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


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


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


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Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
|+ '''Sortable table'''
 
This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|
|-
|-
! Occupation
|aktor
! Short definition
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|
|-
|-
| abbot
|aktris
| abbot
|actress
|  
|female play actor, performer
|-
|-
| accismästare
|aktör
| customs officer
|actor
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|male play actor, performer
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|allmänningsbonde
| a midwife
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|allmäningskarl
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|
|-
|-
| adelsman
|amiral
| nobleman
|admiral (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| adelssven
|anförare
| page (youth)  
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|angivare
| (latin)  
|informer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|anklagare
| (latin)  
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|ansättare
| (latin)  
|(military) rammer
|  
|service position with ramrods
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|apotekare
| (latin)
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|arbetare
| (latin)
|worker, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| advocat
|arbetskarl
| lawyer, attorney
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|arbetsman
| (latin)
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| aedituus
|arbk.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|  
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|arkebusier
| evening-service preacher
|(military) member of firing squad
|  
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| agent
|arkibiskop
| agent, representative
|(1788) archbishop
|  
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| aktor
|arklimästare
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|(military) gunner
|  
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| aktris
|arrendator
| actress
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| female play actor, performer
|A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (''arrendekontrakt''). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
|-
|-
| aktör
|artillerist
| actor
|(military) man of the artillery
| male play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|artillerikonstapel
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|(military) bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| amiral
|assessor
| admiral (military)
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| anförare
|assuradör
| leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|insurer, underwriter
|  
|
|-
|-
| angivare
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| informer (1788)
|auctioneer
|  
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| anklagare
|auktor, autor
| accuser, impeacher (1788)  
|author
|
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| ansättare
|avisskrivare
| (military) rammer
|newswriter
| service position with ramrods
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| apotekare
|avskedad soldat
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|discharged, resigned soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetskarl
|avskrivare (1788)
| male worker, workman, laborer
|transcriber, copier
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|axplockare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|gleaner
|
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| arbk.
|backstuguhjon
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|cottager (1788)
| male worker, workman, laborer
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|backstugusittare
| (military) member of firing squad
|cottager
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| arkibiskop
|badare
| (1788) archbishop
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|badaremästare
| (military) gunner
|barber surgeon
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|
|-
|-
| arrendator
|badmästare
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|bath-keeper
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|(1889)
|-
|-
| artillerist
|bagare
| (military) man of the artillery
|baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|bagaregesäll
| (military) bombardier
|baker's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| assessor
|bagarelärling
| assessor
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| assuradör
|bagaremästare
| insurer, underwriter
|master baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|banérförare
| auctioneer
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|banérherre
| author
|(military) banneret
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|banér-riddare
| newswriter
|(military) knight banneret
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|bankvaktmästare
| discharged, resigned soldier
|porter, messenger at a bank
|  
|
|-
|-
| avskrivare (1788)
|banmästare
| transcriber, copier
|overseer of a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|barberare
| gleaner
|barber, shaver
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|barberarebiträde
| cottager
|barber's assistant
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|barberaregesäll
| barber surgeon
|journeyman barber
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|barberarelärling
| bath-keeper
|barber's apprentice
| (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bagare
|barkare
| baker
|tanner
|  
|(1829)
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|barnförlossare
| baker's man
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|barnmorska
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|female midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|barnpiga
| master baker
|maid for children
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérförare
|barnsköterska
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérherre
|baron
| (military) banneret
|baron
|
|baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|basunist
| (military) knight banneret
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|bataljonsadjuntant
| porter, messenger at a bank
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| banmästare
|bataljonschef
| overseer of a railway line
|(military) commander of a battalion
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|batterikonstapel
| barber, shaver
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|bedragare
| barber's assistant
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|befallningshavande
| journeyman barber
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|befallningsman
| barber's apprentice
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|befallningsman (konungens)
| tanner
|county governor
| (1829)
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|befaren båtsman
| male midwife
|(military) traveling sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|befordrare
| female midwife
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|befällningshavande
| maid for children
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|beherskare
| female nurse (not wet nurse)  
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|bensamlare
| baron
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|
|-
|-
| basunist
|bergmästare
| trumpeter
|minemaster (1829)
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|bergsarbetare
| (military) sergeant-major
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|bergsbruksidkare
| (military) commander of a battalion
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|bergsfogde
| (military) battalion bombardier
|bailiff of a mine
|
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|bergshauptman
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|mine inspector
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|bergskarl
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens)
|bergslagsman
| county governor
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|bergsman
| (military) traveling sailor
|miner
|
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| befällningshavande
|bergsprångare
| officer in command
|miner
|  
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|bergsråd
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|
|  
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|beridare
| minemaster (1829)
|horsebreaker, riding master
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|beskattningsman
| miner
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|beslagare
| mining man
|seizer, confiscator, setter
|  
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|beslagskarl
| bailiff of a mine
|see beslagare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|besökare
| mine inspector
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|betalare
| miner
|paymaster (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|betjänt
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|servant, civil servant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsman
|bettlare
| miner
|beggar
| usually a mining farmer, not a mine worker
|
|-
|-
| beridare
|bevaktare
| horsebreaker, riding master
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| taxer, assessor
|captain of the watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|bevarare
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|preserver, saver, conservator
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|beväringskarl
| see beslagare
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| besökare
|beväringsman
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|bibliotekarie
| servant, civil servant
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| bettlare
|bijouterihandlare
| beggar
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|bildhuggare
| guard, keeper
|sculptor, statuary, carver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|bildskärare
| captain of the watch
|se bildsnidare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevarare
|bildsnidare
| preserver, saver, conservator
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|biljettförsäljare
| militia man, conscript
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|biljettförsäljerska
| militia man, conscript
