop girl, shop woman
| plumber
|
|  
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|bokbindare
| blytäckare
|bookbinder
| plumber
|
|  
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|-
|bokförare
| bodbetjent
|book keeper
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|
|  
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|bokhandlare
| boddräng
|bookseller
| shop hand
|
|  
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|-
|bokhållare
| bodflicka
|book keeper
| shop girl, shop maid
|same as bokförare
|  
|-
|-
|bokhäftare
| bodgosse
|book stitcher
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|
|  
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|bokmakare
| bodhandlare
|book wright, book maker
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|
|  
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|bonde
| bodmamsell
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
| shop girl, shop woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondedräng
| bokbindare
|farm hand
| bookbinder
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|  
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|-
|bondeflicka
| bokförare
|country girl
| book keeper
|
|  
|-
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|bondepiga
| bokhandlare
|peasant's maid
| bookseller
|
|  
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|-
|borgare
| bokhållare
|citizen, burgher
| book keeper
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
| same as bokförare
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| bokhäftare
|mayor
| book stitcher
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|  
|-
|-
|borrare
| bokmakare
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| book wright, book maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|borrmakare
| bonde
|bit forger
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|  
|-
|-
|borrsmed
| bondedräng
|bit smith
| farm hand
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
|boskapshandlare
| bondeflicka
|dealer of livestock
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsherde
| bondepiga
|herdsman
| peasant's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsskötare
| borgare
|stockman
| citizen, burgher
|
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
|boskapsvaktare
| borgmästare
|herdsman
| mayor
|
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
|boställshavare
| borrare
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|
|  
|-
|-
|bouppteckningsman
| borrmakare
|person who inventories (1889)
| bit forger
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|boutredningsman
| borrsmed
|administrator
| 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]
|-
|-
|brandmästare
| boskapshandlare
|fire warden
| dealer of livestock
|
|  
|-
|-
|braständare
| boskapsherde
|fire lighter
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevbärare
| boskapsskötare
|letter carrier, postman
| stockman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevdragare
| boskapsvaktare
|see brevbärare
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevskrivare
| boställshavare
|letter writer
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevställare
| bouppteckningsman
|see brevskrivare
| person who inventories (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|brobyggare
| boutredningsman
|bridge builder
| administrator
|
|  
|-
|-
|broderare
| brandmästare
|embroiderer
| fire warden
|
|  
|-
|-
|broläggare
| braständare
|bridge builder, paver
| fire lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|bromästare
| brevbärare
|bridge master
| letter carrier, postman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsarbetare
| brevdragare
|worker in bronze
| see brevbärare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsgjutare
| brevskrivare
|bronze founder, brazier
| letter writer
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsdomare
| brevställare
|judge criminal
| see brevskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsnoterie
| brobyggare
|crown clerk
| bridge builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovaktare
| broderare
|guard of a bridge
| embroiderer
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovindare
| broläggare
|bridge driver
| bridge builder, paver
|
|  
|-
|-
|brukare
| bromästare
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
| bridge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| bronsarbetare
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| worker in bronze
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksegare
| bronsgjutare
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
| bronze founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|bryggare
| brottmålsdomare
|brewer
| judge criminal
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännmästare
| brottmålsnoterie
|master distiller
| crown clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännvinsbrännare
| brovaktare
|brandy distiller
| guard of a bridge
|
|  
|-
|-
|buntmakare
| brovindare
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
| bridge driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|byfogde
| brukare
|hamlet bailiff
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggare, byggkarl
| bruksarbetare
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| bruksegare
|master builder, contractor
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|
|  
|-
|-
|bykerska
| bryggare
|washerwoman
| brewer
|
|  
|-
|-
|byskomakare
| brännmästare
|village shoemaker
| master distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|bågflytt
| brännvinsbrännare
|archer, bowman
| brandy distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| buntmakare
|(military) seaman, sailor
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|
|  
|-
|-
|bälgmakare
| byfogde
|bellows-maker
| hamlet bailiff
|
|  
|-
|-
|bödel
| byggare, byggkarl
|executioner
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bösseskytt
| byggmästare
|(military)
| master builder, contractor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bössmed
| bykerska
|gunsmith
| washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|cantor
| byskomakare
|(latin)
| village shoemaker
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|  
|-
|-
|curatus
| bågflytt
|(latin)
| archer, bowman
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|  
|-
|-
|custod
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|(latin)
| (military) seaman, sailor
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|  
|-
|-
|d., dr.
| bälgmakare
|abbreviation for dräng
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|dagkarl, daglönare
| bödel
|day laborer
| executioner
|
|  
|-
|-
|danneman
| bösseskytt
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|degn
| bössmed
|assistant to the priest
| gunsmith
|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
| cantor
|maidservant, milkmaid
| (latin)
|
| see klockare
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| commissarius
|Miss
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|d.g.
| curatus
|
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|disponent
| custod
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|domare
| d., dr.
|judge
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|domesticus
| dagkarl, daglönare
|(latin)
| day laborer
|servant, one who serves in a household
|  
|-
|-
|domprost
| danneman
|dean
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|see also prestman
|  
|-
|-
|dr.
| degn
|abbreviation for dräng
| 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.)
|-
|-
|drabant, dravant
| deja, dejpiga
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| maidservant, milkmaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|dragon
| demoiselle
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|dräng, dr.
| d.g.  
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|däga
| domare
|see deja
| judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantagent
| domesticus
|emigrant agent
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantvärvare
| domestik
|emigrant agent
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|extra roteringsmän
| domherre
|
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| domprost
|factory worker
| see prestman
|
|  
|-
|-
|famnmätare
| dompräst
|corder of wood
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fanjunkare
| dr.
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburshustru
| drabant, dravant
|wife of a storekeeper
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburssven
| dragon
|storehouse apprentice
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| dräng, dr.
|pauper
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|
|  
|-
|-
|filtare
| däga
|felter
| see deja
|
|  
|-
|-
|finbagare
| emigrantagent
|pastry cook
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiolmakare
| emigrantvärvare
|violen maker
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskare
| extra roteringsmän
|fisherman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskarflicka
| fabriksarbetare
|fisher girl
| factory worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskargosse
| famnmätare
|fisher boy
| corder of wood
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskhandlare
| fanjunkare
|fish salesman, fish hawker
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjerdingsman
| fatburshustru
|under bailiff of a härad
| wife of a storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjäderarbetare
| fatburssven
|feather maker
| storehouse apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| fattighjon
|see fjerdingsman
| pauper
|
|  
|-
|-
|flickare
| filtare
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| felter
|
|  
|-
|-
|fogde
| finbagare
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
| pastry cook
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|  
|-
|-
|forbonde
| fiolmakare
|carter, wagoner
| violen maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|forman
| fiskare
|see forbonde
| fisherman
|
|  
|-
|-
|formare
| fiskarflicka
|moulder (1829)
| fisher girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|friborgare
| fiskargosse
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| fisher boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|frihandlare
| fiskhandlare
|free trader
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherre
| fjerdingsman
|baron
| under bailiff of a härad
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherrinna
| fjäderarbetare
|baroness
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fru
| fjärdingsman
|Mrs.
