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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>
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This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!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
|
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|-
|aktris
|actress
|female play actor, performer
|-
|aktör
|actor
|male play actor, performer
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer
|service position with ramrods
|-
|-
! Occupation
|apotekare
! Short definition
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|
|-
|-
| accismästare
|arbetare
| customs officer
|worker, laborer
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|arbetskarl
| a midwife
|male worker, workman, laborer
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|arbetsman
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|male worker, workman, laborer
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|
|-
|-
| adelsman
|arbk.
| nobleman
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|  
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| adelssven
|arkebusier
| page (youth)  
|(military) member of firing squad
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|arkibiskop
| (latin)  
|(1788) archbishop
|  
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|arklimästare
| (latin)  
|(military) gunner
|  
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|arrendator
| (latin)  
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|
|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.
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|artillerist
| (latin)  
|(military) man of the artillery
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|artillerikonstapel
| (latin)  
|(military) bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|assessor
| (latin)
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| aedituus
|assuradör
| (latin)
|insurer, underwriter
|  
|
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| evening-service preacher
|auctioneer
|  
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| aktor
|auktor, autor
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|author
|
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| aktris
|avisskrivare
| actress
|newswriter
| female play actor, performer
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| aktör
|avskedad soldat
| actor
|discharged, resigned soldier
| male play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|avskrivare (1788)
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|transcriber, copier
|  
|
|-
|-
| ansättare
|axplockare
| (military) rammer
|gleaner
| service position with ramrods
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| apotekare
|backstuguhjon
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|cottager (1788)
|  
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| arbetare
|backstugusittare
| worker, workman, laborer
|cottager
|  
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|badare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbk.
|badaremästare
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|barber surgeon
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|badmästare
| (military) member of firing squad
|bath-keeper
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|(1889)
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|bagare
| (military) gunner
|baker
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|
|-
|-
| arrendator
|bagaregesäll
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|baker's man
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|
|-
|-
| artillerist
|bagarelärling
| (military) man of the artillery
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|bagaremästare
| (military) bombardier
|master baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| assessor
|banérförare
| assessor
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| assuradör
|banérherre
| insurer, underwriter
|(military) banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|banér-riddare
| auctioneer
|(military) knight banneret
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|bankvaktmästare
| author
|porter, messenger at a bank
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|banmästare
| newswriter
|overseer of a railway line
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|barberare
| discharged, resigned soldier
|barber, shaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|barberarebiträde
| gleaner
|barber's assistant
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|barberaregesäll
| cottager
|journeyman barber
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|barberarelärling
| barber surgeon
|barber's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|barkare
| bath-keeper
|tanner
| (1889)
|(1829)
|-
|-
| bagare
|barnförlossare
| baker
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|barnmorska
| baker's man
|female midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|barnpiga
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|maid for children
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|barnsköterska
| master baker
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérförare
|baron
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|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.
|-
|-
| banérherre
|basunist
| (military) banneret
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|bataljonsadjuntant
| (military) knight banneret
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|bataljonschef
| porter, messenger at a bank
|(military) commander of a battalion
|  
|
|-
|-
| banmästare
|batterikonstapel
| overseer of a railway line
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|bedragare
| barber, shaver
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|befallningshavande
| barber's assistant
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|befallningsman
| journeyman barber
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|befallningsman (konungens)
| barber's apprentice
|county governor
|  
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| barkare
|befaren båtsman
| tanner
|(military) traveling sailor
| (1829)
|
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|befordrare
| male midwife
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|befällningshavande
| female midwife
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|beherskare
| maid for children
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|bensamlare
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|bergmästare
| baron
|minemaster (1829)
| baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| basunist
|bergsarbetare
| trumpeter
|miner
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|bergsbruksidkare
| (military) sergeant-major
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|bergsfogde
| (military) commander of a battalion
|bailiff of a mine
|  
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|bergshauptman
| (military) battalion bombardier
|mine inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|bergskarl
| commander, chief
|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)
|-
|-
| befälhavande
|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
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
| recruit, 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
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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.
