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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
|
|-
|-
! Occupation
|accismästare
! Short definition
|customs officer
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|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.
|-
|-
| accismästare
|ackuschörska
| customs officer
|a midwife
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|<br>
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|adelsbussar
| a midwife
|(military) soldier of lower rank
| <br>
|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.
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|adelsman
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|nobleman
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|
|-
|-
| adelsman
|adelssven
| nobleman
|page (youth)
|  
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
| adelssven
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
| page (youth)  
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|see adjunkt
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|adjunkt
| (latin)  
|teacher
|
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|administer, administra
| (latin)  
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|administrator
| (latin)  
|(latin) administrator
|  
|
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|advocat
| (latin)
|lawyer, attorney
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|advocatus ecclesiae
| (latin)  
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|  
|
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|aedituus
| (latin)  
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|  
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|-
| aedituus
|aftonsångspredikant
| (latin)
|evening-service preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|agent
| evening-service preacher
|agent, representative
|  
|
|-
|-
| aktor  
|aktor
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor  
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| aktris  
|aktris
| actress  
|actress
| female play actor, performer
|female play actor, performer
|-
|-
| aktör  
|aktör
| actor  
|actor
| male play actor, performer
|male play actor, performer
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|allmänningsbonde
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man  
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|  
|
|-
|-
| ansättare
|allmäningskarl
| (military) rammer
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| service position with ramrods
|
|-
|-
| apotekare
|amiral
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|admiral (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetare
|anförare
| worker, workman, laborer
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|angivare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|informer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbk.
|anklagare
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|ansättare
| (military) member of firing squad
|(military) rammer
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|service position with ramrods
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|apotekare
| (military) gunner
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|
|-
|-
| arrendator
|arbetare
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|worker, laborer
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|
|-
|-
| artillerist
|arbetskarl
| (military) man of the artillery
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|arbetsman
| (military) bombardier
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| assessor
|arbk.
| assessor
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|  
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| assuradör
|arkebusier
| insurer, underwriter
|(military) member of firing squad
|  
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|arkibiskop
| auctioneer
|(1788) archbishop
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|arklimästare
| author
|(military) gunner
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|arrendator
| newswriter
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|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.
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|artillerist
| discharged, resigned soldier
|(military) man of the artillery
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|artillerikonstapel
| gleaner
|(military) bombardier
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|assessor
| cottager
|assessor
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|assuradör
| barber surgeon
|insurer, underwriter
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| bath-keeper
|auctioneer
| (1889)
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| bagare
|auktor, autor
| baker
|author
|  
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|avisskrivare
| baker's man
|newswriter
|  
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|avskedad soldat
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|discharged, resigned soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|avskrivare (1788)
| master baker
|transcriber, copier
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérförare
|axplockare
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|gleaner
|  
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| banérherre
|backstuguhjon
| (military) banneret
|cottager (1788)
|  
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|backstugusittare
| (military) knight banneret
|cottager
|  
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|badare
| porter, messenger at a bank
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| banmästare
|badaremästare
| overseer of a railway line
|barber surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|badmästare
| barber, shaver
|bath-keeper
|  
|(1889)
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|bagare
| barber's assistant
|baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|bagaregesäll
| journeyman barber
|baker's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|bagarelärling
| barber's apprentice  
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|bagaremästare
| tanner
|master baker
| (1829)
|
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|banérförare
| male midwife
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|banérherre
| female midwife
|(military) banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|banér-riddare
| maid for children
|(military) knight banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|bankvaktmästare
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|porter, messenger at a bank
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|banmästare
| baron
|overseer of a railway line
| 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
|barberare
| trumpeter
|barber, shaver
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|barberarebiträde
| (military) sergeant-major
|barber's assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|barberaregesäll
| (military) commander of a battalion
|journeyman barber
|  
|
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|barberarelärling
| (military) battalion bombardier
|barber's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|barkare
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|tanner
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|(1829)
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|barnförlossare
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens)
|barnmorska
| county governor
|female midwife
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|barnpiga
| (military) traveling sailor
|maid for children
|  
|
|-
|-
| befällningshavande
|barnsköterska
| officer in command
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|baron
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|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.
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|basunist
| minemaster (1829)
|trumpeter
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|bataljonsadjuntant
| miner
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|bataljonschef
| mining man
|(military) commander of a battalion
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|batterikonstapel
| bailiff of a mine
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|bedragare
| mine inspector
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|befallningshavande
| miner
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|befallningsman
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsman
|befallningsman (konungens)
| miner
|county governor
|  
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| beridare
|befaren båtsman
| horsebreaker, riding master
|(military) traveling sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|befordrare
| taxer, assessor
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|befällningshavande
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|beherskare
| see beslagare
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| besökare
|bensamlare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|bergmästare
| servant, civil servant
|minemaster (1829)
|  
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| bettlare
|bergsarbetare
| beggar
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|bergsbruksidkare
| guard, keeper
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|bergsfogde
| captain of the watch
|bailiff of a mine
|  
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| bevarare
|bergshauptman
| preserver, saver, conservator
|mine inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|bergskarl
| militia man, conscript
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|bergslagsman
| recruit, conscript
|miner, proprietor of a mine
|  
|
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|bergsman
| librarian
|miner
|  
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|bergsprångare
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|miner
|  
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|bergsråd
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|
|  
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|beridare
| se bildsnidare