| see fjerdingsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälse
| flickare
|nobility
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsebonde
| fogde
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
|frälsetorpare
| forbonde
|see frälsebonde
| carter, wagoner
|
|  
|-
|-
|fröken
| forman
|lady, honorable Miss
| see forbonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrvaktare
| formare
|lighthouse man
| moulder (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrverkare
| friborgare
|(military) fire worker
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fågelfängare
| frihandlare
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| free trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| friherre
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
| baron
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårherde
| friherrinna
|sheep tender, shepherd
| baroness
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårklippare
| fru
|sheep shearer
| Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|fädräng
| frälse
|male herdsman, working with cattle
| nobility
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäflicka
| frälsebonde
|female herder, working with cattle
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäktmästare
| frälsetorpare
|fencing master, master swordsman
| see frälsebonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältbagare
| fröken
|army baker
| lady, honorable Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältjägare
| fyrvaktare
|army ranger
| lighthouse man
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältpredikant
| fyrverkare
| army chaplain
| (military) fire worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältskär
| fågelfängare
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
|(military) sergeant major
| A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|
|  
|-
|-
|fänrik
| fårherde
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
| sheep tender, shepherd
|also seen as fändrik
|  
|-
|-
|färgare
| fårklippare
|dyer, stainer
| sheep shearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|färgaregesäll
| fädräng
|journeyman dyer
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|färikarl
| fäflicka
|ferryman (1829)
| female herder, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|färsing
| fäktmästare
|weaver, common weaver
| fencing master, master swordsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fästebonde
| fältbagare
|a tenant farmer
| army baker
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|  
|-
|-
|förare
| fältjägare
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
| army ranger&nbsp;
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|  
|-
|-
|föreståndare
| fältpredikant
|manager
| &nbsp;army chaplain&nbsp;
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|  
|-
|-
|förpaktare
| fältskär
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|alias to arrendator
|  
|-
|-
|förpantare
| fältväbel
|mortgager,
| (military) sergeant major
|
|  
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| fänrik
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| &nbsp;(military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant&nbsp;
|also means defenseless
| also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
|garnhandlare
| färgare
|dealer in wools
| dyer, stainer
|
|  
|-
|-
|garnisonssoldat
| färgaregesäll
|soldier in garrison duty
| journeyman dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|garvare
| färikarl
|tanner (1829)
| ferryman (1829)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gaständare
| färsing
|gas lighter
| weaver, common weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|generalbefälhavare
| fästebonde
|commanding general of a district
| a tenant farmer
|
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
|generallöjtnant
| förare
|lieutenant general
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
|gesäll
| föreståndare
|journeyman
| manager
|often abbreviated as gs
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
|gjutare
| förpaktare
|caster, founder, moulder
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|works at a foundry
| alias to arrendator
|-
|-
|glasarbetare
| förpantare
|glass worker
| mortgager,
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasblåsare
| försvarslös
|glassblower
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|
| also means defenseless
|-
|-
|glasfabrikant
| garnhandlare
|glassmaker
| dealer in wools
|
|  
|-
|-
|glashandlare
| garnisonssoldat
|glassman
| soldier in garrison duty
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| garvare
|glassmaker
| tanner (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmålare
| gaständare
|glass painter
| gas lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasslipare
| generalbefälhavare
|glass cutter, glass grinder
| commanding general of a district
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasögonmakare
| generallöjtnant
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
| lieutenant general
|
|  
|-
|-
|glättare
| gesäll
|glosser, glazer, levigator
| journeyman
|
| often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
|gratialist
| gjutare
|pensionary (1889)
| caster, founder, moulder
|person who receives or lives on a pension
| works at a foundry
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| glasarbetare
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| glass worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|grosshandlare
| glasblåsare
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| glassblower
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvarbetare
| glasfabrikant
|miner
| glassmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvbrytare
| glashandlare
|miner
| glassman
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvförvaltare
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| glassmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvkarl
| glasmålare
|see gruvarbetare
| glass painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|grönsakshandlare
| glasslipare
|green grocer
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|  
|-
|-
|gs.
| glasögonmakare
|
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|abbreviation for gesäll
|  
|-
|-
|guldarbetare
| glättare
|goldsmith (1829)
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|guldsmed
| grenadjär
|goldsmith (1829)
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsbrukare
| grosshandlare
|farmer
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsdräng
| gruvarbetare
|see dräng
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsfogde
| gruvbrytare
|see befallningsman
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| gruvförvaltare
|innkeeper
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|
|  
|-
|-
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| gruvkarl
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
| see gruvarbetare
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarmästare
| grönsakshandlare
|forge master
| green grocer
|
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| gs.
