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| The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary such as the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]. (Or see "Additional Resources" below.) | | The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary such as the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]. (Or see "Additional Resources" below.) |
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| Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br> | | Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br> |
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| Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|Sweden Occupations]].<br> | | Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|'''Sweden Occupations''']]. |
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| | ! scope="col" |Swedish |
| | ! scope="col" |English |
| | |- |
| | |abbot |
| | |abbot |
| | |- |
| | |[[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|accismästare]] |
| | |customs officer |
| | |- |
| | |ackuschörska |
| | |a midwife |
| | |- |
| | |[[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|adelsbussar]] |
| | |(military) soldier of lower rank |
| | |- |
| | |adelsman |
| | |nobleman |
| | |- |
| | |adelssven |
| | |page (youth); a young nobleman who worked at a royal court |
| | |- |
| | |adjunctus sacri ministerii |
| | |(Latin) pastorsadjunkt; see adjunkt |
| | |- |
| | |adjunkt |
| | |(civil) teacher of 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt/pastoratsadjunkt |
| | |- |
| | |adlig |
| | |noble |
| | |- |
| | |administer, administra |
| | |(Latin) attendant, assistant |
| | |- |
| | |administrator |
| | |(Latin) administrator |
| | |- |
| | |adopterad |
| | |adopted |
| | |- |
| | |adress |
| | |address |
| | |- |
| | |adressbok |
| | |directory |
| | |- |
| | |advocat |
| | |lawyer, attorney |
| | |- |
| | |advocatus ecclesiae |
| | |(Latin) lawyer of the assembly |
| | |- |
| | |aedituus |
| | |(Latin) keeper of the sacristy, person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment |
| | |- |
| | |afton |
| | |evening |
| | |- |
| | |aftonsångspredikant |
| | |evening-service preacher |
| | |- |
| | |agent |
| | |agent, representative |
| | |- |
| | |aktor |
| | |accuser, impeacher, prosecutor |
| | |- |
| | |aktris |
| | |actress, female play actor, performer |
| | |- |
| | |akut luftrörsinflammation |
| | |Bronchitis |
| | |- |
| | |aktör |
| | |actor, male play actor, performer |
| | |- |
| | |aldrig |
| | |never |
| | |- |
| | |alla, allt |
| | |all |
| | |- |
| | |almsveda |
| | |shingles |
| | |- |
| | |alltid |
| | |always |
| | |- |
| | |allvarlig blodbrist |
| | |anemia |
| | |- |
| | |allmänningsbonde |
| | |common farmer, peasant, or man |
| | |- |
| | |allmäningskarl |
| | |common farmer, peasant, or man |
| | |- |
| | |ambarn |
| | |nursing child |
| | |- |
| | |amiral |
| | |admiral (military) |
| | |- |
| | |ammande kvinna |
| | |nursing mother |
| | |- |
| | |anasarcha |
| | |anasarca (a form of edema) |
| | |- |
| | |andra |
| | |second, others |
| | |- |
| | |andfåddhet |
| | |respiratory distress |
| | |- |
| | |andnöd |
| | |respiratory distress |
| | |- |
| | |andtäppa |
| | |shortness of breath, asthma |
| | |- |
| | |anemi |
| | |anemia |
| | |- |
| | |anfall |
| | |seizure(s) |
| | |- |
| | |anförare |
| | |leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788) |
| | |- |
| | |angivare |
| | |informer (1788) |
| | |- |
| | |angiven |
| | |given, stated |
| | |- |
| | |anklagare |
| | |accuser, impeacher (1788) |
| | |- |
| | |ankom |
| | |came, arrived |
| | |- |
| | |anmärkningar |
| | |remarks, annotations |
| | |- |
| | |annan |
| | |other |
| | |- |
| | |ansättare |
| | |(military) rammer, service position with ramrods |
| | |- |
| | |antavla |
| | |pedigree chart |
| | |- |
| | |anteckning |
| | |note, annotation, remark |
| | |- |
| | |apostem |
| | |swelling, boils, or growths of some sort |
| | |- |
| | |apotekare |
| | |pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist |
| | |- |
| | |april |
| | |April |
| | |- |
| | |arbetare |
| | |worker, laborer |
| | |- |
| | |arbetskarl, arbk. |
| | |male worker, workman, laborer |
| | |- |
| | |arbetsman |
| | |male worker, workman, laborer |
| | |- |
| | |arjeplogsjukan |
| | |porphyria |
| | |- |
| | |arkebusier |
| | |(military) member of firing squad |
| | |- |
| | |arkebusera |
| | |to shoot by order of the court |
| | |- |
| | |arkibiskop |
| | |(1788) archbishop, |modern Swedish ärkebiskop |
| | |- |
| | |arkiv |
| | |archive |
| | |- |
| | |arklimästare |
| | |(military) gunner, |gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829) |
| | |- |
| | |aromatisk värk |
| | |rheumatism |
| | |- |
| | |[[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|arrendator]] |
| | |tenant farmer, leaseholder |
| | |- |
| | |artillerist |
| | |(military) man of the artillery |
| | |- |
| | |artillerikonstapel |
| | |(military) bombardier |
| | |- |
| | |arton (artonde) |
| | |eighteen (eighteenth) |
| | |- |
| | |- |
| | |arv |
| | |inheritance |
| | |- |
| | |arvinge |
| | |heir |
| | |- |
| | |arvskifte |
| | |distribution of an inherited estate |
| | |- |
| | |arvsot |
| | |hereditary illness |
| | |- |
| | |asiatiska influenzan |
| | |asian flu |
| | |- |
| | |assessor |
| | |assessor |
| | |- |
| | |assuradör |
| | |insurer, underwriter |
| | |- |
| | |aterom |
| | |atheroma |
| | |- |
| | |att |
| | |that (for example: know that he died) |
| | |- |
| | |attest |
| | |certificate |
| | |- |
| | |augusti |
| | |August |
| | |- |
| | |augustifeber |
| | |malaria |
| | |- |
| | |auktionist, auktionskommissarie |
| | |auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale |
| | |- |
| | |auktor, autor |
| | |author, penman, writer (1829) |
| |- | | |- |
| ! scope="col" | Swedish
| | |av |
| ! scope="col" | English
| | |of |
| |- | | |- |
| | adelsman | | |avgift |
| | nobleman | | |fee |
| |- | | |- |
| | arton(de) | | |avgång |
| | eighteen (eighteenth) | | |departure |
| |- | | |- |
| | adlig | | |avgått |
| | noble | | |moved |
| |- | | |- |
| | adopterad | | |avgått med döden |
| | adopted | | |died (departed through death) |
| |- | | |- |
| | adress | | |avig börd |
| | address | | |birthing complications |
| |- | | |- |
| | adressbok | | |avliden |
| | directory | | |deceased, death |
| |- | | |- |
| | afton | | |avisskrivare |
| | evening | | |newswriter, gazetteer |
| |- | | |- |
| | aldrig | | |avskedad |
| | never | | |discharged, resigned |
| |- | | |- |
| | alla, allt | | |avskedad soldat |
| | all | | |discharged, resigned soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | alltid | | |avskrivare (1788) |
| | always | | |transcriber, copier |
| |- | | |- |
| | ambarn | | |avlsag |
| | nursing child | | |postpartum infection |
| |- | | |- |
| | andra | | |avsomna |
| | second, others | | |die, death |