|horsebreaker, riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|beskattningsman
| sculptor
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|beslagare
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|seizer, confiscator, setter
|  
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|beslagskarl
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|see beslagare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|besökare
| interloper
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|
|-
|-
| bindare
|betalare
| tier, binder, fastener
|paymaster (1788)
| for example net making
|
|-
|-
| biodlare
|betjänt
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|servant, civil servant
|  
|
|-
|-
| biskop
|bettlare
| bishop
|beggar
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|
|-
|-
| biskötare
|bevaktare
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| biträde
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| assistant
|captain of the watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| bjudare
|bevarare
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|preserver, saver, conservator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|beväringskarl
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|beväringsman
| block maker, pulley maker
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|bibliotekarie
| cultivator of leeches
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|bijouterihandlare
| flower seller (male)
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|bildhuggare
| flower seller (female)
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|bildskärare
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|se bildsnidare
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|bildsnidare
| torch-bearer
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|biljettförsäljare
| lead worker, plumber
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|biljettförsäljerska
| plumber
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|bilöpare
| plumber
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|bindare
| plumber
|tier, binder, fastener
|  
|for example net making
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|biodlare
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|  
|
|-
|-
| boddräng
|biskop
| shop hand
|bishop
|  
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|biskötare
| shop girl, shop maid
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|biträde
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|bjudare
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|bleckslagare
| shop girl, shop woman
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|blockmakare
| bookbinder
|block maker, pulley maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokförare
|blodigelodlare
| book keeper
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|blomsterhandlare
| bookseller
|flower seller (male)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|blomsterhandlerska
| book keeper
|flower seller (female)
| same as bokförare
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|blomsterodlare
| book stitcher
|cultivator of flowers, florist
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|blossbärare
| book wright, book maker
|torch-bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bonde
|blyarbetare
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|lead worker, plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|blyfalsare
| farm hand
|plumber
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|blystöpare
| country girl
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|blytäckare
| peasant's maid
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| borgare
|bodbetjent
| citizen, burgher
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|boddräng
| mayor
|shop hand
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|
|-
|-
| borrare
|bodflicka
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|shop girl, shop maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| borrmakare
|bodgosse
| bit forger
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| borrsmed
|bodhandlare
| bit smith
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| boskapshandlare
|bodmamsell
| dealer of livestock
|shop girl, shop woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsherde
|bokbindare
| herdsman
|bookbinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsskötare
|bokförare
| stockman
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsvaktare
|bokhandlare
| herdsman
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| boställshavare
|bokhållare
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| bouppteckningsman
|bokhäftare
| person who inventories (1889)
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| boutredningsman
|bokmakare
| administrator
|book wright, book maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| brandmästare
|bonde
| fire warden
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| braständare
|bondedräng
| fire lighter
|farm hand
|  
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| brevbärare
|bondeflicka
| letter carrier, postman
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevdragare
|bondepiga
| see brevbärare
|peasant's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevskrivare
|borgare
| letter writer
|citizen, burgher
|  
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| brevställare
|borgmästare
| see brevskrivare
|mayor
|  
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| brobyggare
|borrare
| bridge builder
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|  
|
|-
|-
| broderare
|borrmakare
| embroiderer
|bit forger
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| broläggare
|borrsmed
| bridge builder, paver
|bit smith
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bromästare
|boskapshandlare
| bridge master
|dealer of livestock
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsarbetare
|boskapsherde
| worker in bronze
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsgjutare
|boskapsskötare
| bronze founder, brazier
|stockman
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsdomare
|boskapsvaktare
| judge criminal
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsnoterie
|boställshavare
| crown clerk
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovaktare
|bouppteckningsman
| guard of a bridge
|person who inventories (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovindare
|boutredningsman
| bridge driver
|administrator
|  
|
|-
|-
| brukare
|brandmästare
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|fire warden
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksarbetare
|braständare
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|fire lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksegare
|brevbärare
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|letter carrier, postman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bryggare
|brevdragare
| brewer
|see brevbärare
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännmästare
|brevskrivare
| master distiller
|letter writer
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännvinsbrännare
|brevställare
| brandy distiller
|see brevskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| buntmakare
|brobyggare
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|bridge builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| byfogde
|broderare
| hamlet bailiff
|embroiderer
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggare, byggkarl
|broläggare
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|bridge builder, paver
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|bromästare
| master builder, contractor
|bridge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bykerska
|bronsarbetare
| washerwoman
|worker in bronze
|  
|
|-
|-
| byskomakare
|bronsgjutare
| village shoemaker
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bågflytt
|brottmålsdomare
| archer, bowman
|judge criminal
|  
|
|-
|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|brottmålsnoterie
| (military) seaman, sailor
|crown clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| bälgmakare
|brovaktare
| bellows-maker
|guard of a bridge
|  
|
|-
|-
| bödel
|brovindare
| executioner
|bridge driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bösseskytt
|brukare
| (military)  
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bössmed
|bruksarbetare
| gunsmith
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| cantor
|bruksegare
| (latin)
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
| see klockare
|
|-
|-
| commissarius
|bryggare
| (latin)
|brewer
|  
|
|-
|-
| curatus
|brännmästare
|  
|master distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| custod
|brännvinsbrännare
| (latin)
|brandy distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| d., dr.
|buntmakare
| abbreviation for dräng
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
|
|-
|-
| dagkarl, daglönare
|byfogde
| day laborer
|hamlet bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| danneman
|byggare, byggkarl
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| degn
|byggmästare
| assistant to the priest
|master builder, contractor
| 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
|bykerska
| maidservant, milkmaid
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| demoiselle
|byskomakare
| Miss
|village shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| d.g.
|bågflytt
|  
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|-
|-
| domare
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| judge
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| domesticus
|bälgmakare
| (latin)
|bellows-maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| domestik
|bödel
| (latin)
|executioner
|  
|
|-
|-
| domherre
|bösseskytt
| (latin)  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| domprost
|bössmed
| see prestman
|gunsmith
|  
|
|-
|-
| dompräst
|cantor
|  
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|-
|-
| dr.
|curatus
| abbreviation for dräng
|(latin)
|  
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| drabant, dravant
|custod
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| dragon
|d., dr.
