FamilySearch Wiki

Sweden Business and Occupations: Difference between revisions

Page Talk

Sweden Business and Occupations (view source)

Revision as of 14:55, 28 January 2025

20,054 bytes added ,  28 January
no edit summary
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
No edit summary
(187 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Back to [[Portal:Sweden|Sweden Portal Page]]►
{{CountrySidebar
|Country=Sweden
|Name=Sweden
|Type=Topic
|Topic Type=Records
|Records=Business and Occupations
|Rating=Acceptable
}}{{breadcrumb
| link1=[[Sweden Genealogy|Sweden]]
| link2=
| link3=
| link4=
| link5=[[Sweden Business and Occupations|Business and Occupations]]
}}


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>  


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


<br>
<br>
 
=== 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>
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>


[[Category:Sweden]] [[Category:WikiProject_Sweden|Directories]]
[[Category:Sweden]]  
[[Category:WikiProject Sweden|Directories]]
[[Category:Sweden Business and Occupations]]
SvareJM
Approver, Moderator, Protector, Reviewer, Bots, editor, pagecreator, pagedeleter, smwadministrator, Administrators
129,710

edits

Retrieved from "https://integration-ru.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/657770...6105214"