| |- | | |- |
| | andtäppa | | |avvittring |
| | shortness of breath, asthma | | |assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage |
| |- | | |- |
| | anfall | | |axplockare |
| | seizure(s) | | |gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering |
| |- | | |- |
| | angiven | | |backe |
| | given, stated | | |hill |
| |- | | |- |
| | ankom | | |backstuguhjon |
| | came, arrived | | |cottager (1788); see backstugusittare |
| |- | | |- |
| | anmärkningar | | |[[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|backstugusittare]] |
| | remarks, annotations | | |cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller |
| |- | | |- |
| | annan | | |badare |
| | other | | |keeper of a bath house (1788) |
| |- | | |- |
| | antavla | | |badaremästare |
| | pedigree chart | | |barber surgeon |
| |- | | |- |
| | anteckning | | |badmästare |
| | note, annotation, remark | | |bath-keeper (1889) |
| |- | | |- |
| | april | | |bagare |
| | April | | |baker |
| |- | | |- |
| | arbetare | | |bagaregesäll |
| | worker, laborer | | |baker's man |
| |- | | |- |
| | arkiv | | |bagarelärling |
| | archive | | |baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper |
| |- | | |- |
| | arrendator | | |bagaremästare |
| | tenant farmer, leaseholder | | |master baker |
| |- | | |- |
| | arton | | |bakom |
| | eighteen | | |behind |
| |- | | |- |
| | arv | | |baneman |
| | inheritance | | |slayer |
| |- | | |- |
| | arvinge | | |banérförare |
| | heir | | |(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer |
| |- | | |- |
| | arvskifte | | |banérherre |
| | distribution of an inherited estate | | |(military) banneret |
| |- | | |- |
| | att | | |banér-riddare |
| | that (for example: know that he died) | | |(military) knight banneret |
| |- | | |- |
| | attest | | |baneslag |
| | certificate | | |death blow, mortal stroke |
| |- | | |- |
| | augusti | | |banesår |
| | August | | |death wound, mortal wound |
| |- | | |- |
| | av | | |bankvaktmästare |
| | of | | |porter, messenger at a bank |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgift | | |banmästare |
| | fee | | |overseer of a railway line |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgång | | |bankvaktmästare |
| | departure | | |porter, messenger at a bank |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgått | | |banmästare |
| | moved | | |overseer of a railway line |
| |- | | |- |
| | avgått med döden | | |bann |
| | died (departed through death) | | |excommunication |
| |- | | |- |
| | avliden | | |banna |
| | deceased, death | | |to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove |
| |- | | |- |
| | avskedad | | |bannlysa |
| | discharged, resigned | | |to excommunicate |
| |- | | |- |
| | avsomna | | |baptist |
| | die, death | | |Baptist |
| |- | | |- |
| | avvittring | | |bar |
| | assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage | | |carried |
| |- | | |- |
| | backe | | |bara |
| | hill | | |only |
| |- | | |- |
| | backstugusittare | | |bar barnet |
| | one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller | | |carried or held the child (at baptism font) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bagare | | |barberare |
| | baker | | |barber, shaver |
| |- | | |- |
| | bakom | | |barberarebiträde |
| | behind | | |barber's assistant |
| |- | | |- |
| | baneman | | |barberaregesäll |
| | slayer | | |journeyman barber |
| |- | | |- |
| | baneslag | | |barberarelärling |
| | death blow, mortal stroke | | |barber's apprentice |
| |- | | |- |
| | banesår | | |barkare |
| | death wound, mortal wound | | |tanner (1829) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bann | | |barn |
| | excommunication | | |child(ren) |
| |- | | |- |
| | banna | | |barnafånge |
| | to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove | | |complications at childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | bannlysa | | |barnbarn |
| | to excommunicate | | |grandchild(ren) |
| |- | | |- |
| | baptist | | |barnbok |
| | Baptist | | |preconfirmation roll (in Finland) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bar | | |barnbördshus |
| | carried | | |maternity hospital |
| |- | | |- |
| | bara | | |barnförlossare |
| | only | | |male midwife |
| |- | | |- |
| | bar barnet | | |barnförlämning |
| | carried or held the child (at baptism font) | | |polio |
| |- | | |- |
| | barn | | |barnkolera |
| | child(ren) | | |diarrhea |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnbarn | | |barnkoppor |
| | grandchild(ren) | | |smallpox |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnbok | | |barnkvävning |
| | preconfirmation roll (in Finland) | | |Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Mother was often blamed for smothering the child. Sometimes the priest held an investigation to determine weather the death was an accident |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnlös | | |barnlös |
| | childless | | |childless |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnmorska | | |barnmorska |
| | midwife | | |midwife |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnmördare | | |barnpiga |
| | murderer of a child | | |maid for children |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnpiga | | |barnsbörd, barnsäng |
| | maid for children | | |childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsbörd, barnsäng | | |barnsjuka |
| | childbirth | | |children's disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsjuka | | |barnsnöd |
| | children's disease | | |complication at childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsnöd | | |barnsäng |
| | complication at childbirth | | |childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsäng | | |barnsängsfeber |
| | childbirth | | |perpetual complications or sickness at birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | barnsängsfeber | | |Basedows sjukdom |
| | perpetual complications or sickness at birth | | |hyperthyroidism |
| |- | | |- |
| | befolkning | | |befolkning |
| | population | | |population |
| |- | | |- |
| | begrava | | |begrava |
| | bury | | |bury |
| |- | | |- |
| | begravning | | |begravning |
| | burial | | |burial |
| |- | | |- |
| | begravningslängd | | |begravningslängd |
| | burial record | | |burial record |
| |- | | |- |
| | begravningsplats | | |begravningsplats |
| | cemetery | | |cemetery |
| |- | | |- |
| | begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard | | |begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard |
| | taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion | | |taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion |
| |- | | |- |
| | benröta | | |benröta, benbrand, benetter |
| | bone-rotting disease | | |bone-rotting disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | benåd | | |benuppmjukning |
| | pardon | | |rickets, caused by vitamin D deficiencies |
| |- | | |- |
