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


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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
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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