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The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary such as the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]. (Or see "Additional Resources" below.)  
The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary. (See "Additional Resources" below.)  


Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br>  
Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The spelling section in "Language Characteristics" below, along with the English to Swedish Word list are designed to help you find the words you need. <br>  


== Word List ==
The entire Swedish to English word list is available in PDF see [[Image:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf]].<br>


Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|'''Sweden Occupations''']].
== LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS  ==


To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: [[Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources]].
Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.  


The entire Swedish to English word list is available in a PDF file [[Media:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf|Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011]].
==== Variant Forms of Words  ====
 
In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:


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! scope="col" |Swedish
| ''man <br>mannen <br>män <br>männen''
! scope="col" |English
| man <br>the man <br>men <br>the men
| ''yrke <br>yrket <br>yrken <br>yrkena''
| profession <br>the profession <br>professions <br>the professions
|}
 
==== Alphabetical Order  ====
 
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''''z'''''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order:
 
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z å ä ö
 
<br>
 
==== Spelling  ====
Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.
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|abbot
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|abbot
b used for p<br> c used for k <br> ch used for k<br> d used for t<br> e used for ä <br> f used for v <br> g used for k<br> i used for j <br> j used for g, gj, hj, lj, dj <br> k used for ck, ch,g, gg, c <br> o for å <br>
 
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
|
q used for k <br> s used for skj, sch, sj, stj, ss, c, z<br> sk used for k, kj, ch <br> t used for q<br> tj used for ki <br> u used for v <br> w used for v<br> x used for ks<br> z used for s <br>å used for o <br> ä used for e <br>
 
|}
 
Examples:
 
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|[[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|accismästare]]
| align="right" | ''änka <br>mjölnare <br>kärr''
|customs officer
| align="center" | spelled as <br>spelled as <br>spelled as
| ''enka <br>miölnare<br>tjärr''
|}
 
 
Examples:  
 