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|bilöpare
| librarian
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|bindare
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|tier, binder, fastener
|  
|for example net making
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|biodlare
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|biskop
| se bildsnidare
|bishop
|  
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|biskötare
| sculptor
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|biträde
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|bjudare
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|bleckslagare
| interloper
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bindare
|blockmakare
| tier, binder, fastener
|block maker, pulley maker
| for example net making
|
|-
|-
| biodlare
|blodigelodlare
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| biskop
|blomsterhandlare
| bishop
|flower seller (male)
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| biskötare
|blomsterhandlerska
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|flower seller (female)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| biträde
|blomsterodlare
| assistant
|cultivator of flowers, florist
|  
|
|-
|-
| bjudare
|blossbärare
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|torch-bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|blyarbetare
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|lead worker, plumber
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith:&nbsp;see:&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|blyfalsare
| block maker, pulley maker
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|blystöpare
| cultivator of leeches
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|blytäckare
| flower seller (male)
|plumber
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|bodbetjent
| flower seller (female)
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|boddräng
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|shop hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|bodflicka
| torch-bearer
|shop girl, shop maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|bodgosse
| lead worker, plumber
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|bodhandlare
| plumber
|shopkeeper, tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|bodmamsell
| plumber
|shop girl, shop woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|bokbindare
| plumber
|bookbinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|bokförare
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| boddräng
|bokhandlare
| shop hand
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|bokhållare
| shop girl, shop maid
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|bokhäftare
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|bokmakare
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|book wright, book maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|bonde
| shop girl, shop woman
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|bondedräng
| bookbinder
|farm hand
|  
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| bokförare
|bondeflicka
| book keeper
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|bondepiga
| bookseller
|peasant's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|borgare
| book keeper
|citizen, burgher
| same as bokförare
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|borgmästare
| book stitcher
|mayor
|  
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|borrare
| book wright, book maker
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bonde
|borrmakare
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|bit forger
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|borrsmed
| farm hand
|bit smith
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|boskapshandlare
| country girl
|dealer of livestock
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|boskapsherde
| peasant's maid
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| borgare
|boskapsskötare
| citizen, burgher
|stockman
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|boskapsvaktare
| mayor
|herdsman
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|
|-
|-
| borrare
|boställshavare
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
|
|-
|-
| borrmakare
|bouppteckningsman
| bit forger
|person who inventories (1889)
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| borrsmed
|boutredningsman
| bit smith
|administrator
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see:&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| boskapshandlare
|brandmästare
| dealer of livestock
|fire warden
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsherde
|braständare
| herdsman
|fire lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsskötare
|brevbärare
| stockman
|letter carrier, postman
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsvaktare
|brevdragare
| herdsman
|see brevbärare
|  
|
|-
|-
| boställshavare
|brevskrivare
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|letter writer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bouppteckningsman
|brevställare
| person who inventories (1889)
|see brevskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| boutredningsman
|brobyggare
| administrator
|bridge builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| brandmästare
|broderare
| fire warden
|embroiderer
|  
|
|-
|-
| braständare
|broläggare
| fire lighter
|bridge builder, paver
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevbärare
|bromästare
| letter carrier, postman
|bridge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevdragare
|bronsarbetare
| see brevbärare
|worker in bronze
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevskrivare
|bronsgjutare
| letter writer
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevställare
|brottmålsdomare
| see brevskrivare
|judge criminal
|  
|
|-
|-
| brobyggare
|brottmålsnoterie
| bridge builder
|crown clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| broderare
|brovaktare
| embroiderer
|guard of a bridge
|  
|
|-
|-
| broläggare
|brovindare
| bridge builder, paver
|bridge driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bromästare
|brukare
| bridge master
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsarbetare
|bruksarbetare
| worker in bronze
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsgjutare
|bruksegare
| bronze founder, brazier
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsdomare
|bryggare
| judge criminal
|brewer
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsnoterie
|brännmästare
| crown clerk
|master distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovaktare
|brännvinsbrännare
| guard of a bridge
|brandy distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovindare
|buntmakare
| bridge driver
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
|
|-
|-
| brukare
|byfogde
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|hamlet bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksarbetare
|byggare, byggkarl
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksegare
|byggmästare
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|master builder, contractor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bryggare
|bykerska
| brewer
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännmästare
|byskomakare
| master distiller
|village shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännvinsbrännare
|bågflytt
| brandy distiller
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|-
|-
| buntmakare
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| byfogde
|bälgmakare
| hamlet bailiff
|bellows-maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggare, byggkarl
|bödel
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|executioner
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|bösseskytt
| master builder, contractor
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bykerska
|bössmed
| washerwoman
|gunsmith
|  
|
|-
|-
| byskomakare
|cantor
| village shoemaker
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|-
|-
| bågflytt
|curatus
| archer, bowman
|(latin)
|  
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|custod
| (military) seaman, sailor
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| bälgmakare
|d., dr.
| bellows-maker
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| bödel
|dagkarl, daglönare
| executioner
|day laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bösseskytt
|danneman
| (military)
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bössmed
|degn
| gunsmith
|assistant to the priest
|  
|The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|-
|-
| cantor
|deja, dejpiga
| (latin)
|maidservant, milkmaid
| see klockare
|
|-
|-
| commissarius
|demoiselle
| (latin)
|Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| curatus
|d.g.
|  
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| custod
|disponent
| (latin)
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| d., dr.
|domare
| abbreviation for dräng
|judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| dagkarl, daglönare
|domesticus
| day laborer
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|-
|-
| danneman
|domprost
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
|-
|-
| degn
|dr.
| assistant to the priest
|abbreviation for dräng
| The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|
|-
|-
| deja, dejpiga
|drabant, dravant
| maidservant, milkmaid
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|  
|
|-
|-
| demoiselle
|dragon
| Miss
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| d.g.  
|dräng, dr.
|  
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
|
|-
|-
| domare
|däga
| judge
|see deja
|  
|
|-
|-
| domesticus
|emigrantagent
| (latin)
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| domestik
|emigrantvärvare
| (latin)
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| domherre
|extra roteringsmän
| (latin)
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| domprost
|fabriksarbetare
| see prestman
|factory worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| dompräst
|famnmätare
|  
|corder of wood
|  
|
|-
|-
| dr.
|fanjunkare
| abbreviation for dräng
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| drabant, dravant
|fatburshustru
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragon
|fatburssven
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|storehouse apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| dräng, dr.