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
| abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
|hamnfogde
| guldarbetare
|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
| guldsmed
|harbor master
| goldsmith (1829)
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|handelsidkare
| gårdsbrukare
|trader, merchandiser
| farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsman
| gårdsdräng
|merchant, trader
| see dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|handhavare
| gårdsfogde
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| see befallningsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| gästgivare
|glove maker, glover
| innkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverksgesäll
| hammarmästare
|journeyman artisian
| forge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| hammarsmed
|hatmaker
| forger, hammerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hejdriddare
| hamnfogde
|ranger
| overseer of a port
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|  
|-
|-
|hembiträde
| hamnkapten
|servant girl, maid
| harbor master
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansegare
| handelsidkare
|farm owner
| trader, merchandiser
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| handelsman
|farmer
| merchant, trader
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| handhavare
|farmer, homeowner
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|same as jordegare
|  
|-
|-
|herrgårdstjenst
| handskmakare
|service at a manor
| glove maker, glover
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjon
| hantverkare
|person (1829, 1889)
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| hantverksgesäll
|wheelwright, wheeler
| journeyman artisian
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakardräng
| hattmakare
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| hatmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphjon
| hejdriddare
|extra hand or helper
| ranger
|
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
|hjälphustru
| hemmansegare
|helping woman,
| farm owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbagare (1829)
| hemmansbrukare
|the kings baker
| farmer
|
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
|hovdam (1829)
| hemmansägare
|lady of the court
| farmer, homeowner
|
| same as jordegare
|-
|-
|hovbetjent (1829)
| herrgårdstjenst
|officer of the court
| service at a manor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovjunkare (1829)
| hjon
|servant to the king
| person (1829, 1889)  
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
|hovkansler
| hjulmakare
|court chancellor
| wheelwright, wheeler
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovman (1829)
| hjulmakardräng
|courtier
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|hudafdragare (1889)
| hjälphjon
|skinner, flayer
| extra hand or helper
|
|  
|-
|-
|husbonde (1829)
| hjälphustru
|master of a family or house
| helping woman,
|
|  
|-
|-
|husdräng (1829)
| hovbagare (1829)  
|man servant in a house
| the kings baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfader
| hovdam (1829)
|head of household, father
| lady of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|husflicka
| hovbetjent (1829)
|girl servant in a house
| officer of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfolk
| hovjunkare (1829)
|farmers, farm people
| servant to the king
|
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
|hushållare
| hovkansler
|housekeeper
| court chancellor
|
|  
|-
|-
|husjungfru (1829)
| hovman (1829)  
|see hushållerska
| courtier
|
|  
|-
|-
|husmamsell
| hudafdragare (1889)
|housekeeper
| skinner, flayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|husman
| husbonde (1829)
|tenant farmer
| master of a family or house
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|husmoder
| husdräng (1829)
|housewife, mistress of a family
| man servant in a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspiga
| husfader
|housemaid
| head of household, father
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspredikant
| husflicka
|private chaplain, house preacher
| girl servant in a house  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustjänare
| husfolk
|house servant, domestic
| farmers, farm people
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustru
| hushållare
|wife, mistress of a family
| housekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hyttarbetare
| husjungfru (1829)
|smelter, works at a foundry
| see hushållerska
|
|  
|-
|-
|hållkarl
| husmamsell
|hostler
| housekeeper
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|  
|-
|-
|hårarbetare
| husman
|hair worker
| tenant farmer
|
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
|häradsbokhållare
| husmoder
|see häradsskrivare
| housewife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsdomare
| huspiga
|senior jurate
| housemaid
|the oldest of the jury
|  
|-
|-
|häradsfogde
| huspredikant
|bailiff of a härad (district)
| private chaplain, house preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradshövding
| hustjänare
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
| house servant, domestic
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsskrivare
| hustru
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
| wife, mistress of a family
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|  
|-
|-
|hövitsman
| hyttarbetare
|captain
| smelter, works at a foundry
|
|  
|-
|-
|infanterist
| hållkarl
|foot soldier
| hostler
|
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
|inhyses
| hårarbetare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| hair worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyseshjon
| häradsbokhållare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| see häradsskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|inspektor
| häradsdomare
|inspector
| senior jurate
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
| the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
|inspektör
| häradsfogde
|inspector
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|superior, superintendent
|  
|-
|-
|ishandlare
| häradshövding
|ice man, dealer of ice
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|jagare
| häradsskrivare
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|jodgumma (1829)
| hövitsman
|midwife
| captain
|see barnmorska
|  
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| infanterist
|husbandman (1829)
| foot soldier
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|jordegare
| inhyses
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| inhyseshjon
|midwife (1889)
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|jungfru
| inspektor
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
| inspector
|
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
|junker
| inspektör
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
| inspector
|
| superior, superintendent
|-
|-
|jurist
| ishandlare
|lawyer
| ice man, dealer of ice
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieborgmästare
| jagare
|recorder
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieminister
| jodgumma (1829)
|minster of justice
| midwife
|
| see barnmorska
|-
|-
|justitiestatsminister
| jordbrukare
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
| husbandman (1829)
|
| cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
|juvelerare
| jordegare
|jeweller
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägare
| jordegumma
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
| midwife (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägeribetjent
| jungfru
|gamekeeper
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| junker
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnhandlare
| jurist
|dealer of iron
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsarbetare
| justitieborgmästare
|worker on a railway
| recorder
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsbetjening
| justitieminister
|service on a railway line
| minster of justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|kakelungsmakare
| justitiestatsminister
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|  
|-
|-
|kammarfru
| juvelerare
|bedchamber woman
| jeweller
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjunkare
| jägare
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjungfru
| jägeribetjent
|see kammarpiga
| gamekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjägare
| jägmästare
|rat hunter
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarpiga
| järnhandlare
|lady's maid
| dealer of iron
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| järnvägsarbetare
|clerk in a government office
| worker on a railway
|
|  
|-
|-
|kamrerare
| järnvägsbetjening
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
| service on a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|kanongjutare
| kakelungsmakare
|cannon founder
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|founder who makes cannons
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
|kapellmästare
| kammarfru
|chapel master
| bedchamber woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapellpredikant
| kammarjunkare
|preacher at a chapel
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|see kaplan
|  
|-
|-
|kaplan, kapellan
| kammarjungfru
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
| see kammarpiga
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapten
| kammarjägare
|(military) captain
| rat hunter
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|  
|-
|-
|karduansmakare
| kammarpiga
|cordwainer, leather dresser
| lady's maid
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|  
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| kammarskrivare
|(military) cavalryman
| clerk in a government office
|
|  
|-
|-
|kedjemakare
| kamrerare
|chain maker
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|
|  
|-
|-
|kistmakare
| kanongjutare
|box maker
| cannon founder
|
| founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| kapellmästare
|tinker
| chapel master
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelslagare
| kapellpredikant
|kettle maker
| preacher at a chapel
|
| see kaplan
|-
|-
|klampare
| kaplan, kapellan
|a foreman at a lumberyard
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
|  
|-
|-
|klensmed
| kapten
|locksmith, toolmaker
| (military) captain
|
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
|klockare, klr.
| karduansmakare
|parish clerk
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|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.
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
|klockgjutare
| kavallerist
|bell founder
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|klr.
| kedjemakare
|
| chain maker
|abbreviation for klockare
|  
|-
|-
|kn.
| kistmakare
|
| box maker
|abbreviation for knekt
|  
|-
|-
|klädesfärgare
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|cloth dyer
| tinker
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädeshandlare
| kittelslagare
|cloth merchant
| kettle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädesvävare
| klampare
|cloth weaver
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
|klädsömmerska
| klensmed
|dressmaker
| locksmith, toolmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|knalle
| klockare, klr.
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
| parish clerk
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
|knappmakare
| klockgjutare
|button maker
| bell founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|knekt
| klr.