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| dräng, dr.
|dagkarl, daglönare
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|day laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| däga
|danneman
| see deja
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantagent
|degn
| emigrant agent
|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.)
|-
|-
| emigrantvärvare
|deja, dejpiga
| emigrant agent
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| extra roteringsmän
|demoiselle
|  
|Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|d.g.
| factory worker
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| famnmätare
|disponent
| corder of wood
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| fanjunkare
|domare
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburshustru
|domesticus
| wife of a storekeeper
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|-
|-
| fatburssven
|domprost
| storehouse apprentice
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|dr.
| pauper
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| filtare
|drabant, dravant
| felter
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|  
|
|-
|-
| finbagare
|dragon
| pastry cook
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiolmakare
|dräng, dr.
| violen maker
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskare
|däga
| fisherman
|see deja
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskarflicka
|emigrantagent
| fisher girl
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskargosse
|emigrantvärvare
| fisher boy
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskhandlare
|extra roteringsmän
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjerdingsman
|fabriksarbetare
| under bailiff of a härad
|factory worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjäderarbetare
|famnmätare
| feather maker
|corder of wood
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|fanjunkare
| see fjerdingsman
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| flickare
|fatburshustru
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| fogde
|fatburssven
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|storehouse apprentice
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|
|-
|-
| forbonde
|fattighjon
| carter, wagoner
|pauper
|  
|
|-
|-
| forman
|filtare
| see forbonde
|felter
|  
|
|-
|-
| formare
|finbagare
| moulder (1829)
|pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| friborgare
|fiolmakare
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|violen maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frihandlare
|fiskare
| free trader
|fisherman
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherre
|fiskarflicka
| baron
|fisher girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherrinna
|fiskargosse
| baroness
|fisher boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| fru
|fiskhandlare
| Mrs.
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälse
|fjerdingsman
| nobility
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsebonde
|fjäderarbetare
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsetorpare
|fjärdingsman
| see frälsebonde
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fröken
|flickare
| lady, honorable Miss
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrvaktare
|fogde
| lighthouse man
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
| fyrverkare
|forbonde
| (military) fire worker
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fågelfängare
|forman
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|see forbonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårherde
|formare
| sheep tender, shepherd
|moulder (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårklippare
|friborgare
| sheep shearer
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fädräng
|frihandlare
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|free trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäflicka
|friherre
| female herder, working with cattle
|baron
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäktmästare
|friherrinna
| fencing master, master swordsman
|baroness
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältbagare
|fru
| army baker
|Mrs.
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|frälse
| hunter (1829)
|nobility
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältpredikant
|frälsebonde
| army chaplin
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältskär
|frälsetorpare
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|fröken
| (military) sergeant major
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|fyrvaktare
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|lighthouse man
| also seen as fändrik
|
|-
|-
| färgare
|fyrverkare
| dyer, stainer
|(military) fire worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| färgaregesäll
|fågelfängare
| journeyman dyer
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
|
|-
|-
| färikarl
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| ferryman (1829)
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
|
|-
|-
| färsing
|fårherde
| weaver, common weaver
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|fårklippare
| a tenant farmer
|sheep shearer
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|
|-
|-
| förare
|fädräng
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|male herdsman, working with cattle
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|
|-
|-
| föreståndare
|fäflicka
| manager
|female herder, working with cattle
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|
|-
|-
| förpantare
|fäktmästare
| mortgager,  
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|fältbagare
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|army baker
| also means defenseless
|
|-
|-
| garnhandlare
|fältjägare
| dealer in wools
|army ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|fältpredikant
| soldier in garrison duty
| army chaplain
|  
|
|-
|-
| garvare
|fältskär
| tanner (1829)
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| gaständare
|fältväbel
| gas lighter
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|fänrik
| commanding general of a district
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|färgare
| lieutenant general
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|-
|-
| gesäll
|färgaregesäll
| journeyman  
|journeyman dyer
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|färikarl
| caster, founder, moulder
|ferryman (1829)
| works at a foundry
|
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|färsing
| glass worker
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasblåsare
|fästebonde
| glassblower
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|förare
| glassmaker
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
| glashandlare
|föreståndare
| glassman
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|förpaktare
| glassmaker
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| glasmålare
|förpantare
| glass painter
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|försvarslös
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|  
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|garnhandlare
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|dealer in wools
|  
|
|-
|-
| glättare
|garnisonssoldat
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|soldier in garrison duty
|  
|
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|garvare
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| grosshandlare
|gaständare
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|gas lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvarbetare
|generalbefälhavare
| miner
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvbrytare
|generallöjtnant
| miner
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvförvaltare
|gesäll
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|journeyman
|  
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| gruvkarl
|gjutare
| see gruvarbetare
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| grönsakshandlare
|glasarbetare
| green grocer
|glass worker
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|
|-
|-
| gs.
|glasblåsare
|  
|glassblower
| abbreviation for gesäll
|
|-
|-
| guldarbetare
|glasfabrikant
| goldsmith (1829)
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|glashandlare
| goldsmith (1829)
|glassman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsbrukare
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| farmer
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsdräng
|glasmålare
| see dräng
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|glasslipare
| see befallningsman
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|glasögonmakare
| innkeeper
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|glättare
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarmästare
|gratialist
| forge master
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|grenadjär
| forger, hammerman
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogde
|grosshandlare
| overseer of a port
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnkapten
|gruvarbetare
| harbor master
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsidkare
|gruvbrytare
| trader, merchandiser
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|gruvförvaltare
| merchant, trader
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
|
|-
|-
| handhavare
|gruvkarl
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|grönsakshandlare
| glove maker, glover
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|gs.