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|-
| borrare
|boställshavare
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
|
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|-
| borrmakare
|bouppteckningsman
| bit forger
|person who inventories (1889)
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
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|-
| borrsmed
|boutredningsman
| bit smith
|administrator
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
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| boskapshandlare
|brandmästare
| dealer of livestock
|fire warden
|  
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|-
| boskapsherde
|braständare
| herdsman
|fire lighter
|  
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| boskapsskötare
|brevbärare
| stockman
|letter carrier, postman
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsvaktare
|brevdragare
| herdsman
|see brevbärare
|  
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|-
| boställshavare
|brevskrivare
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|letter writer
|  
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|-
| bouppteckningsman
|brevställare
| person who inventories (1889)
|see brevskrivare
|  
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|-
| boutredningsman
|brobyggare
| administrator
|bridge builder
|  
|
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|-
| brandmästare
|broderare
| fire warden
|embroiderer
|  
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|-
|-
| braständare
|broläggare
| fire lighter
|bridge builder, paver
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevbärare
|bromästare
| letter carrier, postman
|bridge master
|  
|
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|-
| brevdragare
|bronsarbetare
| see brevbärare
|worker in bronze
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevskrivare
|bronsgjutare
| letter writer
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
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|-
| brevställare
|brottmålsdomare
| see brevskrivare
|judge criminal
|  
|
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|-
| brobyggare
|brottmålsnoterie
| bridge builder
|crown clerk
|  
|
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|-
| broderare
|brovaktare
| embroiderer
|guard of a bridge
|  
|
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|-
| broläggare
|brovindare
| bridge builder, paver
|bridge driver
|  
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|-
| bromästare
|brukare
| bridge master
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
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|-
| bronsarbetare
|bruksarbetare
| worker in bronze
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
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|-
| bronsgjutare
|bruksegare
| bronze founder, brazier
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
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|-
| brottmålsdomare
|bryggare
| judge criminal
|brewer
|  
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|-
| brottmålsnoterie
|brännmästare
| crown clerk
|master distiller
|  
|
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|-
| brovaktare
|brännvinsbrännare
| guard of a bridge
|brandy distiller
|  
|
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|-
| brovindare
|buntmakare
| bridge driver
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
|
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|-
| brukare
|byfogde
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|hamlet bailiff
|  
|
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|-
| 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
|  
|
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|-
| bruksegare
|byggmästare
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|master builder, contractor
|  
|
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|-
| bryggare
|bykerska
| brewer
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännmästare
|byskomakare
| master distiller
|village shoemaker
|  
|
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|-
| brännvinsbrännare
|bågflytt
| brandy distiller
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|-
|-
| byfogde
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| hamlet bailiff
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggare, byggkarl
|bälgmakare
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|bellows-maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|bödel
| master builder, contractor
|executioner
|  
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|-
| bykerska
|bösseskytt
| washerwoman
|(military)
|  
|
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|-
| byskomakare
|bössmed
| village shoemaker
|gunsmith
|  
|
|-
|-
| bågflytt
|cantor
| archer, bowman
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|-
|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|curatus
| (military) seaman, sailor
|(latin)
|  
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| bälgare
|custod
|  
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| bälgmakare
|d., dr.
|  
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| bältare
|dagkarl, daglönare
|  
|day laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bältarsven
|danneman
|  
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
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|-
| bärgare
|degn
|  
|assistant to the priest
|  
|The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|-
|-
| bödel
|deja, dejpiga
| executioner
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| bönhas, bönås
|demoiselle
|  
|Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| bössegjutare
|d.g.
|  
|
|  
|
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|-
| bösseskytt
|disponent
| (military)
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| bösshuggare
|domare
|  
|judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| böthekar
|domesticus
|  
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|-
|-
| calcant, calcator organum
|domprost
| (latin)
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
|-
|-
| campanarius
|dr.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| cantor
|drabant, dravant
| (latin)  
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| see klockare
|
|-
|-
| chergiant
|dragon
|  
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| civilregistret
|dräng, dr.
| civil registrar
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
|
|-
|-
| clerus
|däga
| (latin)
|see deja
|  
|
|-
|-
| coadjutor pastoris
|emigrantagent
| (latin)
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| collaborator
|emigrantvärvare
|  
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| commissarius
|extra roteringsmän
| (latin)
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| concionator
|fabriksarbetare
| (latin)
|factory worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| coopvaerdi
|famnmätare
| merchant marine
|corder of wood
|  
|
|-
|-
| copist
|fanjunkare
|  
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| coriarius
|fatburshustru
|  
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| cornett
|fatburssven
|  
|storehouse apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| curatus
|fattighjon
|  
|pauper
|  
|
|-
|-
| custod
|filtare
| (latin)
|felter
|  
|
|-
|-
| custos
|finbagare
| (latin)
|pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| d., dr.
|fiolmakare
|  
|violen maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| dagkarl, daglönare, dräng
|fiskare
| day laborer
|fisherman
|  
|
|-
|-
| danneman
|fiskarflicka
| farmer, gentleman
|fisher girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| degn
|fiskargosse
|  
|fisher boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| deja, dejpiga
|fiskhandlare
| maidservant, milkmaid
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|-
|-
| demoiselle
|fjerdingsman
| Miss
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|-
|-
| d.g.
|fjäderarbetare
|  
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| djäkne
|fjärdingsman
|  
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| domare
|flickare
| judge
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| domesticus
|fogde
| (latin)  
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
| domestik
|forbonde
| (latin)
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|-
|-
| domherre
|forman
| (latin)
|see forbonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| domprost
|formare
|  
|moulder (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| dompräst
|friborgare
|  
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| dr.
|frihandlare
|  
|free trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| drabant, dravant
|friherre
| (military)
|baron
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragon
|friherrinna
| (military) light cavalryman
|baroness
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragonbonde
|fru
| (military)
|Mrs.