|fattighjon
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|pauper
|  
|
|-
|-
| däga
|filtare
| see deja
|felter
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantagent
|finbagare
| emigrant agent
|pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantvärvare
|fiolmakare
| emigrant agent
|violen maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| extra roteringsmän
|fiskare
|  
|fisherman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|fiskarflicka
| factory worker
|fisher girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| famnmätare
|fiskargosse
| corder of wood
|fisher boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| fanjunkare
|fiskhandlare
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburshustru
|fjerdingsman
| wife of a storekeeper
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburssven
|fjäderarbetare
| storehouse apprentice
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|fjärdingsman
| pauper
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| filtare
|flickare
| felter
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| finbagare
|fogde
| pastry cook
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
| fiolmakare
|forbonde
| violen maker
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskare
|forman
| fisherman
|see forbonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskarflicka
|formare
| fisher girl
|moulder (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskargosse
|friborgare
| fisher boy
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskhandlare
|frihandlare
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|free trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjerdingsman
|friherre
| under bailiff of a härad
|baron
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjäderarbetare
|friherrinna
| feather maker
|baroness
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|fru
| see fjerdingsman
|Mrs.
|  
|
|-
|-
| flickare
|frälse
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|nobility
|  
|
|-
|-
| fogde
|frälsebonde
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|
|-
|-
| forbonde
|frälsetorpare
| carter, wagoner
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| forman
|fröken
| see forbonde
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| formare
|fyrvaktare
| moulder (1829)
|lighthouse man
|  
|
|-
|-
| friborgare
|fyrverkare
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)  
|(military) fire worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frihandlare
|fågelfängare
| free trader
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherre
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| baron
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherrinna
|fårherde
| baroness
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| fru
|fårklippare
| Mrs.
|sheep shearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälse
|fädräng
| nobility
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsebonde
|fäflicka
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsetorpare
|fäktmästare
| see frälsebonde
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fröken
|fältbagare
| lady, honorable Miss
|army baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrvaktare
|fältjägare
| lighthouse man
|army ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrverkare
|fältpredikant
| (military) fire worker
| army chaplain
|  
|
|-
|-
| fågelfängare
|fältskär
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
|fältväbel
| A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårherde
|fänrik
| sheep tender, shepherd
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| fårklippare
|färgare
| sheep shearer
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fädräng
|färgaregesäll
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|journeyman dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäflicka
|färikarl
| female herder, working with cattle
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäktmästare
|färsing
| fencing master, master swordsman
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältbagare
|fästebonde
| army baker
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|förare
| army ranger&nbsp;
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
| fältpredikant
|föreståndare
| &nbsp;army chaplain&nbsp;
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| fältskär
|förpaktare
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|förpantare
| (military) sergeant major
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|försvarslös
| &nbsp;(military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant&nbsp;
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| also seen as fändrik
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| färgare
|garnhandlare
| dyer, stainer
|dealer in wools
|  
|
|-
|-
| färgaregesäll
|garnisonssoldat
| journeyman dyer
|soldier in garrison duty
|  
|
|-
|-
| färikarl
|garvare
| ferryman (1829)  
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| färsing
|gaständare
| weaver, common weaver
|gas lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|generalbefälhavare
| a tenant farmer
|commanding general of a district
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|
|-
|-
| förare
|generallöjtnant
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|lieutenant general
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|
|-
|-
| föreståndare
|gesäll
| manager
|journeyman
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| förpaktare
|gjutare
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|caster, founder, moulder
| alias to arrendator
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| förpantare
|glasarbetare
| mortgager,
|glass worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|glasblåsare
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|glassblower
| also means defenseless
|
|-
|-
| garnhandlare
|glasfabrikant
| dealer in wools
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|glashandlare
| soldier in garrison duty
|glassman
|  
|
|-
|-
| garvare
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| tanner (1829)
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gaständare
|glasmålare
| gas lighter
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|glasslipare
| commanding general of a district
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|glasögonmakare
| lieutenant general
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gesäll
|glättare
| journeyman
|glosser, glazer, levigator
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|gratialist
| caster, founder, moulder
|pensionary (1889)
| works at a foundry
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|grenadjär
| glass worker
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasblåsare
|grosshandlare
| glassblower
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|gruvarbetare
| glassmaker
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| glashandlare
|gruvbrytare
| glassman
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|gruvförvaltare
| glassmaker
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmålare
|gruvkarl
| glass painter
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|grönsakshandlare
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|gs.
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| glättare
|guldarbetare
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|guldsmed
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| grosshandlare
|gårdsbrukare
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvarbetare
|gårdsdräng
| miner
|see dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvbrytare
|gårdsfogde
| miner
|see befallningsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvförvaltare
|gästgivare
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|innkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvkarl
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| see gruvarbetare
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| grönsakshandlare
|hammarmästare
| green grocer
|forge master
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|
|-
|-
| gs.
|hammarsmed
|  
|forger, hammerman
| abbreviation for gesäll
|
|-
|-
| guldarbetare
|hamnfogde
| goldsmith (1829)
|overseer of a port
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|hamnkapten
| goldsmith (1829)
|harbor master
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| gårdsbrukare
|handelsidkare
| farmer
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsdräng
|handelsman
| see dräng
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|handhavare
| see befallningsman
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|handskmakare
| innkeeper
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|hantverkare
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarmästare
|hantverksgesäll
| forge master
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|hattmakare
| forger, hammerman
|hatmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogde
|hejdriddare
| overseer of a port
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| hamnkapten
|hembiträde
| harbor master
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsidkare
|hemmansegare
| trader, merchandiser
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|hemmansbrukare
| merchant, trader
|farmer
|  
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| handhavare
|hemmansägare
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|herrgårdstjenst
| glove maker, glover
|service at a manor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|hjon
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|person (1829, 1889)