skov spelled as schov<br>
 
kvinna spelled as qvinna<br>
 
== Word List  ==
 
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|-
|ackuschörska
! scope="col" | Swedish
|a midwife
! scope="col" | English
|-
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|adelsbussar]]
| adelsman
|(military) soldier of lower rank
| nobleman
|-
|-
|adelsman
| arton(de)
|nobleman
| eighteen (eighteenth)
|-
|-
|adelssven
| adlig
|page (youth); a young nobleman who worked at a royal court
| noble
|-
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
| adopterad
|(Latin) pastorsadjunkt; see adjunkt
| adopted
|-
|-
|adjunkt
| adress
|(civil) teacher of 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt/pastoratsadjunkt
| address
|-
|-
|adlig
| adressbok
|noble
| directory
|-
|-
|administer, administra
| afton
|(Latin) attendant, assistant
| evening
|-
|-
|administrator
| aldrig
|(Latin) administrator
| never
|-
|-
|adopterad
| alla, allt
|adopted
| all
|-
|-
|adress
| alltid
|address
| always
|-
|-
|adressbok
| ambarn
|directory
| nursing child
|-
|-
|advocat
| andra
|lawyer, attorney
| second, others
|-
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
| andtäppa
|(Latin) lawyer of the assembly
| shortness of breath, asthma
|-
|-
|aedituus
| anfall
|(Latin) keeper of the sacristy, person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
| seizure(s)
|-
|-
|afton
| angiven
|evening
| given, stated
|-
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
| ankom
|evening-service preacher
| came, arrived
|-
|-
|agent
| anmärkningar
|agent, representative
| remarks, annotations
|-
|-
|aktor
| annan
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
| other
|-
|-
|aktris
| antavla
|actress, female play actor, performer
| pedigree chart
|-
|-
|akut luftrörsinflammation
| anteckning
|Bronchitis
| note, annotation, remark
|-
|-
|aktör
| april
|actor, male play actor, performer
| April
|-
|-
|aldrig
| arbetare
|never
| worker, laborer
|-
|-
|alla, allt
| arkiv
|all
| archive
|-
|-
|almsveda
| arrendator
|shingles
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|-
|alltid
| arton
|always
| eighteen
|-
|-
|allvarlig blodbrist
| arv
|anemia
| inheritance
|-
|-
|allmänningsbonde
| arvinge
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| heir
|-
|-
|allmäningskarl
| arvskifte
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| distribution of an inherited estate
|-
|-
|ambarn
| att
|nursing child
| that (for example: know that he died)
|-
|-
|amiral
| attest
|admiral (military)
| certificate
|-
|-
|ammande kvinna
| augusti
|nursing mother
| August
|-
|-
|anasarcha
| av
|anasarca (a form of edema)
| of
|-
|-
|andra
| avgift
|second, others
| fee
|-
|-
|andfåddhet
| avgång
|respiratory distress
| departure
|-
|-
|andnöd
| avgått
|respiratory distress
| moved
|-
|-
|andtäppa
| avgått med döden
|shortness of breath, asthma
| died (departed through death)
|-
|-
|anemi
| avliden
|anemia
| deceased, death
|-
|-
|anfall
| avskedad
|seizure(s)
| discharged, resigned
|-
|-
|anförare
| avsomna
|leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788)
| die, death
|-
|-
|angivare
| avvittring
|informer (1788)
| assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|-
|-
|angiven
| backe
|given, stated
| hill
|-
|-
|anklagare
| backstugusittare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
| one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
|-
|-
|ankom
| bagare
|came, arrived
| baker
|-
|-
|anmärkningar
| bakom
|remarks, annotations
| behind
|-
|-
|annan
| baneman
|other
| slayer
|-
|-
|ansättare
| baneslag
|(military) rammer, service position with ramrods
| death blow, mortal stroke
|-
|-
|antavla
| banesår
|pedigree chart
| death wound, mortal wound
|-
|-
|anteckning
| bann
|note, annotation, remark
| excommunication
|-
|-
|apostem
| banna
|swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
| to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
|-
|-
|apotekare
| bannlysa
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
| to excommunicate
|-
|-
|april
| baptist
|April
| Baptist
|-
|-
|arbetare
| bar
|worker, laborer
| carried
|-
|-
|arbetskarl, arbk.
| bara
|male worker, workman, laborer
| only
|-
|-
|arbetsman
| bar barnet
|male worker, workman, laborer
| carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|-
|-
|arjeplogsjukan
| barn
|porphyria
| child(ren)
|-
|-
|arkebusier
| barnbarn
|(military) member of firing squad
| grandchild(ren)
|-
|-
|arkebusera
| barnbok
|to shoot by order of the court
| preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
|-
|-
|arkibiskop
| barnlös
|(1788) archbishop, |modern Swedish ärkebiskop
| childless
|-
|-
|arkiv
| barnmorska
|archive
| midwife
|-
|-
|arklimästare
| barnmördare
|(military) gunner, |gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
| murderer of a child
|-
|-
|aromatisk värk
| barnpiga
|rheumatism
| maid for children
|-
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|arrendator]]
| barnsbörd, barnsäng
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| childbirth
|-
|-
|artillerist
| barnsjuka
|(military) man of the artillery
| children's disease
|-
|-
|artillerikonstapel
| barnsnöd
|(military) bombardier
| complication at childbirth
|-
|-
|arton (artonde)
| barnsäng
|eighteen (eighteenth)
| childbirth
|-
|-
| barnsängsfeber
| perpetual complications or sickness at birth
|-
|-
|arv
| befolkning
|inheritance
| population
|-
|-
|arvinge
| begrava
|heir
| bury
|-
|-
|arvskifte
| begravning
|distribution of an inherited estate
| burial
|-
|-
|arvsot
| begravningslängd
|hereditary illness
| burial record
|-
|-
|asiatiska influenzan
| begravningsplats
|asian flu
| cemetery
|-
|-
|assessor
| begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard
|assessor
| taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
|-
|-
|assuradör
| benröta
|insurer, underwriter
| bone-rotting disease
|-
|-
|aterom
| benåd
|atheroma
| pardon
|-
|-
|att
| benämd
|that (for example: know that he died)
| called
|-
|-
|attest
| berg
|certificate
| hill, mountain
|-
|-
|augusti
| bergfolk
|August
| mountain people, highlanders
|-
|-
|augustifeber
| bergslag
|malaria
| mining district
|-
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| bergsman
|auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale
| miner
|-
|-
|auktor, autor
| beskattning
|author, penman, writer (1829)
| taxation
|-
|-
|av
| beskrivning
|of
| description
|-
|-
|avgift
| besökare
|fee
| customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
|-
|-
|avgång
| betjänt
|departure
| servant, civil servant
|-
|-
|avgått
| bettlare
|moved
| beggar
|-
|-
|avgått med döden
| betyg
|died (departed through death)
| certificate
|-
|-
|avig börd
| bevaka
|birthing complications
| protect
|-
|-
|avliden
| bevis
|deceased, death
| certificate, proof, evidence
|-
|-
|avisskrivare
| bevistat läsförhören
|newswriter, gazetteer
| present at household examination (clerical survey)
|-
|-
|avskedad
| beväring
|discharged, resigned
| conscript
|-
|-
|avskedad soldat
| beväringsman
|discharged, resigned soldier
| recruit
|-
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
| bilaga
|transcriber, copier
| supplement, enclosure
|-
|-
|avlsag
| biografi
|postpartum infection
| biography
|-
|-
|avsomna
| biträde
|die, death
| assistant
|-
|-
|avvittring
| blind
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
| blind
|-
|-
|axplockare
| bliva
|gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering
| to become
|-
|-
|backe
| blodsjuka
|hill
| blood disorder
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| blodslag
|cottager (1788); see backstugusittare
| cerebal stroke
|-
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|backstugusittare]]
| blodstörtning
|cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller
| severe or sudden bleeding
|-
|-
|badare
| blödning
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| bleeding
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| bo
|barber surgeon
| to live, home, estate
|-
|-
|badmästare
| bok
|bath-keeper (1889)
| book
|-
|-
|bagare
| bokhållare
|baker
| bookkeeper
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| bonde
|baker's man
| farmer
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| borg
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| castle, fortress
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| borgare
|master baker
| citizen, burgher
|-
|-
|bakom
| borgmästare
|behind
| mayor
|-
|-
|baneman
| borta
|slayer
| absent
|-
|-
|banérförare
| bortgift
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| married elsewhere
|-
|-
|banérherre
| bostad
|(military) banneret
| domicile
|-
|-
|banér-riddare
| boupptekning
|(military) knight banneret
| probate, estate inventory
|-
|-
|baneslag
| bredvid
|death blow, mortal stroke
| next to
|-
|-
|banesår
| bro
|death wound, mortal wound
| bridge
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| bror
|porter, messenger at a bank
| brother
|-
|-
|banmästare
| brorsdotter
|overseer of a railway line
| niece, brother\'s daughter
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| brorsson
|porter, messenger at a bank
| nephew, brother\'s son
|-
|-
|banmästare
| brottfällig
|overseer of a railway line
| epileptic fits
|-
|-
|bann
| brud
|excommunication
| bride
|-
|-
|banna
| brudfolk
|to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
| bridal couple
|-
|-
|bannlysa
| brudgum
|to excommunicate
| bridegroom
|-
|-
|baptist
| brudpar
|Baptist
| bridal couple
|-
|-
|bar
| bruk
|carried
| foundry, mill, iron industry
|-
|-
|bara
| brukare
|only
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|-
|bar barnet
| bruksarbetare
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
| foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
|-
|-
|barberare
| bryggare
|barber, shaver
| brewer
|-
|-
|barberarebiträde
| bräcklighet
|barber's assistant
| frailty
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| brännsjuka
|journeyman barber
| feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
|-
|-
|barberarelärling
| bröllop
|barber's apprentice
| wedding
|-
|-
|barkare
| bröstarvinge
|tanner (1829)
| heir
|-
|-
|barn
| bröstfeber
|child(ren)
| pneumonia
|-
|-
|barnafånge
| bröstsjuka
|complications at childbirth
| chest illness, pneumonia
|-
|-
|barnbarn
| bröstkov
|grandchild(ren)
| shortness of breath
|-
|-
|barnbok
| bröstkvav
|preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
| shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
|-
|-
|barnbördshus
| bröstlidande
|maternity hospital
| chest disease
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| bröstpassion
|male midwife
| chest pain
|-
|-
|barnförlämning
| bröstveda
|polio
| chest disease
|-
|-
|barnkolera
| bröstvärk
|diarrhea
| chest pain
|-
|-
|barnkoppor
| bukbet
|smallpox
| abdominal pain
|-
|-
|barnkvävning
| brukbrok
|Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Mother was often blamed for smothering the child. Sometimes the priest held an investigation to determine weather the death was an accident
| umbilical hernia
|-
|-
|barnlös
| bukrev
|childless
| constipation
|-
|-
|barnmorska
| bukvred
|midwife
| intestinal blockage
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| by
|maid for children
| village
|-
|-
|barnsbörd, barnsäng
| bygd
|childbirth
| countryside, region, area
|-
|-
|barnsjuka
| byggmästare
|children's disease
| contractor, builder
|-
|-
|barnsnöd
| båda
|complication at childbirth
| both
|-
|-
|barnsäng
| båtsman
|childbirth
| seaman, sailor
|-
|-
|barnsängsfeber
| bägge
|perpetual complications or sickness at birth
| both
|-
|-
|Basedows sjukdom
| bägges barn
|hyperthyroidism
| child of both parents
|-
|-
|befolkning
| bälgslag
|population
| colic
|-
|-
|begrava
| böcker
|bury
| books
|-
|-
|begravning
| böld
|burial
| abscess, boil
|-
|-
|begravningslängd
| böter
|burial record
| fee, fine
|-
|-
|begravningsplats
| bötfälld
|cemetery
| fined
|-
|-
|begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard
| circa (ca.) (Latin)  
|taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
| about, approximately
|-
|-
|benröta, benbrand, benetter
| civilregistret
|bone-rotting disease
| civil registrar
|-
|-
|benuppmjukning
| coopvaerdi
|rickets, caused by vitamin D deficiencies
| merchant marine
|-
|-
|benåd
| dag
|pardon
| day
|-
|-
|benämd
| dagkarl
|called
| day laborer
|-
|-
|berg
| dal
|hill, mountain
| valley
|-
|-
|bergfolk
| Danmark
|mountain people, highlanders
| Denmark
|-
|-
|bergslag
| danneman
|mining district
| farmer, gentleman
|-
|-
|bergsman
| dansk
|miner
| danish
|-
|-
|beskattning
| datum
|taxation
| date
|-
|-
|beskrivning
| de
|description
| they
|-
|-
|besökare
| december
|customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
| December
|-
|-
|beteckning för ägare eller brukare
| de där
|indication if owner or renter
| those
|-
|-
|betjänt
| de här
|servant, civil servant
| these
|-
|-
|bettlare
| deja
|beggar
| maidservant, milkmaid
|-
|-
|betyg
| demoiselle
|certificate
| Miss
|-
|-
|bevaka
| delinqventer
|protect
| delinquent, criminal (old spellling)
|-
|-
|bevis
| den
|certificate, proof, evidence
| the, it
|-
|-
|bevistat läsförhören
| den där
|present at household examination (clerical survey)
| that
|-
|-
|beväring
| den här
|conscript
| this
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| deras
|recruit
| their
|-
|-
|bilaga
| dess
|supplement, enclosure
| his, her, its
|-
|-
|binnikemask
| det
|tapeworm
| the, it
|-
|-
|biografi
| det där
|biography
| that
|-
|-
|biträde
| det här
|assistant
| this
|-
|-
|bleksot
| diarre
|anemia
| diarrhea
|-
|-
|blind
| djärv
|blind
| bold, daring, venturesome
|-
|-
|Blindtarms inflamation
| dom
|appendicitis
| sentence, judgment
|-
|-
|bliva
| dom
|to become
| sentence, judgment
|-
|-
|blodförgiftning
| domare
|sepsis
| judge
|-
|-
|blodkastning
| dombok
|excessive blood flow to a specific area of the body, leading to a build up of blood in that area
| court record
|-
|-
|blodkoppor
| domsaga
|no modern term. Infections or sicknesses that cause blood blisters
| judicial district
|-
|-
|blodpropp
| dop
|thrombus
| baptism, christening
|-
|-
|blodsjuka
| doplängd
|blood disorder
| record of baptisms
|-
|-
|blodslag
| dopnamn
|cerebal stroke
| given name
|-
|-
|blodsot
| dotter
|presents similar to dysentery but it can refer to several different illnesses
| daughter
|-
|-
|blodstörtning
| dragon
|severe or sudden bleeding
| light cavalryman
|-
|-
|blödning
| drunknad
|bleeding
| drowned
|-
|-
|blödarsjuka
| dräng
|hemophilia or inability of the blood to clot, causing excessive bleeding from minor injuries
| farmhand, bachelor
|-
|-
|bo
| duplikat
|to live, home, estate
| duplicate record
|-
|-
|bok
| dygn
|book
| 24 hours, day
|-
|-
|bokhållare
| då
|bookkeeper
| then
|-
|-
|bonde
| där
|farmer
| there
|-
|-
|borg
| därstädes
|castle, fortress
| (of) that place
|-
|-
|borgare
| död, döda, döde
|citizen, burgher
| dead, death
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| dödbok
|mayor
| death record
|-
|-
|borta
| dödfödd
|absent
| stillborn
|-
|-
|bortgift
| dödslista
|married elsewhere
| death record
|-
|-
|bostad
| dödsorsak
|domicile
| cause of death
|-
|-
|boupptekning
| död utan bröstarvinge
|probate, estate inventory
| died without issue
|-
|-
|bredvid
| döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse
|next to
| christening
|-
|-
|bro
| dött
|bridge
| has died
|-
|-
|bror
| döv
|brother
| deaf
|-
|-
|brorsdotter
| efter
|niece, brother\'s daughter
| after
|-
|-
|brorsson
| efterkommande
|nephew, brother\'s son
| descendant(s)
|-
|-
|brottfällig
| eftermiddag
|epileptic fits
| afternoon
|-
|-
|brud
| efternamn
|bride
| surname
|-
|-
|brudfolk
| efter sig lämnat
|bridal couple
| left behind, survived by
|-
|-
|brudgum
| egendom
|bridegroom
| property
|-
|-
|brudpar
| ej
|bridal couple
| not
|-
|-
|bruk
| eldsvåda
|foundry, mill, iron industry
| extensive fire
|-
|-
|brukare
| elfte
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| eleventh
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| eller
|foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
| or
|-
|-
|brukningsdelen
| elva
|farm division
| eleven
|-
|-
|bryggare
| emigrerade
|brewer
| emigrated
|-
|-
|bräcklighet
| en, ett
|frailty
| a, one
|-
|-
|brännsjuka
| en/ett hundra(de)
|feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
| one hundred (one-hundredth)
|-
|-
|bröllop
| en/ett tusen(de)
|wedding
| one thousand (one-thousandth)
|-
|-
|bröstarvinge
| Engelska sjukan
|heir
| ricketts (vitamin deficiency)
|-
|-
|bröstfeber
| enligt
|pneumonia
| according to
|-
|-
|bröstsjuka
| epilepsi
|chest illness, pneumonia
| epilepsy
|-
|-
|bröstkov
| ett, en
|shortness of breath
| a, one
|-
|-
|bröstkvav
| evangelisk
|shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
| evangelical
|-
|-
|bröstlidande
| fabrik
|chest disease
| factory, mill
|-
|-
|bröstpassion
| fabriksarbetare
|chest pain
| factory worker
|-
|-
|bröstveda
| fadder
|chest disease
| christening witness, godparent
|-
|-
|bröstvärk
| fader
|chest pain
| father
|-
|-
|bukbet
| falla
|abdominal pain
| fall, to be killed in war
|-
|-
|brukbrok
| fallande sot
|umbilical hernia