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
| abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
|knifvässare
| kn.
|knife sharpener, cutler
|  
|
| abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
|knifsmed
| klädesfärgare
|cutler
| cloth dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|knipare
| klädeshandlare
|nipper
| cloth merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplare
| klädesvävare
|male lace maker
| cloth weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplerska
| klädsömmerska
|female lace maker
| dressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|koarrendator
| knalle
|see mjölkarrendator
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| knappmakare
|merchant marine
| button maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdikapten
| knekt
|captain of a merchant ship
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdimatros
| knifvässare
|merchant seaman
| knife sharpener, cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|koffertsnickare
| knifsmed
|trunk maker
| cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|kokerska
| knipare
|female cook, cook maid
| nipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kogubbe
| knypplare
|cow feeder, cow keeper
| male lace maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolarbetare
| knypplerska
|collier
| female lace maker
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|kolare
| koarrendator
|coal man, charcoal burner
| see mjölkarrendator
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolbonde
| kofferdi
|coal carter
| merchant marine
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolhandlare
| kofferdimatros
|coal merchant
| merchant seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|komminister
| koffertsnickare
|perpetual curate
| trunk maker
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|  
|-
|-
|kommissarie
| kokerska
|commissioner
| female cook, cook maid
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|  
|-
|-
|konduktor
| kogubbe
|conductor, guard with the railways
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|konduktör
| kolarbetare
|sergeant
| collier
|
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|konstapel
| kolare
|(police) constable
| coal man, charcoal burner
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|  
|-
|-
|konstnär
| kolbonde
|artist
| coal carter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontorskrivare
| kolhandlare
|clerk
| coal merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontraktsprost
| komminister
|rural dean
| perpetual curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| kommissarie
|coppersmith
| commissioner
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
|koppartryckare
| konduktor
|copper plate printer
| conductor, guard with the railways
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgarbetare
| konduktör
|basket worker, wicker
| sergeant
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgflätare
| konstapel
|basket maker
| (police) constable
|
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
|korherre
| konstnär
|canon
| artist
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|  
|-
|-
|korpral
| kontorskrivare
|(military) corporal
| clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|kovaktare
| kontraktsprost
|cow keeper
| rural dean
|
|  
|-
|-
|kreaturshandlare
| kopparslagare
|see boskapshandlare
| coppersmith
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| koppartryckare
|
| copper plate printer
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|  
|-
|-
|krigsman
| korgarbetare
|soldier
| basket worker, wicker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronoarrendator
| korgflätare
|crown tenant, crown peasant
| basket maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobefallningsman
| korherre
|see länsman
| canon
|
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
|kronobetjäning
| korpral
|police
| (military) corporal
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobonde
| kovaktare
|crown peasant
| cow keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronofogde
| kreaturshandlare
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
| see boskapshandlare
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|  
|-
|-
|kronojägare
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|ranger
|  
|
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| krigsman
|see länsman
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronouppbördsman
| kronoarrendator
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| kronobefallningsman
|potter
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kryddkrämare
| kronobetjäning
|grocer, storekeeper
| police
|
|  
|-
|-
|krögare
| kronobonde
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
| crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kurir
| kronofogde
|courier
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
|kusk, kutsk
| kronojägare
|coachman
| ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|kustuppsyningsman
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|an under officer with the coast guard
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnarrendator
| kronouppbördsman
|renter of a mill
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnbyggare
| krukmakare
|mill wright
| potter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarndräng
| kryddkrämare
|mill hand
| grocer, storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnegare
| krögare
|mill owner
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarntullsinspektor
| kurir
|mill toll inspector
| courier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kypare
| kusk, kutsk
|wine cooper, cooper
| coachman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkobetjänare
| kvarnarrendator
|churchman, clergyman
| renter of a mill
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoföreståndare
| kvarnbyggare
|churchwarden
| mill wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| kvarndräng
|rector, parson, parish minister
| mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| kvarnegare
|church guard, sexton
| mill owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkvärd
| kvarntullsinspektor
|churchwarden
| mill toll inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|käpphandlare
| kypare
|cane seller, caneman
| wine cooper, cooper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökbetjäning
| kyrkobetjänare
|kitchen staff
| churchman, clergyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökspiga
| kyrkoföreståndare
|kitchen maid
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|köpman
| kyrkoherde
|merchant
| rector, parson, parish minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|körsnär
| kyrkovaktare
|fur merchant, furrier
| church guard, sexton
|see buntmakare
|  
|-
|-
|kötthandlare
| kyrkvärd
|meat salesman, butcher
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|köttmånglare
| käpphandlare
|see kötthandlare
| cane seller, caneman
|
|  
|-
|-
|lackerare
| kökbetjäning
|one who applies lacquer
| kitchen staff
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdsidkare
| kökspiga
|dairyman
| kitchen maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdspiga
| köpman
|dairymaid
| merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|laggare
| körsnär
|hooper
| fur merchant, furrier
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
| see buntmakare
|-
|-
|lagkarl
| kötthandlare
|lawyer
| meat salesman, butcher
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|landbo
| köttmånglare
|tenant farmer
| see kötthandlare
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|  
|-
|-
|landshövding
| ladugårdsidkare
|lord lieutenant
| dairyman
|see befallningshavande
|  
|-
|-
|landsknekt
| ladugårdspiga
|(military) landsquenet
| dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|landskontorist
| laggare
|clerk in receivers office
| hooper
|
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
|landsman
| lagkarl
|fellow countryman, compatriot
| lawyer
|
| <br>
|-
|-
|landstrykare
| landbo
|vagrant, tramp
| tenant farmer&nbsp;
|
| with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
|landsvägsriddare
| landshövding
|knight of the road
| lord lieutenant
|can also mean tramp, marauder
| see befallningshavande
|-
|-
|landtbo
| landsknekt
|countryman, person from the country
| (military) landsquenet
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbrukare
| landskontorist
|farmer, gentleman farmer
| clerk in receivers office
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksbokhållare
| landsman
|under steward
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksinspektor
| landstrykare
|land steward
| vagrant, tramp
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtflicka
| landsvägsriddare
|country girl
| knight of the road
|
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
|landthandlare
| landtbo
|country shopkeeper
| countryman, person from the country  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthushållare
| landtbrukare
|husbandman
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|see also jordbrukare
|  
|-
|-
|landtjunkare
| landtbruksbokhållare
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| under steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|lantmätare
| landtbruksinspektor
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
| land steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappare
| landtflicka
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappbonde
| landthandlare
|Lapp peasant
| country shopkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappskarvare
| landthushållare
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| husbandman
|
| see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
|lappskräddare
| landtjunkare
|patch tailor, botcher
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|lastningsbokhållare
| lappare
|shipping clerk
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|
|  
|-
|-
|legoknekt
| lappbonde
|(military) mercenary
| Lapp peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|likörare
| lappskarvare
|hearse driver
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|liktarskeppare
| lappskräddare
|lighterman, bargeman
| patch tailor, botcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|limkokare
| lastningsbokhållare
|glue boiler
| shipping clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|linberedare
| legoknekt
|flax dresser
| (military) mercenary
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhandlare
| likörare
|dealer in flax, flaxman
| hearse driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhäcklare
| liktarskeppare
|flax dresser
| lighterman, bargeman
|
|  
|-
|-
|linvävare
| limkokare
|linen weaver
| glue boiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdrabant
| linberedare
|(military) yeoman of the guard
| flax dresser
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdragon
| linhandlare
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|
|  
|-
|-
|livgrenadjär
| linhäcklare
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
| flax dresser
|
|  
|-
|-
|livhussar
| livdrabant
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|
|  
|-
|-
|ljusfabrikör
| livdragon
|candlemaker
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|
|  
|-
|-
|logarvare
| livgrenadjär
|tanner
| &nbsp;(military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers&nbsp;
|
|  
|-
|-
|lokomotivförare
| livhussar
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|
|  
|-
|-
|lots
| ljusfabrikör
|sea pilot
| candlemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumphandlare
| logarvare
|rag dealer
| tanner
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumpsamlare
| lokomotivförare
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|
|  
|-
|-
|lånförmedlare
| lots
|negotiator of loans, broker
| sea pilot
|
|  
|-
|-
|läkare
| lumphandlare
|doctor
| rag dealer
|healer, curer, physician
|  
|-
|-
|länsbokhållare
| lumpsamlare
|sheriff clerk
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsinnehavare
| lånförmedlare
|tenant of a feud
| negotiator of loans, broker
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsman
| läkare
|sheriff
| doctor
|
| healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
|länsåklagare
| länsbokhållare
|county prosecutor
| sheriff clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärare
| länsinnehavare
|teacher
| tenant of a feud
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärling
| länsman
|apprentice
| sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|löjtnant
| länsåklagare
|lieutenant
| county prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|lösdrivare
| lärare
|vagrant
| teacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|madam
| lärling
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
| apprentice
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|  
|-
|-
|madrassmakare
| löjtnant
|mattressmaker
| lieutenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinbokhållare
| lösdrivare
|warehouse clerk
| vagrant
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinsförvaltare
| madam
|store keeper, 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.)
