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


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=== References  ===
 
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>
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Harlock, Walter E. ''Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga''. P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>
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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.

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 Nationell Arkivdatabas.

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.

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
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: 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
blockmakare block maker, pulley maker
blodigelodlare cultivator of leeches
blomsterhandlare flower seller (male) also known as blomstermånglare
blomsterhandlerska flower seller (female) also known as blomstermånglerska
blomsterodlare cultivator of flowers, florist
blossbärare torch-bearer
blyarbetare lead worker, plumber
blyfalsare plumber
blystöpare plumber
blytäckare plumber
bodbetjent shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
boddräng shop hand
bodflicka shop girl, shop maid
bodgosse shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
bodhandlare shopkeeper, tradesman
bodmamsell shop girl, shop woman
bokbindare bookbinder
bokförare book keeper
bokhandlare bookseller
bokhållare book keeper same as bokförare
bokhäftare book stitcher
bokmakare book wright, book maker
bonde farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
bondedräng farm hand a farmer's man, young peasant
bondeflicka country girl
bondepiga peasant's maid
borgare citizen, burgher member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
borgmästare mayor in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
borrare borer, driller, piercer, perforator
borrmakare bit forger a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
borrsmed bit smith a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
boskapshandlare dealer of livestock
boskapsherde herdsman
boskapsskötare stockman
boskapsvaktare herdsman
boställshavare holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
bouppteckningsman person who inventories (1889)
boutredningsman administrator
brandmästare fire warden
braständare fire lighter
brevbärare letter carrier, postman
brevdragare see brevbärare
brevskrivare letter writer
brevställare see brevskrivare
brobyggare bridge builder
broderare embroiderer
broläggare bridge builder, paver
bromästare bridge master
bronsarbetare worker in bronze
bronsgjutare bronze founder, brazier
brottmålsdomare judge criminal
brottmålsnoterie crown clerk
brovaktare guard of a bridge
brovindare bridge driver
brukare user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
bruksarbetare factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
bruksegare proprietor of a manufacturing estate
bryggare brewer
brännmästare master distiller
brännvinsbrännare brandy distiller
buntmakare fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
byfogde hamlet bailiff
byggare, byggkarl builder, architect, constructor, founder
byggmästare master builder, contractor
bykerska washerwoman
byskomakare village shoemaker
bågflytt archer, bowman
båtsman, b.m., B.m. (military) seaman, sailor
bälgmakare bellows-maker
bödel executioner
bösseskytt (military)
bössmed gunsmith
cantor (latin) in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
curatus (latin) kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
custod (latin) guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
d., dr. abbreviation for dräng
dagkarl, daglönare day laborer
danneman yeoman, countryman, farmer
degn assistant to the priest The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
deja, dejpiga maidservant, milkmaid
demoiselle Miss
d.g.
disponent manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
domare judge
domesticus (latin) servant, one who serves in a household
domprost dean see also prestman
dr. abbreviation for dräng
drabant, dravant (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
dragon (military) heavy and light cavalryman
dräng, dr. farmhand, man servant, bachelor
däga see deja
emigrantagent emigrant agent
emigrantvärvare emigrant agent
extra roteringsmän
fabriksarbetare factory worker
famnmätare corder of wood
fanjunkare (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
fatburshustru wife of a storekeeper
fatburssven storehouse apprentice
fattighjon pauper
filtare felter
finbagare pastry cook
fiolmakare violen maker
fiskare fisherman
fiskarflicka fisher girl
fiskargosse fisher boy
fiskhandlare fish salesman, fish hawker
fjerdingsman under bailiff of a härad
fjäderarbetare feather maker
fjärdingsman see fjerdingsman
flickare cobbler, botcher, patcher
fogde governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889) also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
forbonde carter, wagoner
forman see forbonde
formare moulder (1829)
friborgare freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
frihandlare free trader
friherre baron
friherrinna baroness
fru Mrs.