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragonrusthållare
|frälse
| (military)
|nobility
|  
|
|-
|-
| drivardräng
|frälsebonde
|  
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| dräng, dr.
|frälsetorpare
| farmhand, bachelor
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| dubblerska
|fröken
|  
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| däga
|fyrvaktare
|  
|lighthouse man
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantagent
|fyrverkare
|  
|(military) fire worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| expeditionsbefallningsman
|fågelfängare
|  
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
|
|-
|-
| expeditionskronofogde
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
|  
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
|
|-
|-
| expeditionssekreterare
|fårherde
|  
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| extra roteringsmän
|fårklippare
|  
|sheep shearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| faber ferrarius
|fädräng
| (latin)
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| faber lignarius
|fäflicka
| (latin)
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| faber murorum
|fäktmästare
| (latin)
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| faber rhedarum
|fältbagare
| (latin)
|army baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|fältjägare
| factory worker
|army ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksmästare
|fältpredikant
|  
| army chaplain
|  
|
|-
|-
| faktare
|fältskär
|  
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| faktoriesmed
|fältväbel
|  
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| fanjunkare
|fänrik
|  
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| fastbagare
|färgare
|  
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fataburshustru
|färgaregesäll
|  
|journeyman dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fataburssven
|färikarl
|  
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatare
|färsing
|  
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatmakare
|fästebonde
|  
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|förare
| pauper
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
| filtare
|föreståndare
|  
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| fiskare
|förpaktare
| fisherman
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| fiskblöterska
|förpantare
|  
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjädermakare
|försvarslös
|  
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|  
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|garnhandlare
|  
|dealer in wools
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjärdingstorpare
|garnisonssoldat
|  
|soldier in garrison duty
|  
|
|-
|-
| flaggjunkare
|garvare
|  
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| flåtekarl
|gaständare
|  
|gas lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| foderman
|generalbefälhavare
| (military)
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|-
|-
| fogde
|generallöjtnant
| sheriff, bailiff, warden
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherre
|gesäll
| baron
|journeyman
|  
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| frimästare
|gjutare
|  
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| fru
|glasarbetare
| Mrs.
|glass worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälse
|glasblåsare
| nobility
|glassblower
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsebefallningsman
|glasfabrikant
|  
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälselänsman
|glashandlare
|  
|glassman
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälseryttare
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| (military)
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsetorpare
|glasmålare
|  
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| fröken
|glasslipare
| Miss
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| fusilie
|glasögonmakare
| (military)
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrverkare
|glättare
| (military)
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| fädräng
|gratialist
|  
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| fäflicka
|grenadjär
|  
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|grosshandlare
|  
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältskär
|gruvarbetare
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|gruvbrytare
| (military) sergeant major
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|gruvförvaltare
|  
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
|
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|gruvkarl
|  
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| förblåsare
|grönsakshandlare
|  
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|gs.
| unemployed person, vagrant
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| garmakare
|guldarbetare
|  
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|guldsmed
|  
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| garvare
|gårdsbrukare
| tanner
|farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| garverifaktor
|gårdsdräng
|  
|see dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| gesäll , gs.
|gårdsfogde
| journeyman
|see befallningsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|gästgivare
|  
|innkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasare
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
|  
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasetsare
|hammarmästare
|  
|forge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|hammarsmed
|  
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasförare
|hamnfogde
|  
|overseer of a port
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|hamnkapten
|  
|harbor master
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasvärkare
|handelsidkare
|  
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|-
|-
| glättare
|handelsman
|  
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| glödgare
|handhavare
|  
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
|  
|
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|handskmakare
| infantryman
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| grossör
|hantverkare
|  
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvborrare
|hantverksgesäll
|  
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvbrytare
|hattmakare
|  
|hatmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvbuse
|hejdriddare
|  
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| gruvförvaltare
|hembiträde
|  
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvhjon, gruvkarl
|hemmansegare
|  
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvkil, gruvknöl, gruvkuse, gruvluns, gruvpickare
|hemmansbrukare
|  
|farmer
|  
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| gruvlagare
|hemmansägare
|  
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| gs.