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| hantverksgesäll
|guldarbetare
| journeyman artisian
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|guldsmed
| hatmaker
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| hejdriddare
|gårdsbrukare
| ranger
|farmer
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|
|-
|-
| hemmansegare
|gårdsdräng
| farm owner
|see dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|gårdsfogde
| farmer
|see befallningsman
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|gästgivare
| farmer, homeowner
|innkeeper
| same as jordegare
|
|-
|-
| herrgårdstjenst
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| service at a manor
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjon
|hammarmästare
| person (1829, 1889)
|forge master
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|hammarsmed
| wheelwright, wheeler
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|hamnfogde
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|overseer of a port
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphjon
|hamnkapten
| extra hand or helper
|harbor master
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|handelsidkare
| helping woman,  
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbagare (1829)
|handelsman
| the kings baker
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovdam (1829)
|handhavare
| lady of the court
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbetjent (1829)
|handskmakare
| officer of the court
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovjunkare (1829)
|hantverkare
| servant to the king
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|
|-
|-
| hovkansler
|hantverksgesäll
| court chancellor
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovman (1829)
|hattmakare
| courtier
|hatmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hudafdragare (1889)
|hejdriddare
| skinner, flayer
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| husbonde (1829)
|hembiträde
| master of a family or house
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| husdräng (1829)
|hemmansegare
| man servant in a house
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfader
|hemmansbrukare
| head of household, father
|farmer
|
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| husflicka
|hemmansägare
| girl servant in a house
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| husfolk
|herrgårdstjenst
| farmers, farm people
|service at a manor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hushållare
|hjon
| housekeeper
|person (1829, 1889)
|  
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| husjungfru (1829)
|hjulmakare
| see hushållerska
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|hjulmakardräng
| housekeeper
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| husman
|hjälphjon
| tenant farmer
|extra hand or helper
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|
|-
|-
| husmoder
|hjälphustru
| housewife, mistress of a family
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspiga
|hovbagare (1829)
| housemaid
|the kings baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|hovdam (1829)
| private chaplain, house preacher
|lady of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustjänare
|hovbetjent (1829)
| house servant, domestic
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustru
|hovjunkare (1829)
| wife, mistress of a family
|servant to the king
|  
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| hyttarbetare
|hovkansler
| smelter, works at a foundry
|court chancellor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl
|hovman (1829)
| hostler
|courtier
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|hudafdragare (1889)
| hair worker
|skinner, flayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsbokhållare
|husbonde (1829)
| see häradsskrivare
|master of a family or house
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|husdräng (1829)
| senior jurate
|man servant in a house
| the oldest of the jury
|
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|husfader
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|husflicka
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|husfolk
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|farmers, farm people
|  
|
|-
|-
| hövitsman
|hushållare
| captain
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| infanterist
|husjungfru (1829)
| foot soldier
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyses
|husmamsell
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyseshjon
|husman
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|tenant farmer
|
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| inspektor
|husmoder
| inspector
|housewife, mistress of a family
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|
|-
|-
| inspektör
|huspiga
| inspector
|housemaid
| superior, superintendent
|
|-
|-
| ishandlare
|huspredikant
| ice man, dealer of ice
|private chaplain, house preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| jagare
|hustjänare
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|-
|-
| jodgumma (1829)
|hustru
| midwife
|wife, mistress of a family
| see barnmorska
|
|-
|-
| jordbrukare
|hyttarbetare
| husbandman (1829)
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordegare
|hållkarl
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|hostler
|  
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| jordegumma
|hårarbetare
| midwife (1889)
|hair worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| jungfru
|häradsbokhållare
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|see häradsskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| junker
|häradsdomare
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| jurist
|häradsfogde
| lawyer
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieborgmästare
|häradshövding
| recorder
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieminister
|häradsskrivare
| minster of justice
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| justitiestatsminister
|hövitsman
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| juvelerare
|infanterist
| jeweller
|foot soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägare
|inhyses
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägeribetjent
|inhyseshjon
| gamekeeper
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|inspektor
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|inspector
|
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| järnhandlare
|inspektör
| dealer of iron
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| järnvägsarbetare
|ishandlare
| worker on a railway
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägsbetjening
|jagare
| service on a railway line
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kakelungsmakare
|jodgumma (1829)
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|midwife
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|jordbrukare
| bedchamber woman
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|jordegare
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|landowner, landholder, landlord
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjungfru
|jordegumma
| see kammarpiga
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|jungfru
| rat hunter
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarpiga
|junker
| lady's maid
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|jurist
| clerk in a government office
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kamrerare
|justitieborgmästare
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|recorder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|justitieminister
| cannon founder
|minster of justice
| founder who makes cannons
|
|-
|-
| kapellmästare
|justitiestatsminister
| chapel master
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapellpredikant
|juvelerare
| preacher at a chapel
|jeweller
| see kaplan
|
|-
|-
| kaplan, kapellan
|jägare
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapten
|jägeribetjent
| (military) captain
|gamekeeper
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|jägmästare
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|järnhandlare
| (military) cavalryman
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjemakare
|järnvägsarbetare
| chain maker
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|-
|-
| kistmakare
|järnvägsbetjening
| box maker
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|kakelungsmakare
| tinker
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| kittelslagare
|kammarfru
| kettle maker
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| klampare
|kammarjunkare
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|
|-
|-
| klensmed
|kammarjungfru
| locksmith, toolmaker
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.
|kammarjägare
| parish clerk
|rat hunter
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|
|-
|-
| klockgjutare
|kammarpiga
| bell founder
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| klr.
|kammarskrivare
|  
|clerk in a government office
| abbreviation for klockare
|
|-
|-
| kn.
|kamrerare
|  
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| klädesfärgare
|kanongjutare
| cloth dyer
|cannon founder
|  
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| klädeshandlare
|kapellmästare
| cloth merchant
|chapel master
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädesvävare
|kapellpredikant
| cloth weaver
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| klädsömmerska
|kaplan, kapellan
| dressmaker
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|-
|-
| knalle
|kapten
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|(military) captain
|  
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| knappmakare
|karduansmakare
| button maker
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|  
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| knekt
|kavallerist
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifvässare
|kedjemakare
| knife sharpener, cutler
|chain maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifsmed
|kistmakare
| cutler
|box maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knipare
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| nipper
|tinker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplare
|kittelslagare
| male lace maker  
|kettle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplerska
|klampare
| female lace 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.
|-
|-
| koarrendator
|klensmed
| see mjölkarrendator
|locksmith, toolmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|klockare, klr.
| merchant marine
|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.
|-
|-
| kofferdimatros
|klockgjutare
| merchant seaman
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| koffertsnickare
|klr.