|  
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| hantverksgesäll
|hjulmakare
| journeyman artisian
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|hjulmakardräng
| hatmaker
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| hejdriddare
|hjälphjon
| ranger
|extra hand or helper
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|
|-
|-
| hemmansegare
|hjälphustru
| farm owner
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|hovbagare (1829)
| farmer
|the kings baker
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|hovdam (1829)
| farmer, homeowner
|lady of the court
| same as jordegare
|
|-
|-
| herrgårdstjenst
|hovbetjent (1829)
| service at a manor
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjon
|hovjunkare (1829)
| person (1829, 1889)  
|servant to the king
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|hovkansler
| wheelwright, wheeler
|court chancellor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|hovman (1829)
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|courtier
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphjon
|hudafdragare (1889)
| extra hand or helper
|skinner, flayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|husbonde (1829)
| helping woman,
|master of a family or house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbagare (1829)  
|husdräng (1829)
| the kings baker
|man servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovdam (1829)
|husfader
| lady of the court
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbetjent (1829)
|husflicka
| officer of the court
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovjunkare (1829)
|husfolk
| servant to the king
|farmers, farm people
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|
|-
|-
| hovkansler
|hushållare
| court chancellor
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovman (1829)  
|husjungfru (1829)
| courtier
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|-
|-
| hudafdragare (1889)
|husmamsell
| skinner, flayer
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| husbonde (1829)
|husman
| master of a family or house
|tenant farmer
|  
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| husdräng (1829)
|husmoder
| man servant in a house
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfader
|huspiga
| head of household, father
|housemaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| husflicka
|huspredikant
| girl servant in a house  
|private chaplain, house preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|hustjänare
| farmers, farm people
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|-
|-
| hushållare
|hustru
| housekeeper
|wife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| husjungfru (1829)
|hyttarbetare
| see hushållerska
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|hållkarl
| housekeeper
|hostler
|  
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| husman
|hårarbetare
| tenant farmer
|hair worker
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|
|-
|-
| husmoder
|häradsbokhållare
| housewife, mistress of a family
|see häradsskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspiga
|häradsdomare
| housemaid
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|häradsfogde
| private chaplain, house preacher
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustjänare
|häradshövding
| house servant, domestic
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustru
|häradsskrivare
| wife, mistress of a family
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| hyttarbetare
|hövitsman
| smelter, works at a foundry
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl
|infanterist
| hostler
|foot soldier
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|inhyses
| hair worker
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsbokhållare
|inhyseshjon
| see häradsskrivare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|inspektor
| senior jurate
|inspector
| the oldest of the jury
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|inspektör
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|ishandlare
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|jagare
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hövitsman
|jodgumma (1829)
| captain
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| infanterist
|jordbrukare
| foot soldier
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| inhyses
|jordegare
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|landowner, landholder, landlord
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyseshjon
|jordegumma
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| inspektor
|jungfru
| inspector
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|
|-
|-
| inspektör
|junker
| inspector
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
| superior, superintendent
|
|-
|-
| ishandlare
|jurist
| ice man, dealer of ice
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| jagare
|justitieborgmästare
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|recorder
|  
|
|-
|-
| jodgumma (1829)
|justitieminister
| midwife
|minster of justice
| see barnmorska
|
|-
|-
| jordbrukare
|justitiestatsminister
| husbandman (1829)
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
| cultivator, farmer (1889)
|
|-
|-
| jordegare
|juvelerare
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|jeweller
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordegumma
|jägare
| midwife (1889)
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| jungfru
|jägeribetjent
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|gamekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| junker
|jägmästare
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|-
|-
| jurist
|järnhandlare
| lawyer
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieborgmästare
|järnvägsarbetare
| recorder
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieminister
|järnvägsbetjening
| minster of justice
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitiestatsminister
|kakelungsmakare
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| juvelerare
|kammarfru
| jeweller
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägare
|kammarjunkare
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägeribetjent
|kammarjungfru
| gamekeeper
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|kammarjägare
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|rat hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnhandlare
|kammarpiga
| dealer of iron
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägsarbetare
|kammarskrivare
| worker on a railway
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägsbetjening
|kamrerare
| service on a railway line
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|-
|-
| kakelungsmakare
|kanongjutare
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|cannon founder
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|kapellmästare
| bedchamber woman
|chapel master
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|kapellpredikant
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| kammarjungfru
|kaplan, kapellan
| see kammarpiga
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|kapten
| rat hunter
|(military) captain
|  
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| kammarpiga
|karduansmakare
| lady's maid
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|  
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|kavallerist
| clerk in a government office
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kamrerare
|kedjemakare
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|chain maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|kistmakare
| cannon founder
|box maker
| founder who makes cannons
|
|-
|-
| kapellmästare
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| chapel master
|tinker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapellpredikant
|kittelslagare
| preacher at a chapel
|kettle maker
| see kaplan
|
|-
|-
| kaplan, kapellan
|klampare
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|a foreman at a lumberyard
|  
|A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
|-
|-
| kapten
|klensmed
| (military) captain
|locksmith, toolmaker
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|klockare, klr.
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|parish clerk
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|During the Middle Ages the klockare was responsible for maintaining and ringing the church bells. Over time, the klockare was given additional duties to assist the parish priest.
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|klockgjutare
| (military) cavalryman
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjemakare
|klr.
| chain maker
|
|  
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| kistmakare
|kn.
| box maker
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|klädesfärgare
| tinker
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelslagare
|klädeshandlare
| kettle maker
|cloth merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| klampare
|klädesvävare
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|cloth weaver
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|
|-
|-
| klensmed
|klädsömmerska
| locksmith, toolmaker
|dressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.
|knalle
| parish clerk
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|
|-
|-
| klockgjutare
|knappmakare
| bell founder
|button maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klr.
|knekt
|  
|(military) soldier, man at arms
| abbreviation for klockare
|
|-
|-
| kn.