|-
|-
|magistratsperson
| madrassmakare
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
| mattressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratssekreterare
| magasinbokhållare
|town clerk
| warehouse clerk  
|
|  
|-
|-
|major
| magasinsförvaltare
|(military) army major
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|majorska
| magistratsperson
|wife of a major
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|
|  
|-
|-
|malmbrytare
| magistratssekreterare
|mine digger, miner
| town clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|malthandlare
| major
|dealer in malt, maltman
| (military) army major
|
|  
|-
|-
|mamsell
| majorska
|miss
| wife of a major
|comparable to fröken
|  
|-
|-
|mantalskommissarie
| malmbrytare
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
| mine digger, miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|manufakturhandlare
| malthandlare
|haberdasher
| dealer in malt, maltman
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|  
|-
|-
|marketentare
| mamsell
|sutler
| miss
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
| comparable to fröken
|-
|-
|marketenterska
| mantalskommissarie
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|marmorarbetare
| manufakturhandlare
|marble cutter
| haberdasher
|
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
|maskinarbetare
| marketentare
|mechanic, machinist
| sutler
|
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
|maskinist
| marketenterska
|machinist
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|masmästare
| marmorarbetare
|smelting master
| marble cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|materialförvaltare
| maskinarbetare
|store keeper
| mechanic, machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|matlagerska
| maskinist
|female cook
| machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|matmoder
| masmästare
|housewife, mistress of a house
| smelting master
|
|  
|-
|-
|matros
| materialförvaltare
|sailor, seaman
| store keeper
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|mattbindare
| matlagerska
|mat maker, straw platter
| female cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|matvaruhandlare
| matmoder
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| housewife, mistress of a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|mejerska
| matros
|dairy maid
| sailor, seaman
|
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
|messingsslagare
| mattbindare
|brass smith, brazier
| mat maker, straw platter
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|messingssmed
| matvaruhandlare
|brass smith
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|metallarbetare
| mejerska
|metal worker
| dairy maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|metallgjutare
| messingsslagare
|brass founder, brazier
| brass smith, brazier  
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|mildsoldat
| messingssmed
|militiaman
| brass smith
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|mineralgrävare
| metallarbetare
|miner
| metal worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|minister
| metallgjutare
|government minister
| brass founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|minuthandlare
| mildsoldat
|retailer
| militiaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|minör
| mineralgrävare
|miner (1889)
| miner  
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölhandlare
| minister
|flour merchant
| government minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkarrendator
| minuthandlare
|tenant dairy farmer
| retailer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljare
| minör
|milkman
| miner (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljerska
| mjölhandlare
|milkwoman
| flour merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkhustru
| mjölkarrendator
|milkwoman
| tenant dairy farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkpiga
| mjölkförsäljare
|milkmaid, dairymaid
| milkman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjöldräng
| mjölkförsäljerska
|miller's man
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnare
| mjölkhustru
|miller
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnarhustru
| mjölkpiga
|millers wife
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnerska
| mjöldräng
|miller woman
| miller's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|modehandlare
| mjölnare
|dealer in fancy goods
| miller
|
|  
|-
|-
|modesömmerska
| mjölnarhustru
|milliner (1889)
| millers wife
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|modist
| mjölnerska
|milliner
| miller woman
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|murare
| modehandlare
|mason
| dealer in fancy goods
|bricklayer, stone mason
|  
|-
|-
|muraregesäll
| modesömmerska
|journeyman mason
| milliner (1889)
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|murarelärling
| modist
|masons apprentice
| milliner
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|murarmästare
| murare
|master mason
| mason  
|
| bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
|mureriarbetare
| muraregesäll
|bricklayer
| journeyman mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|murerihandtlangare
| murarelärling
|hodman
| masons apprentice
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|  
|-
|-
|musketerare
| murarmästare
|musketeer
| master mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|målare
| mureriarbetare
|painter, artist
| bricklayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|målargesäll
| murerihandtlangare
|journeyman painter
| hodman
|
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
|målarmästare
| musketerare
|master painter
| musketeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|månads karl
| målare
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
| painter, artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|månglerska
| målargesäll
|market woman
| journeyman painter
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|  
|-
|-
|månglare
| målarmästare
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
| master painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mältare
| månglerska&nbsp;
|maltman, maltster
| market woman
|
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
|mästare
| månglare
|master
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästergesäll
| mältare
|master journeyman
| maltman, maltster
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelhandlare
| mästare
|dealer in furniture
| master
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelmakare
| mästergesäll
|cabinet maker
| master journeyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelsnickare
| möbelhandlare
|cabinet maker
| dealer in furniture
|
|  
|-
|-
|mölnare (1829)
| möbelmakare
|see mjölnare
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterherre
| möbelsnickare
|(military) muster master
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterskrivare
| mölnare (1829)
|(military) muster clerk
| see mjölnare
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|  
|-
|-
|mössmakare
| mönsterherre
|cap maker
| (military) muster master
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattman
| mönsterskrivare
|night man
| (military) muster clerk
|
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
|nattvaktare
| mössmakare
|night watchman
| cap maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipperhandlare
| nattman
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| night man
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipphandlerska
| nattvaktare
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| night watchman
|
|  
|-
|-
|nybyggare
| nipperhandlare
|settler
| milliner, toyman (1829)
|or colonizer
|  
|-
|-
|nålmakare
| nipphandlerska
|needle maker
| dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| nybyggare
|juror
| settler
| kind of juryman/lay judge
| or colonizer
|-
|-
|näringsidkare
| nålmakare
|tradesman
| needle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|nätbindare
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|net maker
| juror
|
| &nbsp;kind of juryman/lay judge&nbsp;
|-
|-
|officer
| näringsidkare
|officer
| tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|okulist
| nätbindare
|oculist
| net maker
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|  
|-
|-
|ombudsman
| officer
|attorney, proctor
| officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|opperstyrman
| okulist
|captain's mate
| oculist
|
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
|organist
| ombudsman
|organist
| attorney, proctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelbyggare
| opperstyrman
|organ builder
| captain's mate
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelnist
| organist
|organist
| organist  
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelspelare
| orgelbyggare
|organ player
| organ builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgeltrampare
| orgelnist
|organ blower
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|osthandlare
| orgelspelare
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| organ player
|
|  
|-
|-
|ostronhandlare
| orgeltrampare
