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


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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


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


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