|knifvässare
|  
|knife sharpener, cutler
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| klädesfärgare
|knifsmed
| cloth dyer
|cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädeshandlare
|knipare
| cloth merchant
|nipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädesvävare
|knypplare
| cloth weaver
|male lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädsömmerska
|knypplerska
| dressmaker
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knalle
|koarrendator
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|see mjölkarrendator
|  
|
|-
|-
| knappmakare
|kofferdi
| button maker
|merchant marine
|  
|
|-
|-
| knekt
|kofferdikapten
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifvässare
|kofferdimatros
| knife sharpener, cutler
|merchant seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifsmed
|koffertsnickare
| cutler
|trunk maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knipare
|kokerska
| nipper
|female cook, cook maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplare
|kogubbe
| male lace maker
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplerska
|kolarbetare
| female lace maker
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| koarrendator
|kolare
| see mjölkarrendator
|coal man, charcoal burner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|kolbonde
| merchant marine
|coal carter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kofferdimatros
|kolhandlare
| merchant seaman
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| koffertsnickare
|komminister
| trunk maker
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| kokerska
|kommissarie
| female cook, cook maid
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| kogubbe
|konduktor
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|conductor, guard with the railways
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolarbetare
|konduktör
| collier
|sergeant
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|konstapel
| coal man, charcoal burner
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| kolbonde
|konstnär
| coal carter
|artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolhandlare
|kontorskrivare
| coal merchant
|clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| komminister
|kontraktsprost
| perpetual curate
|rural dean
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|
|-
|-
| kommissarie
|kopparslagare
| commissioner
|coppersmith
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| konduktor
|koppartryckare
| conductor, guard with the railways
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| konduktör
|korgarbetare
| sergeant
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|-
|-
| konstapel
|korgflätare
| (police) constable
|basket maker
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|
|-
|-
| konstnär
|korherre
| artist
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| kontorskrivare
|korpral
| clerk
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontraktsprost
|kovaktare
| rural dean
|cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|kreaturshandlare
| coppersmith
|see boskapshandlare
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| koppartryckare
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| copper plate printer
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| korgarbetare
|krigsman
| basket worker, wicker
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgflätare
|kronoarrendator
| basket maker
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| korherre
|kronobefallningsman
| canon
|see länsman
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|
|-
|-
| korpral
|kronobetjäning
| (military) corporal
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| kovaktare
|kronobonde
| cow keeper
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kreaturshandlare
|kronofogde
| see boskapshandlare
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|kronojägare
|  
|ranger
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|
|-
|-
| krigsman
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| soldier
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronoarrendator
|kronouppbördsman
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|krukmakare
| see länsman
|potter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|kryddkrämare
| police
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|krögare
| crown peasant
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|kurir
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|courier
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|
|-
|-
| kronojägare
|kusk, kutsk
| ranger
|coachman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kustuppsyningsman
| see länsman
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|kvarnarrendator
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|kvarnbyggare
| potter
|mill wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| kryddkrämare
|kvarndräng
| grocer, storekeeper
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| krögare
|kvarnegare
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|mill owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kurir
|kvarntullsinspektor
| courier
|mill toll inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|kypare
| coachman
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnarrendator
|kyrkobetjänare
| renter of a mill
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnbyggare
|kyrkoföreståndare
| mill wright
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarndräng
|kyrkoherde
| mill hand
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnegare
|kyrkovaktare
| mill owner
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor
|kyrkvärd
| mill toll inspector
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare
|käpphandlare
| wine cooper, cooper
|cane seller, caneman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjänare
|kökbetjäning
| churchman, clergyman
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoföreståndare
|kökspiga
| churchwarden
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|köpman
| rector, parson, parish minister
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|körsnär
| church guard, sexton
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd
|kötthandlare
| churchwarden
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| käpphandlare
|köttmånglare
| cane seller, caneman
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökbetjäning
|lackerare
| kitchen staff
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökspiga
|ladugårdsidkare
| kitchen maid
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpman
|ladugårdspiga
| merchant
|dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| körsnär
|laggare
| fur merchant, furrier
|hooper
| see buntmakare
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| kötthandlare
|lagkarl
| meat salesman, butcher
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| köttmånglare
|landbo
| see kötthandlare
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| ladugårdsidkare
|landshövding
| dairyman
|lord lieutenant
|  
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| ladugårdspiga
|landsknekt
| dairymaid
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| laggare
|landskontorist
| hooper
|clerk in receivers office
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|
|-
|-
| lagkarl
|landsman
| lawyer
|fellow countryman, compatriot
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| landbo
|landstrykare
| tenant farmer&nbsp;
|vagrant, tramp
| with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|
|-
|-
| landshövding
|landsvägsriddare
| lord lieutenant
|knight of the road
| see befallningshavande
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| landsknekt
|landtbo
| (military) landsquenet
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|-
|-
| landskontorist
|landtbrukare
| clerk in receivers office
|farmer, gentleman farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|landtbruksbokhållare
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|under steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| landstrykare
|landtbruksinspektor
| vagrant, tramp
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsvägsriddare
|landtflicka
| knight of the road
|country girl
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|
|-
|-
| landtbo
|landthandlare
| countryman, person from the country  
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbrukare
|landthushållare
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
| landtbruksbokhållare
|landtjunkare
| under steward
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksinspektor
|lantmätare
| land steward
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtflicka
|lappare
| country girl
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthandlare
|lappbonde
| country shopkeeper
|Lapp peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthushållare
|lappskarvare
| husbandman
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| see also jordbrukare
|
|-
|-
| landtjunkare
|lappskräddare
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappare
|lastningsbokhållare
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|shipping clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappbonde
|legoknekt
| Lapp peasant
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskarvare
|likörare
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|hearse driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|liktarskeppare
| patch tailor, botcher
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lastningsbokhållare
|limkokare
| shipping clerk
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| legoknekt
|linberedare
| (military) mercenary
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| likörare
|linhandlare
| hearse driver
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|-
|-
| liktarskeppare
|linhäcklare
| lighterman, bargeman
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| limkokare
|linvävare
| glue boiler
|linen weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| linberedare
|livdrabant
| flax dresser
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| linhandlare
|livdragon
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| linhäcklare
|livgrenadjär
| flax dresser
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdrabant
|livhussar
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdragon
|ljusfabrikör
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| livgrenadjär
|logarvare
| &nbsp;(military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers&nbsp;
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| livhussar
|lokomotivförare
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ljusfabrikör
|lots
| candlemaker
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| logarvare
|lumphandlare
| tanner
|rag dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| lokomotivförare
|lumpsamlare
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| lots
|lånförmedlare
| sea pilot
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumphandlare
|läkare
| rag dealer
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| lumpsamlare
|länsbokhållare
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| lånförmedlare
|länsinnehavare
| negotiator of loans, broker
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|-
|-
| läkare
|länsman
| doctor
|sheriff
| healer, curer, physician