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
| organ blower
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxhandlare
| osthandlare
|cattle dealer
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxslagtare
| ostronhandlare
|beef butcher
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhusinspektor
| oxhandlare
|pack officer
| cattle dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhuskarl
| oxslagtare
|packer
| beef butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|pansarsmed
| packhusinspektor
|armourer
| pack officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantaregare
| packhuskarl
|owner of a pawn
| packer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantgivare
| pansarsmed
|mortgager
| armourer
|
|  
|-
|-
|papparbetare
| pantaregare
|paste board worker
| owner of a pawn
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersfabrikör
| pantgivare
|paper maker
| mortgager
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappershandlare
| papparbetare
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
| paste board worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersskärare
| pappersfabrikör
|paper cutter
| paper maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappmakare
| pappershandlare
|cardboard
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymfabrikant
| pappersskärare
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
| paper cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymhandlare
| pappmakare
|perfumer, perfume dealer
| cardboard
|
|  
|-
|-
|parmmätare
| parfymfabrikant
|hay measurer
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastor
| parfymhandlare
|parish minister, pastor
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|  
|-
|-
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| pastor  
|(latin) parish priest
| parish minister, pastor
|
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
|pastorsadjunkt
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|stipendiary curate
| (latin) parish priest
|clergyman receiving pay
|  
|-
|-
|pelshandlare
| pastorsadjunkt
|furrier
| stipendiary curate
|
| clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
|pennberedare
| pelshandlare
|pen dispenser
| furrier
|
|  
|-
|-
|pensionsföreståndare
| pensionsföreståndare  
|master of a boarding school
| master of a boarding school  
|
|  
|-
|-
|perukmakare
| perukmakare  
|wig maker
| wig maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|p. et. P.
| p. et. P.  
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus  
|parish priest
| parish priest
|-
|-
|piga
| piga  
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand  
| maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand&nbsp;
|<br>
| <br>
|-
|-
|pipare
| pipare  
|piper
| piper  
|
|  
|-
|-
|pipsmed
| pipsmed  
|see bössmed
| see bössmed  
|
|  
|-
|-
|piskmakare
| piskmakare  
|whip makeer
| whip makeer  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plogsmed
| plogsmed  
|plough wright
| plough wright  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plymmakare
| plymmakare  
|feather maker
| feather maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plåtslagare
| plåtslagare  
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
| black smith, worker in sheet iron  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|porterbryggare
| porterbryggare  
|brewer of dark ale
| brewer of dark ale  
|
|  
|-
|-
|possessionat
| postförare
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
| mail driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|postförare
| postmästare
|mail driver
| postmaster
|
|  
|-
|-
|postmästare
| predikant
|postmaster
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|
|  
|-
|-
|predikant
| prest
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
| priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|prest
| principal
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
| employer, master
|
|  
|-
|-
|principal
| profoss
|employer, master
| flogmaster (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|profoss
| prost
|flogmaster (military)
| dean, sub dean (1829)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|prost
| provinsialläkare
|dean, sub dean (1829)
| district physician, country doctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|provinsialläkare
| präst
|district physician, country doctor
| minister
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|präst
| pungmakare
|minister
| pouch maker
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|pungmakare
| rackare
|pouch maker
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
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|-
|rackare
| reesig
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
| (military)
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|  
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|-
|reesig
| regementsknekt
|(military)
| (military)  
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|-
|regementsknekt
| repslagare
|(military)
| rope maker
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|repslagare
| resandefolk
|rope maker
| itinerant, or migratory people
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|  
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|resandefolk
| resepredikant
|itinerant, or migratory people
| itinerant preacher
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|resepredikant
| riddare
|itinerant preacher
| knight
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|riddare
| ridlärare
|knight
| riding master
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|ridlärare
| roddare
|riding master
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
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|roddare
| rorgängare
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
| helmsman, steersman
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|rorgängare
| roteman
|helmsman, steersman
| assistant overseer
|
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
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|roteman
| rotemästare
|assistant overseer
| see rotmästare
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|  
|-
|-
|rotemästare
| rotesoldat
|see rotmästare
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|
|  
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|-
|rotesoldat
| rotmästare&nbsp;
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| (military) leader
|
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
|rotmästare
| rusthållare
|(military) leader
| farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army&nbsp;
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
| a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier&nbsp;
|-
|-
|ruggare
| ryttare
|worker in textile manufacturing
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|rusthållare
| ryttmästare
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
| captain of a cavalry  
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
| <br>
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|ryttare
| rådman
|(military) cavalryman
| councilman
|
| <br>
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|-
|ryttmästare
| rättare
|captain of a cavalry
| overseer (1829)
|<br>
|  
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|-
|rådbisittare
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.  
|city councilman
| &nbsp;(latin) assistant priest&nbsp;
|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
| &nbsp;sadelmakare
|councilman
| saddle maker, leather worker
|<br>
|  
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|rättare
| salthandlare
|overseer (1829)
| dealer of salt, saltman
|
|  
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|-
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| saltmätare
|(latin) assistant priest
| person who measures salt
|
|  
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|-
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|(latin) priest in training
| a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
|sadelmakare
| satinvävare
|saddle maker, leather worker
| satin weaver
|
|  
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|-
|salthandlare
| saxmakare
|dealer of salt, saltman
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|
|  
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|-
|saltmätare
| segelmakare
|person who measures salt
| sail maker
|
|  
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|-
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| segelsömmare
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
| sail maker
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|  
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|-
|satinvävare
| sejlare
|satin weaver
| cord maker
|
|  
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|-
|saxmakare
| sergeant
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
| sergeant
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|  
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|-
|segelmakare
| sexmän
|sail maker
| type of parish law enforcement
|
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Sexmän|Sexmän.]]
