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