|
|-
|-
| länsbokhållare
|länsåklagare
| sheriff clerk
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsinnehavare
|lärare
| tenant of a feud
|teacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|lärling
| sheriff
|apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsåklagare
|löjtnant
| county prosecutor
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärare
|lösdrivare
| teacher
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärling
|madam
| apprentice
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|  
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|madrassmakare
| lieutenant
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|magasinbokhållare
| vagrant
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| madam
|magasinsförvaltare
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
| Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|magistratsperson
| mattressmaker
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinbokhållare
|magistratssekreterare
| warehouse clerk  
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinsförvaltare
|major
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|(military) army major
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratsperson
|majorska
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratssekreterare
|malmbrytare
| town clerk
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| major
|malthandlare
| (military) army major
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| majorska
|mamsell
| wife of a major
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| malmbrytare
|mantalskommissarie
| mine digger, miner
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| malthandlare
|manufakturhandlare
| dealer in malt, maltman
|haberdasher
|
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| mamsell
|marketentare
| miss
|sutler
| comparable to fröken
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| mantalskommissarie
|marketenterska
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)  
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| manufakturhandlare
|marmorarbetare
| haberdasher
|marble cutter
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|
|-
|-
| marketentare
|maskinarbetare
| sutler
|mechanic, machinist
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|
|-
|-
| marketenterska
|maskinist
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| marmorarbetare
|masmästare
| marble cutter
|smelting master
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinarbetare
|materialförvaltare
| mechanic, machinist
|store keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinist
|matlagerska
| machinist
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| masmästare
|matmoder
| smelting master
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| materialförvaltare
|matros
| store keeper
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| matlagerska
|mattbindare
| female cook
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| matmoder
|matvaruhandlare
| housewife, mistress of a house
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
|
|-
|-
| matros
|mejerska
| sailor, seaman
|dairy maid
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|
|-
|-
| mattbindare
|messingsslagare
| mat maker, straw platter
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| matvaruhandlare
|messingssmed
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| mejerska
|metallarbetare
| dairy maid
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingsslagare
|metallgjutare
| brass smith, brazier  
|brass founder, brazier
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| messingssmed
|mildsoldat
| brass smith
|militiaman
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| metallarbetare
|mineralgrävare
| metal worker
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallgjutare
|minister
| brass founder, brazier
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| mildsoldat
|minuthandlare
| militiaman
|retailer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mineralgrävare
|minör
| miner  
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| minister
|mjölhandlare
| government minister
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| minuthandlare
|mjölkarrendator
| retailer
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| minör
|mjölkförsäljare
| miner (1889)
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölhandlare
|mjölkförsäljerska
| flour merchant
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkarrendator
|mjölkhustru
| tenant dairy farmer
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljare
|mjölkpiga
| milkman
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljerska
|mjöldräng
| milkwoman
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkhustru
|mjölnare
| milkwoman
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkpiga
|mjölnarhustru
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjöldräng
|mjölnerska
| miller's man
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|modehandlare
| miller
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnarhustru
|modesömmerska
| millers wife
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| mjölnerska
|modist
| miller woman
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| modehandlare
|murare
| dealer in fancy goods
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| modesömmerska
|muraregesäll
| milliner (1889)
|journeyman mason
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| modist
|murarelärling
| milliner
|masons apprentice
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| murare
|murarmästare
| mason  
|master mason
| bricklayer, stone mason
|
|-
|-
| muraregesäll
|mureriarbetare
| journeyman mason
|bricklayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| murarelärling
|murerihandtlangare
| masons apprentice
|hodman
|  
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| murarmästare
|musketerare
| master mason
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mureriarbetare
|målare
| bricklayer
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| murerihandtlangare
|målargesäll
| hodman
|journeyman painter
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|
|-
|-
| musketerare
|målarmästare
| musketeer
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| målare
|månads karl
| painter, artist
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| målargesäll
|månglerska
| journeyman painter
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| målarmästare
|månglare
| master painter
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| månglerska&nbsp;
|mältare
| market woman
|maltman, maltster
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|
|-
|-
| månglare
|mästare
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| mältare
|mästergesäll
| maltman, maltster
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|möbelhandlare
| master
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästergesäll
|möbelmakare
| master journeyman
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelhandlare
|möbelsnickare
| dealer in furniture
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelmakare
|mölnare (1829)
| cabinet maker
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelsnickare
|mönsterherre
| cabinet maker
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| mölnare (1829)  
|mönsterskrivare
| see mjölnare
|(military) muster clerk
|
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|mössmakare
| (military) muster master
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|nattman
| (military) muster clerk
|night man
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|
|-
|-
| mössmakare
|nattvaktare
| cap maker
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattman
|nipperhandlare
| night man
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattvaktare
|nipphandlerska
| night watchman
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| nipperhandlare
|nybyggare
| milliner, toyman (1829)
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| nipphandlerska
|nålmakare
| dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| settler
|juror
| or colonizer
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| nålmakare
|näringsidkare
| needle maker
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|nätbindare
| juror
|net maker
| &nbsp;kind of juryman/lay judge&nbsp;
|
|-
|-
| näringsidkare
|officer
| tradesman
|officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| nätbindare
|okulist
| net maker
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| officer
|ombudsman
| officer
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|opperstyrman
| oculist
|captain's mate
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|
|-
|-
| ombudsman
|organist
| attorney, proctor
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| opperstyrman
|orgelbyggare
| captain's mate
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|orgelnist
| organist  
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelbyggare
|orgelspelare
| organ builder
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelnist
|orgeltrampare
| organist
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelspelare
|osthandlare
| organ player
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|ostronhandlare
| organ blower
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| osthandlare
|oxhandlare
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ostronhandlare
|oxslagtare
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxhandlare
|packhusinspektor
| cattle dealer
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxslagtare
|packhuskarl
| beef butcher
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|pansarsmed
| pack officer
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|pantaregare
| packer
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| pansarsmed
|pantgivare
| armourer
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantaregare
|papparbetare
| owner of a pawn
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantgivare
|pappersfabrikör
| mortgager
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| papparbetare
|pappershandlare
| paste board worker
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersfabrikör
|pappersskärare
| paper maker
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappershandlare
|pappmakare
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersskärare
|parfymfabrikant
| paper cutter
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappmakare
|parfymhandlare
| cardboard
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymfabrikant
|parmmätare
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymhandlare
|pastor
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| pastor  
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| parish minister, pastor
|(latin) parish priest
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|pastorsadjunkt
| (latin) parish priest
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|pelshandlare
| stipendiary curate
|furrier
| clergyman receiving pay
|
|-
|-
| pelshandlare
|pennberedare
| furrier
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| pensionsföreståndare  
|pensionsföreståndare
| master of a boarding school  
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| perukmakare  
|perukmakare
| wig maker  
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.  
|p. et. P.