|herrgårdstjenst
|  
|service at a manor
| abbreviation for gesäll
|
|-
|-
| gyllenmakare
|hjon
|  
|person (1829, 1889)
|  
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|hjulmakare
|  
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårskomakare
|hjulmakardräng
|  
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| gällare
|hjälphjon
|  
|extra hand or helper
|  
|
|-
|-
| gällkäring
|hjälphustru
|  
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| gälkare
|hovbagare (1829)
|  
|the kings baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gärningsman
|hovdam (1829)
|  
|lady of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|hovbetjent (1829)
| innkeeper
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|hovjunkare (1829)
| brazier
|servant to the king
|  
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| halnabonde
|hovkansler
|  
|court chancellor
|  
|
|-
|-
| halvdräng, halvkarl
|hovman (1829)
|  
|courtier
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|hudafdragare (1889)
|  
|skinner, flayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogdeinspektör, hamnkassör
|husbonde (1829)
|  
|master of a family or house
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|husdräng (1829)
| merchant
|man servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|husfader
| glove maker
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskomakare
|husflicka
|  
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|husfolk
| artisan
|farmers, farm people
|  
|
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|hushållare
| hatmaker
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| Hejdriddare
|husjungfru (1829)
|  
|see hushållerska
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of Greater Sweden
|
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|husmamsell
| farmer
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|husman
| farmer, homeowner
|tenant farmer
|  
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| herredagsman
|husmoder
|  
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjon
|huspiga
| pauper, person receiving social assistance
|housemaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|huspredikant
| wheelwright
|private chaplain, house preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|hustjänare
|  
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälpbrytare
|hustru
|  
|wife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|hyttarbetare
|  
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| hoveribonde
|hållkarl
|  
|hostler
|  
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| hovfru
|hårarbetare
|  
|hair worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovman
|häradsbokhållare
|  
|see häradsskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| huddragare
|häradsdomare
|  
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| husar
|häradsfogde
| light cavalryman
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|-
|-
| husbonde
|häradshövding
| farmer
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfader
|häradsskrivare
| head of household, father
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| husflicka
|hövitsman
|  
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|infanterist
| farmers, farm people
|foot soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfogde
|inhyses
|  
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|inhyseshjon
|  
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfru
|inspektor
|  
|inspector
|  
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| husfröken
|inspektör
|  
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| huskarl
|ishandlare
|  
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|jagare
|  
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
|  
|
|-
|-
| husman
|jodgumma (1829)
| farm laborer (owned house but not land)
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|jordbrukare
|  
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| hyttknekt
|jordegare
| (military)
|landowner, landholder, landlord
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållare
|jordegumma
|  
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl, hållmästare
|jungfru
|  
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|junker
|  
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|jurist
|  
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|justitieborgmästare
|  
|recorder
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|justitieminister
|  
|minster of justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|justitiestatsminister
|  
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradstjänare
|juvelerare
|  
|jeweller
|  
|
|-
|-
| härbergerare
|jägare
|  
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| härvlare
|jägeribetjent
|  
|gamekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hörare
|jägmästare
|  
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|-
|-
| höre
|järnhandlare
|  
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|-
|-
| hövitsman
|järnvägsarbetare
|  
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|-
|-
| indelningsbåtsman
|järnvägsbetjening
|  
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| infanterist
|kakelungsmakare
|  
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| inhyses
|kammarfru
| lodger, tenant
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhysesbonde
|kammarjunkare
|  
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|  
|
|-
|-
| inspektor
|kammarjungfru
|  
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| inspektör
|kammarjägare
|  
|rat hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordekvinna, jordemor, jordegumma
|kammarpiga
| midwife
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| jungfru
|kammarskrivare
| Miss, maiden, virgin
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
|-
|-
| junkare
|kamrerare
|  
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägare
|kanongjutare
| hunter
|cannon founder
|  
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|kapellmästare
| forester
|chapel master
|  
|
|-
|-
| jämkare
|kapellpredikant
|  
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| järnvägare
|kaplan, kapellan
|  
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|-
|-
| kalkant
|kapten
|  
|(military) captain
|  
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| kalkrörare
|karduansmakare
|  
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|  
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| kammarfiskal
|kavallerist
|  
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|kedjemakare
|  
|chain maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|kistmakare
|  
|box maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|  
|tinker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|kittelslagare
| assistant clerk
|kettle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanik
|klampare
|  
|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.
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|klensmed
|  
|locksmith, toolmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanonist
|klockare, klr.
|  
|parish clerk
|  
|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.
|-
|-
| kapelan, kaplan
|klockgjutare
| assistant minister
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapten
|klr.
| (military)
|
|  
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| kaptenlöjtnant
|kn.
| (military)
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|klädesfärgare
|  
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|klädeshandlare
| (military) cavalryman
|cloth merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjesmed
|klädesvävare
|  
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjesmedsdräng
|klädsömmerska
|  
|dressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kettelsmed
|knalle
|  
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelbötare, kittelflickare
|knappmakare
|  
|button maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelförare
|knekt
|  
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
|-
|-
| klampare
|knifvässare
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|knife sharpener, cutler
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|
|-
|-
| klappare
|knifsmed
|  
|cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| klensmed
|knipare
| toolmaker, locksmith
|nipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| klerk
|knypplare
|  
|male lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.