| epilepsy
|-
|-
|bukrev
| familj
|constipation
| family
|-
|-
|bukvred
| far
|intestinal blockage
| father
|-
|-
|by
| farbror
|village
| paternal uncle
|-
|-
|bygd
| farfar
|countryside, region, area
| paternal grandfather
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| farmor
|contractor, builder
| paternal grandmother
|-
|-
|båda
| fasta
|both
| fast, Lent
|-
|-
|båtsman
| faster
|seaman, sailor
| paternal aunt
|-
|-
|bägge
| fattig
|both
| poor
|-
|-
|bägges barn
| fattighjon
|child of both parents
| pauper
|-
|-
|bälgslag
| fattighus
|colic
| poorhouse
|-
|-
|böcker
| f. d. (före detta)
|books
| former(ly)
|-
|-
|böld
| feber
|abscess, boil
| fever
|-
|-
|böter
| feberfrossa
|fee, fine
| malaria
|-
|-
|bötfälld
| februari
|fined
| February
|-
|-
|caution
| fem(te)
|security, deposit (as in bondsman)
| five (fifth)
|-
|-
|cautionister
| femtio(nde)
|witness
| fifty (fiftieth)
|-
|-
|choret (koret)
| femton(de)  
|the most eastern part of the church floor plan, usually by the altar
| fifteen (fifteenth)
|-
|-
|Christendom, Kristendom
| finländare, finne
|Christianity, Christian, religious
| Finn
|-
|-
|circa (ca.) (Latin)
| finsk
|about, approximately
| Finnish
|-
|-
|civilregistret
| fiskare
|civil registrar
| fisherman
|-
|-
|civilstånd
| fjol (i fjol)
|marital status
| last year
|-
|-
|coopvaerdi
| fjorton(de)
|merchant marine
| fourteen (fourteenth)
|-
|-
|dag
| fjärde
|day
| fourth
|-
|-
|dagkarl
| fjärdingsman
|day laborer
| parish constable
|-
|-
|dal
| flicka
|valley
| girl
|-
|-
|Danmark
| flicknamn
|Denmark
| maiden name
|-
|-
|danneman
| fluss
|farmer, gentleman
| any disease related to fluids
|-
|-
|dansk
| flytta
|danish
| move
|-
|-
|datum
| flyttningsbetyg
|date
| certificate of moving
|-
|-
|de
| fogde
|they
| sheriff, bailiff, warden
|-
|-
|december
| folio
|December
| page
|-
|-
|de där
| fortsättning (forts.)
|those
| continued
|-
|-
|de här
| fosterbarn
|these
| foster child
|-
|-
|deja
| fosterland
|maidservant, milkmaid
| native land, fatherland
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| framför
|Miss
| in front of
|-
|-
|delinqventer
| fredag
|delinquent, criminal (old spellling)
| Friday
|-
|-
|den
| frejd
|the, it
| a person\'s character, conduct
|-
|-
|den där
| friherre
|that
| baron
|-
|-
|den här
| frilla
|this
| concubine
|-
|-
|deras
| frillebarn
|their
| bastard child
|-
|-
|dess
| frossa
|his, her, its
| malaria
|-
|-
|det
| fru
|the, it
| Mrs.
|-
|-
|det där
| från
|that
| from
|-
|-
|det här
| frånskild
|this
| divorced
|-
|-
|diarre
| frälse
|diarrhea
| nobility
|-
|-
|djärv
| frälsegård, frälsehemman
|bold, daring, venturesome
| tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax)
|-
|-
|dog
| främmande
|dead, died
| foreign, strange, belonging to another parish
|-
|-
|dom
| fröken
|sentence, judgment
| Miss
|-
|-
|dom
| fulslag
|sentence, judgment
| inflammation at the edge of a finger
|-
|-
|domare
| fylleri
|judge
| drunkenness
|-
|-
|dombok
| fyra
|court record
| four
|-
|-
|domsaga
| fyrtio(nde)
|judicial district
| forty (fortieth)
|-
|-
|dop
| fältfeber
|baptism, christening
| typhoid fever
|-
|-
|doplängd
| fältskär
|record of baptisms
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|-
|-
|dopnamn
| fältväbel
|given name
| sergeant major
|-
|-
|dotter
| fästehjon
|daughter
| betrothed couple, engaged pair
|-
|-
|dragon
| fästekvinna
|light cavalryman
| fiancée (female)
|-
|-
|drunknad
| fästman
|drowned
| fiancé (male)
|-
|-
|dräng
| fästmö
|farmhand, bachelor
| fiancée (female)
|-
|-
|duplikat
| fästning
|duplicate record
| fortress
|-
|-
|dygn
| född, födda, födde, födelse
|24 hours, day
| born, birth
|-
|-
|då
| föddes
|then
| was born
|-
|-
|där
| födelse
|there
| birth
|-
|-
|därstädes
| födelsebok
|(of) that place
| birth record
|-
|-
|död, döda, döde
| födelsedag
|dead, death
| birthday
|-
|-
|dödbok
| födelselängd
|death record
| birth record
|-
|-
|dödfödd
| födelseort
|stillborn
| place of birth
|-
|-
|dödslista
| födorådstagare
|death record
| a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr
|-
|-
|dödsorsak
| följande
|cause of death
| following, next
|-
|-
|död utan bröstarvinge
| för
|died without issue
| for
|-
|-
|döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse
| fördelsman
|christening
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
|-
|dött
| fördärvad
|has died
| severely crippled
|-
|-
|döv
| före
|deaf
| before
|-
|-
|efter
| föregående
|after
| previous, preceding
|-
|-
|efterkommande
| förelyst
|descendant(s)
| banns (in Finland)
|-
|-
|eftermiddag
| förening
|afternoon
| society
|-
|-
|efternamn
| förfäder
|surname
| forefathers
|-
|-
|efter sig lämnat
| förgiftad
|left behind, survived by
| poisoned
|-
|-
|egendom
| förhör
|property
| household examination
|-
|-
|ej
| förklara
|not
| declared, explained
|-
|-
|ejusdem
| förkylning
|same day/month
| common cold
|-
|-
|eldsvåda
| förlossning
|extensive fire
| delivery (childbirth)
|-
|-
|elfte
| förlovad
|eleventh
| engaged
|-
|-
|eller
| förlovning
|or
| engagement
|-
|-
|elva
| förmiddag
|eleven
| morning, forenoon
|-
|-
|emigrerade
| förmyndare
|emigrated
| guardian
|-
|-
|en, ett
| förmäla
|a, one
| marry (older term)
|-
|-
|en/ett hundra(de)
| förnamn
|one hundred (one-hundredth)
| given name
|-
|-
|en/ett tusen(de)
| förra giftet
|one thousand (one-thousandth)
| previous marriage
|-
|-
|Engelska sjukan
| förre, (den)
|ricketts (vitamin deficiency)
| former
|-
|-
|enligt
| förrätta
|according to
| perform
|-
|-
|epilepsi
| församling
|epilepsy
| parish, congregation
|-
|-
|ett, en
| församlingsbok
|a, one
| clerical survey
|-
|-
|evangelisk
| första
|evangelical
| first
|-
|-
|fabrik
| första gången
|factory, mill
| first time
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| förstoppning
|factory worker
| constipation
|-
|-
|fadder
| försumlighet
|christening witness, godparent
| negligence, neglectfulness
|-
|-
|fader
| försvarslös
|father
| unemployed person, vagrant
|-
|-
|falla
| förteckning
|fall, to be killed in war
| list
|-
|-
|fallande sot
| föräldralös
|epilepsy
| orphan
|-
|-
|familj
| föräldrar
|family
| parents
|-
|-
|far
| gamla
|father
| old
|-
|-
|farbror
| gamla boken (G.B.)
|paternal uncle
| old book, previous clerical survey
|-
|-
|farfar
| gammal
|paternal grandfather
| old
|-
|-
|farmor
| garvare
|paternal grandmother
| tanner
|-
|-
|fasta
| gata
|fast, Lent
| street
|-
|-
|faster
| genast
|paternal aunt
| right away, immediately
|-
|-
|fattig
| genealogi
|poor
| genealogy
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| genom
|pauper
| through
|-
|-
|fattighus
| gesäll
|poorhouse
| journeyman
|-
|-
|f. d. (före detta)
| gift
|former(ly)
| married
|-
|-
|feber
| gifta sig
|fever
| to marry
|-
|-
|feberfrossa
| gifte
|malaria
| marriage
|-
|-
|februari
| giftermål
|February
| marriage ceremony
|-
|-
|fem(te)
| giftoman
|five (fifth)
| bride\'s sponsor
|-
|-
|femtio(nde)
| gikt
|fifty (fiftieth)
| gout
|-
|-
|femton(de)
| god
|fifteen (fifteenth)
| good
|-
|-
|finländare, finne
| gosse
|Finn
| boy
|-
|-
|finsk
| granne
|Finnish
| neighbor
|-
|-
|fiskare
| gratialist
|fisherman
| receiving a pension or cash from some special fund
|-
|-
|fjol (i fjol)
| grav
|last year
| grave
|-
|-
|fjorton(de)
| grekisk katolsk
|fourteen (fourteenth)
| Eastern Orthodox
|-
|-
|fjärde
| grenadjär
|fourth
| infantryman
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| greve
|parish constable
| count (title of nobility)
|-
|-
|flicka
| gruva
|girl
| mine
|-
|-
|flicknamn
| gräns
|maiden name
| boundary line, border
|-
|-
|fluss
| gudfader
|any disease related to fluids
| godfather
|-
|-
|flytta
| gudmoder
|move
| godmother
|-
|-
|flyttningsbetyg
| gulsot
|certificate of moving
| jaundice
|-
|-
|fogde
| gång
|sheriff, bailiff, warden
| time
|-
|-
|folio
| gård
|page
| farm, house
|-
|-
|folkskollärare
| gåvor
|public school teacher
| donations
|-
|-
|fortsättning (forts.)
| gäll (gäld)  
|continued
| clerical district
|-
|-
|fosterbarn
| gästgivare
|foster child
| innkeeper
|-
|-
|fosterland
| gördelmakare
|native land, fatherland
| brazier
|-
|-
|framför
| halv-
|in front of
| half-, step-
|-
|-
|fredag
| halvsyskon
|Friday
| half siblings
|-
|-
|frejd
| hammarsmed
|a person's character, conduct
| forging smith
|-
|-
|friherre
| han
|baron
| he
|-
|-
|frilla
| handelsman
|concubine
| merchant
|-
|-
|frillebarn
| handskmakare
|bastard child
| glove maker
|-
|-
|frossa
| hans
|malaria
| his
|-
|-
|fru
| hantverkare
|Mrs.
| artisan
|-
|-
|från
| hastig
|from
| acute
|-
|-
|frånskild
| hattmakare
|divorced
| hatmaker
|-
|-
|frälse
| hava
|nobility
| to have
|-
|-
|frälsegård, frälsehemman
| havande
|tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax)
| pregnant
|-
|-
|främmande
| hederlig
|foreign, strange, belonging to another parish
| honorable, honest
|-
|-
|fröken
| hektisk feber
|Miss
| infectious disease accompanying a fever
|-
|-
|fulslag
| helig
|inflammation at the edge of a finger
| holy
|-
|-
|fylleri
| hem
|drunkenness
| home
|-
|-
|fyra
| hemma
|four
| at home
|-
|-
|fyrtio(nde)
| hemman
|forty (fortieth)
| farm, homestead
|-
|-
|fånig
| hemmansbrukare
|brainsick, underwitted, idiotic (1889)
| farmer
|-
|-
|fältfeber
| hemmansägare
|typhoid fever
| farmer, homeowner
|-
|-
|fältskär
| hemort
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
| residence
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| hemvist
|sergeant major
| domicile
|-
|-
|fästehjon
| henne
|betrothed couple, engaged pair
| her
|-
|-
|fästekvinna
| heraldik
|fiancée (female)
| heraldry
|-
|-
|fästman
| herr
|fiancé (male)
| Mr.
|-
|-
|fästmö
| Herren
|fiancée (female)
| Lord
|-
|-
|fästning
| herrgård
|fortress
| manorial estate
|-
|-
|född, födda, födde, födelse
| hetsig feber
|born, birth
| inflammatory fever
|-
|-
|föddes
| hinderlös
|was born
| free, unhindered (to travel, marry)
|-
|-
|födelse
| hinderlöshetsbetyg
|birth
| certificate of being unhindered
|-
|-
|födelsebok
| historia
|birth record
| history
|-
|-
|födelsedag
| hittebarn
|birthday
| foundling
|-
|-
|födelselängd
| hjon
|birth record
| person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon
|-
|-
|födelseort
| hjonelag
|place of birth
| connubial union (union in the state of marriage)
|-
|-
|födorådstagare
| hjulmakare
|a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr
| wheelwright
|-
|-
|följande
| hjärnblödning
|following, next
| stroke, cerebral hemorrhage
|-
|-
|för
| hjärtslag
|for
| cardiac arrest
|-
|-
|fördelsman
| hjärtsprång
|person receiving support after giving his estate to another
| heart disease
|-
|-
|fördärvad
| hon
|severely crippled
| she
|-
|-
|före
| honom
|before
| him
|-
|-
|föregående
| hos
|previous, preceding
| at, in, with
|-
|-
|förelyst
| hosta
|banns (in Finland)
| cough
|-
|-
|förening
| hovrätt
|society
| circuit court of appeal
|-
|-
|förfäder
| hur
|forefathers
| how
|-
|-
|förgiftad
| hus
|poisoned
| house
|-
|-
|förhör
| husar
|household examination
| light cavalryman
|-
|-
|förklara
| husbonde
|declared, explained
| master of a family or of a house
|-
|-
|förklaringen
| husfader
|explanation
| head of household, father
|-
|-
|förkylning
| husfolk
|common cold
| farmers, farm people
|-
|-
|förlossning
| husförhör, husförhörslängd
|delivery (childbirth)
| clerical survey, household examination
|-
|-
|förlovad
| husman
|engaged
| farm laborer (owned house but not land)
|-
|-
|förlovning
| husmoder
|engagement
| female head of household, mother
|-
|-
|förmiddag
| hustru
|morning, forenoon
| wife
|-
|-
|förmyndare
| hyresgäst
|guardian
| lodger
|-
|-
|förmäla
| håll och styng
|marry (older term)
| pneumonia
|-
|-
|förnamn
| här
|given name
| here
|-
|-
|förra giftet
| härad
|previous marriage
| civil district within a county
|-
|-
|förre, (den)
| häradsrätt
|former
| district court
|-
|-
|förrätta
| härstädes
|perform
| here, at given location
|-
|-
|församling
| hög
|parish, congregation
| high
|-
|-
|församlingsbok
| höger
|clerical survey
| right
|-
|-
|första
| höst
|first
| autumn
|-
|-
|första gången
| i
|first time
| in
|-
|-
|förstår
| icke
|understand
| not
|-
|-
|förstoppning
| i dag
|constipation
| today
|-
|-
|försumlighet
| i fjol
|negligence, neglectfulness
| last year
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| ifrån
|unemployed person, vagrant
| from
|-
|-
|förteckning
| i går
|list
| yesterday
|-
|-
|föräldralös
| ihjälslagen
|orphan
| beaten to death
|-
|-
|föräldrar
| i morgon
|parents
| tomorrow
|-
|-
|gamla
| inflyttning
|old
| incoming, moving in
|-
|-
|gamla boken (G.B.)
| inflyttningsbetyg
|old book, previous clerical survey
| moving in certificate
|-
|-
|gammal
| inflyttningslängd
|old
| moving in register
|-
|-
|garvare
| ingen
|tanner
| no, no one, none
|-
|-
|gata
| inget
|street
| nothing, none
|-
|-
|gatehus, gatuhus
| inhyses
|A term used in Southern Sweden for a crofters house similar to a backstuga
| a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|-
|-
|genast
| innehåll
|right away, immediately
| contents
|-
|-
|genealogi
| innevarande
|genealogy
| current
|-
|-
|genom
| inskrivning
|through
| entry
|-
|-
|gesäll
| invandrare
|journeyman
| immigrant
|-
|-
|gift
| invandring
|married
| immigration
|-
|-
|gifta sig
| januari
|to marry
| January
|-
|-
|gifte
| jord
|marriage
| earth, soil, land
|-
|-
|giftermål
| jordbrukare
|marriage ceremony
| farmer
|-
|-
|giftoman
| jordebok
|bride\'s sponsor
| land record
|-
|-
|gikt
| jordegumma
|gout
| midwife
|-
|-
|god
| jordfästning
|good
| funeral, burial service
|-
|-
|gosse
| jude
|boy
| Jew
|-
|-
|granne
| judisk
|neighbor
| Jewish
|-
|-
|gratialist
| jul
|receiving a pension or cash from some special fund
| Christmas
|-
|-
|grav
| juli
|grave
| July
|-
|-
|gravationer (estate inventories)
| jungfru
|claims against another persons estate
| Miss, maiden, virgin
|-
|-
|grekisk katolsk
| juni
|Eastern Orthodox
| June
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| jägare
|infantryman
| hunter
|-
|-
|greve
| jägmästare
|count (title of nobility)
| forester
|-
|-
|gruva
| jämte
|mine
| together with
|-
|-
|gräns
| kallad
|boundary line, border
| called, named
|-
|-
|gudeligen
| kallbrand
|godly
| gangrene
|-
|-
|gudfader
| kammarskrivare
|godfather
| assistant clerk
|-
|-
|gudmoder
| kapellförsamling
|godmother
| chapelry, dependent branch of a parish
|-
|-
|gulsot
| kaplan
|jaundice
| assistant minister
|-
|-
|gång
| karbunkel
|time
| carbuncle
|-
|-
|gård
| karl
|farm, house
| man, male
|-
|-
|gåvor
| karta
|donations
| map
|-
|-
|gäll (gäld)
| katalog
|clerical district
| directory, catalog
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| katekismilängd
|innkeeper
| communion record
|-
|-
|gördelmakare
| katolsk
|brazier
| Catholic
|-
|-
|halv-
| kavallerist
|half-, step-
| cavalryman
|-
|-
|halvsyskon
| kikhosta
|half siblings
| whooping cough
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| klensmed
|forging smith
| toolmaker, locksmith
|-
|-
|han
| klockare
|he
| parish clerk
|-
|-
|handelsman
| knekt
|merchant
| soldier
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| knektekontrakt
|glove maker
| agreement of enrollment
|-
|-
|hans
| kofferdi
|his
| merchant marine
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| kolare
|artisan
| charcoal burner
|-
|-
|hastig
| kolera
|acute
| cholera
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| kolik
|hatmaker
| colic
|-
|-
|hava
| kommen ifrån
|to have
| came from
|-
|-
|havande
| komminister
|pregnant
| assistant minister
|-
|-
|hederlig
| kommun
|honorable, honest
| township, municipality, parish
|-
|-
|hektisk feber
| kommunikant
|infectious disease accompanying a fever
| person receiving communion
|-
|-
|helgonskyld
| kommunionbok
|tax or wage to the klockare often a agricultural product
| communion book
|-
|-
|helig
| kommunionlängd
|holy
| communion record
|-
|-
|hem
| konfirmation
|home
| confirmation
|-
|-
|hemma
| konfirmationslängd
|at home
| confirmation record
|-
|-
|hemman
| kontrahenterna
|farm, homestead
| marriage applicants
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| kontrakt
|farmer
| deanery (clerical district)
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| konung, kung
|farmer, homeowner
| king
|-
|-
|hemort
| konvulsioner
|residence
| convulsions
|-
|-
|hemvist
| kopparslagare
|domicile
| coppersmith
|-
|-
|henne
| koppor
|her
| smallpox
|-
|-
|heraldik
| kov
|heraldry
| shortness of breath
|-
|-
|herr
| kramp
|Mr.
| convulsions
|-
|-
|Herren
| krank
|Lord
| illness
|-
|-
|herrgård
| krigsarkiv
|manorial estate
| war archive, military archive
|-
|-
|hetsig feber
| kristendomskunskap
|inflammatory fever
| religious knowledge
|-
|-
|hinderlös
| kristnad
|free, unhindered (to travel, marry)
| christened, baptized
|-
|-
|hinderlöshetsbetyg
| krono-
|certificate of being unhindered
| belonging to the crown (government)
|-
|-
|historia
| kronohemman
|history
| farm owned by the crown (government)
|-
|-
|hittebarn
| krukmakare
|foundling
| potter
|-
|-
|hjon
| kräfta
|person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon
| cancer
|-
|-
|hjonelag
| kung, konung
|connubial union (union in the state of marriage)
| king
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| kungarike
|wheelwright