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|-
|segelsömmare
| silkhandlare
|sail maker
| silk merchant
|
|  
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|-
|sejlare
| sillpackare
|cord maker
| herring packer
|
|  
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|-
|sergeant
| sjöman
|sergeant
| sailor, seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|sexmän
| skarprättare
|type of parish law enforcement
| executioner, hangman
|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
| skarpskytt
|silk merchant
| (military) sharpshooter
|
|  
|-
|-
|sillpackare
| skattebonde
|herring packer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sjöman
| skatteindrivare
|sailor, seaman
| tax collector
|
|  
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|-
|skarprättare
| skeppare
|executioner, hangman
| skipper
|
|  
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|-
|skarpskytt
| skeppsbyggmästare
|(military) sharpshooter
| master ship builder
|
|  
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|-
|skattebonde
| skeppsgosse
|
| ship boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|skatteindrivare
| skoarbetare
|tax collector
| shoe maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppare
| skogshuggare
|skipper
| wood cutter, lumberer
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsbyggmästare
| skogvaktare
|master ship builder
| forester
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsgosse
| skollärare
|ship boy
| schoolteacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|skoarbetare
| skomakare
|shoe maker
| shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogshuggare
| skomakaregesäll
|wood cutter, lumberer
| journeyman shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogvaktare
| skomakaremästare
|forester
| master shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skollärare
| skråmästare
|schoolteacher
| master of a guild
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakare
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|shoemaker
| tailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaregesäll
| skräddaregesäll
|journeyman shoemaker
| journeyman tailor
|
|  
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|-
|skomakaremästare
| skräddarelärling
|master shoemaker
| tailor's apprentice
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|-
|skråmästare
| skulptör
|master of a guild
| sculptor
|
|  
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|-
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| skutskeppare
|tailor
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
|
|  
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|-
|skräddaregesäll
| skådespelare
|journeyman tailor
| stage player, actor
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddarelärling
| skärslippare
|tailor's apprentice
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|
|  
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|-
|skulptör
| skördeman
|sculptor
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|
|  
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|-
|skutskeppare
| sköterska
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
| nurse
|
|  
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|-
|skådespelare
| slaktare
|stage player, actor
| meat cutter, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|skärslippare
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skördeman
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|  
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|-
|sköterska
| smed
|nurse
| 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]
|-
|-
|slaktardräng
| smedsgesäll
|butcher's man
| journeyman smith
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|slaktare
| smedsmästare
|meat cutter, butcher
| master smith
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|-
|-
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| småkrämare
|
| dealer in small wares
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|  
|-
|-
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| smältare
|
| smelter, melter, fuser
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|  
|-
|-
|smed
| smältarsmed
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| shingler
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
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|-
|smedsgesäll
| smörhandlare
|journeyman smith
| butterman, butter merchant
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
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|-
|smedsmästare
| snickare
|master smith
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
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|-
|småkrämare
| snickarmästare
|dealer in small wares
| master jointer
|
|  
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|-
|smältare
| snörmakare
|smelter, melter, fuser
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|
|  
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|-
|smältarsmed
| sockenpräst
|shingler
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|
|  
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|-
|smörhandlare
| sockenskrivare
|butterman, butter merchant
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|
|  
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|-
|snickare
| sockerbagare
|joiner, cabinetmaker
| confectioner, pastry cook
|
|  
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|-
|snickarmästare
| sockerbruksarbetare
|master jointer
| sugar refiner (workman)
|
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|-
|snörmakare
| soldat
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
| soldier
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|  
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|-
|sockenpräst
| speditör
|parish priest, parson (1829)
| forwarding shipping agent
|
| agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
|sockenskrivare
| spetshandlare
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|
|  
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|-
|sockerbagare
| spetsknypplerska
|confectioner, pastry cook
| female lace maker
|
|  
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|-
|sockerbruksarbetare
| spiksmed
|sugar refiner (workman)
| nailer, person who makes nails
|
|  
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|-
|soldat
| spinnare
|soldier
| spinner
|
|  
|-
|-
|speditör
| spinnerska
|forwarding shipping agent
| female spinner, spinstress
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|  
|-
|-
|spetshandlare
| spinnhushjon
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| inmate of a house of correction
|
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
|spetsknypplerska
| stadsfogde
|female lace maker
| town bailiff
|
|  
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|-
|spiksmed
| stadskamrer
|nailer, person who makes nails
| town clerk
|
|  
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|-
|spinnare
| stadsläkare
|spinner
| physician to the town, town doctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnerska
| statare, statsdräng
|female spinner, spinstress
| see statkarl
|
|  
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|-
|spinnhushjon
| statkarl
|inmate of a house of correction
| farm hand
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
|stadsfogde
| statman
|town bailiff
| statesman
|
|  
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|-
|stadskamrer
| statsfru
|town clerk
| lady of state
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadsläkare
| stenarbetare
|physician to the town, town doctor
| stone worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|statare, statsdräng
| stenbrytare
|see statkarl
| quarrier, quarryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|statkarl
| stenhuggare
|farm hand
| stonecutter
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|  
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|-
|statman
| stenkolsarbetare
|statesman
| collier
|
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|statsfru
| stickerska
|lady of state
| knitter, woman who knits
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenarbetare
| strykerska
|stone worker
| laundress, ironing woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenbrytare
| strängmakare
|quarrier, quarryman
| string maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenhuggare
| styckgjutare
|stonecutter
| gun founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenkolsarbetare
| styckjunkare
|collier
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
| see fanjunkare
|-
|-
|stickerska
| styresman
|knitter, woman who knits
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|
|  
|-
|-
|strykerska
| styrman
|laundress, ironing woman
| (military) steersman
|
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
|strängmakare
| stålarbetare
|string maker
| steel worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|studerande
| stålsmed
|student
| steel smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckgjutare
| stålmångelska
|gun founder
| stall woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckjunkare
| sutor
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
| (latin) shoemaker
|see fanjunkare
| see skomakare
|-
|-
|styresman
| svamphandlare
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|styrman
| svärdfejare
|(military) steersman
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|  
|-
|-
|stålarbetare
| symamsell
|steel worker
| seamstress
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålsmed
| sågställare
|steel smith
| saw setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålmångelska
| sämskmakare
|stall woman
| see garvare
|
|  
|-
|-
|sutor
| sättare
|(latin) shoemaker
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|see skomakare
|  
|-
|-
|svamphandlare
| taktäckare
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
| roofer
|
|  
|-
|-
|svarvare
| tandläkare
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|svärdfejare
| tapetserare
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|
|  
|-
|-
|symamsell
| tappare
|seamstress
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|
| tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
|sågställare
| tattare
|saw setter
| gipsy (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|sämskmakare
| taxeringsman
|see garvare
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|sättare
| tegelformare
|type setter, or (military) rammer
| brick moulder
|
|  
|-
|-
|taktäckare
| tegelbrännare
|roofer
| brickmaker, tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|tandläkare
| tegelslagare
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| brickmoulder, tiler
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
|tapetserare
| tegeltäckare
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
| tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|tappare
| tehandlare
|tapster, bottler (1889)
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|tapster is another title for bartender
|  
|-
|-
|tattare
| tenngjutare
|gipsy (1829)
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
|taxeringsman
| tiggare
|assessor
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelformare
| timmerhuggare
|brick moulder
| timber cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelbrännare
| timmerman
|brickmaker, tiler
| carpenter, builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelslagare
| tingsskrivare
|brickmoulder, tiler
| copyist of court cases
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|  
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|-
|tegeltäckare
| tjuv
|tiler
| thief
|
|  
|-
|-
|tehandlare
| tjänare
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
| servant
|
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
|tenngjutare
| tjänstehjon
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
| servant, menial work
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
| see tjänare
|-
|-
|tiggare
| tobakshandlare
|beggar
| tobacco merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerhuggare
| tobaksspinnare
|timber cutter
| tobacco spinner
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerman
| tolvman
|carpenter, builder
| se nämdeman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tingsskrivare
| tornväktare
|copyist of court cases
| tower watch
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjuv
| torpare
|thief
| 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.