|knypplerska
| parish clerk
|female lace maker
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|
|-
|-
| klockarpräst
|koarrendator
|  
|see mjölkarrendator
|  
|
|-
|-
| klr.
|kofferdi
|  
|merchant marine
| abbreviation for klockare
|
|-
|-
| klutgubbe
|kofferdikapten
|  
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| kn.
|kofferdimatros
|  
|merchant seaman
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| knalle
|koffertsnickare
|  
|trunk maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knape
|kokerska
|  
|female cook, cook maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| knekt
|kogubbe
| (military)
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| knipsmed
|kolarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|kolare
| merchant marine
|coal man, charcoal burner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|kolbonde
| charcoal burner
|coal carter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kollega
|kolhandlare
|  
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| komminister  
|komminister
| assistant minister
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| kompastor
|kommissarie
|  
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| konduktör
|konduktor
|  
|conductor, guard with the railways
|  
|
|-
|-
| konstapel
|konduktör
|  
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| konterfejare
|konstapel
|  
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| kontorsdräng
|konstnär
|  
|artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontraktist
|kontorskrivare
|  
|clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopperska
|kontraktsprost
|  
|rural dean
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopparslagare  
|kopparslagare
| coppersmith  
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| korherre
|koppartryckare
|  
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| korpral
|korgarbetare
| (military)
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|-
|-
| korv
|korgflätare
|  
|basket maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|korherre
|  
|canon
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| krlmn.
|korpral
|  
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|-
|-
| krokare
|kovaktare
|  
|cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|kreaturshandlare
|  
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|  
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|krigsman
|  
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|kronoarrendator
|  
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofänrik
|kronobefallningsman
|  
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kronobetjäning
|  
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronorättare
|kronobonde
|  
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|kronofogde
|  
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|kronojägare
| potter
|ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| krypare, kypare
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
|  
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kuerdare
|kronouppbördsman
|  
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| Kungl. Maj:ts fullmäktige
|krukmakare
|  
|potter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kuper
|kryddkrämare
|  
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kursmed
|krögare
|  
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|kurir
|  
|courier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnfogde
|kusk, kutsk
|  
|coachman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnskrivare
|kustuppsyningsman
|  
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor
|kvarnarrendator
|  
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvinnohjon
|kvarnbyggare
|  
|mill wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkdräng
|kvarndräng
|  
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoadjunkt
|kvarnegare
|  
|mill owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjäning, kyrkobetjänt
|kvarntullsinspektor
|  
|mill toll inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobonde
|kypare
|  
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkofogde
|kyrkobetjänare
|  
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkogubbe
|kyrkoföreståndare
|  
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkogömmare
|kyrkoherde
|  
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|kyrkovaktare
| parish minister
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|kyrkvärd
| church officer
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvaktmästare, kyrkväktare
|käpphandlare
|  
|cane seller, caneman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd
|kökbetjäning
|  
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare
|kökspiga
|  
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kåtkarl
|köpman
|  
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpdräng
|körsnär
|  
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| köpman
|kötthandlare
| merchant
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| körsnär
|köttmånglare
| furrier
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| laggare
|lackerare
|  
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|-
|-
| lagman, lagsagoman
|ladugårdsidkare
|  
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| landbo, landbonde
|ladugårdspiga
|  
|dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsfiskal
|laggare
|  
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| landsfogde
|lagkarl
|  
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| landsherre
|landbo
|  
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| landshövitsman
|landshövding
|  
|lord lieutenant
|  
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| landsknekt  
|landsknekt
| (military)  
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|landskontorist
|  
|clerk in receivers office
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsryttare
|landsman
|  
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappare
|landstrykare
|  
|vagrant, tramp
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|landsvägsriddare
|  
|knight of the road
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| legoknekt
|landtbo
| (military)
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|-
|-
| lejdebonde
|landtbrukare
|  
|farmer, gentleman farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| lekare
|landtbruksbokhållare
|  
|under steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| liggare
|landtbruksinspektor
|  
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| likare
|landtflicka
|  
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| lineslagare
|landthandlare
|  
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| liusmoder
|landthushållare
|  
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
| livgrenadjär
|landtjunkare
| (military)
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| livjägare
|lantmätare
| (military)  
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
|-
|-
| losbagare
|lappare
|  
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
|
|-
|-
| lots
|lappbonde
| sea pilot
|Lapp peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumpsamlare
|lappskarvare
|  
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| läkare
|lappskräddare
| doctor
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|lastningsbokhållare
| sheriff
|shipping clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsåklagare
|legoknekt
|  
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärare
|likörare
| teacher
|hearse driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärling
|liktarskeppare
| apprentice
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|limkokare
|  
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|linberedare
| vagrant
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|linhandlare
|  
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinskarl
|linhäcklare
|  
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| major
|linvävare
| (military)
|linen weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinist
|livdrabant
| machinist, engineer
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| matros
|livdragon
| sailor, seaman
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| ministrant
|livgrenadjär
|  
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkdeja
|livhussar
|  
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|ljusfabrikör
| miller
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mottagare
|logarvare
|  
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| murare
|lokomotivförare
| mason
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| måkare
|lots
|  
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| målakarl
|lumphandlare
|  
|rag dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| målningsman
|lumpsamlare
|  
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mångare
|lånförmedlare
|  
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|läkare
| master
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| mästerman
|länsbokhållare
|  
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästermansbetjänt
|länsinnehavare
|  
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästerska
|länsman
|  
|sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästersven
|länsåklagare
|  
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|lärare
|  
|teacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|lärling
| (military)
|apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattman
|löjtnant
|  
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattväktare
|lösdrivare
|  
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| navarsmed
|madam
|  
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|  
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|madrassmakare
| settler
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålhandlare
|magasinbokhållare
|  
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålslipare
|magasinsförvaltare
|  
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|magistratsperson
| juryman
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nötakarl
|magistratssekreterare
|  
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| oftamolog
|major
|  
|(military) army major
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|majorska
|  
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| ombudsråd
|malmbrytare
|  
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| omfärdsman
|malthandlare
|  
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|mamsell
|  
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| oppsnappare
|mantalskommissarie
|  
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|manufakturhandlare
|  
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| ostiarius
|marketentare
| (latin)
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|marketenterska
|  
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|marmorarbetare
|  
|marble cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| pallbrytare
|maskinarbetare
|  
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| paltekvinna
|maskinist
|  
|machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| panttorpare
|masmästare
|  
|smelting master
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastor
|materialförvaltare
| parish minister
|store keeper
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|matlagerska
| (latin) parish priest
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|matmoder
|  
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| paysagist
|matros
|  
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| paysagist
|mattbindare
|  
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| peppardräng
|matvaruhandlare
|  
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
|
|-
|-
| pestgubbe
|mejerska
|  
|dairy maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.
|messingsslagare
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|brass smith, brazier
| parish priest
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| pickare
|messingssmed
|  
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| piga
|metallarbetare
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipare
|metallgjutare
|  
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipplockare
|mildsoldat
|  
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| piprensare
|mineralgrävare
|  
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| plikthuggare
|minister
|  
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| pockläkare
|minuthandlare
|  
|retailer
|  
|
|-
|-
| polsterer
|minör
|  
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| portenär
|mjölhandlare
|  
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|mjölkarrendator
|  
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| postkommissarie
|mjölkförsäljare
|  
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|mjölkförsäljerska
|  
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| preceptor
|mjölkhustru
|  
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|mjölkpiga
|  
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|mjöldräng
|  
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
|  
|mjölnare
| procurator
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| profoss
|mjölnarhustru
| flogmaster (military)
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|mjölnerska
| dean
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|modehandlare
|  
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|modesömmerska
| minister
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| puke
|modist
|  
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| pulsator campanae
|murare
| (latin)
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| pulsator organi
|muraregesäll
| (latin)
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|murarelärling
|  
|masons apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| puppmakare
|murarmästare
|  
|master mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| pälsare, pälsmakare
|mureriarbetare
|  
|bricklayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|murerihandtlangare
|  
|hodman
|  
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| rammakare
|musketerare
|  
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ramsnickare
|målare
|  
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| raskpassare
|målargesäll
|  
|journeyman painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| rectrix
|målarmästare
| (latin)
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| redsven
|månads karl
|  
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|månglerska
| (military)
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|månglare
| (military)
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| reglerare
|mältare
|  
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|mästare
|  
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| resehandlare
|mästergesäll
|  
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| reuter
|möbelhandlare
|  
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|möbelmakare
|  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridfogde
|möbelsnickare
|  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| rostvändare
|mölnare (1829)
|  
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteman
|mönsterherre
|  
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|mönsterskrivare
|  
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| roteringsbåtsman
|mössmakare
|  
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|nattman
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|night man
|  
|
|-
|-
| rullerska
|nattvaktare
|  
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|nipperhandlare
|  
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttare
|nipphandlerska
| (military) cavalryman
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|nybyggare
|  
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| räckare
|nålmakare
|  
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| rådman
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| councilman
|juror
|  
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| rättare
|näringsidkare
| farm foreman
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sacellanus
|nätbindare
| (latin)
|net maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sacerdos
|officer
| (latin)
|officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|okulist
| (latin)
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| sadelmakare
|ombudsman
|  
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|opperstyrman
|  
|captain's mate
|  
|
|-
|-
| sartor
|organist
|  
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| satinatär
|orgelbyggare
|  
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|orgelnist
|  
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|orgelspelare
|  
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|orgeltrampare
|  
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare
|osthandlare
|  
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|ostronhandlare
|  
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexman, siäxman
|oxhandlare
|  
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillbärare
|oxslagtare
|  
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexman
|packhusinspektor
| parish caretaker
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjättedomare
|packhuskarl
|  
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|pansarsmed
| sailor, seaman
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skallman
|pantaregare
|  
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|pantgivare
| executioner, hangman
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|papparbetare
| (military) sharpshooter
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattearrendator
|pappersfabrikör
|  
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebergsman
|pappershandlare
|  
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|pappersskärare
|  
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattelapp
|pappmakare
|  
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattningsman
|parfymfabrikant
|  
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppare
|parfymhandlare
| skipper
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|parmmätare
|  
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skiftare
|pastor
|  
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| skoflickare
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|  
|(latin) parish priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogman
|pastorsadjunkt
|  
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| skogskommissarie
|pelshandlare
|  
|furrier
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogstorpare
|pennberedare
|  
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|pensionsföreståndare
| forester
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare
|perukmakare
| schoolteacher
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare
|p. et. P.