| kingdom
|-
|-
|hjärnblödning
| kunglig
|stroke, cerebral hemorrhage
| royal
|-
|-
|hjärtslag
| kusin
|cardiac arrest
| cousin
|-
|-
|hjärtsprång
| kvarlåtenskap
|heart disease
| possessions left after death
|-
|-
|hon
| kvarn
|she
| mill
|-
|-
|honom
| kvarter
|him
| block, quarter
|-
|-
|hos
| kvinna, kvinnkjön
|at, in, with
| woman, female
|-
|-
|hosta
| kväll
|cough
| evening
|-
|-
|hovrätt
| kvävning
|circuit court of appeal
| suffocation
|-
|-
|hujus
| kyrka
|this month
| church
|-
|-
|hur
| kyrkobok
|how
| parish register
|-
|-
|hus
| kyrkoby
|house
| village in which the parish church is located
|-
|-
|husar
| kyrkogång
|light cavalryman
| introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|-
|-
|husbonde
| kyrkogård
|master of a family or of a house
| churchyard, cemetery
|-
|-
|husfader
| kyrkoherde
|head of household, father
| parish minister
|-
|-
|husfolk
| kyrkosocken
|farmers, farm people
| ecclesiastical parish
|-
|-
|husförhör, husförhörslängd
| kyrkotagen
|clerical survey, household examination
| introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|-
|-
|husman
| kyrkovaktare
|farm laborer (owned house but not land)
| church officer
|-
|-
|husmoder
| kyrkovärd
|female head of household, mother
| church or parish warden
|-
|-
|hustru
| käresta
|wife
| loved one, wife
|-
|-
|hyresgäst
| kön
|lodger
| sex, gender
|-
|-
|håll och styng
| köpebrev
|pneumonia
| purchase deed, title deed
|-
|-
|här
| köping
|here
| small town
|-
|-
|härad
| köpman
|civil district within a county
| merchant
|-
|-
|häradsrätt
| körsnär
|district court
| furrier
|-
|-
|härstädes
| lag
|here, at given location
| law
|-
|-
|hög
| laga år kommen
|high
| of legal age
|-
|-
|höger
| land
|right
| land, country
|-
|-
|höst
| landsarkiv
|autumn
| provincial archive
|-
|-
|i
| landsförsamling
|in
| rural parish of a city
|-
|-
|icke
| landskap
|not
| province
|-
|-
|i dag
| lapp
|today
| Lapp
|-
|-
|i fjol
| ledig
|last year
| unmarried, free
|-
|-
|ifrån
| leva
|from
| to live
|-
|-
|i går
| levande
|yesterday
| living
|-
|-
|ihjälslagen
| lik
|beaten to death
| corpse
|-
|-
|i morgon
| lilla
|tomorrow
| little, small
|-
|-
|inflyttning
| liten
|incoming, moving in
| little, small
|-
|-
|inflyttningsbetyg
| lots
|moving in certificate
| sea pilot
|-
|-
|inflyttningslängd
| lucka
|moving in register
| gap (missing records)
|-
|-
|ingen
| lunginflammation
|no, no one, none
| pneumonia
|-
|-
|inget
| lungsot
|nothing, none
| consumption, tuberculosis
|-
|-
|inhyses
| luteran, lutersk
|a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| Lutheran
|-
|-
|innehåll
| lysning
|contents
| banns
|-
|-
|innevarande
| lysningslängd
|current
| banns register
|-
|-
|inskrivning
| lyst
|entry
| posted banns
|-
|-
|inskrivningsskyldiga
| låg
|conscription duty
| low
|-
|-
|invandrare
| lägersmål
|immigrant
| illicit relations
|-
|-
|invandring
| lägrad kvinna
|immigration
| woman who has had illicit relations
|-
|-
|januari
| lägre
|January
| lower
|-
|-
|jord
| läkare
|earth, soil, land
| doctor
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| län
|farmer
| county
|-
|-
|jordebok
| längd
|land record
| roll, record, book
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| länsman
|midwife
| sheriff
|-
|-
|jordfästning
| lärare
|funeral, burial service
| teacher
|-
|-
|jordregisternamn
| lärling
|land registry name
| apprentice
|-
|-
|jude
| lönskaläge
|Jew
| illicit relations between unmarried persons
|-
|-
|judisk
| löpande
|Jewish
| current
|-
|-
|jul
| lördag
|Christmas
| Saturday
|-
|-
|juli
| lösdrivare
|July
| vagrant
|-
|-
|jungfru
| magref
|Miss, maiden, virgin
| colic
|-
|-
|juni
| magsjukdom
|June
| stomach disease
|-
|-
|jägare
| magvärk
|hunter
| stomachache
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| magskärv
|forester
| painful stomach disease
|-
|-
|jämte
| maj
|together with
| May
|-
|-
|kallad
| majestät
|called, named
| royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät)
|-
|-
|kallbrand
| majestätsbrott
|gangrene
| treason
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| maka
|assistant clerk
| wife
|-
|-
|kapellförsamling
| makarnas gemensamma barn
|chapelry, dependent branch of a parish
| child(ren) a couple had together
|-
|-
|kaplan
| make
|assistant minister
| husband
|-
|-
|karbunkel
| mamsell
|carbuncle
| Miss
|-
|-
|karl
| man, mankjön
|man, male
| man, male, husband
|-
|-
|karta
| mantal
|map
| assessed unit of land
|-
|-
|katalog
| mantalskriven
|directory, catalog
| registered for tax/census purposes
|-
|-
|katekismilängd
| mantalslängd
|communion record
| tax/census record
|-
|-
|katolsk
| marknad
|Catholic
| market, fair
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| mars
|cavalryman
| March
|-
|-
|kikhosta
| maskslag
|whooping cough
| fainting
|-
|-
|klensmed
| maskinist
|toolmaker, locksmith
| machinist, engineer
|-
|-
|klockare
| matros
|parish clerk
| sailor, seaman
|-
|-
|knekt
| med
|soldier
| with
|-
|-
|knektekontrakt
| medborgare
|agreement of enrollment
| citizen
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| medlem
|merchant marine
| member
|-
|-
|kolare
| mellan
|charcoal burner
| between
|-
|-
|kolera
| men
|cholera
| but
|-
|-
|kolik
| middag
|colic
| noon
|-
|-
|kommen ifrån
| midnatt
|came from
| midnight
|-
|-
|komminister
| militär
|assistant minister
| military
|-
|-
|kommun
| minderårig
|township, municipality, parish
| underage
|-
|-
|kommunikant
| mindre
|person receiving communion
| lesser, smaller
|-
|-
|kommunionbok
| ministerialbok
|communion book
| parish register
|-
|-
|kommunionlängd
| minut
|communion record
| minute
|-
|-
|konfirmation
| mjölnare
|confirmation
| miller
|-
|-
|konfirmationslängd
| moder, mor
|confirmation record
| mother
|-
|-
|kontrahenterna
| moderpassion
|marriage applicants
| hysteric fits
|-
|-
|kontrakt
| morbror
|deanery (clerical district)
| maternal uncle
|-
|-
|konung, kung
| morfar
|king
| maternal grandfather
|-
|-
|konvulsioner
| morgon
|convulsions
| morning
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| morgongåva
|coppersmith
| morning gift, dowry
|-
|-
|koppor
| mormor
|smallpox
| maternal grandmother
|-
|-
|kov
| mosaisk
|shortness of breath
| Jewish
|-
|-
|kramp
| moster
|convulsions
| maternal aunt
|-
|-
|krank
| mot
|illness
| against, toward
|-
|-
|krigsarkiv
| murare
|war archive, military archive
| mason
|-
|-
|kristendom, christendom
| mycket
|Christianity, Christian, religious
| very, much
|-
|-
|kristendomskunskap
| myndig
|religious knowledge
| of legal age
|-
|-
|kristnad
| myndling
|christened, baptized
| pupil or ward
|-
|-
|krono-
| måg
|belonging to the crown (government)
| son-in-law
|-
|-
|kronohemman
| målsman
|farm owned by the crown (government)
| guardian
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| månad
|potter
| month
|-
|-
|kräfta
| måndag
|cancer
| Monday
|-
|-
|kung, konung
| mässling
|king
| measles
|-
|-
|kungarike
| mästare
|kingdom
| master
|-
|-
|kunglig
| mördad
|royal
| murdered
|-
|-
|kusin
| namn
|cousin
| name
|-
|-
|kunskap
| nationalitet
|knowledge
| nationality
|-
|-
|kvarlåtenskap
| natt
|possessions left after death
| night
|-
|-
|kvarn
| nattvard
|mill
| communion
|-
|-
|kvarter
| nedan(för)
|block, quarter
| below
|-
|-
|kvinna, kvinnkjön
| nedkomst
|woman, female
| birth
|-
|-
|kvinnoklinik
| nedre
|maternity hospital/clinic
| lower
|-
|-
|kväll
| nervfeber
|evening
| typhoid fever
|-
|-
|kvävning
| nervslag
|suffocation
| sudden paralysis
|-
|-
|kyrka
| nio(nde)
|church
| nine (ninth)
|-
|-
|kyrkobok
| nittio(nde)
|parish register
| ninety (nintieth)
|-
|-
|kyrkoby
| nitton(de)
|village in which the parish church is located
| nineteen (nineteenth)
|-
|-
|kyrkogång
| njurpassion
|[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth
| kidney stone disease
|-
|-
|kyrkogård
| noll
|churchyard, cemetery
| zero
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| nord
|parish minister
| north
|-
|-
|kyrkosocken
| Norge
|ecclesiastical parish
| Norway
|-
|-
|kyrkotagen
| norr(a)
|[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth
| north, northern
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| norsk
|church officer
| Norwegian
|-
|-
|kyrkovärd
| november
|church or parish warden
| November
|-
|-
|käresta
| nu
|loved one, wife
| now
|-
|-
|kön
| nummer
|sex, gender
| number
|-
|-
|köpebrev
| ny (a)
|purchase deed, title deed
| new
|-
|-
|köping
| nya boken (N.B.)
|small town
| new book, next clerical survey
|-
|-
|köpman
| nybyggare
|merchant
| settler
|-
|-
|körsnär
| nyfödd
|furrier
| newborn
|-
|-
|lag
| nytt
|law
| new
|-
|-
|laga år kommen
| någon
|of legal age
| someone, anyone
|-
|-
|land
| något
|land, country
| something, somewhat
|-
|-
|landsarkiv
| nämdeman
|provincial archive
| juryman
|-
|-
|landsförsamling
| när
|rural parish of a city
| when
|-
|-
|landskap
| nära
|province
| near
|-
|-
|lapp
| näringsfång
|Lapp
| source of livelihood, business, industry
|-
|-
|ledig
| närvarande
|unmarried, free
| present
|-
|-
|leva
| närvaro
|to live
| presence
|-
|-
|levande
| nöddop
|living
| emergency baptism
|-
|-
|lik
| oangiven
|corpse
| not given
|-
|-
|lilla
| obefintliga
|little, small
| persons whose residence is not known
|-
|-
|liten
| och
|little, small
| and
|-
|-
|lots
| också
|sea pilot
| also
|-
|-
|lucka
| odaterad
|gap (missing records)
| not dated
|-
|-
|lunginflammation
| odöpt
|pneumonia
| not christened
|-
|-
|lungsot
| ofta
|consumption, tuberculosis
| often
|-
|-
|luteran, lutersk
| ofärdig
|Lutheran
| lame, crippled
|-
|-
|lysning
| ogift
|banns
| unmarried
|-
|-
|lysningslängd
| oktober
|banns register
| October
|-
|-
|lyst
| okänd
|posted banns
| unknown
|-
|-
|låg
| olycka
|low
| accident, misfortune
|-
|-
|lägenhets
| om
|apartment
| if, about
|-
|-
|lägersmål
| omkommen
|illicit relations
| died accidentally, drowned
|-
|-
|lägrad kvinna
| omkring
|woman who has had illicit relations
| about
|-
|-
|lägre
| omvändelse
|lower
| conversion
|-
|-
|läkare
| omyndig
|doctor
| minor
|-
|-
|län
| onsdag
|county
| Wednesday
|-
|-
|längd
| ondslag
|roll, record, book
| syphilis
|-
|-
|länsman
| ordbok
|sheriff
| dictionary
|-
|-
|lärare
| ormbett
|teacher
| bitten by a snake
|-
|-
|lärling
| orsak
|apprentice
| cause, reason
|-
|-
|lönskaläge
| ort
|illicit relations between unmarried persons
| place
|-
|-
|löpande
| ortförteckning
|current
| locality list, gazetteer
|-
|-
|lördag
| ortodox
|Saturday
| (Eastern) Orthodox
|-
|-
|lösdrivare
| otidigt sängelag
|vagrant
| fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged)
|-
|-
|magref
| ovan, ovanför
|colic
| above
|-
|-
|magsjukdom
| oxel
|stomach disease
| tumour
|-
|-
|magvärk
| oäkta
|stomachache
| illegitimate (child)
|-
|-
|magskärv
| passion
|painful stomach disease
| suffering
|-
|-
|maj
| pastor
|May
| parish minister
|-
|-
|majestät
| pastorat
|royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät)
| parish
|-
|-
|majestätsbrott
| pastorsexpedition
|treason
| parish office
|-
|-
|maka
| personernas
|spouse, mate, husband, or wife
| the person\'s
|-
|-
|makarnas gemensamma barn
| pest
|child(ren) a couple had together
| plague
|-
|-
|make
| piga
|spouse, mate, husband, or wife
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|-
|-
|mamsell
| pilt(ebarn)
|Miss
| boy, male child
|-
|-
|man, mankjön
| pingst
|man, male, husband
| Pentecost, Whitsunday
|-
|-
|mantal
| pliktad
|assessed unit of land
| fined
|-
|-
|mantalskriven
| plåga
|registered for tax/census purposes
| pain
|-
|-
|mantalslängd
| podager
|tax/census record
| gout
|-
|-
|marasmus
| pojke
|malnutrition
| boy
|-
|-
|marknad
| profoss
|market, fair
| flogmaster (military)
|-
|-
|mars
| prost
|March
| dean
|-
|-
|maskslag
| prosteri
|fainting
| deanery
|-
|-
|maskinist
| präst
|machinist, engineer
| minister
|-
|-
|massel
| prästgård
|small rash, similar to measles
| parsonage
|-
|-
|matros
| på
|sailor, seaman
| on, upon, at (some place), in (about time)
|-
|-
|med
| påsk
|with
| Easter
|-
|-
|medborgare
| påssjuka
|citizen
| mumps
|-
|-
|medlem
| regemente
|member
| regiment
|-
|-
|mellan
| register
|between
| register, index
|-
|-
|men
| repslagare
|but
| rope maker
|-
|-
|middag
| Riddarhuset
|noon
| house of nobility
|-
|-
|midnatt
| rike
|midnight
| state, realm
|-
|-
|militär
| riksarkiv
|military
| national archives, state archives
|-
|-
|minderårig
| rote
|underage
| district within a parish
|-
|-
|mindre
| rotehjon
|lesser, smaller
| person supported by a parish district
|-
|-
|ministerialbok
| rotesoldat
|parish register
| soldier for a district in a parish
|-
|-
|minut
| rulla
|minute
| record, roll
|-
|-
|mjölnare
| rusthåll
|miller
| farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier
|-
|-
|moder, mor
| rusthållare
|mother
| owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier
|-
|-
|moderpassion
| rymt, rymd
|hysteric fits
| runaway
|-
|-
|morbror
| rysk, ryss
|maternal uncle
| Russian
|-
|-
|morfar
| Ryssland
|maternal grandfather
| Russia
|-
|-
|morgon
| ryttare
|morning
| cavalryman
|-
|-
|morgongåva
| rådhusrätt
|morning gift, dowry
| city court
|-
|-
|mormor
| rådman
|maternal grandmother
| councilman
|-
|-
|mosaisk
| rådstu(gu)rätt
|Jewish
| city court
|-
|-
|moster
| räkenskapslängd
|maternal aunt
| records of accounts
|-
|-
|mot
| rätt
|against, toward
| court, right, correct
|-
|-
|murare
| rättare
|mason
| farm foreman
|-
|-
|mycket
| rödsot
|very, much
| dysentery
|-
|-
|myndig
| röta
|of legal age
| gangrene
|-
|-
|myndling
| rötfeber
|pupil or ward
| gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever
|-
|-
|måg
| sakna(s)
|son-in-law
| miss, missing
|-
|-
|målsman
| salig
|guardian
| the deceased, blessed
|-
|-
|månad
| samhälle
|month
| community
|-
|-
|måndag
| samma
|Monday
| (the) same
|-
|-
|mässling
| sammanavla
|measles
| beget, conceive
|-
|-
|mästare
| sammanviga
|master
| marry
|-
|-
|mördad
| samma städes
|murdered
| (of) the same place
|-
|-
|mördare
| samt
|murderer
| and, together with
|-
|-
|namn
| samtycke
|name
| permission, consent (to)
|-
|-
|nationalitet
| scharlakansfeber
|nationality
| scarlet fever
|-
|-
|natt
| sedan
|night
| since
|-
|-
|nattvard
| sekel
|communion
| century
|-
|-
|nedan(för)
| senare, (den)  
|below
| later, the latter
|-
|-
|nedkomst
| sent
|birth
| late
|-
|-
|nedre
| september
|lower
| September
|-
|-
|nervfeber
| sex
|typhoid fever
| six
|-
|-
|nervslag
| sexman
|sudden paralysis
| parish caretaker
|-
|-
|nio(nde)
| sextio(nde)  
|nine (ninth)
| sixty (sixtieth)
|-
|-
|nittio(nde)
| sexton(de)  
|ninety (nintieth)
| sixteen (sixteenth)
|-
|-
|nitton(de)
| sida
|nineteen (nineteenth)
| page
|-
|-
|njurpassion
| sig
|kidney stone disease
| himself, herself, itself
|-
|-
|noll
| sin, sitt, sina
|zero
| his, her, its (own)
|-
|-
|nord
| sinnessvag
|north
| feebleminded
|-
|-
|Norge
| sjelfspillan
|Norway
| one who committed suicide (old spelling)
|-
|-
|norr(a)
| sju
|north, northern
| seven
|-
|-
|norsk
| sjuk
|Norwegian
| sick
|-
|-
|november
| sjukdom
|November
| sickness
|-
|-
|nu
| sjuklig
|now
| sickly
|-
|-
|nummer
| sjunde
|number
| seventh
|-
|-
|ny (a)
| sjuttio(nde)  
|new
| seventy (seventieth)
|-
|-
|nya boken (N.B.)
| sjutton(de)  
|new book, next clerical survey
| seventeen (seventeenth)
|-
|-
|nybyggare
| självmord
|settler
| suicide
|-
|-
|nyfödd
| sjätte
|newborn
| sixth
|-
|-
|nytt
| sjö
|new
| lake
|-
|-
|någon
| sjöman
|someone, anyone
| sailor, seaman
|-
|-
|något
| skarprättare
|something, somewhat
| executioner, hangman
|-
|-
|nämdeman
| skarpskytt
|juryman
| sharpshooter
|-
|-
|när
| skatt
|when
| tax
|-
|-
|nära
| skattehemman
|near
| farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)
|-
|-
|näringsfång
| skeppare
|source of livelihood, business, industry
| skipper
|-
|-
|närvarande
| skerfva
|present
| rickets or malnutrition
|-
|-
|närvaro
| skilsmässa
|presence
| divorce
|-
|-
|nöddop
| skog
|emergency baptism
| forest
|-
|-
|oangiven
| skogvaktare
|not given
| forester
|-
|-
|obefintliga
| skola
|persons whose residence is not known
| school
|-
|-
|och
| skollärare
|and
| schoolteacher
|-
|-
|också
| skomakare
|also
| shoemaker
|-
|-
|odaterad
| skorstensfejare
|not dated
| chimney-sweep
|-
|-
|odöpt
| skottår
|not christened
| leap year
|-
|-
|ofta
| skrud
|often
| gown (bridal)
|-
|-
|ofärdig
| skräddare
|lame, crippled
| tailor
|-
|-
|ogift
| skörbjugg
|unmarried
| scurvy
|-
|-
|oktober
| slag(anfall)
|October
| stroke
|-
|-
|okänd
| slagen af åskan
|unknown
| hit by lightning
|-
|-
|olycka
| slagsmål
|accident, misfortune
| fight
|-
|-
|om
| slaktare
|if, about
| meat cutter, butcher
|-
|-
|omkommen
| slot
|died accidentally, drowned
| castle
|-
|-
|omkring
| slut
|about
| end
|-
|-
|omvändelse
| släkt
|conversion
| family, clan
|-
|-
|omyndig
| släktbok
|minor
| lineage book
|-
|-
|onsdag
| släktforskning
|Wednesday
| genealogy
|-
|-
|ondslag
| släkting
|syphilis
| relative
|-
|-
|ordbok
| släktled
|dictionary
| generation
|-
|-
|ormbett
| smed
|bitten by a snake
| blacksmith
|-
|-
|orsak
| smittkoppor
|cause, reason
| smallpox
|-
|-
|ort
| smärta
|place
| pain
|-
|-
|ortförteckning
| små (plural)
|locality list, gazetteer
| little, small
|-
|-
|ortodox
| snatteri
|(Eastern) Orthodox
| pilfering
|-
|-
|otidigt sängelag