| trunk maker
|
|  
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| kokerska
|kn.
| female cook, cook maid
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| kogubbe
|klädesfärgare
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolarbetare
|klädeshandlare
| collier
|cloth merchant
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|klädesvävare
| coal man, charcoal burner
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolbonde
|klädsömmerska
| coal carter
|dressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolhandlare
|knalle
| coal merchant
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|-
|-
| komminister
|knappmakare
| perpetual curate
|button maker
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|
|-
|-
| kommissarie
|knekt
| commissioner
|(military) soldier, man at arms
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|
|-
|-
| konduktor
|knifvässare
| conductor, guard with the railways
|knife sharpener, cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| konduktör
|knifsmed
| sergeant
|cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| konstapel
|knipare
| (police) constable
|nipper
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|
|-
|-
| konstnär
|knypplare
| artist
|male lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontorskrivare
|knypplerska
| clerk
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontraktsprost
|koarrendator
| rural dean
|see mjölkarrendator
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|kofferdi
| coppersmith
|merchant marine
|  
|
|-
|-
| koppartryckare
|kofferdikapten
| copper plate printer
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgarbetare
|kofferdimatros
| basket worker, wicker
|merchant seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgflätare
|koffertsnickare
| basket maker  
|trunk maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| korherre
|kokerska
| canon
|female cook, cook maid
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|
|-
|-
| korpral
|kogubbe
| (military) corporal
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kovaktare
|kolarbetare
| cow keeper
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| kreaturshandlare
|kolare
| see boskapshandlare
|coal man, charcoal burner
|  
|
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|kolbonde
|  
|coal carter
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|
|-
|-
| krigsman
|kolhandlare
| soldier
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronoarrendator
|komminister
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|kommissarie
| see länsman
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|konduktor
| police
|conductor, guard with the railways
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|konduktör
| crown peasant
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|konstapel
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| kronojägare
|konstnär
| ranger
|artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kontorskrivare
| see länsman
|clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|kontraktsprost
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|rural dean
|  
|
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|kopparslagare
| potter
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| kryddkrämare
|koppartryckare
| grocer, storekeeper
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| krögare
|korgarbetare
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kurir
|korgflätare
| courier
|basket maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|korherre
| coachman
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| kvarnarrendator
|korpral
| renter of a mill
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnbyggare
|kovaktare
| mill wright
|cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarndräng
|kreaturshandlare
| mill hand
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnegare
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| mill owner
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor
|krigsman
| mill toll inspector
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare
|kronoarrendator
| wine cooper, cooper
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjänare
|kronobefallningsman
| churchman, clergyman
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoföreståndare
|kronobetjäning
| churchwarden
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|kronobonde
| rector, parson, parish minister
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|kronofogde
| church guard, sexton
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd
|kronojägare
| churchwarden
|ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| käpphandlare
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| cane seller, caneman
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökbetjäning
|kronouppbördsman
| kitchen staff
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökspiga
|krukmakare
| kitchen maid
|potter
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpman
|kryddkrämare
| merchant
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| körsnär
|krögare
| fur merchant, furrier
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
| see buntmakare
|
|-
|-
| kötthandlare
|kurir
| meat salesman, butcher
|courier
|  
|
|-
|-
| köttmånglare
|kusk, kutsk
| see kötthandlare
|coachman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdsidkare
|kustuppsyningsman
| dairyman
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdspiga
|kvarnarrendator
| dairymaid
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|-
|-
| laggare
|kvarnbyggare
| hooper
|mill wright
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|
|-
|-
| lagkarl
|kvarndräng
| lawyer
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| landbo
|kvarnegare
| person living in the country
|mill owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| landshövding
|kvarntullsinspektor
| lord lieutenant
|mill toll inspector
| see befallningshavande
|
|-
|-
| landsknekt
|kypare
| (military) landsquenet
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| landskontorist
|kyrkobetjänare
| clerk in receivers office
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|kyrkoföreståndare
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| landstrykare
|kyrkoherde
| vagrant, tramp
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsvägsriddare
|kyrkovaktare
| knight of the road
|church guard, sexton
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|
|-
|-
| landtbo
|kyrkvärd
| countryman, person from the country
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbrukare
|käpphandlare
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|cane seller, caneman
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksbokhållare
|kökbetjäning
| under steward
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksinspektor
|kökspiga
| land steward
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtflicka
|köpman
| country girl
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthandlare
|körsnär
| country shopkeeper
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| landthushållare
|kötthandlare
| husbandman
|meat salesman, butcher
| see also jordbrukare
|
|-
|-
| landtjunkare
|köttmånglare
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappare
|lackerare
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappbonde
|ladugårdsidkare
| Lapp peasant
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskarvare
|ladugårdspiga
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|laggare
| patch tailor, botcher
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| lastningsbokhållare
|lagkarl
| shipping clerk
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| legoknekt
|landbo
| (military) mercenary
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| likörare
|landshövding
| hearse driver
|lord lieutenant
|  
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| liktarskeppare
|landsknekt
| lighterman, bargeman
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| limkokare
|landskontorist
| glue boiler
|clerk in receivers office
|  
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|-
| linberedare
|landsman
| flax dresser
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
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|-
| linhandlare
|landstrykare
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|vagrant, tramp
|  
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|-
| linhäcklare
|landsvägsriddare
| flax dresser
|knight of the road
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| livdrabant
|landtbo
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
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|-
| livdragon
|landtbrukare
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|farmer, gentleman farmer
|  
|
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|-
| livgrenadjär
|landtbruksbokhållare
| (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
|under steward
|  
|
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|-
| livhussar
|landtbruksinspektor
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| ljusfabrikör
|landtflicka
| candlemaker
|country girl
|  
|
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|-
| logarvare
|landthandlare
| tanner
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
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|-
| lokomotivförare
|landthushållare
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
| lots
|landtjunkare
| sea pilot
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumphandlare
|lantmätare
| rag dealer
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
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|-
| lumpsamlare
|lappare
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
|
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|-
| lånförmedlare
|lappbonde
| negotiator of loans, broker
|Lapp peasant
|  
|
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|-
| läkare
|lappskarvare
| doctor
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| healer, curer, physician
|
|-
|-
| länsbokhållare
|lappskräddare
| sheriff clerk
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsinnehavare
|lastningsbokhållare
| tenant of a feud
|shipping clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|legoknekt
| sheriff
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
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|-
| länsåklagare
|likörare
| county prosecutor
|hearse driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärare
|liktarskeppare
| teacher
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärling
|limkokare
| apprentice
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|linberedare
| lieutenant
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|linhandlare
| vagrant
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|-
|-
| madam
|linhäcklare
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|linvävare
| mattressmaker
|linen weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinbokhållare
|livdrabant
| warehouse clerk
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinsförvaltare
|livdragon
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratsperson
|livgrenadjär
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratssekreterare
|livhussar
| town clerk
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| major
|ljusfabrikör
| (military) army major
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| majorska
|logarvare
| wife of a major
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| malmbrytare
|lokomotivförare
| mine digger, miner
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| malthandlare
|lots
| dealer in malt, maltman
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| mamsell
|lumphandlare
| miss
|rag dealer
| comparable to fröken
|
|-
|-
| mantalskommissarie
|lumpsamlare
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| manufakturhandlare
|lånförmedlare
| haberdasher
|negotiator of loans, broker
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|
|-
|-
| marketentare
|läkare
| sutler
|doctor
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| marketenterska
|länsbokhållare
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| marmorarbetare
|länsinnehavare
| marble cutter
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinarbetare
|länsman
| mechanic, machinist
|sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinist
|länsåklagare
| machinist
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| masmästare
|lärare
| smelting master
|teacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| materialförvaltare
|lärling
| store keeper
|apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| matlagerska
|löjtnant
| female cook
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| matmoder
|lösdrivare
| housewife, mistress of a house
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| matros
|madam
| sailor, seaman
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|-
|-
| mattbindare
|madrassmakare
| mat maker, straw platter
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| matvaruhandlare
|magasinbokhållare
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| mejerska
|magasinsförvaltare
| dairy maid
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingsslagare
|magistratsperson
| brass smith, brazier
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingssmed
|magistratssekreterare
| brass smith
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallarbetare
|major
| metal worker
|(military) army major
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallgjutare
|majorska
| brass founder, brazier
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| mildsoldat
|malmbrytare
| militiaman
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| mineralgrävare
|malthandlare
| miner
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| minister
|mamsell
| government minister
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| minuthandlare
|mantalskommissarie
| retailer
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| minör
|manufakturhandlare
| miner (1889)
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| mjölhandlare
|marketentare
| flour merchant
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| mjölkarrendator
|marketenterska
| tenant dairy farmer
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljare
|marmorarbetare
| milkman
|marble cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljerska
|maskinarbetare
| milkwoman
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkhustru
|maskinist
| milkwoman
|machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkpiga
|masmästare
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|smelting master
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjöldräng
|materialförvaltare
| miller's man
|store keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|matlagerska
| miller
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnarhustru
|matmoder
| millers wife
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnerska
|matros
| miller woman
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| modehandlare
|mattbindare
| dealer in fancy goods
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| modesömmerska
|matvaruhandlare
| milliner (1889)
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| modist
|mejerska
| milliner
|dairy maid
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| murare
|messingsslagare
| mason
|brass smith, brazier
| bricklayer, stone mason
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| muraregesäll
|messingssmed
| journeyman mason
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| murarelärling
|metallarbetare
| masons apprentice
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| murarmästare
|metallgjutare
| master mason
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| mureriarbetare
|mildsoldat
| bricklayer
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| murerihandtlangare
|mineralgrävare
| hodman
|miner
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|
|-
|-
| musketerare
|minister
| musketeer
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| målare
|minuthandlare
| painter, artist
|retailer
|  
|
|-
|-
| målargesäll
|minör
| journeyman painter
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| målarmästare
|mjölhandlare
| master painter
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mångelska
|mjölkarrendator
| market woman
|tenant dairy farmer
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|
|-
|-
| månglare
|mjölkförsäljare
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mältare
|mjölkförsäljerska
| maltman, maltster
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|mjölkhustru
| master
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästergesäll
|mjölkpiga
| master journeyman
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelhandlare
|mjöldräng
| dealer in furniture
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelmakare
|mjölnare
| cabinet maker
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelsnickare
|mjölnarhustru
| cabinet maker
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|mjölnerska
| (military) muster master
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|modehandlare
| (military) muster clerk
|dealer in fancy goods
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|
|-
|-
| mössmakare
|modesömmerska
| cap maker
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| nattman
|modist
| night man
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| nattväktare
|murare
| night watchman
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| nipphandlerska
|muraregesäll
| dealer in fancy articles
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|murarelärling
| settler
|masons apprentice
| or colonizer
|
|-
|-
| nålmakare
|murarmästare
| needle maker
|master mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|mureriarbetare
| juror
|bricklayer
| kind of juryman
|
|-
|-
| näringsidkare
|murerihandtlangare
| tradesman
|hodman
|  
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| nätbindare
|musketerare
| net maker
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| officer
|målare
| officer
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|målargesäll
| oculist
|journeyman painter
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|
|-
|-
| ombudsman
|målarmästare
| attorney, proctor
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| opperstyrman
|månads karl
| captain's mate
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|månglerska
| organist
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| orgelbyggare
|månglare
| organ builder
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelnist
|mältare
| organist
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelspelare
|mästare
| organ player
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|mästergesäll
| organ blower
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| osthandlare
|möbelhandlare
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| ostronhandlare
|möbelmakare
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxhandlare
|möbelsnickare
| cattle dealer
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxslagtare
|mölnare (1829)
| beef butcher
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|mönsterherre
| pack officer
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|mönsterskrivare
| packer
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| pansarsmed
|mössmakare
| armourer
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantaregare
|nattman
| owner of a pawn
|night man
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantgivare
|nattvaktare
| mortgager
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| papparbetare
|nipperhandlare
| paste board worker
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersfabrikör
|nipphandlerska
| paper maker
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappershandlare
|nybyggare
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| pappersskärare
|nålmakare
| paper cutter
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappmakare
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| cardboard
|juror
|  
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| parfymfabrikant
|näringsidkare
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymhandlare
|nätbindare
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|net maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastor
|officer
| parish minister, pastor
|officer
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|okulist
| (latin) parish priest
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|ombudsman
| stipendiary curate
|attorney, proctor
| clergyman receiving pay
|
|-
|-
| pelshandlare
|opperstyrman
| furrier
|captain's mate
|  
|
|-
|-
| pensionsföreståndare
|organist
| master of a boarding school
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| perukmakare
|orgelbyggare
| wig maker
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.