| shoemaker
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|-
|-
| skottman
|piga
|  
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| skråfader
|pipare
|  
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|pipsmed
| tailor
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| skrädtigare
|piskmakare
|  
|whip makeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skuvare
|plogsmed
|  
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärsant
|plymmakare
|  
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skörare
|plåtslagare
|  
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| skörvakt
|porterbryggare
|  
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköttare
|possessionat
|  
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|postförare
| meat cutter, butcher
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| slubbare, slubberska
|postmästare
|  
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|predikant
|
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|prest
|  
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|principal
| blacksmith
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| smeddräng
|profoss
|  
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsven
|prost
|  
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältare
|provinsialläkare
|  
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältardräng
|präst
|  
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältarmästare
|pungmakare
|  
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickare
|rackare
| carpenter
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|reesig
|  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenrättare
|regementsknekt
|  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskomakare
|repslagare
|  
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|resandefolk
|  
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenstugubetjänt
|resepredikant
|  
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknare
|riddare
|  
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknebödare
|ridlärare
|  
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknelapp
|roddare
|  
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| soldat
|rorgängare
| soldier
|helmsman, steersman
|  
|
|-
|-
| speckhök
|roteman
|  
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| spetsmakare
|rotemästare
|  
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetssmed
|rotesoldat
|  
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
|  
|
|-
|-
| spikdräng
|rotmästare
|  
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|ruggare
|  
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|rusthållare
| spinner
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
|  
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|-
|-
| stadsbetjänt
|ryttare
|  
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|ryttmästare
|  
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| stallare
|rådbisittare
|  
|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.
|-
|-
| stampare
|rådman
|  
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| statare, statdräng
|rättare
| farm laborer
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| statman
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|  
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| statsfru
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
|  
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| stattorpare
|sadelmakare
| farm laborer, usually married
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stavhuggare
|salthandlare
|  
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| stekare
|saltmätare
|  
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|  
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|satinvävare
| stonecutter
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| strandsittare
|saxmakare
|  
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| stupagreve
|segelmakare
|  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|segelsömmare
|  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|sejlare
| (military)
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| styreman
|sergeant
|  
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|sexmän
| (military)  
|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.
|-
|-
| surveillant
|silkhandlare
|  
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|sillpackare
| (latin) shoemaker
|herring packer
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|sjöman
|  
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sysslepåg
|skarprättare
|  
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|skarpskytt
| saw setter
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| säckguldsmed
|skattebonde
|  
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| säjarekarl, säjarmakare
|skatteindrivare
|  
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| sängvaktare
|skeppare
|  
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| sättare
|skeppsbyggmästare
|  
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| sökare
|skeppsgosse
|  
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| taffelsmed
|skoarbetare
|  
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetmakare
|skogshuggare
|  
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tappare
|skogvaktare
|  
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| tavernare
|skollärare
|  
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringsassistent
|skomakare
|  
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringskommissarie
|skomakaregesäll
|  
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|skomakaremästare
| brickmaker, tiler
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|skråmästare
| brickmoulder, tiler
|master of a guild
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| tiler
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|skräddaregesäll
| beggar
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tillsierska
|skräddarelärling
|  
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|skulptör
| carpenter, builder
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tinghörer
|skutskeppare
|  
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|skådespelare
|  
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjuv
|skärslippare
| thief
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|skördeman
| servant
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|sköterska
|  
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|slaktardräng
|  
|butcher's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| tolvman
|slaktare
|  
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|  
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| torpare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| crofter, cottager
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| tredjen, tredjer
|smed
|  
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| tremänningssoldat
|smedsgesäll
| (military)
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| trumslagare
|smedsmästare
| drummer
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| tråggesäll
|småkrämare
|  
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|smältare
| gardener