| | benämd | | |benåd |
| | called | | |pardon |
| |- | | |- |
| | berg | | |benämd |
| | hill, mountain | | |called |
| |- | | |- |
| | bergfolk | | |berg |
| | mountain people, highlanders | | |hill, mountain |
| |- | | |- |
| | bergslag | | |bergfolk |
| | mining district | | |mountain people, highlanders |
| |- | | |- |
| | bergsman | | |bergslag |
| | miner | | |mining district |
| |- | | |- |
| | beskattning | | |bergsman |
| | taxation | | |miner |
| |- | | |- |
| | beskrivning | | |beskattning |
| | description | | |taxation |
| |- | | |- |
| | besökare | | |beskrivning |
| | customs official (archaic), visitor (modern) | | |description |
| |- | | |- |
| | betjänt | | |besökare |
| | servant, civil servant | | |customs official (archaic), visitor (modern) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bettlare | | |beteckning för ägare eller brukare |
| | beggar | | |indication if owner or renter |
| |- | | |- |
| | betyg | | |betjänt |
| | certificate | | |servant, civil servant |
| |- | | |- |
| | bevaka | | |bettlare |
| | protect | | |beggar |
| |- | | |- |
| | bevis | | |betyg |
| | certificate, proof, evidence | | |certificate |
| |- | | |- |
| | bevistat läsförhören | | |bevaka |
| | present at household examination (clerical survey) | | |protect |
| |- | | |- |
| | beväring | | |bevis |
| | conscript | | |certificate, proof, evidence |
| |- | | |- |
| | beväringsman | | |bevistat läsförhören |
| | recruit | | |present at household examination (clerical survey) |
| |- | | |- |
| | bilaga | | |beväring |
| | supplement, enclosure | | |conscript |
| |- | | |- |
| | biografi | | |beväringsman |
| | biography | | |recruit |
| |- | | |- |
| | biträde | | |bilaga |
| | assistant | | |supplement, enclosure |
| |- | | |- |
| | blind | | |binnikemask |
| | blind | | |tapeworm |
| |- | | |- |
| | bliva | | |biografi |
| | to become | | |biography |
| |- | | |- |
| | blodsjuka | | |biträde |
| | blood disorder | | |assistant |
| |- | | |- |
| | blodslag | | |bleksot |
| | cerebal stroke | | |anemia |
| |- | | |- |
| | blodstörtning | | |blind |
| | severe or sudden bleeding | | |blind |
| |- | | |- |
| | blödning | | |Blindtarms inflamation |
| | bleeding | | |appendicitis |
| |- | | |- |
| | bo | | |bliva |
| | to live, home, estate | | |to become |
| |- | | |- |
| | bok | | |blodförgiftning |
| | book | | |sepsis |
| |- | | |- |
| | bokhållare | | |blodkastning |
| | bookkeeper | | |excessive blood flow to a specific area of the body, leading to a build up of blood in that area |
| |- | | |- |
| | bonde | | |blodkoppor |
| | farmer | | |no modern term. Infections or sicknesses that cause blood blisters |
| |- | | |- |
| | borg | | |blodpropp |
| | castle, fortress | | |thrombus |
| |- | | |- |
| | borgare | | |blodsjuka |
| | citizen, burgher | | |blood disorder |
| |- | | |- |
| | borgmästare | | |blodslag |
| | mayor | | |cerebal stroke |
| |- | | |- |
| | borta | | |blodsot |
| | absent | | |presents similar to dysentery but it can refer to several different illnesses |
| |- | | |- |
| | bortgift | | |blodstörtning |
| | married elsewhere | | |severe or sudden bleeding |
| |- | | |- |
| | bostad | | |blödning |
| | domicile | | |bleeding |
| |- | | |- |
| | boupptekning | | |blödarsjuka |
| | probate, estate inventory | | |hemophilia or inability of the blood to clot, causing excessive bleeding from minor injuries |
| |- | | |- |
| | bredvid | | |bo |
| | next to | | |to live, home, estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | bro | | |bok |
| | bridge | | |book |
| |- | | |- |
| | bror | | |bokhållare |
| | brother | | |bookkeeper |
| |- | | |- |
| | brorsdotter | | |bonde |
| | niece, brother\'s daughter | | |farmer |
| |- | | |- |
| | brorsson | | |borg |
| | nephew, brother\'s son | | |castle, fortress |
| |- | | |- |
| | brottfällig | | |borgare |
| | epileptic fits | | |citizen, burgher |
| |- | | |- |
| | brud | | |borgmästare |
| | bride | | |mayor |
| |- | | |- |
| | brudfolk | | |borta |
| | bridal couple | | |absent |
| |- | | |- |
| | brudgum | | |bortgift |
| | bridegroom | | |married elsewhere |
| |- | | |- |
| | brudpar | | |bostad |
| | bridal couple | | |domicile |
| |- | | |- |
| | bruk | | |boupptekning |
| | foundry, mill, iron industry | | |probate, estate inventory |
| |- | | |- |
| | brukare | | |bredvid |
| | tenant farmer, leaseholder | | |next to |
| |- | | |- |
| | bruksarbetare | | |bro |
| | foundryman, mill hand, iron worker | | |bridge |
| |- | | |- |
| | bryggare | | |bror |
| | brewer | | |brother |
| |- | | |- |
| | bräcklighet | | |brorsdotter |
| | frailty | | |niece, brother\'s daughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | brännsjuka | | |brorsson |
| | feber disease, literally a "burning disease" | | |nephew, brother\'s son |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröllop | | |brottfällig |
| | wedding | | |epileptic fits |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstarvinge | | |brud |
| | heir | | |bride |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstfeber | | |brudfolk |
| | pneumonia | | |bridal couple |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstsjuka | | |brudgum |
| | chest illness, pneumonia | | |bridegroom |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstkov | | |brudpar |
| | shortness of breath | | |bridal couple |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstkvav | | |bruk |
| | shortness of breath, can mean suffocation | | |foundry, mill, iron industry |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstlidande | | |brukare |
| | chest disease | | |tenant farmer, leaseholder |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstpassion | | |bruksarbetare |
| | chest pain | | |foundryman, mill hand, iron worker |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstveda | | |brukningsdelen |
| | chest disease | | |farm division |
| |- | | |- |
| | bröstvärk | | |bryggare |
| | chest pain | | |brewer |
| |- | | |- |
| | bukbet | | |bräcklighet |
| | abdominal pain | | |frailty |
| |- | | |- |
| | brukbrok | | |brännsjuka |
| | umbilical hernia | | |feber disease, literally a "burning disease" |
| |- | | |- |
| | bukrev | | |bröllop |
| | constipation | | |wedding |
| |- | | |- |
| | bukvred | | |bröstarvinge |
| | intestinal blockage | | |heir |
| |- | | |- |
| | by | | |bröstfeber |
| | village | | |pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | bygd | | |bröstsjuka |
| | countryside, region, area | | |chest illness, pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | byggmästare | | |bröstkov |
| | contractor, builder | | |shortness of breath |
| |- | | |- |
| | båda | | |bröstkvav |
| | both | | |shortness of breath, can mean suffocation |
| |- | | |- |
| | båtsman | | |bröstlidande |
| | seaman, sailor | | |chest disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | bägge | | |bröstpassion |