|orgelnist
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|organist
| parish priest
|
|-
|-
| piga
|orgelspelare
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipare
|orgeltrampare
| piper
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipsmed
|osthandlare
| see bössmed
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| piskmakare
|ostronhandlare
| whip makeer
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| plogsmed
|oxhandlare
| plough wright
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| plymmakare
|oxslagtare
| feather maker
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| plåtslagare
|packhusinspektor
| black smith, worker in sheet iron
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| porterbryggare
|packhuskarl
| brewer of dark ale
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|pansarsmed
| mail driver
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|pantaregare
| postmaster
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|pantgivare
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|papparbetare
| employer, master
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| profoss
|pappersfabrikör
| flogmaster (military)
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|pappershandlare
| dean
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|pappersskärare
| district physician, country doctor
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|pappmakare
| minister
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|parfymfabrikant
| pouch maker  
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|parfymhandlare
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|perfumer, perfume dealer
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|parmmätare
| (military)
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|pastor
| (military)
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| repslagare
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| rope maker
|(latin) parish priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|pastorsadjunkt
| itinerant, or migratory people
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| resepredikant
|pelshandlare
| itinerant preacher
|furrier
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|pennberedare
| knight
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridlärare
|pensionsföreståndare
| riding master  
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| roddare
|perukmakare
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| rorgängare
|p. et. P.
| helmsman, steersman
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|-
|-
| roteman
|piga
| assistant overseer
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|<br>
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|pipare
| see rotmästare
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|pipsmed
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotmästare
|piskmakare
| (military) leader
|whip makeer
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|plogsmed
| owner of land which is obligated to provide for soldiers
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttare
|plymmakare
| (military) cavalryman
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|plåtslagare
| captain of a cavalry
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| rådman
|porterbryggare
| councilman
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| rättare
|possessionat
| overseer (1829)
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|postförare
| (latin)
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| sadelmakare
|postmästare
| master saddler
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| salthandlare
|predikant
| dealer of salt, saltman
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|prest
| person who measures salt
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| satinvävare
|principal
| satin weaver
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|profoss
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|prost
| sail maker
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|provinsialläkare
| sail maker
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare
|präst
| cord maker
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|pungmakare
| sergeant
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| silkhandlare
|rackare
| silk merchant
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| sillpackare
|reesig
| herring packer
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|regementsknekt
| sailor, seaman
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|repslagare
| executioner, hangman
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|resandefolk
| (military) sharpshooter
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|resepredikant
|  
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| skatteindrivare
|riddare
| tax collector
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppare
|ridlärare
| skipper
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsbyggmästare
|roddare
| master ship builder
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|rorgängare
| ship boy
|helmsman, steersman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoarbetare
|roteman
| shoe maker
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| skogshuggare
|rotemästare
| wood cutter, lumberer
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|rotesoldat
| forester
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare
|rotmästare
| schoolteacher
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| skomakare
|ruggare
| shoemaker
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaregesäll
|rusthållare
| journeyman shoemaker
|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
|-
|-
| skomakaremästare
|ryttare
| master shoemaker
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråmästare
|ryttmästare
| master of a guild
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|rådbisittare
| tailor
|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.
|-
|-
| skräddaregesäll
|rådman
| journeyman tailor
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| skräddarelärling
|rättare
| tailor's apprentice
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| skulptör
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| sculptor
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| skutskeppare
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| skådespelare
|sadelmakare
| stage player, actor
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärslippare
|salthandlare
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skördeman
|saltmätare
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköterska
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| nurse
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| slaktare
|satinvävare
| meat cutter, butcher
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|saxmakare
|
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|segelmakare
|  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|segelsömmare
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsgesäll
|sejlare
| journeyman smith
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsmästare
|sergeant
| master smith
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| småkrämare
|sexmän
| dealer in small wares
|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.