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus  
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
| parish priest
|parish priest
|-
|-
| piga  
|piga
| maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand&nbsp;
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand  
| <br>
|<br>
|-
|-
| pipare  
|pipare
| piper  
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipsmed  
|pipsmed
| see bössmed  
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| piskmakare  
|piskmakare
| whip makeer  
|whip makeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| plogsmed  
|plogsmed
| plough wright  
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| plymmakare  
|plymmakare
| feather maker  
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| plåtslagare  
|plåtslagare
| black smith, worker in sheet iron  
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| porterbryggare  
|porterbryggare
| brewer of dark ale  
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|possessionat
| mail driver
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|postförare
| postmaster
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|postmästare
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| prest
|predikant
| priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|prest
| employer, master
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| profoss
|principal
| flogmaster (military)
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|profoss
| dean, sub dean (1829)  
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|prost
| district physician, country doctor
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|provinsialläkare
| minister
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|präst
| pouch maker
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|pungmakare
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|pouch maker
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|rackare
| (military)
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|reesig
| (military)  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| repslagare
|regementsknekt
| rope maker
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|repslagare
| itinerant, or migratory people
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| resepredikant
|resandefolk
| itinerant preacher
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|resepredikant
| knight
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridlärare
|riddare
| riding master
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| roddare
|ridlärare
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| rorgängare
|roddare
| helmsman, steersman
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteman
|rorgängare
| assistant overseer
|helmsman, steersman
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|roteman
| see rotmästare
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|rotemästare
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotmästare&nbsp;
|rotesoldat
| (military) leader
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|rotmästare
| farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army&nbsp;
|(military) leader
| a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier&nbsp;
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| ryttare
|ruggare
| (military) cavalryman
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|rusthållare
| captain of a cavalry  
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
| <br>
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|-
|-
| rådman
|ryttare
| councilman
|(military) cavalryman
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| rättare
|ryttmästare
| overseer (1829)
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|rådbisittare
| &nbsp;(latin) assistant priest&nbsp;
|city councilman
|
|The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
|-
|-
| &nbsp;sadelmakare
|rådman
| saddle maker, leather worker
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| salthandlare
|rättare
| dealer of salt, saltman
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| person who measures salt
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|(latin) priest in training
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|
|-
|-
| satinvävare
|sadelmakare
| satin weaver
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|salthandlare
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|saltmätare
| sail maker
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| sail maker
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| sejlare
|satinvävare
| cord maker
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|saxmakare
| sergeant
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexmän
|segelmakare
| type of parish law enforcement
|sail maker
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Sexmän|Sexmän.]]
|
|-
|-
| silkhandlare
|segelsömmare
| silk merchant
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillpackare
|sejlare
| herring packer
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|sergeant
| sailor, seaman
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|sexmän
| executioner, hangman
|type of parish law enforcement
|  
|In older times the sexmän were a type of police authority for the discipline and order within a parish. The sexmän fined people for being disruptive during church services, sleeping during church services, drunkenness at banquets, or even sexual offenses. They expressed their charges at the parish council in turn, or according to turn based on the commons of each rote. The number of sexmän varied according to the size of the parish. The purpose of sexmän in a parish was deminished after the municipal reforms of 1862. After 1862 the sexmän were occasionally used to support municipal or church councils by delivering notifications or summons to appear before the respective councils (mostly from church councils.) By the early 1900’s the function of the sexmän was given to the fjärdingsman or village patrolmen.
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|silkhandlare
| (military) sharpshooter
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|sillpackare
|  
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skatteindrivare
|sjöman
| tax collector
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppare
|skarprättare
| skipper
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsbyggmästare
|skarpskytt
| master ship builder
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|skattebonde
| ship boy
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoarbetare
|skatteindrivare
| shoe maker
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogshuggare
|skeppare
| wood cutter, lumberer
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|skeppsbyggmästare
| forester
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare
|skeppsgosse
| schoolteacher
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare
|skoarbetare
| shoemaker
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaregesäll
|skogshuggare
| journeyman shoemaker
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaremästare
|skogvaktare
| master shoemaker
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråmästare
|skollärare
| master of a guild
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|skomakare
| tailor
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddaregesäll
|skomakaregesäll
| journeyman tailor
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddarelärling
|skomakaremästare
| tailor's apprentice
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skulptör
|skråmästare
| sculptor
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| skutskeppare
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| skådespelare
|skräddaregesäll
| stage player, actor
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärslippare
|skräddarelärling
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| skördeman
|skulptör
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköterska
|skutskeppare
| nurse
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|skådespelare
| meat cutter, butcher
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|skärslippare
|  
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|skördeman
|  
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|sköterska
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|nurse
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| smedsgesäll
|slaktardräng
| journeyman smith
|butcher's man
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| smedsmästare
|slaktare
| master smith
|meat cutter, butcher
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| småkrämare
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| dealer in small wares
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| smältare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| smelter, melter, fuser
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| smältarsmed
|smed
| shingler
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| smörhandlare
|smedsgesäll
| butterman, butter merchant
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| snickare
|smedsmästare
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| snickarmästare
|småkrämare
| master jointer
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|smältare
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenpräst
|smältarsmed
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|smörhandlare
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbagare
|snickare
| confectioner, pastry cook
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbruksarbetare
|snickarmästare
| sugar refiner (workman)
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| soldat
|snörmakare
| soldier
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| speditör
|sockenpräst
| forwarding shipping agent
|parish priest, parson (1829)
| agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|
|-
|-
| spetshandlare
|sockenskrivare
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetsknypplerska
|sockerbagare
| female lace maker
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|sockerbruksarbetare
| nailer, person who makes nails
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|soldat
| spinner
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnerska
|speditör
| female spinner, spinstress
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| spinnhushjon
|spetshandlare
| inmate of a house of correction
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|
|-
|-
| stadsfogde
|spetsknypplerska
| town bailiff
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadskamrer
|spiksmed
| town clerk
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|spinnare
| physician to the town, town doctor
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| statare, statsdräng
|spinnerska
| see statkarl
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| statkarl
|spinnhushjon
| farm hand
|inmate of a house of correction