| | both | | |chest pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | bägges barn | | |bröstveda |
| | child of both parents | | |chest disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | bälgslag | | |bröstvärk |
| | colic | | |chest pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | böcker | | |bukbet |
| | books | | |abdominal pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | böld | | |brukbrok |
| | abscess, boil | | |umbilical hernia |
| |- | | |- |
| | böter | | |bukrev |
| | fee, fine | | |constipation |
| |- | | |- |
| | bötfälld | | |bukvred |
| | fined | | |intestinal blockage |
| |- | | |- |
| | circa (ca.) (Latin) | | |by |
| | about, approximately | | |village |
| |- | | |- |
| | civilregistret | | |bygd |
| | civil registrar | | |countryside, region, area |
| |- | | |- |
| | coopvaerdi | | |byggmästare |
| | merchant marine | | |contractor, builder |
| |- | | |- |
| | dag | | |båda |
| | day | | |both |
| |- | | |- |
| | dagkarl | | |båtsman |
| | day laborer | | |seaman, sailor |
| |- | | |- |
| | dal | | |bägge |
| | valley | | |both |
| |- | | |- |
| | Danmark | | |bägges barn |
| | Denmark | | |child of both parents |
| |- | | |- |
| | danneman | | |bälgslag |
| | farmer, gentleman | | |colic |
| |- | | |- |
| | dansk | | |böcker |
| | danish | | |books |
| |- | | |- |
| | datum | | |böld |
| | date | | |abscess, boil |
| |- | | |- |
| | de | | |böter |
| | they | | |fee, fine |
| |- | | |- |
| | december | | |bötfälld |
| | December | | |fined |
| |- | | |- |
| | de där | | |caution |
| | those | | |security, deposit (as in bondsman) |
| |- | | |- |
| | de här | | |cautionister |
| | these | | |witness |
| |- | | |- |
| | deja | | |choret (koret) |
| | maidservant, milkmaid | | |the most eastern part of the church floor plan, usually by the altar |
| |- | | |- |
| | demoiselle | | |Christendom, Kristendom |
| | Miss | | |Christianity, Christian, religious |
| |- | | |- |
| | delinqventer | | |circa (ca.) (Latin) |
| | delinquent, criminal (old spellling) | | |about, approximately |
| |- | | |- |
| | den | | |civilregistret |
| | the, it | | |civil registrar |
| |- | | |- |
| | den där | | |civilstånd |
| | that | | |marital status |
| |- | | |- |
| | den här | | |coopvaerdi |
| | this | | |merchant marine |
| |- | | |- |
| | deras | | |dag |
| | their | | |day |
| |- | | |- |
| | dess | | |dagkarl |
| | his, her, its | | |day laborer |
| |- | | |- |
| | det | | |dal |
| | the, it | | |valley |
| |- | | |- |
| | det där | | |Danmark |
| | that | | |Denmark |
| |- | | |- |
| | det här | | |danneman |
| | this | | |farmer, gentleman |
| |- | | |- |
| | diarre | | |dansk |
| | diarrhea | | |danish |
| |- | | |- |
| | djärv | | |datum |
| | bold, daring, venturesome | | |date |
| |- | | |- |
| | dom | | |de |
| | sentence, judgment | | |they |
| |- | | |- |
| | dom | | |december |
| | sentence, judgment | | |December |
| |- | | |- |
| | domare | | |de där |
| | judge | | |those |
| |- | | |- |
| | dombok | | |de här |
| | court record | | |these |
| |- | | |- |
| | domsaga | | |deja |
| | judicial district | | |maidservant, milkmaid |
| |- | | |- |
| | dop | | |demoiselle |
| | baptism, christening | | |Miss |
| |- | | |- |
| | doplängd | | |delinqventer |
| | record of baptisms | | |delinquent, criminal (old spellling) |
| |- | | |- |
| | dopnamn | | |den |
| | given name | | |the, it |
| |- | | |- |
| | dotter | | |den där |
| | daughter | | |that |
| |- | | |- |
| | dragon | | |den här |
| | light cavalryman | | |this |
| |- | | |- |
| | drunknad | | |deras |
| | drowned | | |their |
| |- | | |- |
| | dräng | | |dess |
| | farmhand, bachelor | | |his, her, its |
| |- | | |- |
| | duplikat | | |det |
| | duplicate record | | |the, it |
| |- | | |- |
| | dygn | | |det där |
| | 24 hours, day | | |that |
| |- | | |- |
| | då | | |det här |
| | then | | |this |
| |- | | |- |
| | där | | |diarre |
| | there | | |diarrhea |
| |- | | |- |
| | därstädes | | |djärv |
| | (of) that place | | |bold, daring, venturesome |
| |- | | |- |
| | död, döda, döde | | |dog |
| | dead, death | | |dead, died |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödbok | | |dom |
| | death record | | |sentence, judgment |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödfödd | | |dom |
| | stillborn | | |sentence, judgment |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödslista | | |domare |
| | death record | | |judge |
| |- | | |- |
| | dödsorsak | | |dombok |
| | cause of death | | |court record |
| |- | | |- |
| | död utan bröstarvinge | | |domsaga |
| | died without issue | | |judicial district |
| |- | | |- |
| | döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse | | |dop |
| | christening | | |baptism, christening |
| |- | | |- |
| | dött | | |doplängd |
| | has died | | |record of baptisms |
| |- | | |- |
| | döv | | |dopnamn |
| | deaf | | |given name |
| |- | | |- |
| | efter | | |dotter |
| | after | | |daughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | efterkommande | | |dragon |
| | descendant(s) | | |light cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | eftermiddag | | |drunknad |
| | afternoon | | |drowned |
| |- | | |- |
| | efternamn | | |dräng |
| | surname | | |farmhand, bachelor |
| |- | | |- |
| | efter sig lämnat | | |duplikat |
| | left behind, survived by | | |duplicate record |
| |- | | |- |
| | egendom | | |dygn |
| | property | | |24 hours, day |
| |- | | |- |
| | ej | | |då |
| | not | | |then |
| |- | | |- |
| | eldsvåda | | |där |
| | extensive fire | | |there |
| |- | | |- |
| | elfte | | |därstädes |
| | eleventh | | |(of) that place |
| |- | | |- |
| | eller | | |död, döda, döde |
| | or | | |dead, death |
| |- | | |- |
| | elva | | |dödbok |
| | eleven | | |death record |
| |- | | |- |
| | emigrerade | | |dödfödd |
| | emigrated | | |stillborn |
| |- | | |- |
| | en, ett | | |dödslista |
| | a, one | | |death record |
| |- | | |- |
| | en/ett hundra(de) | | |dödsorsak |
| | one hundred (one-hundredth) | | |cause of death |
| |- | | |- |
| | en/ett tusen(de) | | |död utan bröstarvinge |
| | one thousand (one-thousandth) | | |died without issue |
| |- | | |- |
| | Engelska sjukan | | |döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse |
| | ricketts (vitamin deficiency) | | |christening |
| |- | | |- |
| | enligt | | |dött |
| | according to | | |has died |
| |- | | |- |
| | epilepsi | | |döv |
| | epilepsy | | |deaf |
| |- | | |- |
| | ett, en | | |efter |
| | a, one | | |after |
| |- | | |- |
| | evangelisk | | |efterkommande |
| | evangelical | | |descendant(s) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fabrik | | |eftermiddag |
| | factory, mill | | |afternoon |
| |- | | |- |
| | fabriksarbetare | | |efternamn |
| | factory worker | | |surname |
| |- | | |- |
| | fadder | | |efter sig lämnat |
| | christening witness, godparent | | |left behind, survived by |
| |- | | |- |
| | fader | | |egendom |