frälse nobility
frälsebonde a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
frälsetorpare see frälsebonde
fröken lady, honorable Miss
fyrvaktare lighthouse man
fyrverkare (military) fire worker
fågelfängare bird catcher, birder, birdman
fånggevald, fånggevaldiger A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
fårherde sheep tender, shepherd
fårklippare sheep shearer
fädräng male herdsman, working with cattle
fäflicka female herder, working with cattle
fäktmästare fencing master, master swordsman
fältbagare army baker
fältjägare army ranger
fältpredikant army chaplain
fältskär assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
fältväbel (military) sergeant major
fänrik (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant also seen as fändrik
färgare dyer, stainer
färgaregesäll journeyman dyer
färikarl ferryman (1829)
färsing weaver, common weaver
fästebonde a tenant farmer This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
förare carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
föreståndare manager manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
förpaktare tenant farmer, leaseholder alias to arrendator
förpantare mortgager,
försvarslös unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond also means defenseless
garnhandlare dealer in wools
garnisonssoldat soldier in garrison duty
garvare tanner (1829)
gaständare gas lighter
generalbefälhavare commanding general of a district
generallöjtnant lieutenant general
gesäll journeyman often abbreviated as gs
gjutare caster, founder, moulder works at a foundry
glasarbetare glass worker
glasblåsare glassblower
glasfabrikant glassmaker
glashandlare glassman
glasmakare, glasverkare glassmaker
glasmålare glass painter
glasslipare glass cutter, glass grinder
glasögonmakare maker of glasses, spectacle maker
glättare glosser, glazer, levigator
gratialist pensionary (1889) person who receives or lives on a pension
grenadjär (military) grenadier, infantryman
grosshandlare merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
gruvarbetare miner
gruvbrytare miner
gruvförvaltare mine owner, puser to a mining company
gruvkarl see gruvarbetare
grönsakshandlare green grocer also known as grönsaksmånglare
gs. abbreviation for gesäll
guldarbetare goldsmith (1829) If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
guldsmed goldsmith (1829) If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
gårdsbrukare farmer
gårdsdräng see dräng
gårdsfogde see befallningsman
gästgivare innkeeper
gördelmakare, götlemakare brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
hammarmästare forge master
hammarsmed forger, hammerman
hamnfogde overseer of a port
hamnkapten harbor master
handelsidkare trader, merchandiser
handelsman merchant, trader
handhavare dispenser, administrator, distributor
handskmakare glove maker, glover
hantverkare artisan, tradesman, craftsman
hantverksgesäll journeyman artisian
hattmakare hatmaker
hejdriddare ranger governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
hembiträde servant girl, maid
hemmansegare farm owner
hemmansbrukare farmer husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
hemmansägare farmer, homeowner same as jordegare
herrgårdstjenst service at a manor
hjon person (1829, 1889) person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
hjulmakare wheelwright, wheeler
hjulmakardräng wheelwrights servant or assistant
hjälphjon extra hand or helper
hjälphustru helping woman,
hovbagare (1829) the kings baker
hovdam (1829) lady of the court
hovbetjent (1829) officer of the court
hovjunkare (1829) servant to the king an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
hovkansler court chancellor
hovman (1829) courtier
hudafdragare (1889) skinner, flayer
husbonde (1829) master of a family or house
husdräng (1829) man servant in a house
husfader head of household, father
husflicka girl servant in a house
husfolk farmers, farm people
hushållare housekeeper
husjungfru (1829) see hushållerska
husmamsell housekeeper
husman tenant farmer see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
husmoder housewife, mistress of a family
huspiga housemaid
huspredikant private chaplain, house preacher
hustjänare house servant, domestic
hustru wife, mistress of a family
hyttarbetare smelter, works at a foundry
hållkarl hostler one who takes care of horses or mules
hårarbetare hair worker
häradsbokhållare see häradsskrivare
häradsdomare senior jurate the oldest of the jury
häradsfogde bailiff of a härad (district)