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| statman
|stadsfogde
| statesman
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| statsfru
|stadskamrer
| lady of state
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenarbetare
|stadsläkare
| stone worker
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|statare, statsdräng
| quarrier, quarryman
|see statkarl
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|statkarl
| stonecutter
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| stenkolsarbetare
|statman
| collier
|statesman
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| stickerska
|statsfru
| knitter, woman who knits
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| strykerska
|stenarbetare
| laundress, ironing woman
|stone worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| strängmakare
|stenbrytare
| string maker
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|stenhuggare
| gun founder
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|stenkolsarbetare
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|collier
| see fanjunkare
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| styresman
|stickerska
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|strykerska
| (military) steersman
|laundress, ironing woman
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|
|-
|-
| stålarbetare
|strängmakare
| steel worker
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålsmed
|studerande
| steel smith
|student
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålmångelska
|styckgjutare
| stall woman
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|styckjunkare
| (latin) shoemaker
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
| see skomakare
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| svamphandlare
|styresman
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|styrman
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|(military) steersman
|
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| symamsell
|stålarbetare
| seamstress
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|stålsmed
| saw setter
|steel smith
|  
|
|-
|-
| sämskmakare
|stålmångelska
| see garvare
|stall woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sättare
|sutor
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| taktäckare
|svamphandlare
| roofer
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tandläkare
|svarvare
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)  
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetserare
|svärdfejare
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tappare
|symamsell
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|seamstress
| tapster is another title for bartender
|
|-
|-
| tattare
|sågställare
| gipsy (1829)
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringsman
|sämskmakare
| assessor
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelformare
|sättare
| brick moulder
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|taktäckare
| brickmaker, tiler
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|tandläkare
| brickmoulder, tiler
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|tapetserare
| tiler
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
|-
|-
| tehandlare
|tappare
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| tenngjutare
|tattare
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|gipsy (1829)
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|taxeringsman
| beggar
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerhuggare
|tegelformare
| timber cutter
|brick moulder
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|tegelbrännare
| carpenter, builder
|brickmaker, tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|tegelslagare
| copyist of court cases
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
| tjuv
|tegeltäckare
| thief
|tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|tehandlare
| servant
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|tenngjutare
| servant, menial work
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
| see tjänare
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
| tobakshandlare
|tiggare
| tobacco merchant
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|timmerhuggare
| tobacco spinner
|timber cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tolvman
|timmerman
| se nämdeman
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|tingsskrivare
| tower watch
|copyist of court cases
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|tjuv
| cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|thief
| This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|
|-
|-
| tresserska
|tjänare
| braider, plaiter
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
| trikotstickerska
|tjänstehjon
| tricot knitter,  
|servant, menial work
| a woman who knits tricot fabric
|see tjänare
|-
|-
| trummare
|tobakshandlare
| drummer
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| tryckare
|tobaksspinnare
| printer, pressman
|tobacco spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|tolvman
| gardener
|se nämdeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tullbetjänt
|tornväktare
| customs officer
|tower watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| tulltjänsteman
|torpare
| customs officer
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|  
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|-
|-
| tullvaktmästare
|tresserska
| landing waiter
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|trikotstickerska
| barrelmaker, cooper
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|-
| tunnelarbetare
|trummare
| tunneller
|drummer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tvättare
|tryckare
| male launderer, washerman
|printer, pressman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tvätterska
|trädgårdsmästare
| washerwoman
|gardener
|  
|
|-
|-
| tvättgumma
|tullbetjänt
| washerwoman
|customs officer
|
|-
|-
| tältmakare
|tulltjänsteman
| tent maker
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullfärgare
|tullvaktmästare
| wool dyer
|landing waiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullhandlare
|tunnbindare
| wool merchant, trader in wool
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlöjtnant
|tunnelarbetare
| sub lieutenant
|tunneller
|  
|
|-
|-
| underofficer
|tvättare
| non comissioned officer
|male launderer, washerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|tvätterska
| sub governor, deputy sheriff
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| urmakare
|tvättgumma
| watch and clockmaker
|washerwoman
|  
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|tältmakare
| cartwright, carriage maker  
|tent maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|ullfärgare
| wagon master
|wool dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktare
|ullhandlare
| keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|underlöjtnant
| caretaker
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallflicka
|underofficer
| shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|non comissioned officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| valkare
|underståtthållare
| fuller, miller
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallhjon
|urmakare
| a person tending cattle in the field
|watch and clockmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandrare
|vagnmakare
| wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|cartwright, carriage maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vapendragare
|vagnmästare
| squire, esquire
|wagon master
|  
|
|-
|-
| vedhuggare
|vaktare
| wood cutter
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|vaktmästare
| see häradshövding
|caretaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vicepastor
|vallflicka
| curate
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|
|-
|-
| vinodlare
|valkare
| wine grower
|fuller, miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdarinna
|vallhjon
| nurse
|a person tending cattle in the field
|  
|
|-
|-
| väglagare
|vandrare
| repairer of roads
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|vapendragare
| weaver
|squire, esquire
|  
|
|-
|-
| yllehandlare
|vedhuggare
| dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|wood cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|vice häradshövding
| occupation, profession
|see häradshövding
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkesidkare
|vicepastor
| trader
|curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|-
| yrkesman
|vinodlare
| craftsman
|wine grower
|  
|
|-
|-
| åbo
|vårdarinna
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|väglagare
| head man of a company, headmaster (1829), alderman (1889)
|repairer of roads
|  
|
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|vävare
| government official, crown officer
|weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| överbefalhavare
|vävskedbindare
| commander in chief
|weaver's comb binder
|  
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|-
| överkonstapel
|yllehandlare
| (military) corporal
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|  
|
|-
|-
| överståthållare
|yrke
| governor
|occupation, profession
|  
|
|-
|-
| ölbryggare  
|yrkesidkare
| beer brewer  
|trader
|  
|
|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
|
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
|-
|ämbetsman
|government official, crown officer
|
|-
|överbefalhavare
|commander in chief
|
|-
|överkonstapel
|(military) corporal
|
|-
|överståthållare
|governor
|
|-
|ölbryggare
|beer brewer
|
|}
|}


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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
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*Björkman, Carl Gustaf, <u>Svensk engelsk ordbok</u>, P.A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXstAAAAYAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Svensk engelsk ordbok]
 
*Deleen, Carl, <u>Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey</u>, N.M. Lindh, Örebro 1829. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BMEDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Swedish%20and%20English%20Pocket%20Dictionary&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary]
 
*Widegren, Gustaf, <u>Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon</u>, Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=hIECAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Svenskt+och+Engelsk+Lexikon+1788&source=bl&ots=hqFS9d0VjN&sig=gF2ZdkoIoOtAMTSEDZbL8kr3MNs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H4wFUK_IM8KOrAHAsajJCA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Svenskt%20och%20Engelsk%20Lexikon%201788&f=false Svenskt och Engelsk Lexicon]
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


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


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