| snickare
|fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged)
| carpenter
|-
|-
|ovan, ovanför
| socken
|above
| parish
|-
|-
|oxel
| soldat
|tumour
| soldier
|-
|-
|oäkta
| som
|illegitimate (child)
| who, which, that
|-
|-
|passion
| sommar
|suffering
| summer
|-
|-
|pastor
| son
|parish minister
| son
|-
|-
|pastorat
| sondotter
|parish
| son\'s daughter, granddaughter
|-
|-
|pastorsexpedition
| sonhustru
|parish office
| son\'s wife, daughter-in-law
|-
|-
|personernas
| sonson
|the person\'s
| son\'s son, grandson
|-
|-
|pest
| sotdöd
|plague
| old age
|-
|-
|piga
| sotsäng
|maid, maiden, servant girl
| sickbed
|-
|-
|pilt(ebarn)
| spannmålstorpare
|boy, male child
| tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain
|-
|-
|pingst
| spinnare
|Pentecost, Whitsunday
| spinner
|-
|-
|pliktad
| spridda år
|fined
| intermittent years
|-
|-
|plåga
| stad
|pain
| city
|-
|-
|podager
| stadsarkiv
|gout
| city archives
|-
|-
|pojke
| stadsförsamling
|boy
| city parish
|-
|-
|postaddress
| stamfader
|mailing address
| progenitor
|-
|-
|profoss
| stamtavla
|flogmaster (military)
| descendancy chart
|-
|-
|prost
| statare, statdräng
|dean
| farm laborer
|-
|-
|prosteri
| stattorpare
|deanery
| farm laborer, usually married
|-
|-
|präst
| stenhuggare
|minister
| stonecutter
|-
|-
|prästgård
| stenpassion
|parsonage
| gallbladder disease
|-
|-
|på
| sterbhus
|on, upon, at (some place), in (about time)
| a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead
|-
|-
|påsk
| stift
|Easter
| diocese
|-
|-
|påssjuka
| stoft
|mumps
| mortal remains, or ashes
|-
|-
|regemente
| stor, stort, stora
|regiment
| large, big, great
|-
|-
|register
| straff
|register, index
| punishment
|-
|-
|repslagare
| straffarbete
|rope maker
| hard labor
|-
|-
|Riddarhuset
| strax
|house of nobility
| right away, immediately
|-
|-
|rike
| strypsjuka
|state, realm
| diptheria
|-
|-
|riksarkiv
| stuga
|national archives, state archives
| cottage, house
|-
|-
|rote
| stum
|district within a parish
| dumb, mute
|-
|-
|rotehjon
| stupa
|person supported by a parish district
| to be killed in war
|-
|-
|rotesoldat
| styrman
|soldier for a district in a parish
| mate, on ship
|-
|-
|rulla
| styv-
|record, roll
| step-
|-
|-
|rusthåll
| styvson
|farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier
| stepson
|-
|-
|rusthållare
| stånd
|owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier
| status, condition
|-
|-
|rymt, rymd
| ståndsperson
|runaway
| person of social standing
|-
|-
|rysk, ryss
| ställe
|Russian
| place
|-
|-
|Ryssland
| stärbhus
|Russia
| death estate
|-
|-
|ryttare
| stöld
|cavalryman
| theft
|-
|-
|rådhusrätt
| svaghet
|city court
| weakness, feebleness
|-
|-
|rådman
| svagsint
|councilman
| feebleminded
|-
|-
|rådstu(gu)rätt
| sven
|city court
| young man, apprentice
|-
|-
|räkenskapslängd
| svensk
|records of accounts
| Swedish
|-
|-
|rätt
| Sverige
|court, right, correct
| Sweden
|-
|-
|rättare
| svullnad
|farm foreman
| swelling, bloating
|-
|-
|rödsot
| svulst
|dysentery
| tumor
|-
|-
|röta
| svåger
|gangrene
| brother-in-law
|-
|-
|rötfeber
| svägerska
|gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever
| sister-in-law
|-
|-
|sakna(s)
| svärfar
|miss, missing
| father-in-law
|-
|-
|salig
| svärmor
|the deceased, blessed
| mother-in-law
|-
|-
|samhälle
| svärson
|community
| son-in-law
|-
|-
|samma
| syd
|(the) same
| south
|-
|-
|sammanavla
| syskon
|beget, conceive
| siblings
|-
|-
|sammanviga
| syskonbarn
|marry
| nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)
|-
|-
|samma städes
| syssling
|(of) the same place
| second cousin, tremänning
|-
|-
|samt
| syster
|and, together with
| sister
|-
|-
|samtycke
| systerdotter
|permission, consent (to)
| niece, sister\'s daughter
|-
|-
|sangliggande
| systerson
|bedridden
| nephew, sister\'s son
|-
|-
|scharlakansfeber
| syting
|scarlet fever
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
|-
|sedan
| såg
|since
| saw, sawmill
|-
|-
|sekel
| sågställare
|century
| saw setter
|-
|-
|senare, (den)
| sängliggande
|later, the latter
| bed-ridden
|-
|-
|sent
| särskilda
|late
| special
|-
|-
|september
| säteri
|September
| freehold estate
|-
|-
|sex
| söder (södra)
|six
| south (southern)
|-
|-
|sexman
| söndag
|parish caretaker
| Sunday
|-
|-
|sextio(nde)
| testamente
|sixty (sixtieth)
| will
|-
|-
|sexton(de)
| tid
|sixteen (sixteenth)
| time
|-
|-
|sida
| tidskrift
|page
| periodical
|-
|-
|sig
| tiggare
|himself, herself, itself
| beggar
|-
|-
|sin, sitt, sina
| till
|his, her, its (own)
| to
|-
|-
|sinnesrubbad
| tillsammans
|deranged
| together
|-
|-
|sinnessjuk
| tillstånd
|insane
| dispensation, permission
|-
|-
|sinnessvag
| timma
|feebleminded
| hour
|-
|-
|sjelfspillan
| timmerman
|one who committed suicide (old spelling)
| carpenter, builder
|-
|-
|sju
| ting
|seven
| court
|-
|-
|sjuk
| tingslag
|sick
| judicial district, assize division
|-
|-
|sjukdom
| tio(nde)
|sickness
| ten (tenth)
|-
|-
|sjuklig
| tionde
|sickly
| tenth, tithing
|-
|-
|sjunde
| tiondebok
|seventh
| tithing record
|-
|-
|sjuttio(nde)
| tisdag
|seventy (seventieth)
| Tuesday
|-
|-
|sjutton(de)
| tjugo
|seventeen (seventeenth)
| twenty
|-
|-
|självmord
| tjugoandra
|suicide
| twenty-second
|-
|-
|sjätte
| tjugoen, tjugoett
|sixth
| twenty-one
|-
|-
|sjö
| tjugofem(te)
|lake
| twenty-five (twenty-fifth)
|-
|-
|sjöman
| tjugofjärde
|sailor, seaman
| twenty-fourth
|-
|-
|skarprättare
| tjugofyra
|executioner, hangman
| twenty-four
|-
|-
|skarpskytt
| tjugoförsta
|sharpshooter
| twenty-first
|-
|-
|skatt
| tjugonde
|tax
| twentieth
|-
|-
|skattehemman
| tjugonio (nde)
|farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)
| twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
|-
|-
|skeppare
| tjugosex
|skipper
| twenty-six
|-
|-
|skerfva
| tjugosju(nde)
|rickets or malnutrition
| twenty-seven (twenty-seventh)
|-
|-
|skilsmässa
| tjugosjätte
|divorce
| twenty-sixth
|-
|-
|skog
| tjugotre
|forest
| twenty-three
|-
|-
|skogvaktare
| tjugotredje
|forester
| twenty-third
|-
|-
|skola
| tjugotvå
|school
| twenty-two
|-
|-
|skollärare
| tjugoåtta
|schoolteacher
| twenty-eight
|-
|-
|skomakare
| tjugoåttonde
|shoemaker
| twenty-eighth
|-
|-
|skorstensfejare
| tjuv
|chimney-sweep
| thief
|-
|-
|skottår
| tjänar
|leap year
| serves
|-
|-
|skrud
| tjänare
|gown (bridal)
| servant
|-
|-
|skräddare
| tjänst
|tailor
| service, employment
|-
|-
|skörbjugg
| tolfte
|scurvy
| twelfth
|-
|-
|slag(anfall)
| tolv
|stroke
| twelve
|-
|-
|slagen af åskan
| torpare
|hit by lightning
| crofter, cottager
|-
|-
|slagsmål
| torsdag
|fight
| Thursday
|-
|-
|slaktare
| tre (tredje)
|meat cutter, butcher
| three (third)
|-
|-
|slot
| tremänning
|castle
| second cousin
|-
|-
|slut
| trettio
|end
| thirty
|-
|-
|släkt
| trettioen, trettioett
|family, clan
| thirty-one
|-
|-
|släktbok
| trettioförsta
|lineage book
| thirty-first
|-
|-
|släktforskning
| trettionde
|genealogy
| thirtieth
|-
|-
|släkting
| tretton(de)
|relative
| thirteen (thirteenth)
|-
|-
|släktled
| trillingar
|generation
| triplets
|-
|-
|smed
| trolovade
|blacksmith
| betrothed, engaged
|-
|-
|smittkoppor
| trosbekännelse
|smallpox
| declaration of faith (religion)
|-
|-
|smärta
| trumslagare
|pain
| drummer
|-
|-
|små (plural)
| trädgårdsmästare
|little, small
| gardener
|-
|-
|snatteri
| tuberkulos
|pilfering
| tuberculosis
|-
|-
|snickare
| tumör
|carpenter
| tumor
|-
|-
|socken
| tunnbindare
|parish
| barrelmaker
|-
|-
|soldat
| tvillingar
|soldier
| twins
|-
|-
|som
| tvinsot
|who, which, that
| withering from multiple causes
|-
|-
|sommar
| två
|summer
| two
|-
|-
|son
| två hundra(de)
|son
| two hundred (two-hundredth)
|-
|-
|sondotter
| tyfus
|son\'s daughter, granddaughter
| typhoid
|-
|-
|sonhustru
| tysk
|son\'s wife, daughter-in-law
| German
|-
|-
|sonson
| Tyskland
|son\'s son, grandson
| Germany
|-
|-
|sotdöd
| tärande sjukdom
|old age
| pneumonia, consumption
|-
|-
|sotsäng
| undantag
|sickbed
| support after giving up an estate
|-
|-
|spannmålstorpare
| undantagsman kvinna
|tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
|-
|spinnare
| under
|spinner
| under
|-
|-
|spridda år
| underskrift
|intermittent years
| signature
|-
|-
|späd
| undertecknad
|infant
| the undersigned
|-
|-
|stad
| ung
|city
| young
|-
|-
|stadsarkiv
| ungkarl
|city archives
| bachelor
|-
|-
|stadsförsamling
| uppgavs
|city parish
| stated, given, declared
|-
|-
|stalldrängen
| ut
|stable boy/man
| out
|-
|-
|stamfader
| utan
|progenitor
| without
|-
|-
|stamtavla
| utanför
|descendancy chart
| outside
|-
|-
|statare, statdräng
| utdrag
|farm laborer
| extract
|-
|-
|stattorpare
| utesluten
|farm laborer, usually married
| excommunicated
|-
|-
|stenhuggare
| utflyttning
|stonecutter
| moving out
|-
|-
|stenpassion
| utflyttningsbetyg
|gallbladder disease
| moving out certificates
|-
|-
|sterbhus
| utflyttningslängd
|a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead
| moving out register
|-
|-
|stiefson
| utländsk
|stepson
| foreign
|-
|-
|stifson
| utsot
|stepson
| diarrhea
|-
|-
|stift
| utvandrare
|diocese
| emigrant
|-
|-
|stoft
| utvandring
|mortal remains, or ashes
| emigration
|-
|-
|stor, stort, stora
| vad
|large, big, great
| what
|-
|-
|straff
| vagnmakare
|punishment
| cartwright
|-
|-
|straffarbete
| vaktmästare
|hard labor
| caretaker
|-
|-
|strax
| vallon
|right away, immediately
| Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]]
|-
|-
|strypsjuka
| vandel
|diptheria
| conduct, habits, way of life
|-
|-
|studerande
| vapen
|student
| coat of arms, weapon
|-
|-
|stuga
| var
|cottage, house
| each, everyone
|-
|-
|stum
| var
|dumb, mute
| was, where
|-
|-
|stupa
| vara
|to be killed in war
| to be
|-
|-
|styrman
| varför
|mate, on ship
| why
|-
|-
|styv-
| vattenkoppor
|step-
| chicken pox
|-
|-
|styvson
| vattusot, vattensot
|stepson
| edema, dropsy
|-
|-
|stånd
| vecka
|status, condition
| week
|-
|-
|ståndsperson
| vem
|person of social standing
| who
|-
|-
|ställe
| venerisk sjukdom
|place
| venereal disease
|-
|-
|stärbhus
| verk
|death estate
| factory, mill
|-
|-
|stöld
| vid
|theft
| at, on, close to, by
|-
|-
|summa
| vigd, vigda, vigde
|total
| married
|-
|-
|svaghet
| vigsel
|weakness, feebleness
| marriage ceremony
|-
|-
|svagsint
| vigselbok
|feebleminded
| marriage book
|-
|-
|sven
| vigsellängd
|young man, apprentice
| marriage record
|-
|-
|svensk
| vilja
|Swedish
| to want, will
|-
|-
|Sverige
| vilken, vilket, vilka
|Sweden
| who, which, that
|-
|-
|svullnad
| vinter
|swelling, bloating
| winter
|-
|-
|svulst
| vittne
|tumor
| witness
|-
|-
|svåger
| volym
|brother-in-law
| volume
|-
|-
|svägerska
| våda
|sister-in-law
| accident
|-
|-
|svärfar
| vådeligen
|father-in-law
| violently (usually an accidental death)
|-
|-
|svärmor
| vår
|mother-in-law
| our, spring
|-
|-
|svärson
| välboren
|son-in-law
| of noble birth
|-
|-
|syd
| välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.)
|south
| of good reputation
|-
|-
|syskon
| vänster
|siblings
| left
|-
|-
|syskonbarn
| värk
|nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)
| ache, dull pain
|-
|-
|syssling
| värnplikt
|second cousin, tremänning
| military service
|-
|-
|syster
| väster (västra)
|sister
| west (western)
|-
|-
|systerdotter
| vävare
|niece, sister\'s daughter
| weaver
|-
|-
|systerson
| yngling
|nephew, sister\'s son
| young man, boy
|-
|-
|syting
| yrke
|person receiving support after giving his estate to another
| profession, occupation
|-
|-
|såg
| å
|saw, sawmill
| at, on, to
|-
|-
|sågställare
| å
|saw setter
| river
|-
|-
|sängliggande
| åbo
|bed-ridden
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|-
|-
|särskilda
| åkomma
|special
| ailment
|-
|-
|säteri
| ålder
|freehold estate
| age
|-
|-
|söder (södra)
| ålderdom
|south (southern)
| old age
|-
|-
|söndag
| år
|Sunday
| year
|-
|-
|testamente
| århundrade
|will
| century
|-
|-
|tid
| årlig
|time
| annual, yearly
|-
|-
|tidskrift
| årtionde
|periodical
| decade
|-
|-
|tiggare
| åt
|beggar
| to
|-
|-
|till
| återvänd
|to
| returned
|-
|-
|tillsammans
| åtta
|together
| eight
|-
|-
|tillstånd
| åttio(nde)
|dispensation, permission
| eighty (eightieth)
|-
|-
|timma
| åttonde
|hour
| eighth
|-
|-
|timmerman
| äga
|carpenter, builder
| own
|-
|-
|ting
| ägare
|court
| owner
|-
|-
|tingslag
| ägor
|judicial district, assize division
| land, property
|-
|-
|tio(nde)
| äkta
|ten (tenth)
| legitimate
|-
|-
|tionde
| äktenskap
|tenth, tithing
| marriage
|-
|-
|tiondebok
| äldre
|tithing record
| older, elder
|-
|-
|tisdag
| äldste
|Tuesday
| oldest, eldest, elder
|-
|-
|titel
| ämbete
|title/occupation
| office
|-
|-
|tjugo
| änka
|twenty
| widow
|-
|-
|tjugoandra
| änkeman, änkling
|twenty-second
| widower
|-
|-
|tjugoen, tjugoett
| ännu
|twenty-one
| yet, still
|-
|-
|tjugofem(te)
| är
|twenty-five (twenty-fifth)
| are, is, am
|-
|-
|tjugofjärde
| ärlig
|twenty-fourth
| honest
|-
|-
|tjugofyra
| ätt
|twenty-four
| family
|-
|-
|tjugoförsta
| ö
|twenty-first
| island
|-
|-
|tjugonde
| öde
|twentieth
| vacant, fate
|-
|-
|tjugonio (nde)
| öga
|twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
| eye
|-
|-
|tjugosex
| öra
|twenty-six
| ear
|-
|-
|tjugosju(nde)
| öster (östra)  
|twenty-seven (twenty-seventh)
| east (eastern)
|-
|-
|tjugosjätte
| över
|twenty-sixth
| over
|-
|-
|tjugotre
| överlevande
|twenty-three
| survivor(s)
|-
|-
|tjugotredje
| övre  
|twenty-third
| upper
|-
|tjugotvå
|twenty-two
|-
|tjugoåtta
|twenty-eight
|-
|tjugoåttonde
|twenty-eighth
|-
|tjuv
|thief
|-
|tjänar
|serves
|-
|tjänare
|servant
|-
|tjänst
|service, employment
|-
|tolfte
|twelfth
|-
|tolv
|twelve
|-
|torpare
|crofter, cottager
|-
|torsdag
|Thursday
|-
|tre (tredje)
|three (third)
|-
|tremänning
|second cousin
|-
|trettio
|thirty
|-
|trettioen, trettioett
|thirty-one
|-
|trettioförsta
|thirty-first
|-
|trettionde
|thirtieth
|-
|tretton(de)
|thirteen (thirteenth)
|-
|trillingar
|triplets
|-
|trolovade
|betrothed, engaged
|-
|trosbekännelse
|declaration of faith (religion)
|-
|trumslagare
|drummer
|-
|trädgårdsmästare
|gardener
|-
|tuberkulos
|tuberculosis
|-
|tumör
|tumor
|-
|tunnbindare
|barrelmaker
|-
|tvillingar
|twins
|-
|tvinsot
|withering from multiple causes
|-
|två
|two
|-
|två hundra(de)
|two hundred (two-hundredth)
|-
|tyfus
|typhoid
|-
|tysk
|German
|-
|Tyskland
|Germany
|-
|tärande sjukdom
|pneumonia, consumption
|-
|undantag
|support after giving up an estate
|-
|undantagsman kvinna
|person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
|under
|under
|-
|underskrift
|signature
|-
|undertecknad
|the undersigned
|-
|ung
|young
|-
|ungkarl
|bachelor
|-
|uppgavs
|stated, given, declared
|-
|uppgiftsnummer
|information number
|-
|ut
|out
|-
|utan
|without
|-
|utanför
|outside
|-
|utdrag
|extract
|-
|utesluten
|excommunicated
|-
|utflyttning
|moving out
|-
|utflyttningsbetyg
|moving out certificates
|-
|utflyttningslängd
|moving out register
|-
|utländsk
|foreign
|-
|utsot
|diarrhea
|-
|utvandrare
|emigrant
|-
|utvandring
|emigration
|-
|vad
|what
|-
|vagnmakare
|cartwright
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|-
|vallon
|Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]]
|-
|vandel
|conduct, habits, way of life
|-
|vapen
|coat of arms, weapon
|-
|var
|each, everyone
|-
|var
|was, where
|-
|vara
|to be
|-
|varför
|why
|-
|vattenkoppor
|chicken pox
|-
|vattusot, vattensot
|edema, dropsy
|-
|vecka
|week
|-
|vem
|who
|-
|venerisk sjukdom
|venereal disease
|-
|verk
|factory, mill
|-
|vid
|at, on, close to, by
|-
|vigd, vigda, vigde
|married
|-
|vigsel
|marriage ceremony
|-
|vigselbok
|marriage book
|-
|vigsellängd
|marriage record
|-
|vilja
|to want, will
|-
|vilken, vilket, vilka
|who, which, that
|-
|vinter
|winter
|-
|vittne
|witness
|-
|volym
|volume
|-
|våda
|accident
|-
|vådeligen
|violently (usually an accidental death)
|-
|vår
|our, spring
|-
|välboren
|of noble birth
|-
|välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.)
|of good reputation
|-
|vänster
|left
|-
|värk
|ache, dull pain
|-
|värnplikt
|military service
|-
|väster (västra)
|west (western)
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|-
|yngling
|young man, boy
|-
|yrke
|profession, occupation
|-
|å
|at, on, to
|-
|å
|river
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|-
|åkomma
|ailment
|-
|ålder
|age
|-
|ålderdom
|old age
|-
|ålderdomskrämpor
|old age ailments
|-
|åldersdomssvaghet
|old age weakness or feebleness
|-
|år
|year
|-
|århundrade
|century
|-
|årlig
|annual, yearly
|-
|årtionde
|decade
|-
|åt
|to
|-
|återvänd
|returned
|-
|åtta
|eight
|-
|åttio(nde)
|eighty (eightieth)
|-
|åttonde
|eighth
|-
|äga
|own
|-
|ägare
|owner
|-
|ägor
|land, property
|-
|äkta
|legitimate
|-
|äktenskap
|marriage
|-
|äldre
|older, elder
|-
|äldste
|oldest, eldest, elder
|-
|ämbete
|office
|-
|änka
|widow
|-
|änkeman, änkling
|widower
|-
|ännu
|yet, still
|-
|är
|are, is, am
|-
|ärlig
|honest
|-
|ätt
|family
|-
|ö
|island
|-
|öde
|vacant, fate
|-
|öga
|eye
|-
|öra
|ear
|-
|öster (östra)
|east (eastern)
|-
|över
|over
|-
|överlevande
|survivor(s)
|-
|övre
|upper
|}<ref>FamilySearch. <u>Genealogical Word List, Swedish</u>. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997</ref><ref>Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889</ref>
 