häradshövding judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
häradsskrivare clerk to assize, deputy clerk compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
hövitsman captain
infanterist foot soldier
inhyses to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
inhyseshjon to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
inspektor inspector inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
inspektör inspector superior, superintendent
ishandlare ice man, dealer of ice
jagare hunter, chaser, pursuer
jodgumma (1829) midwife see barnmorska
jordbrukare husbandman (1829) cultivator, farmer (1889)
jordegare landowner, landholder, landlord
jordegumma midwife (1889)
jungfru maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
junker young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
jurist lawyer
justitieborgmästare recorder
justitieminister minster of justice
justitiestatsminister lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
juvelerare jeweller
jägare hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
jägeribetjent gamekeeper
jägmästare master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
järnhandlare dealer of iron
järnvägsarbetare worker on a railway
järnvägsbetjening service on a railway line
kakelungsmakare tile manufacturer, tile maker used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
kammarfru bedchamber woman
kammarjunkare gentleman of the king's bedchamber
kammarjungfru see kammarpiga
kammarjägare rat hunter
kammarpiga lady's maid
kammarskrivare clerk in a government office
kamrerare accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
kanongjutare cannon founder founder who makes cannons
kapellmästare chapel master
kapellpredikant preacher at a chapel see kaplan
kaplan, kapellan chaplain, out vicar, curate
kapten (military) captain for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
karduansmakare cordwainer, leather dresser worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
kavallerist (military) cavalryman
kedjemakare chain maker
kistmakare box maker
kittelbotare, kittelflickare tinker
kittelslagare kettle maker
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.
klensmed locksmith, toolmaker
klockare, klr. parish clerk During the Middle Ages the klockare was responsible for maintaining and ringing the church bells. Over time, the klockare was given additional duties to assist the parish priest.
klockgjutare bell founder
klr. abbreviation for klockare
kn. abbreviation for knekt
klädesfärgare cloth dyer
klädeshandlare cloth merchant
klädesvävare cloth weaver
klädsömmerska dressmaker
knalle pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
knappmakare button maker
knekt (military) soldier, man at arms
knifvässare knife sharpener, cutler
knifsmed cutler
knipare nipper
knypplare male lace maker
knypplerska female lace maker
koarrendator see mjölkarrendator
kofferdi merchant marine
kofferdikapten captain of a merchant ship
kofferdimatros merchant seaman
koffertsnickare trunk maker
kokerska female cook, cook maid
kogubbe cow feeder, cow keeper
kolarbetare collier one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
kolare coal man, charcoal burner
kolbonde coal carter
kolhandlare coal merchant
komminister perpetual curate a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
kommissarie commissioner could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
konduktor conductor, guard with the railways
konduktör sergeant
konstapel (police) constable in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
konstnär artist
kontorskrivare clerk
kontraktsprost rural dean
kopparslagare coppersmith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
koppartryckare copper plate printer
korgarbetare basket worker, wicker
korgflätare basket maker
korherre canon a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
korpral (military) corporal
kovaktare cow keeper
kreaturshandlare see boskapshandlare
krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj. abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
krigsman soldier
kronoarrendator crown tenant, crown peasant
kronobefallningsman see länsman
kronobetjäning police
kronobonde crown peasant
kronofogde high bailiff and collector of taxes See Kronofogden
kronojägare ranger
kronolänsman, krlmn. see länsman
kronouppbördsman commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
krukmakare potter
kryddkrämare grocer, storekeeper
krögare keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
kurir courier