| | father | | |property |
| |- | | |- |
| | falla | | |ej |
| | fall, to be killed in war | | |not |
| |- | | |- |
| | fallande sot | | |ejusdem |
| | epilepsy | | |same day/month |
| |- | | |- |
| | familj | | |eldsvåda |
| | family | | |extensive fire |
| |- | | |- |
| | far | | |elfte |
| | father | | |eleventh |
| |- | | |- |
| | farbror | | |eller |
| | paternal uncle | | |or |
| |- | | |- |
| | farfar | | |elva |
| | paternal grandfather | | |eleven |
| |- | | |- |
| | farmor | | |emigrerade |
| | paternal grandmother | | |emigrated |
| |- | | |- |
| | fasta | | |en, ett |
| | fast, Lent | | |a, one |
| |- | | |- |
| | faster | | |en/ett hundra(de) |
| | paternal aunt | | |one hundred (one-hundredth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fattig | | |en/ett tusen(de) |
| | poor | | |one thousand (one-thousandth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fattighjon | | |Engelska sjukan |
| | pauper | | |ricketts (vitamin deficiency) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fattighus | | |enligt |
| | poorhouse | | |according to |
| |- | | |- |
| | f. d. (före detta) | | |epilepsi |
| | former(ly) | | |epilepsy |
| |- | | |- |
| | feber | | |ett, en |
| | fever | | |a, one |
| |- | | |- |
| | feberfrossa | | |evangelisk |
| | malaria | | |evangelical |
| |- | | |- |
| | februari | | |fabrik |
| | February | | |factory, mill |
| |- | | |- |
| | fem(te) | | |fabriksarbetare |
| | five (fifth) | | |factory worker |
| |- | | |- |
| | femtio(nde) | | |fadder |
| | fifty (fiftieth) | | |christening witness, godparent |
| |- | | |- |
| | femton(de) | | |fader |
| | fifteen (fifteenth) | | |father |
| |- | | |- |
| | finländare, finne | | |falla |
| | Finn | | |fall, to be killed in war |
| |- | | |- |
| | finsk | | |fallande sot |
| | Finnish | | |epilepsy |
| |- | | |- |
| | fiskare | | |familj |
| | fisherman | | |family |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjol (i fjol) | | |far |
| | last year | | |father |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjorton(de) | | |farbror |
| | fourteen (fourteenth) | | |paternal uncle |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjärde | | |farfar |
| | fourth | | |paternal grandfather |
| |- | | |- |
| | fjärdingsman | | |farmor |
| | parish constable | | |paternal grandmother |
| |- | | |- |
| | flicka | | |fasta |
| | girl | | |fast, Lent |
| |- | | |- |
| | flicknamn | | |faster |
| | maiden name | | |paternal aunt |
| |- | | |- |
| | fluss | | |fattig |
| | any disease related to fluids | | |poor |
| |- | | |- |
| | flytta | | |fattighjon |
| | move | | |pauper |
| |- | | |- |
| | flyttningsbetyg | | |fattighus |
| | certificate of moving | | |poorhouse |
| |- | | |- |
| | fogde | | |f. d. (före detta) |
| | sheriff, bailiff, warden | | |former(ly) |
| |- | | |- |
| | folio | | |feber |
| | page | | |fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | fortsättning (forts.) | | |feberfrossa |
| | continued | | |malaria |
| |- | | |- |
| | fosterbarn | | |februari |
| | foster child | | |February |
| |- | | |- |
| | fosterland | | |fem(te) |
| | native land, fatherland | | |five (fifth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | framför | | |femtio(nde) |
| | in front of | | |fifty (fiftieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fredag | | |femton(de) |
| | Friday | | |fifteen (fifteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | frejd | | |finländare, finne |
| | a person\'s character, conduct | | |Finn |
| |- | | |- |
| | friherre | | |finsk |
| | baron | | |Finnish |
| |- | | |- |
| | frilla | | |fiskare |
| | concubine | | |fisherman |
| |- | | |- |
| | frillebarn | | |fjol (i fjol) |
| | bastard child | | |last year |
| |- | | |- |
| | frossa | | |fjorton(de) |
| | malaria | | |fourteen (fourteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fru | | |fjärde |
| | Mrs. | | |fourth |
| |- | | |- |
| | från | | |fjärdingsman |
| | from | | |parish constable |
| |- | | |- |
| | frånskild | | |flicka |
| | divorced | | |girl |
| |- | | |- |
| | frälse | | |flicknamn |
| | nobility | | |maiden name |
| |- | | |- |
| | frälsegård, frälsehemman | | |fluss |
| | tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax) | | |any disease related to fluids |
| |- | | |- |
| | främmande | | |flytta |
| | foreign, strange, belonging to another parish | | |move |
| |- | | |- |
| | fröken | | |flyttningsbetyg |
| | Miss | | |certificate of moving |
| |- | | |- |
| | fulslag | | |fogde |
| | inflammation at the edge of a finger | | |sheriff, bailiff, warden |
| |- | | |- |
| | fylleri | | |folio |
| | drunkenness | | |page |
| |- | | |- |
| | fyra | | |folkskollärare |
| | four | | |public school teacher |
| |- | | |- |
| | fyrtio(nde) | | |fortsättning (forts.) |
| | forty (fortieth) | | |continued |
| |- | | |- |
| | fånig | | |fosterbarn |
| | brainsick, underwitted, idiotic (1889) | | |foster child |
| |- | | |- |
| | fältfeber | | |fosterland |
| | typhoid fever | | |native land, fatherland |
| |- | | |- |
| | fältskär | | |framför |
| | assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon | | |in front of |
| |- | | |- |
| | fältväbel | | |fredag |
| | sergeant major | | |Friday |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästehjon | | |frejd |
| | betrothed couple, engaged pair | | |a person's character, conduct |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästekvinna | | |friherre |
| | fiancée (female) | | |baron |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästman | | |frilla |
| | fiancé (male) | | |concubine |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästmö | | |frillebarn |
| | fiancée (female) | | |bastard child |
| |- | | |- |
| | fästning | | |frossa |
| | fortress | | |malaria |
| |- | | |- |
| | född, födda, födde, födelse | | |fru |
| | born, birth | | |Mrs. |
| |- | | |- |
| | föddes | | |från |
| | was born | | |from |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelse | | |frånskild |
| | birth | | |divorced |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelsebok | | |frälse |
| | birth record | | |nobility |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelsedag | | |frälsegård, frälsehemman |
| | birthday | | |tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax) |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelselängd | | |främmande |
| | birth record | | |foreign, strange, belonging to another parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | födelseort | | |fröken |
| | place of birth | | |Miss |
| |- | | |- |
| | födorådstagare | | |fulslag |
| | a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr | | |inflammation at the edge of a finger |
| |- | | |- |
| | följande | | |fylleri |
| | following, next | | |drunkenness |
| |- | | |- |
| | för | | |fyra |
| | for | | |four |
| |- | | |- |
| | fördelsman | | |fyrtio(nde) |