<br>
 
==Language Characteristics==
 
Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.
 
====Variant Forms of Words====
 
In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:
 
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''man <br>mannen <br>män <br>männen''
 
|man <br>the man <br>men <br>the men
|<br>
|<br>
|<br>
|<br>
|<br>
|<br>
|
''yrke <br>yrket <br>yrken <br>yrkena''
 
|profession <br>the profession <br>professions <br>the professions
|}
|}


====Alphabetical Order====
== ADDITIONAL RESOURCES  ==
 
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''Z'''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Before 2006 the letter '''W''' was considered a variation of '''V''' and not a letter. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order (after 2006):
 
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö


====Spelling====
This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  
 
Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.  


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The following dictionary is also available on microfilm for use in[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]]:
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b used for p<br> c used for k <br> ch used for k<br> d used for t<br> e used for ä <br> f used for v <br> g used for k<br> i used for j <br> j used for g, gj, hj, lj, dj <br> k used for ck, ch,g, gg, c <br> o for å <br>


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*Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FHL|16042|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,124,531 item 12}}).
|<br>
*Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FHL|549532|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906.
|<br>
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q used for k <br> s used for skj, sch, sj, stj, ss, c, z<br> sk used for k, kj, ch <br> t used for q<br> tj used for ki <br> u used for v <br> v seen as hv <br> w used for v<br> x used for ks<br> z used for s <br>å used for o <br> ä used for e <br>


|}
Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[Family History Library Catalog Subject Search|Subject&nbsp;Search]] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] under {{FHL|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the&nbsp;[[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Place Search]]&nbsp;under {{FHL|346068|subject-id|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}.