kusk, kutsk coachman
kustuppsyningsman an under officer with the coast guard
kvarnarrendator renter of a mill
kvarnbyggare mill wright
kvarndräng mill hand
kvarnegare mill owner
kvarntullsinspektor mill toll inspector
kypare wine cooper, cooper
kyrkobetjänare churchman, clergyman
kyrkoföreståndare churchwarden
kyrkoherde rector, parson, parish minister
kyrkovaktare church guard, sexton
kyrkvärd churchwarden
käpphandlare cane seller, caneman
kökbetjäning kitchen staff
kökspiga kitchen maid
köpman merchant
körsnär fur merchant, furrier see buntmakare
kötthandlare meat salesman, butcher
köttmånglare see kötthandlare
lackerare one who applies lacquer
ladugårdsidkare dairyman
ladugårdspiga dairymaid
laggare hooper a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
lagkarl lawyer
landbo tenant farmer with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
landshövding lord lieutenant see befallningshavande
landsknekt (military) landsquenet
landskontorist clerk in receivers office
landsman fellow countryman, compatriot
landstrykare vagrant, tramp
landsvägsriddare knight of the road can also mean tramp, marauder
landtbo countryman, person from the country
landtbrukare farmer, gentleman farmer
landtbruksbokhållare under steward
landtbruksinspektor land steward
landtflicka country girl
landthandlare country shopkeeper
landthushållare husbandman see also jordbrukare
landtjunkare country squire, country buck, fox hunter
lantmätare a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
lappare patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
lappbonde Lapp peasant
lappskarvare botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
lappskräddare patch tailor, botcher
lastningsbokhållare shipping clerk
legoknekt (military) mercenary
likörare hearse driver
liktarskeppare lighterman, bargeman
limkokare glue boiler
linberedare flax dresser
linhandlare dealer in flax, flaxman
linhäcklare flax dresser
linvävare linen weaver
livdrabant (military) yeoman of the guard
livdragon (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
livgrenadjär (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
livhussar (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
ljusfabrikör candlemaker
logarvare tanner
lokomotivförare locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
lots sea pilot
lumphandlare rag dealer
lumpsamlare ragman, rag picker, bunter
lånförmedlare negotiator of loans, broker
läkare doctor healer, curer, physician
länsbokhållare sheriff clerk
länsinnehavare tenant of a feud
länsman sheriff
länsåklagare county prosecutor
lärare teacher
lärling apprentice
löjtnant lieutenant
lösdrivare vagrant
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.)
madrassmakare mattressmaker
magasinbokhållare warehouse clerk
magasinsförvaltare store keeper, warehouse clerk
magistratsperson municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
magistratssekreterare town clerk
major (military) army major
majorska wife of a major
malmbrytare mine digger, miner
malthandlare dealer in malt, maltman
mamsell miss comparable to fröken
mantalskommissarie tax collector (for the mantals tax)
manufakturhandlare haberdasher dealer in mens clothing and accessories
marketentare sutler a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
marketenterska canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
marmorarbetare marble cutter
maskinarbetare mechanic, machinist
maskinist machinist
masmästare smelting master
materialförvaltare store keeper
matlagerska female cook
matmoder housewife, mistress of a house
matros sailor, seaman foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
mattbindare mat maker, straw platter
matvaruhandlare provision merchant, deatler in provisions
mejerska dairy maid
messingsslagare brass smith, brazier If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
messingssmed brass smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
metallarbetare metal worker
metallgjutare brass founder, brazier
mildsoldat militiaman
mineralgrävare miner
minister government minister
minuthandlare retailer
minör miner (1889)
mjölhandlare flour merchant
mjölkarrendator tenant dairy farmer
mjölkförsäljare milkman
mjölkförsäljerska milkwoman
mjölkhustru milkwoman
mjölkpiga milkmaid, dairymaid
mjöldräng miller's man
mjölnare miller
mjölnarhustru millers wife
mjölnerska miller woman
modehandlare dealer in fancy goods
modesömmerska milliner (1889) a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
modist milliner a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