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| tröjekäring
|smältarsmed
|  
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|smörhandlare
| barrelmaker
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnjunkare
|snickare
|  
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsgesäll
|snickarmästare
|  
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsmockare
|snörmakare
|  
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullmelerare
|sockenpräst
|  
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlagman
|sockenskrivare
|  
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|sockerbagare
|  
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnmästare
|sockerbruksarbetare
|  
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| uppblåsare
|soldat
|  
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| utbrukare
|speditör
|  
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| utsittare
|spetshandlare
|  
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagndrivare
|spetsknypplerska
|  
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnkarl
|spiksmed
|  
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnman
|spinnare
|  
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|spinnerska
| cartwright
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|spinnhushjon
| (military)
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| vagnsåkare
|stadsfogde
|  
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktare
|stadskamrer
|  
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|stadsläkare
| caretaker
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| valackare
|statare, statsdräng
|  
|see statkarl
|  
|
|-
|-
| valkare
|statkarl
|  
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|statman
|  
|statesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallsmed
|statsfru
|  
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsarbete
|stenarbetare
|  
|stone worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsrättare
|stenbrytare
|  
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vantmakare
|stenhuggare
|  
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vasall
|stenkolsarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| verkgesäll
|stickerska
|  
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|strykerska
|  
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice korpral
|strängmakare
|  
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|studerande
|  
|student
|  
|
|-
|-
| vinman
|styckgjutare
|  
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| voltigör
|styckjunkare
|  
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|styresman
|  
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdskrivare
|styrman
|  
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| väpnare
|stålarbetare
|  
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|stålsmed
| weaver
|steel smith
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävlagare
|stålmångelska
|  
|stall woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävpiga
|sutor
|  
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| växlare
|svamphandlare
|  
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkare
|svarvare
|  
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|svärdfejare
| profession, occupation
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| åbo
|symamsell
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|seamstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|sågställare
|  
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|sämskmakare
|  
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| änglamakerska
|sättare
|  
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärendesman
|taktäckare
|  
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärlingsman
|tandläkare
|  
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ödegårdsman
|tapetserare
|  
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
|-
|-
| överman
|tappare
|  
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| överståthållare
|tattare
|  
|gipsy (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| 12man
|taxeringsman
|  
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|tegelformare
|brick moulder
|
|-
|tegelbrännare
|brickmaker, tiler
|
|-
|tegelslagare
|brickmoulder, tiler
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|tegeltäckare
|tiler
|
|-
|tehandlare
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|
|-
|tenngjutare
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|tiggare
|beggar
|
|-
|timmerhuggare
|timber cutter
|
|-
|timmerman
|carpenter, builder
|
|-
|tingsskrivare
|copyist of court cases
|
|-
|tjuv
|thief
|
|-
|tjänare
|servant
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|tjänstehjon
|servant, menial work
|see tjänare
|-
|tobakshandlare
|tobacco merchant
|
|-
|tobaksspinnare
|tobacco spinner
|
|-
|tolvman
|se nämdeman
|
|-
|tornväktare
|tower watch
|
|-
|torpare
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|-
|tresserska
|braider, plaiter
|
|-
|trikotstickerska
|tricot knitter,
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|trummare
|drummer
|
|-
|tryckare
|printer, pressman
|
|-
|trädgårdsmästare
|gardener
|
|-
|tullbetjänt
|customs officer
|
|-
|tulltjänsteman
|customs officer
|
|-
|tullvaktmästare
|landing waiter
|
|-
|tunnbindare
|barrelmaker, cooper
|
|-
|tunnelarbetare
|tunneller
|
|-
|tvättare
|male launderer, washerman
|
|-
|tvätterska
|washerwoman
|
|-
|tvättgumma
|washerwoman
|-
|tältmakare
|tent maker
|
|-
|ullfärgare
|wool dyer
|
|-
|ullhandlare
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|
|-
|underlöjtnant
|sub lieutenant
|
|-
|underofficer
|non comissioned officer
|
|-
|underståtthållare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|-
|urmakare
|watch and clockmaker
|
|-
|vagnmakare
|cartwright, carriage maker
|
|-
|vagnmästare
|wagon master
|
|-
|vaktare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|
|-
|vallflicka
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|-
|valkare
|fuller, miller
|
|-
|vallhjon
|a person tending cattle in the field
|
|-
|vandrare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|-
|vapendragare
|squire, esquire
|
|-
|vedhuggare
|wood cutter
|
|-
|vice häradshövding
|see häradshövding
|
|-
|vicepastor
|curate
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|vinodlare
|wine grower
|
|-
|vårdarinna
|nurse
|
|-
|väglagare
|repairer of roads
|
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|
|-
|vävskedbindare
|weaver's comb binder
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|yllehandlare
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|-
|yrke
|occupation, profession
|
|-
|yrkesidkare
|trader
|
|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
|
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), 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  ===
 
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>
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>  


Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <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>
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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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