| | person receiving support after giving his estate to another | | |forty (fortieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | fördärvad | | |fånig |
| | severely crippled | | |brainsick, underwitted, idiotic (1889) |
| |- | | |- |
| | före | | |fältfeber |
| | before | | |typhoid fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | föregående | | |fältskär |
| | previous, preceding | | |assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon |
| |- | | |- |
| | förelyst | | |fältväbel |
| | banns (in Finland) | | |sergeant major |
| |- | | |- |
| | förening | | |fästehjon |
| | society | | |betrothed couple, engaged pair |
| |- | | |- |
| | förfäder | | |fästekvinna |
| | forefathers | | |fiancée (female) |
| |- | | |- |
| | förgiftad | | |fästman |
| | poisoned | | |fiancé (male) |
| |- | | |- |
| | förhör | | |fästmö |
| | household examination | | |fiancée (female) |
| |- | | |- |
| | förklara | | |fästning |
| | declared, explained | | |fortress |
| |- | | |- |
| | förkylning | | |född, födda, födde, födelse |
| | common cold | | |born, birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | förlossning | | |föddes |
| | delivery (childbirth) | | |was born |
| |- | | |- |
| | förlovad | | |födelse |
| | engaged | | |birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | förlovning | | |födelsebok |
| | engagement | | |birth record |
| |- | | |- |
| | förmiddag | | |födelsedag |
| | morning, forenoon | | |birthday |
| |- | | |- |
| | förmyndare | | |födelselängd |
| | guardian | | |birth record |
| |- | | |- |
| | förmäla | | |födelseort |
| | marry (older term) | | |place of birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | förnamn | | |födorådstagare |
| | given name | | |a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr |
| |- | | |- |
| | förra giftet | | |följande |
| | previous marriage | | |following, next |
| |- | | |- |
| | förre, (den) | | |för |
| | former | | |for |
| |- | | |- |
| | förrätta | | |fördelsman |
| | perform | | |person receiving support after giving his estate to another |
| |- | | |- |
| | församling | | |fördärvad |
| | parish, congregation | | |severely crippled |
| |- | | |- |
| | församlingsbok | | |före |
| | clerical survey | | |before |
| |- | | |- |
| | första | | |föregående |
| | first | | |previous, preceding |
| |- | | |- |
| | första gången | | |förelyst |
| | first time | | |banns (in Finland) |
| |- | | |- |
| | förstoppning | | |förening |
| | constipation | | |society |
| |- | | |- |
| | försumlighet | | |förfäder |
| | negligence, neglectfulness | | |forefathers |
| |- | | |- |
| | försvarslös | | |förgiftad |
| | unemployed person, vagrant | | |poisoned |
| |- | | |- |
| | förteckning | | |förhör |
| | list | | |household examination |
| |- | | |- |
| | föräldralös | | |förklara |
| | orphan | | |declared, explained |
| |- | | |- |
| | föräldrar | | |förklaringen |
| | parents | | |explanation |
| |- | | |- |
| | gamla | | |förkylning |
| | old | | |common cold |
| |- | | |- |
| | gamla boken (G.B.) | | |förlossning |
| | old book, previous clerical survey
| | |delivery (childbirth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | gammal | | |förlovad |
| | old | | |engaged |
| |- | | |- |
| | garvare | | |förlovning |
| | tanner | | |engagement |
| |- | | |- |
| | gata | | |förmiddag |
| | street | | |morning, forenoon |
| |- | | |- |
| | genast | | |förmyndare |
| | right away, immediately | | |guardian |
| |- | | |- |
| | genealogi | | |förmäla |
| | genealogy | | |marry (older term) |
| |- | | |- |
| | genom | | |förnamn |
| | through | | |given name |
| |- | | |- |
| | gesäll | | |förra giftet |
| | journeyman | | |previous marriage |
| |- | | |- |
| | gift | | |förre, (den) |
| | married | | |former |
| |- | | |- |
| | gifta sig | | |förrätta |
| | to marry | | |perform |
| |- | | |- |
| | gifte | | |församling |
| | marriage | | |parish, congregation |
| |- | | |- |
| | giftermål | | |församlingsbok |
| | marriage ceremony | | |clerical survey |
| |- | | |- |
| | giftoman | | |första |
| | bride\'s sponsor | | |first |
| |- | | |- |
| | gikt | | |första gången |
| | gout | | |first time |
| |- | | |- |
| | god | | |förstår |
| | good | | |understand |
| |- | | |- |
| | gosse | | |förstoppning |
| | boy | | |constipation |
| |- | | |- |
| | granne | | |försumlighet |
| | neighbor | | |negligence, neglectfulness |
| |- | | |- |
| | gratialist | | |försvarslös |
| | receiving a pension or cash from some special fund | | |unemployed person, vagrant |
| |- | | |- |
| | grav | | |förteckning |
| | grave | | |list |
| |- | | |- |
| | grekisk katolsk | | |föräldralös |
| | Eastern Orthodox | | |orphan |
| |- | | |- |
| | grenadjär | | |föräldrar |
| | infantryman | | |parents |
| |- | | |- |
| | greve | | |gamla |
| | count (title of nobility) | | |old |
| |- | | |- |
| | gruva | | |gamla boken (G.B.) |
| | mine | | |old book, previous clerical survey |
| |- | | |- |
| | gräns | | |gammal |
| | boundary line, border | | |old |
| |- | | |- |
| | gudfader | | |garvare |
| | godfather | | |tanner |
| |- | | |- |
| | gudmoder | | |gata |
| | godmother | | |street |
| |- | | |- |
| | gulsot | | |gatehus, gatuhus |
| | jaundice | | |A term used in Southern Sweden for a crofters house similar to a backstuga |
| |- | | |- |
| | gång | | |genast |
| | time | | |right away, immediately |
| |- | | |- |
| | gård | | |genealogi |
| | farm, house | | |genealogy |
| |- | | |- |
| | gåvor | | |genom |
| | donations | | |through |
| |- | | |- |
| | gäll (gäld) | | |gesäll |
| | clerical district | | |journeyman |
| |- | | |- |
| | gästgivare | | |gift |
| | innkeeper | | |married |
| |- | | |- |
| | gördelmakare | | |gifta sig |
| | brazier | | |to marry |
| |- | | |- |
| | halv- | | |gifte |
| | half-, step- | | |marriage |
| |- | | |- |
| | halvsyskon | | |giftermål |
| | half siblings | | |marriage ceremony |
| |- | | |- |
| | hammarsmed | | |giftoman |
| | forging smith | | |bride\'s sponsor |
| |- | | |- |
| | han | | |gikt |
| | he | | |gout |
| |- | | |- |
| | handelsman | | |god |
| | merchant | | |good |
| |- | | |- |
| | handskmakare | | |gosse |
| | glove maker | | |boy |
| |- | | |- |
| | hans | | |granne |
| | his | | |neighbor |
| |- | | |- |
| | hantverkare | | |gratialist |
| | artisan | | |receiving a pension or cash from some special fund |
| |- | | |- |
| | hastig | | |grav |
| | acute | | |grave |
| |- | | |- |
| | hattmakare | | |gravationer (estate inventories) |
| | hatmaker | | |claims against another persons estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | hava | | |grekisk katolsk |
| | to have | | |Eastern Orthodox |
| |- | | |- |
| | havande | | |grenadjär |
| | pregnant | | |infantryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | hederlig | | |greve |
| | honorable, honest | | |count (title of nobility) |
| |- | | |- |
| | hektisk feber | | |gruva |
| | infectious disease accompanying a fever | | |mine |
| |- | | |- |