murare mason bricklayer, stone mason
muraregesäll journeyman mason
murarelärling masons apprentice
murarmästare master mason
mureriarbetare bricklayer
murerihandtlangare hodman a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
musketerare musketeer
målare painter, artist
målargesäll journeyman painter
målarmästare master painter
månads karl a male worker with a 1 month contract
månglerska market woman could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
månglare retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
mältare maltman, maltster
mästare master
mästergesäll master journeyman
möbelhandlare dealer in furniture
möbelmakare cabinet maker
möbelsnickare cabinet maker
mölnare (1829) see mjölnare
mönsterherre (military) muster master
mönsterskrivare (military) muster clerk keeping record of the military muster rolls
mössmakare cap maker
nattman night man
nattvaktare night watchman
nipperhandlare milliner, toyman (1829)
nipphandlerska dealer in fancy articles (1889)
nybyggare settler or colonizer
nålmakare needle maker
nämdeman , nm., nman juror kind of juryman/lay judge
näringsidkare tradesman
nätbindare net maker
officer officer
okulist oculist could be for glasses, or eye doctor
ombudsman attorney, proctor
opperstyrman captain's mate
organist organist
orgelbyggare organ builder
orgelnist organist
orgelspelare organ player
orgeltrampare organ blower
osthandlare cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
ostronhandlare oysterman, dealer of oysters
oxhandlare cattle dealer
oxslagtare beef butcher
packhusinspektor pack officer
packhuskarl packer
pansarsmed armourer
pantaregare owner of a pawn
pantgivare mortgager
papparbetare paste board worker
pappersfabrikör paper maker
pappershandlare stationer, paper man, paper merchant
pappersskärare paper cutter
pappmakare cardboard
parfymfabrikant perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
parfymhandlare perfumer, perfume dealer
parmmätare hay measurer
pastor parish minister, pastor also known as kyrkoherde and prost
pastor et prepositus, p. et. p. (latin) parish priest
pastorsadjunkt stipendiary curate clergyman receiving pay
pelshandlare furrier
pennberedare pen dispenser
pensionsföreståndare master of a boarding school
perukmakare wig maker
p. et. P. (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus parish priest
piga maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
pipare piper
pipsmed see bössmed
piskmakare whip makeer
plogsmed plough wright
plymmakare feather maker
plåtslagare black smith, worker in sheet iron If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
porterbryggare brewer of dark ale
possessionat Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
postförare mail driver
postmästare postmaster
predikant preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
prest priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
principal employer, master
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean, sub dean (1829)
provinsialläkare district physician, country doctor
präst minister
pungmakare pouch maker
rackare deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
reesig (military)
regementsknekt (military)
repslagare rope maker
resandefolk itinerant, or migratory people
resepredikant itinerant preacher
riddare knight
ridlärare riding master
roddare rower, boatsman, oar's man
rorgängare helmsman, steersman
roteman assistant overseer in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
rotemästare see rotmästare
rotesoldat (military) soldier for a district in a parish
rotmästare (military) leader it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
ruggare worker in textile manufacturing
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
ryttare (military) cavalryman
ryttmästare captain of a cavalry
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.
rådman councilman
rättare overseer (1829)
Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A. (latin) assistant priest
Sacri Ministerii Candidat (latin) priest in training
sadelmakare saddle maker, leather worker
salthandlare dealer of salt, saltman
saltmätare person who measures salt
saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare a boiler or producer of saltpeter see Saltpetersjudare
satinvävare satin weaver
saxmakare maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
segelmakare sail maker
segelsömmare sail maker
sejlare cord maker
sergeant sergeant
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.