|-
|-
| smältare
|silkhandlare
| smelter, melter, fuser
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältarsmed
|sillpackare
| shingler
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| smörhandlare
|sjöman
| butterman, butter merchant
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickare
|skarprättare
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickarmästare
|skarpskytt
| master jointer
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|skattebonde
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenpräst
|skatteindrivare
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|skeppare
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbagare
|skeppsbyggmästare
| confectioner, pastry cook
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbruksarbetare
|skeppsgosse
| sugar refiner (workman)
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| soldat
|skoarbetare
| soldier
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetshandlare
|skogshuggare
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetsknypplerska
|skogvaktare
| female lace maker
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|skollärare
| nailer, person who makes nails
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|skomakare
| spinner
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnerska
|skomakaregesäll
| female spinner, spinstress
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnhushjon
|skomakaremästare
| inmate of a house of correction
|master shoemaker
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|
|-
|-
| stadsfogde
|skråmästare
| town bailiff
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadskamrer
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| town clerk
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|skräddaregesäll
| physician to the town, town doctor
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| statare, statsdräng
|skräddarelärling
| see statkarl
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| statkarl
|skulptör
| farm hand
|sculptor
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|
|-
|-
| statman
|skutskeppare
| statesman
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| statsfru
|skådespelare
| lady of state
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenarbetare
|skärslippare
| stone worker
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|skördeman
| quarrier, quarryman
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|sköterska
| stonecutter
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenkolsarbetare
|slaktardräng
| collier
|butcher's man
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| strykerska
|slaktare
| laundress, ironing woman
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| strängmakare
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| string maker
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| gun founder
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|smed
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| see fanjunkare
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| styresman
|smedsgesäll
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| styrman
|smedsmästare
| (military) steersman
|master smith
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| stålarbetare
|småkrämare
| steel worker
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålsmed
|smältare
| steel smith
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålmångelska
|smältarsmed
| stall woman
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|smörhandlare
| (latin) shoemaker
|butterman, butter merchant
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svamphandlare
|snickare
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|snickarmästare
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| symamsell
|snörmakare
| seamstress
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|sockenpräst
| saw setter
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sämskmakare
|sockenskrivare
| see garvare
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| sättare
|sockerbagare
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| taktäckare
|sockerbruksarbetare
| roofer
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tandläkare
|soldat
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetserare
|speditör
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| tappare
|spetshandlare
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| tapster is another title for bartender
|
|-
|-
| tavernare
|spetsknypplerska
|  
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringsassistent
|spiksmed
|  
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringskommissarie
|spinnare
|  
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|spinnerska
| brickmaker, tiler
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|spinnhushjon
| brickmoulder, tiler
|inmate of a house of correction
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|stadsfogde
| tiler
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|stadskamrer
| beggar
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| tillsierska
|stadsläkare
|  
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|statare, statsdräng
| carpenter, builder
|see statkarl
|  
|
|-
|-
| tinghörer
|statkarl
|  
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|statman
|  
|statesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjuv
|statsfru
| thief
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|stenarbetare
| servant
|stone worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|stenbrytare
|  
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|stenhuggare
|  
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tolvman
|stenkolsarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|stickerska
|  
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|strykerska
| crofter, cottager
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tredjen, tredjer
|strängmakare
|  
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tremänningssoldat
|studerande
| (military)
|student
|  
|
|-
|-
| trumslagare
|styckgjutare
| drummer
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| tråggesäll
|styckjunkare
|  
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|styresman
| gardener
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|-
|-
| tröjekäring
|styrman
|  
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|stålarbetare
| barrelmaker
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnjunkare
|stålsmed
|  
|steel smith
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsgesäll
|stålmångelska
|  
|stall woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsmockare
|sutor
|  
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| ullmelerare
|svamphandlare
|  
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlagman
|svarvare
|  
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|svärdfejare
|  
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnmästare
|symamsell
|  
|seamstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| uppblåsare
|sågställare
|  
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| utbrukare
|sämskmakare
|  
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| utsittare
|sättare
|  
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagndrivare
|taktäckare
|  
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnkarl
|tandläkare
|  
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnman
|tapetserare
|  
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|tappare
| cartwright
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|tattare
| (military)  
|gipsy (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnsåkare
|taxeringsman
|  
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktare
|tegelformare
|  
|brick moulder
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|tegelbrännare
| caretaker
|brickmaker, tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| valackare
|tegelslagare
|  
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
| valkare
|tegeltäckare
|  
|tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|tehandlare
|  
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallsmed
|tenngjutare
|  
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
| vandringsarbete
|tiggare
|  
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsrättare
|timmerhuggare
|  
|timber cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vantmakare
|timmerman
|  
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| vasall
|tingsskrivare
|  
|copyist of court cases
|  
|
|-
|-
| verkgesäll
|tjuv
|  
|thief
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|tjänare
|  
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
| vice korpral
|tjänstehjon
|  
|servant, menial work
|  
|see tjänare
|-
|-
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|tobakshandlare
|  
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| vinman
|tobaksspinnare
|  
|tobacco spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| voltigör
|tolvman
|  
|se nämdeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|tornväktare
|  
|tower watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdskrivare
|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.
|-
|-
| väpnare
|tresserska
|  
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|trikotstickerska
| weaver
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|-
| vävlagare
|trummare
|  
|drummer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävpiga
|tryckare
|  
|printer, pressman
|  
|
|-
|-
| växlare
|trädgårdsmästare
|  
|gardener
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkare
|tullbetjänt
|  
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|tulltjänsteman
| profession, occupation
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| åbo
|tullvaktmästare
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|landing waiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|tunnbindare
|  
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|tunnelarbetare
|  
|tunneller
|  
|
|-
|-
| änglamakerska
|tvättare
|  
|male launderer, washerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärendesman
|tvätterska
|  
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärlingsman
|tvättgumma
|
|washerwoman
|  
|-
|-
| ödegårdsman
|tältmakare
|  
|tent maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| överman
|ullfärgare
|  
|wool dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| överståthållare
|ullhandlare
|  
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|-
|-
| 12man
|underlöjtnant
|  
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|underofficer
|non comissioned officer
|
|-
|underståtthållare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|-
|urmakare
|watch and clockmaker
|
|-
|vagnmakare
|cartwright, carriage maker
|
|-
|vagnmästare
|wagon master
|
|-
|vaktare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|
|-
|vallflicka
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|-
|valkare
|fuller, miller
|
|-
|vallhjon
|a person tending cattle in the field
|
|-
|vandrare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|-
|vapendragare
|squire, esquire
|
|-
|vedhuggare
|wood cutter
|
|-
|vice häradshövding
|see häradshövding
|
|-
|vicepastor
|curate
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|vinodlare
|wine grower
|
|-
|vårdarinna
|nurse
|
|-
|väglagare
|repairer of roads
|
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|
|-
|vävskedbindare
|weaver's comb binder
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|yllehandlare
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|-
|yrke
|occupation, profession
|
|-
|yrkesidkare
|trader
|
|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
|
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
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|ämbetsman
|government official, crown officer
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|överbefalhavare
|commander in chief
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|överkonstapel
|(military) corporal
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|överståthållare
|governor
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|ölbryggare
|beer brewer
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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


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


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