| | helig | | |gräns |
| | holy | | |boundary line, border |
| |- | | |- |
| | hem | | |gudeligen |
| | home | | |godly |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemma | | |gudfader |
| | at home | | |godfather |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemman | | |gudmoder |
| | farm, homestead | | |godmother |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemmansbrukare | | |gulsot |
| | farmer | | |jaundice |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemmansägare | | |gång |
| | farmer, homeowner | | |time |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemort | | |gård |
| | residence | | |farm, house |
| |- | | |- |
| | hemvist | | |gåvor |
| | domicile | | |donations |
| |- | | |- |
| | henne | | |gäll (gäld) |
| | her | | |clerical district |
| |- | | |- |
| | heraldik | | |gästgivare |
| | heraldry | | |innkeeper |
| |- | | |- |
| | herr | | |gördelmakare |
| | Mr. | | |brazier |
| |- | | |- |
| | Herren | | |halv- |
| | Lord | | |half-, step- |
| |- | | |- |
| | herrgård | | |halvsyskon |
| | manorial estate | | |half siblings |
| |- | | |- |
| | hetsig feber | | |hammarsmed |
| | inflammatory fever | | |forging smith |
| |- | | |- |
| | hinderlös | | |han |
| | free, unhindered (to travel, marry) | | |he |
| |- | | |- |
| | hinderlöshetsbetyg | | |handelsman |
| | certificate of being unhindered | | |merchant |
| |- | | |- |
| | historia | | |handskmakare |
| | history | | |glove maker |
| |- | | |- |
| | hittebarn | | |hans |
| | foundling | | |his |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjon | | |hantverkare |
| | person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon | | |artisan |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjonelag | | |hastig |
| | connubial union (union in the state of marriage) | | |acute |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjulmakare | | |hattmakare |
| | wheelwright | | |hatmaker |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjärnblödning | | |hava |
| | stroke, cerebral hemorrhage | | |to have |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjärtslag | | |havande |
| | cardiac arrest | | |pregnant |
| |- | | |- |
| | hjärtsprång | | |hederlig |
| | heart disease | | |honorable, honest |
| |- | | |- |
| | hon | | |hektisk feber |
| | she | | |infectious disease accompanying a fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | honom | | |helgonskyld |
| | him | | |tax or wage to the klockare often a agricultural product |
| |- | | |- |
| | hos | | |helig |
| | at, in, with | | |holy |
| |- | | |- |
| | hosta | | |hem |
| | cough | | |home |
| |- | | |- |
| | hovrätt | | |hemma |
| | circuit court of appeal | | |at home |
| |- | | |- |
| | hur | | |hemman |
| | how | | |farm, homestead |
| |- | | |- |
| | hus | | |hemmansbrukare |
| | house | | |farmer |
| |- | | |- |
| | husar | | |hemmansägare |
| | light cavalryman | | |farmer, homeowner |
| |- | | |- |
| | husbonde | | |hemort |
| | master of a family or of a house | | |residence |
| |- | | |- |
| | husfader | | |hemvist |
| | head of household, father | | |domicile |
| |- | | |- |
| | husfolk | | |henne |
| | farmers, farm people | | |her |
| |- | | |- |
| | husförhör, husförhörslängd | | |heraldik |
| | clerical survey, household examination | | |heraldry |
| |- | | |- |
| | husman | | |herr |
| | farm laborer (owned house but not land) | | |Mr. |
| |- | | |- |
| | husmoder | | |Herren |
| | female head of household, mother | | |Lord |
| |- | | |- |
| | hustru | | |herrgård |
| | wife | | |manorial estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | hyresgäst | | |hetsig feber |
| | lodger | | |inflammatory fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | håll och styng | | |hinderlös |
| | pneumonia | | |free, unhindered (to travel, marry) |
| |- | | |- |
| | här | | |hinderlöshetsbetyg |
| | here | | |certificate of being unhindered |
| |- | | |- |
| | härad | | |historia |
| | civil district within a county | | |history |
| |- | | |- |
| | häradsrätt | | |hittebarn |
| | district court | | |foundling |
| |- | | |- |
| | härstädes | | |hjon |
| | here, at given location | | |person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon |
| |- | | |- |
| | hög | | |hjonelag |
| | high | | |connubial union (union in the state of marriage) |
| |- | | |- |
| | höger | | |hjulmakare |
| | right | | |wheelwright |
| |- | | |- |
| | höst | | |hjärnblödning |
| | autumn | | |stroke, cerebral hemorrhage |
| |- | | |- |
| | i | | |hjärtslag |
| | in | | |cardiac arrest |
| |- | | |- |
| | icke | | |hjärtsprång |
| | not | | |heart disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | i dag | | |hon |
| | today | | |she |
| |- | | |- |
| | i fjol | | |honom |
| | last year | | |him |
| |- | | |- |
| | ifrån | | |hos |
| | from | | |at, in, with |
| |- | | |- |
| | i går | | |hosta |
| | yesterday | | |cough |
| |- | | |- |
| | ihjälslagen | | |hovrätt |
| | beaten to death | | |circuit court of appeal |
| |- | | |- |
| | i morgon | | |hujus |
| | tomorrow | | |this month |
| |- | | |- |
| | inflyttning | | |hur |
| | incoming, moving in | | |how |
| |- | | |- |
| | inflyttningsbetyg | | |hus |
| | moving in certificate | | |house |
| |- | | |- |
| | inflyttningslängd | | |husar |
| | moving in register | | |light cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | ingen | | |husbonde |
| | no, no one, none | | |master of a family or of a house |
| |- | | |- |
| | inget | | |husfader |
| | nothing, none | | |head of household, father |
| |- | | |- |
| | inhyses | | |husfolk |
| | a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger | | |farmers, farm people |
| |- | | |- |
| | innehåll | | |husförhör, husförhörslängd |
| | contents | | |clerical survey, household examination |
| |- | | |- |
| | innevarande | | |husman |
| | current | | |farm laborer (owned house but not land) |
| |- | | |- |
| | inskrivning | | |husmoder |
| | entry | | |female head of household, mother |
| |- | | |- |
| | invandrare | | |hustru |
| | immigrant | | |wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | invandring | | |hyresgäst |
| | immigration | | |lodger |
| |- | | |- |
| | januari | | |håll och styng |
| | January | | |pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | jord | | |här |
| | earth, soil, land | | |here |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordbrukare | | |härad |
| | farmer | | |civil district within a county |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordebok | | |häradsrätt |
| | land record | | |district court |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordegumma | | |härstädes |
| | midwife | | |here, at given location |
| |- | | |- |
| | jordfästning | | |hög |
| | funeral, burial service | | |high |
| |- | | |- |
| | jude | | |höger |
| | Jew | | |right |
| |- | | |- |
| | judisk | | |höst |
| | Jewish | | |autumn |
| |- | | |- |