Examples:
== Key Words ==
 
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kvinna seen as qvinna<br> kärr seen as tjärr<br> mjölnare seen as miölnare<br>
 
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|<br>
|<br>
|<br>
|<br>
|<br>
|
skov seen as schov<br> vilken seen as hvilken <br> änka seen as enka <br>
 
|}
 
==Key Words==


To find and use specific types of Swedish records, you will need to know some key words in Swedish. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Swedish words with the same or similar meanings.  
To find and use specific types of Swedish records, you will need to know some key words in Swedish. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Swedish words with the same or similar meanings.  
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For example, in the first column you will find the English word ''marriage''. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as ''marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,''and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.  
For example, in the first column you will find the English word ''marriage''. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as ''marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,''and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.  


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English <br>banns <br>birth <br>burial <br>child <br>christening <br>clerical survey <br>confirmation <br>death <br>father <br>female <br>household, examination roll <br>husband <br>index <br>male <br>marriage  
English <br>banns <br>birth <br>burial <br>child <br>christening <br>clerical survey <br>confirmation <br>death <br>father <br>female <br>household, examination roll <br>husband <br>index <br>male <br>marriage  


military <br>mother <br>moving in <br>moving out <br>name, given <br>name, surname <br>parents <br>parish <br>probate <br>wife <br>year  
military <br>mother <br>moving in <br>moving out <br>name, given <br>name, surname <br>parents <br>parish <br>probate <br>wife <br>year  


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|  
Swedish <br>lysning <br>födda, födde, född, födelse <br>begravning <br>barn <br>döpta, döpte, döpt, döpelse, dop <br>husförhörslängd <br>konfirmation <br>döda, döde, död, avliden, avsomna <br>far, fader <br>kvinnkön, kvinna <br>husförhörslängd, förhör <br>  
Swedish <br>lysning <br>födda, födde, född, födelse <br>begravning <br>barn <br>döpta, döpte, döpt, döpelse, dop <br>husförhörslängd <br>konfirmation <br>döda, döde, död, avliden, avsomna <br>far, fader <br>kvinnkön, kvinna <br>husförhörslängd, förhör <br>  


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==Numbers==
Translations for numbers are found on the [[English to Swedish Numbers in Word Form|English to Swedish Numbers in Word Form]] Wiki page.
==Additional Resources==
This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.
The following dictionaries are also available:
*Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, efter kongl. Secreteraren Sahlstedts Svenska ordbok, Stockholm 1788, available through [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/1788-swedish-english-dictionary 1788 Swedish English Dictionary]
*Wahrman, Sven Niclas. Svenskt och Tyskt - Franskt - Engelskt Hand-lexicon, Örebro 1814, available through the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]
*Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FSC|16042|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,124,531 item 12}}).
*Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FSC|549532|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906.
*For death records: See a list of causes of death in the [http://www.ddss.nu/statistics/deathInfo Demographic Database of Southern Sweden (DDSS)].
*For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg].
Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FSC|Swedish language - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=1615546102|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FSC|Sweden - Language and languages - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=393683350|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}.


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The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary. (See "Additional Resources" below.)

Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The spelling section in "Language Characteristics" below, along with the English to Swedish Word list are designed to help you find the words you need.

The entire Swedish to English word list is available in PDF see Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf.

LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS[edit | edit source]

Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.

Variant Forms of Words[edit | edit source]

In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom or marry—marries— married are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:

man
mannen
män
männen 		man
the man
men
the men 		yrke
yrket
yrken
yrkena 		profession
the profession
professions
the professions

Alphabetical Order[edit | edit source]

Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: Å (å), Ä (ä), and Ö (ö). Alphabetically, these letters come after z. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Swedish dictionaries, indexes, thePlace Search of the Family History Library Catalog, and this word list use the following alphabetical order:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z å ä ö


Spelling[edit | edit source]

Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.

b used for p
c used for k
ch used for k
d used for t
e used for ä
f used for v
g used for k
i used for j
j used for g, gj, hj, lj, dj
k used for ck, ch,g, gg, c
o for å








q used for k
s used for skj, sch, sj, stj, ss, c, z
sk used for k, kj, ch
t used for q
tj used for ki
u used for v
w used for v
x used for ks
z used for s
å used for o
ä used for e

Examples:

änka
mjölnare
kärr 		spelled as
spelled as
spelled as 		enka
miölnare
tjärr


Examples:

skov spelled as schov

kvinna spelled as qvinna

Word List[edit | edit source]