|-
|-
|tjänare
| tresserska
|servant
| braider, plaiter
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|  
|-
|-
|tjänstehjon
| trikotstickerska
|servant, menial work
| tricot knitter,  
|see tjänare
| a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|-
|tobakshandlare
| trummare
|tobacco merchant
| drummer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tobaksspinnare
| tryckare
|tobacco spinner
| printer, pressman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tolvman
| trädgårdsmästare
|se nämdeman
| gardener
|
|  
|-
|-
|tornväktare
| tullbetjänt
|tower watch
| customs officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|torpare
| tulltjänsteman
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
| customs officer
|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
| tullvaktmästare
|braider, plaiter
| landing waiter
|
|  
|-
|-
|trikotstickerska
| tunnbindare
|tricot knitter,
| barrelmaker, cooper
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|  
|-
|-
|trummare
| tunnelarbetare
|drummer
| tunneller
|
|  
|-
|-
|tryckare
| tvättare
|printer, pressman
| male launderer, washerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|trädgårdsmästare
| tvätterska
|gardener
| washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tullbetjänt
| tvättgumma
|customs officer
| washerwoman
|
|-
|-
|tulltjänsteman
| tältmakare
|customs officer
| tent maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|tullvaktmästare
| ullfärgare
|landing waiter
| wool dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnbindare
| ullhandlare
|barrelmaker, cooper
| wool merchant, trader in wool
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnelarbetare
| underlöjtnant
|tunneller
| sub lieutenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättare
| underofficer
|male launderer, washerman
| non comissioned officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvätterska
| underståtthållare
|washerwoman
| sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättgumma
| urmakare
|washerwoman
| watch and clockmaker
|  
|-
|-
|tältmakare
| vagnmakare
|tent maker
| cartwright, carriage maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullfärgare
| vagnmästare
|wool dyer
| wagon master
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullhandlare
| vaktare
|wool merchant, trader in wool
| keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|underlöjtnant
| vaktmästare
|sub lieutenant
| caretaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|underofficer
| vallflicka
|non comissioned officer
| shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|  
|-
|-
|underståtthållare
| valkare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
| fuller, miller
|
|  
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|-
|urmakare
| vallhjon
|watch and clockmaker
| a person tending cattle in the field
|
|  
|-
|-
|vagnmakare
| vandrare
|cartwright, carriage maker
| wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|  
|-
|-
|vagnmästare
| vapendragare
|wagon master
| squire, esquire
|
|  
|-
|-
|vaktare
| vedhuggare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
| wood cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|vaktmästare
| vice häradshövding
|caretaker
| see häradshövding
|
|  
|-
|-
|vallflicka
| vicepastor
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
| curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|-
|valkare
| vinodlare
|fuller, miller
| wine grower
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|  
|-
|-
|vallhjon
| vårdarinna
|a person tending cattle in the field
| nurse
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|-
|-
|vandrare
| väglagare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
| repairer of roads
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|-
|-
|vapendragare
| vävare
|squire, esquire
| weaver
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|-
|-
|vedhuggare
| yllehandlare
|wood cutter
| dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|  
|-
|-
|vice häradshövding
| yrke
|see häradshövding
| occupation, profession
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|-
|-
|vicepastor
| yrkesidkare
|curate
| trader
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|  
|-
|-
|vinodlare
| yrkesman
|wine grower
| craftsman
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|-
|-
|vårdarinna
| åbo
|nurse
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
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|-
|-
|väglagare
| ålderman
|repairer of roads
| head man of a company, headmaster (1829), alderman (1889)
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|-
|-
|vävare
| ämbetsman
|weaver
| government official, crown officer
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|-
|-
|vävskedbindare
| överbefalhavare
|weaver's comb binder
| commander in chief
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|  
|-
|-
|yllehandlare
| överkonstapel
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
| (military) corporal
|
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|-
|-
|yrke
| överståthållare
|occupation, profession
| governor
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|-
|-
|yrkesidkare
| ölbryggare  
|trader
| beer brewer  
|
|  
|-
|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)
aftonsångspredikant evening-service preacher
agent agent, representative
aktor accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
aktris actress female play actor, performer
aktör actor male play actor, performer
allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl common - farmer,                   -peasant, -man
amiral admiral (military)
anförare leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
angivare informer (1788)
anklagare accuser, impeacher (1788)
ansättare (military) rammer service position with ramrods
apotekare pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
arbetskarl male worker, workman, laborer
arbetsman male worker, workman, laborer
arbk. abbreviation for arbetskarl male worker, workman, laborer
arkebusier (military) member of firing squad arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
arkibiskop (1788) archbishop modern Swedish ärkebiskop
arklimästare (military) gunner gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
arrendator tenant farmer, leaseholder 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
förpaktare tenant farmer, leaseholder alias to arrendator
förpantare mortgager,
försvarslös unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond also means defenseless
garnhandlare dealer in wools
garnisonssoldat soldier in garrison duty
garvare tanner (1829)
gaständare gas lighter
generalbefälhavare commanding general of a district
generallöjtnant lieutenant general
gesäll journeyman often abbreviated as gs
gjutare caster, founder, moulder works at a foundry
glasarbetare glass worker
glasblåsare glassblower
glasfabrikant glassmaker
glashandlare glassman
glasmakare, glasverkare glassmaker
glasmålare glass painter
glasslipare glass cutter, glass grinder
glasögonmakare 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
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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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