silkhandlare silk merchant
sillpackare herring packer
sjöman sailor, seaman
skarprättare executioner, hangman
skarpskytt (military) sharpshooter
skattebonde
skatteindrivare tax collector
skeppare skipper
skeppsbyggmästare master ship builder
skeppsgosse ship boy
skoarbetare shoe maker
skogshuggare wood cutter, lumberer
skogvaktare forester
skollärare schoolteacher
skomakare shoemaker
skomakaregesäll journeyman shoemaker
skomakaremästare master shoemaker
skråmästare master of a guild
skräddare, skrädkarl tailor
skräddaregesäll journeyman tailor
skräddarelärling tailor's apprentice
skulptör sculptor
skutskeppare master of a billy boy, hoyman
skådespelare stage player, actor
skärslippare tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
skördeman harvestman, harvester, reaper
sköterska nurse
slaktardräng butcher's man
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A. see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
S.M.C., S.M. Cand. see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
smed smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
smedsgesäll journeyman smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
smedsmästare master smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
småkrämare dealer in small wares
smältare smelter, melter, fuser
smältarsmed shingler
smörhandlare butterman, butter merchant
snickare joiner, cabinetmaker
snickarmästare master jointer
snörmakare fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
sockenpräst parish priest, parson (1829)
sockenskrivare parish clerk, vestry clerk
sockerbagare confectioner, pastry cook
sockerbruksarbetare sugar refiner (workman)
soldat soldier
speditör forwarding shipping agent agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
spetshandlare dealer in lace, lace merchant
spetsknypplerska female lace maker
spiksmed nailer, person who makes nails
spinnare spinner
spinnerska female spinner, spinstress
spinnhushjon inmate of a house of correction it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
stadsfogde town bailiff
stadskamrer town clerk
stadsläkare physician to the town, town doctor
statare, statsdräng see statkarl
statkarl farm hand farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
statman statesman
statsfru lady of state
stenarbetare stone worker
stenbrytare quarrier, quarryman
stenhuggare stonecutter
stenkolsarbetare collier one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
stickerska knitter, woman who knits
strykerska laundress, ironing woman
strängmakare string maker
studerande student
styckgjutare gun founder
styckjunkare (military) artillery staff sergeant see fanjunkare
styresman governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
styrman (military) steersman helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
stålarbetare steel worker
stålsmed steel smith
stålmångelska stall woman
sutor (latin) shoemaker see skomakare
svamphandlare dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
svarvare turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
svärdfejare sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
symamsell seamstress
sågställare saw setter
sämskmakare see garvare
sättare type setter, or (military) rammer
taktäckare roofer
tandläkare dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
tapetserare upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
tappare tapster, bottler (1889) tapster is another title for bartender
tattare gipsy (1829)
taxeringsman assessor
tegelformare brick moulder
tegelbrännare brickmaker, tiler
tegelslagare brickmoulder, tiler see tegelslagare
tegeltäckare tiler
tehandlare dealer in tea, tea dealer
tenngjutare pewterer, tinman, tin smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
tiggare beggar
timmerhuggare timber cutter
timmerman carpenter, builder
tingsskrivare copyist of court cases
tjuv thief
tjänare servant also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
tjänstehjon servant, menial work see tjänare
tobakshandlare tobacco merchant
tobaksspinnare tobacco spinner
tolvman se nämdeman
tornväktare tower watch
torpare cottager, tenant farmer, peasant This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
tresserska braider, plaiter
trikotstickerska tricot knitter, a woman who knits tricot fabric
trummare drummer
tryckare printer, pressman
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tullbetjänt customs officer
tulltjänsteman customs officer
tullvaktmästare landing waiter
tunnbindare barrelmaker, cooper
tunnelarbetare tunneller
tvättare male launderer, washerman
tvätterska washerwoman
tvättgumma washerwoman
tältmakare tent maker
ullfärgare wool dyer
ullhandlare wool merchant, trader in wool
underlöjtnant sub lieutenant
underofficer non comissioned officer
underståtthållare sub governor, deputy sheriff
urmakare watch and clockmaker
vagnmakare cartwright, carriage maker
vagnmästare wagon master
vaktare keeper, warder, guard, watcher
vaktmästare caretaker
vallflicka shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
valkare fuller, miller
vallhjon a person tending cattle in the field
vandrare wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
vapendragare squire, esquire
vedhuggare wood cutter
vice häradshövding see häradshövding
vicepastor curate a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
vinodlare wine grower
vårdarinna nurse
väglagare repairer of roads
vävare weaver
vävskedbindare weaver's comb binder also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [1] (click through pictures).
yllehandlare dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
yrke occupation, profession
yrkesidkare trader
yrkesman craftsman
åbo tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
ålderman head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889) An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
ämbetsman government official, crown officer
överbefalhavare commander in chief
överkonstapel (military) corporal
överståthållare governor
ölbryggare beer brewer


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