Swedish English
adelsman nobleman
arton(de) eighteen (eighteenth)
adlig noble
adopterad adopted
adress address
adressbok directory
afton evening
aldrig never
alla, allt all
alltid always
ambarn nursing child
andra second, others
andtäppa shortness of breath, asthma
anfall seizure(s)
angiven given, stated
ankom came, arrived
anmärkningar remarks, annotations
annan other
antavla pedigree chart
anteckning note, annotation, remark
april April
arbetare worker, laborer
arkiv archive
arrendator tenant farmer, leaseholder
arton eighteen
arv inheritance
arvinge heir
arvskifte distribution of an inherited estate
att that (for example: know that he died)
attest certificate
augusti August
av of
avgift fee
avgång departure
avgått moved
avgått med döden died (departed through death)
avliden deceased, death
avskedad discharged, resigned
avsomna die, death
avvittring assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
backe hill
backstugusittare one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
bagare baker
bakom behind
baneman slayer
baneslag death blow, mortal stroke
banesår death wound, mortal wound
bann excommunication
banna to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
bannlysa to excommunicate
baptist Baptist
bar carried
bara only
bar barnet carried or held the child (at baptism font)
barn child(ren)
barnbarn grandchild(ren)
barnbok preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
barnlös childless
barnmorska midwife
barnmördare murderer of a child
barnpiga maid for children
barnsbörd, barnsäng childbirth
barnsjuka children's disease
barnsnöd complication at childbirth
barnsäng childbirth
barnsängsfeber perpetual complications or sickness at birth
befolkning population
begrava bury
begravning burial
begravningslängd burial record
begravningsplats cemetery
begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
benröta bone-rotting disease
benåd pardon
benämd called
berg hill, mountain
bergfolk mountain people, highlanders
bergslag mining district
bergsman miner
beskattning taxation
beskrivning description
besökare customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
betjänt servant, civil servant
bettlare beggar
betyg certificate
bevaka protect
bevis certificate, proof, evidence
bevistat läsförhören present at household examination (clerical survey)
beväring conscript
beväringsman recruit
bilaga supplement, enclosure
biografi biography
biträde assistant
blind blind
bliva to become
blodsjuka blood disorder
blodslag cerebal stroke
blodstörtning severe or sudden bleeding
blödning bleeding
bo to live, home, estate
bok book
bokhållare bookkeeper
bonde farmer
borg castle, fortress
borgare citizen, burgher
borgmästare mayor
borta absent
bortgift married elsewhere
bostad domicile
boupptekning probate, estate inventory
bredvid next to
bro bridge
bror brother
brorsdotter niece, brother\'s daughter
brorsson nephew, brother\'s son
brottfällig epileptic fits
brud bride
brudfolk bridal couple
brudgum bridegroom
brudpar bridal couple
bruk foundry, mill, iron industry
brukare tenant farmer, leaseholder
bruksarbetare foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
bryggare brewer
bräcklighet frailty
brännsjuka feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
bröllop wedding
bröstarvinge heir
bröstfeber pneumonia
bröstsjuka chest illness, pneumonia
bröstkov shortness of breath
bröstkvav shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
bröstlidande chest disease
bröstpassion chest pain
bröstveda chest disease
bröstvärk chest pain
bukbet abdominal pain
brukbrok umbilical hernia
bukrev constipation
bukvred intestinal blockage
by village
bygd countryside, region, area
byggmästare contractor, builder
båda both
båtsman seaman, sailor
bägge both
bägges barn child of both parents
bälgslag colic
böcker books
böld abscess, boil
böter fee, fine
bötfälld fined
circa (ca.) (Latin) about, approximately
civilregistret civil registrar
coopvaerdi merchant marine
dag day
dagkarl day laborer
dal valley
Danmark Denmark
danneman farmer, gentleman
dansk danish
datum date
de they
december December
de där those
de här these
deja maidservant, milkmaid
demoiselle Miss
delinqventer delinquent, criminal (old spellling)
den the, it
den där that
den här this
deras their
dess his, her, its
det the, it
det där that
det här this
diarre diarrhea
djärv bold, daring, venturesome
dom sentence, judgment
dom sentence, judgment
domare judge
dombok court record
domsaga judicial district
dop baptism, christening
doplängd record of baptisms
dopnamn given name
dotter daughter
dragon light cavalryman
drunknad drowned
dräng farmhand, bachelor
duplikat duplicate record
dygn 24 hours, day
då then
där there
därstädes (of) that place
död, döda, döde dead, death
dödbok death record
dödfödd stillborn
dödslista death record
dödsorsak cause of death
död utan bröstarvinge died without issue
döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse christening
dött has died
döv deaf
efter after
efterkommande descendant(s)
eftermiddag afternoon
efternamn surname
efter sig lämnat left behind, survived by
egendom property
ej not
eldsvåda extensive fire
elfte eleventh
eller or
elva eleven
emigrerade emigrated
en, ett a, one
en/ett hundra(de) one hundred (one-hundredth)
en/ett tusen(de) one thousand (one-thousandth)
Engelska sjukan ricketts (vitamin deficiency)
enligt according to
epilepsi epilepsy
ett, en a, one
evangelisk evangelical
fabrik factory, mill
fabriksarbetare factory worker
fadder christening witness, godparent
fader father
falla fall, to be killed in war
fallande sot epilepsy
familj family
far father
farbror paternal uncle
farfar paternal grandfather
farmor paternal grandmother
fasta fast, Lent
faster paternal aunt
fattig poor
fattighjon pauper
fattighus poorhouse
f. d. (före detta) former(ly)
feber fever
feberfrossa malaria
februari February
fem(te) five (fifth)
femtio(nde) fifty (fiftieth)
femton(de) fifteen (fifteenth)
finländare, finne Finn
finsk Finnish
fiskare fisherman
fjol (i fjol) last year
fjorton(de) fourteen (fourteenth)
fjärde fourth
fjärdingsman parish constable
flicka girl
flicknamn maiden name
fluss any disease related to fluids
flytta move
flyttningsbetyg certificate of moving
fogde sheriff, bailiff, warden
folio page
fortsättning (forts.) continued
fosterbarn foster child
fosterland native land, fatherland
framför in front of
fredag Friday
frejd a person\'s character, conduct
friherre baron
frilla concubine
frillebarn bastard child
frossa malaria
fru Mrs.
från from
frånskild divorced
frälse nobility
frälsegård, frälsehemman tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax)
främmande foreign, strange, belonging to another parish
fröken Miss
fulslag inflammation at the edge of a finger
fylleri drunkenness
fyra four
fyrtio(nde) forty (fortieth)
fältfeber typhoid fever
fältskär assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
fältväbel sergeant major
fästehjon betrothed couple, engaged pair
fästekvinna fiancée (female)
fästman fiancé (male)
fästmö fiancée (female)
fästning fortress
född, födda, födde, födelse born, birth
föddes was born
födelse birth
födelsebok birth record
födelsedag birthday
födelselängd birth record
födelseort place of birth
födorådstagare a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr
följande following, next
för for
fördelsman person receiving support after giving his estate to another
fördärvad severely crippled
före before
föregående previous, preceding
förelyst banns (in Finland)
förening society
förfäder forefathers
förgiftad poisoned
förhör household examination
förklara declared, explained
förkylning common cold
förlossning delivery (childbirth)
förlovad engaged
förlovning engagement
förmiddag morning, forenoon
förmyndare guardian
förmäla marry (older term)
förnamn given name
förra giftet previous marriage
förre, (den) former
förrätta perform
församling parish, congregation
församlingsbok clerical survey
första first
första gången first time
förstoppning constipation
försumlighet negligence, neglectfulness
försvarslös unemployed person, vagrant
förteckning list
föräldralös orphan
föräldrar parents
gamla old
gamla boken (G.B.) old book, previous clerical survey
gammal old
garvare tanner
gata street
genast right away, immediately
genealogi genealogy
genom through
gesäll journeyman
gift married
gifta sig to marry
gifte marriage
giftermål marriage ceremony
giftoman bride\'s sponsor
gikt gout
god good
gosse boy
granne neighbor
gratialist receiving a pension or cash from some special fund
grav grave
grekisk katolsk Eastern Orthodox
grenadjär infantryman
greve count (title of nobility)
gruva mine
gräns boundary line, border
gudfader godfather
gudmoder godmother
gulsot jaundice
gång time
gård farm, house
gåvor donations
gäll (gäld) clerical district
gästgivare innkeeper
gördelmakare brazier
halv- half-, step-
halvsyskon half siblings
hammarsmed forging smith
han he
handelsman merchant
handskmakare glove maker
hans his
hantverkare artisan
hastig acute
hattmakare hatmaker
hava to have
havande pregnant
hederlig honorable, honest
hektisk feber infectious disease accompanying a fever
helig holy
hem home
hemma at home
hemman farm, homestead
hemmansbrukare farmer
hemmansägare farmer, homeowner
hemort residence
hemvist domicile
henne her
heraldik heraldry
herr Mr.
Herren Lord
herrgård manorial estate
hetsig feber inflammatory fever
hinderlös free, unhindered (to travel, marry)
hinderlöshetsbetyg certificate of being unhindered
historia history
hittebarn foundling
hjon person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon
hjonelag connubial union (union in the state of marriage)
hjulmakare wheelwright
hjärnblödning stroke, cerebral hemorrhage
hjärtslag cardiac arrest
hjärtsprång heart disease
hon she
honom him
hos at, in, with
hosta cough
hovrätt circuit court of appeal
hur how
hus house
husar light cavalryman
husbonde master of a family or of a house
husfader head of household, father
husfolk farmers, farm people
husförhör, husförhörslängd clerical survey, household examination
husman farm laborer (owned house but not land)
husmoder female head of household, mother
hustru wife
hyresgäst lodger
håll och styng pneumonia
här here
härad civil district within a county
häradsrätt district court
härstädes here, at given location
hög high
höger right
höst autumn
i in
icke not
i dag today
i fjol last year
ifrån from
i går yesterday
ihjälslagen beaten to death
i morgon tomorrow
inflyttning incoming, moving in
inflyttningsbetyg moving in certificate
inflyttningslängd moving in register
ingen no, no one, none
inget nothing, none
inhyses a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
innehåll contents
innevarande current
inskrivning entry
invandrare immigrant
invandring immigration
januari January
jord earth, soil, land
jordbrukare farmer
jordebok land record
jordegumma midwife
jordfästning funeral, burial service
jude Jew
judisk Jewish
jul Christmas
juli July
jungfru Miss, maiden, virgin
juni June
jägare hunter
jägmästare forester
jämte together with
kallad called, named
kallbrand gangrene
kammarskrivare assistant clerk
kapellförsamling chapelry, dependent branch of a parish
kaplan assistant minister
karbunkel carbuncle
karl man, male
karta map
katalog directory, catalog
katekismilängd communion record
katolsk Catholic
kavallerist cavalryman
kikhosta whooping cough
klensmed toolmaker, locksmith
klockare parish clerk
knekt soldier
knektekontrakt agreement of enrollment
kofferdi merchant marine
kolare charcoal burner
kolera cholera
kolik colic
kommen ifrån came from
komminister assistant minister
kommun township, municipality, parish
kommunikant person receiving communion
kommunionbok communion book
kommunionlängd communion record
konfirmation confirmation
konfirmationslängd confirmation record
kontrahenterna marriage applicants
kontrakt deanery (clerical district)
konung, kung king
konvulsioner convulsions
kopparslagare coppersmith
koppor smallpox
kov shortness of breath
kramp convulsions
krank illness
krigsarkiv war archive, military archive
kristendomskunskap religious knowledge
kristnad christened, baptized
krono- belonging to the crown (government)
kronohemman farm owned by the crown (government)
krukmakare potter
kräfta cancer
kung, konung king
kungarike kingdom
kunglig royal
kusin cousin
kvarlåtenskap possessions left after death
kvarn mill
kvarter block, quarter
kvinna, kvinnkjön woman, female
kväll evening
kvävning suffocation
kyrka church
kyrkobok parish register
kyrkoby village in which the parish church is located
kyrkogång introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
kyrkogård churchyard, cemetery
kyrkoherde parish minister
kyrkosocken ecclesiastical parish
kyrkotagen introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
kyrkovaktare church officer
kyrkovärd church or parish warden
käresta loved one, wife
kön sex, gender
köpebrev purchase deed, title deed
köping small town
köpman merchant
körsnär furrier
lag law
laga år kommen of legal age
land land, country
landsarkiv provincial archive
landsförsamling rural parish of a city
landskap province
lapp Lapp
ledig unmarried, free
leva to live
levande living
lik corpse
lilla little, small
liten little, small
lots sea pilot
lucka gap (missing records)
lunginflammation pneumonia
lungsot consumption, tuberculosis
luteran, lutersk Lutheran
lysning banns
lysningslängd banns register
lyst posted banns
låg low
lägersmål illicit relations
lägrad kvinna woman who has had illicit relations
lägre lower
läkare doctor
län county
längd roll, record, book
länsman sheriff
lärare teacher
lärling apprentice
lönskaläge illicit relations between unmarried persons
löpande current
lördag Saturday
lösdrivare vagrant
magref colic
magsjukdom stomach disease
magvärk stomachache
magskärv painful stomach disease
maj May
majestät royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät)
majestätsbrott treason
maka wife
makarnas gemensamma barn child(ren) a couple had together
make husband
mamsell Miss
man, mankjön man, male, husband
mantal assessed unit of land
mantalskriven registered for tax/census purposes
mantalslängd tax/census record
marknad market, fair
mars March
maskslag fainting
maskinist machinist, engineer
matros sailor, seaman
med with
medborgare citizen
medlem member
mellan between
men but
middag noon
midnatt midnight
militär military
minderårig underage
mindre lesser, smaller
ministerialbok parish register
minut minute
mjölnare miller
moder, mor mother
moderpassion hysteric fits
morbror maternal uncle
morfar maternal grandfather
morgon morning
morgongåva morning gift, dowry
mormor maternal grandmother
mosaisk Jewish
moster maternal aunt
mot against, toward
murare mason
mycket very, much
myndig of legal age
myndling pupil or ward
måg son-in-law
målsman guardian
månad month
måndag Monday
mässling measles
mästare master
mördad murdered
namn name
nationalitet nationality
natt night
nattvard communion
nedan(för) below
nedkomst birth
nedre lower
nervfeber typhoid fever
nervslag sudden paralysis
nio(nde) nine (ninth)
nittio(nde) ninety (nintieth)
nitton(de) nineteen (nineteenth)
njurpassion kidney stone disease
noll zero
nord north
Norge Norway
norr(a) north, northern
norsk Norwegian
november November
nu now
nummer number
ny (a) new
nya boken (N.B.) new book, next clerical survey
nybyggare settler
nyfödd newborn
nytt new
någon someone, anyone
något something, somewhat
nämdeman juryman
när when
nära near
näringsfång source of livelihood, business, industry
närvarande present
närvaro presence
nöddop emergency baptism
oangiven not given
obefintliga persons whose residence is not known
och and
också also
odaterad not dated
odöpt not christened
ofta often
ofärdig lame, crippled
ogift unmarried
oktober October
okänd unknown
olycka accident, misfortune
om if, about
omkommen died accidentally, drowned
omkring about
omvändelse conversion
omyndig minor
onsdag Wednesday
ondslag syphilis
ordbok dictionary
ormbett bitten by a snake
orsak cause, reason
ort place
ortförteckning locality list, gazetteer
ortodox (Eastern) Orthodox
otidigt sängelag fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged)
ovan, ovanför above
oxel tumour
oäkta illegitimate (child)
passion suffering
pastor parish minister
pastorat parish
pastorsexpedition parish office
personernas the person\'s
pest plague
piga maid, maiden, servant girl
pilt(ebarn) boy, male child
pingst Pentecost, Whitsunday
pliktad fined
plåga pain
podager gout
pojke boy
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean
prosteri deanery
präst minister
prästgård parsonage
på on, upon, at (some place), in (about time)
påsk Easter
påssjuka mumps
regemente regiment
register register, index
repslagare rope maker
Riddarhuset house of nobility
rike state, realm
riksarkiv national archives, state archives
rote district within a parish
rotehjon person supported by a parish district
rotesoldat soldier for a district in a parish
rulla record, roll
rusthåll farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier
rusthållare owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier
rymt, rymd runaway
rysk, ryss Russian
Ryssland Russia
ryttare cavalryman
rådhusrätt city court
rådman councilman
rådstu(gu)rätt city court
räkenskapslängd records of accounts
rätt court, right, correct
rättare farm foreman
rödsot dysentery
röta gangrene
rötfeber gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever
sakna(s) miss, missing
salig the deceased, blessed
samhälle community
samma (the) same
sammanavla beget, conceive
sammanviga marry
samma städes (of) the same place
samt and, together with
samtycke permission, consent (to)
scharlakansfeber scarlet fever
sedan since
sekel century
senare, (den) later, the latter
sent late
september September
sex six
sexman parish caretaker
sextio(nde) sixty (sixtieth)
sexton(de) sixteen (sixteenth)
sida page
sig himself, herself, itself
sin, sitt, sina his, her, its (own)
sinnessvag feebleminded
sjelfspillan one who committed suicide (old spelling)
sju seven
sjuk sick
sjukdom sickness
sjuklig sickly
sjunde seventh
sjuttio(nde) seventy (seventieth)
sjutton(de) seventeen (seventeenth)
självmord suicide
sjätte sixth
sjö lake
sjöman sailor, seaman
skarprättare executioner, hangman
skarpskytt sharpshooter
skatt tax
skattehemman farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)
skeppare skipper
skerfva rickets or malnutrition
skilsmässa divorce
skog forest
skogvaktare forester
skola school
skollärare schoolteacher
skomakare shoemaker
skorstensfejare chimney-sweep
skottår leap year
skrud gown (bridal)
skräddare tailor
skörbjugg scurvy
slag(anfall) stroke
slagen af åskan hit by lightning
slagsmål fight
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
slot castle
slut end
släkt family, clan
släktbok lineage book
släktforskning genealogy
släkting relative
släktled generation
smed blacksmith
smittkoppor smallpox
smärta pain
små (plural) little, small
snatteri pilfering
snickare carpenter
socken parish
soldat soldier
som who, which, that
sommar summer
son son
sondotter son\'s daughter, granddaughter
sonhustru son\'s wife, daughter-in-law
sonson son\'s son, grandson
sotdöd old age
sotsäng sickbed
spannmålstorpare tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain
spinnare spinner
spridda år intermittent years
stad city
stadsarkiv city archives
stadsförsamling city parish
stamfader progenitor
stamtavla descendancy chart
statare, statdräng farm laborer
stattorpare farm laborer, usually married
stenhuggare stonecutter
stenpassion gallbladder disease
sterbhus a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead
stift diocese
stoft mortal remains, or ashes
stor, stort, stora large, big, great
straff punishment
straffarbete hard labor
strax right away, immediately
strypsjuka diptheria
stuga cottage, house
stum dumb, mute
stupa to be killed in war
styrman mate, on ship
styv- step-
styvson stepson
stånd status, condition
ståndsperson person of social standing
ställe place
stärbhus death estate
stöld theft
svaghet weakness, feebleness
svagsint feebleminded
sven young man, apprentice
svensk Swedish
Sverige Sweden
svullnad swelling, bloating
svulst tumor
svåger brother-in-law
svägerska sister-in-law
svärfar father-in-law
svärmor mother-in-law
svärson son-in-law
syd south
syskon siblings
syskonbarn nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)
syssling second cousin, tremänning
syster sister
systerdotter niece, sister\'s daughter
systerson nephew, sister\'s son
syting person receiving support after giving his estate to another
såg saw, sawmill
sågställare saw setter
sängliggande bed-ridden
särskilda special
säteri freehold estate
söder (södra) south (southern)
söndag Sunday
testamente will
tid time
tidskrift periodical
tiggare beggar
till to
tillsammans together
tillstånd dispensation, permission
timma hour
timmerman carpenter, builder
ting court
tingslag judicial district, assize division
tio(nde) ten (tenth)
tionde tenth, tithing
tiondebok tithing record
tisdag Tuesday
tjugo twenty
tjugoandra twenty-second
tjugoen, tjugoett twenty-one
tjugofem(te) twenty-five (twenty-fifth)
tjugofjärde twenty-fourth
tjugofyra twenty-four
tjugoförsta twenty-first
tjugonde twentieth
tjugonio (nde) twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
tjugosex twenty-six
tjugosju(nde) twenty-seven (twenty-seventh)
tjugosjätte twenty-sixth
tjugotre twenty-three
tjugotredje twenty-third
tjugotvå twenty-two
tjugoåtta twenty-eight
tjugoåttonde twenty-eighth
tjuv thief
tjänar serves
tjänare servant
tjänst service, employment
tolfte twelfth
tolv twelve
torpare crofter, cottager
torsdag Thursday
tre (tredje) three (third)
tremänning second cousin
trettio thirty
trettioen, trettioett thirty-one
trettioförsta thirty-first
trettionde thirtieth
tretton(de) thirteen (thirteenth)
trillingar triplets
trolovade betrothed, engaged
trosbekännelse declaration of faith (religion)
trumslagare drummer
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tuberkulos tuberculosis
tumör tumor
tunnbindare barrelmaker
tvillingar twins
tvinsot withering from multiple causes
två two
två hundra(de) two hundred (two-hundredth)
tyfus typhoid
tysk German
Tyskland Germany
tärande sjukdom pneumonia, consumption
undantag support after giving up an estate
undantagsman kvinna person receiving support after giving his estate to another
under under
underskrift signature
undertecknad the undersigned
ung young
ungkarl bachelor
uppgavs stated, given, declared
ut out
utan without
utanför outside
utdrag extract
utesluten excommunicated
utflyttning moving out
utflyttningsbetyg moving out certificates
utflyttningslängd moving out register
utländsk foreign
utsot diarrhea
utvandrare emigrant
utvandring emigration
vad what
vagnmakare cartwright
vaktmästare caretaker
vallon Walloon, for more see: Vallons in Sweden
vandel conduct, habits, way of life
vapen coat of arms, weapon
var each, everyone
var was, where
vara to be
varför why
vattenkoppor chicken pox
vattusot, vattensot edema, dropsy
vecka week
vem who
venerisk sjukdom venereal disease
verk factory, mill
vid at, on, close to, by
vigd, vigda, vigde married
vigsel marriage ceremony
vigselbok marriage book
vigsellängd marriage record
vilja to want, will
vilken, vilket, vilka who, which, that
vinter winter
vittne witness
volym volume
våda accident
vådeligen violently (usually an accidental death)
vår our, spring
välboren of noble birth
välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.) of good reputation
vänster left
värk ache, dull pain
värnplikt military service
väster (västra) west (western)
vävare weaver
yngling young man, boy
yrke profession, occupation
å at, on, to
å river
åbo tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
åkomma ailment
ålder age
ålderdom old age
år year
århundrade century
årlig annual, yearly
årtionde decade
åt to
återvänd returned
åtta eight
åttio(nde) eighty (eightieth)
åttonde eighth
äga own
ägare owner
ägor land, property
äkta legitimate
äktenskap marriage
äldre older, elder
äldste oldest, eldest, elder
ämbete office
änka widow
änkeman, änkling widower
ännu yet, still
är are, is, am
ärlig honest
ätt family
ö island
öde vacant, fate
öga eye
öra ear
öster (östra) east (eastern)
över over
överlevande survivor(s)
övre upper

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES[edit | edit source]

This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the Family History Library. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.

The following dictionary is also available on microfilm for use inFamily History Centers:

Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the Place Search under SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES.

Key Words[edit | edit source]

To find and use specific types of Swedish records, you will need to know some key words in Swedish. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Swedish words with the same or similar meanings.

For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.

English
banns
birth
burial
child
christening
clerical survey
confirmation
death
father
female
household, examination roll
husband
index
male
marriage

military
mother
moving in
moving out
name, given
name, surname
parents
parish
probate
wife
year

Swedish
lysning
födda, födde, född, födelse
begravning
barn
döpta, döpte, döpt, döpelse, dop
husförhörslängd
konfirmation
döda, döde, död, avliden, avsomna
far, fader
kvinnkön, kvinna
husförhörslängd, förhör

man, make
register
mankön, man
vigda, vigde, vigd, vigsel, gift, gifte, giftermål, bröllop, brudfolk
militär, soldat
mor, moder
inflyttning
utflyttning
förnamn
efternamn
föräldrar
socken, församling, kommun
boupptekning
hustru, maka
år

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