| | jul | | |i |
| | Christmas | | |in |
| |- | | |- |
| | juli | | |icke |
| | July | | |not |
| |- | | |- |
| | jungfru | | |i dag |
| | Miss, maiden, virgin | | |today |
| |- | | |- |
| | juni | | |i fjol |
| | June | | |last year |
| |- | | |- |
| | jägare | | |ifrån |
| | hunter | | |from |
| |- | | |- |
| | jägmästare | | |i går |
| | forester | | |yesterday |
| |- | | |- |
| | jämte | | |ihjälslagen |
| | together with | | |beaten to death |
| |- | | |- |
| | kallad | | |i morgon |
| | called, named | | |tomorrow |
| |- | | |- |
| | kallbrand | | |inflyttning |
| | gangrene | | |incoming, moving in |
| |- | | |- |
| | kammarskrivare | | |inflyttningsbetyg |
| | assistant clerk | | |moving in certificate |
| |- | | |- |
| | kapellförsamling | | |inflyttningslängd |
| | chapelry, dependent branch of a parish | | |moving in register |
| |- | | |- |
| | kaplan | | |ingen |
| | assistant minister | | |no, no one, none |
| |- | | |- |
| | karbunkel | | |inget |
| | carbuncle | | |nothing, none |
| |- | | |- |
| | karl | | |inhyses |
| | man, male | | |a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger |
| |- | | |- |
| | karta | | |innehåll |
| | map | | |contents |
| |- | | |- |
| | katalog | | |innevarande |
| | directory, catalog | | |current |
| |- | | |- |
| | katekismilängd | | |inskrivning |
| | communion record | | |entry |
| |- | | |- |
| | katolsk | | |inskrivningsskyldiga |
| | Catholic | | |conscription duty |
| |- | | |- |
| | kavallerist | | |invandrare |
| | cavalryman | | |immigrant |
| |- | | |- |
| | kikhosta | | |invandring |
| | whooping cough | | |immigration |
| |- | | |- |
| | klensmed | | |januari |
| | toolmaker, locksmith | | |January |
| |- | | |- |
| | klockare | | |jord |
| | parish clerk | | |earth, soil, land |
| |- | | |- |
| | knekt | | |jordbrukare |
| | soldier | | |farmer |
| |- | | |- |
| | knektekontrakt | | |jordebok |
| | agreement of enrollment | | |land record |
| |- | | |- |
| | kofferdi | | |jordegumma |
| | merchant marine | | |midwife |
| |- | | |- |
| | kolare | | |jordfästning |
| | charcoal burner | | |funeral, burial service |
| |- | | |- |
| | kolera | | |jordregisternamn |
| | cholera | | |land registry name |
| |- | | |- |
| | kolik | | |jude |
| | colic | | |Jew |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommen ifrån | | |judisk |
| | came from | | |Jewish |
| |- | | |- |
| | komminister | | |jul |
| | assistant minister | | |Christmas |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommun | | |juli |
| | township, municipality, parish | | |July |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommunikant | | |jungfru |
| | person receiving communion | | |Miss, maiden, virgin |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommunionbok | | |juni |
| | communion book | | |June |
| |- | | |- |
| | kommunionlängd | | |jägare |
| | communion record | | |hunter |
| |- | | |- |
| | konfirmation | | |jägmästare |
| | confirmation | | |forester |
| |- | | |- |
| | konfirmationslängd | | |jämte |
| | confirmation record | | |together with |
| |- | | |- |
| | kontrahenterna | | |kallad |
| | marriage applicants | | |called, named |
| |- | | |- |
| | kontrakt | | |kallbrand |
| | deanery (clerical district) | | |gangrene |
| |- | | |- |
| | konung, kung | | |kammarskrivare |
| | king | | |assistant clerk |
| |- | | |- |
| | konvulsioner | | |kapellförsamling |
| | convulsions | | |chapelry, dependent branch of a parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | kopparslagare | | |kaplan |
| | coppersmith | | |assistant minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | koppor | | |karbunkel |
| | smallpox | | |carbuncle |
| |- | | |- |
| | kov | | |karl |
| | shortness of breath | | |man, male |
| |- | | |- |
| | kramp | | |karta |
| | convulsions | | |map |
| |- | | |- |
| | krank | | |katalog |
| | illness | | |directory, catalog |
| |- | | |- |
| | krigsarkiv | | |katekismilängd |
| | war archive, military archive | | |communion record |
| |- | | |- |
| | kristendomskunskap | | |katolsk |
| | religious knowledge | | |Catholic |
| |- | | |- |
| | kristnad | | |kavallerist |
| | christened, baptized | | |cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | krono- | | |kikhosta |
| | belonging to the crown (government) | | |whooping cough |
| |- | | |- |
| | kronohemman | | |klensmed |
| | farm owned by the crown (government) | | |toolmaker, locksmith |
| |- | | |- |
| | krukmakare | | |klockare |
| | potter | | |parish clerk |
| |- | | |- |
| | kräfta | | |knekt |
| | cancer | | |soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | kung, konung | | |knektekontrakt |
| | king | | |agreement of enrollment |
| |- | | |- |
| | kungarike | | |kofferdi |
| | kingdom | | |merchant marine |
| |- | | |- |
| | kunglig | | |kolare |
| | royal | | |charcoal burner |
| |- | | |- |
| | kusin | | |kolera |
| | cousin | | |cholera |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvarlåtenskap | | |kolik |
| | possessions left after death | | |colic |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvarn | | |kommen ifrån |
| | mill | | |came from |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvarter | | |komminister |
| | block, quarter | | |assistant minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvinna, kvinnkjön | | |kommun |
| | woman, female | | |township, municipality, parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | kväll | | |kommunikant |
| | evening | | |person receiving communion |
| |- | | |- |
| | kvävning | | |kommunionbok |
| | suffocation | | |communion book |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrka | | |kommunionlängd |
| | church | | |communion record |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkobok | | |konfirmation |
| | parish register | | |confirmation |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkoby | | |konfirmationslängd |
| | village in which the parish church is located | | |confirmation record |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkogång | | |kontrahenterna |
| | introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth | | |marriage applicants |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkogård | | |kontrakt |
| | churchyard, cemetery | | |deanery (clerical district) |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkoherde | | |konung, kung |
| | parish minister | | |king |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkosocken | | |konvulsioner |
| | ecclesiastical parish | | |convulsions |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkotagen | | |kopparslagare |
| | introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth | | |coppersmith |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkovaktare | | |koppor |
| | church officer | | |smallpox |
| |- | | |- |
| | kyrkovärd | | |kov |
| | church or parish warden | | |shortness of breath |
| |- | | |- |
| | käresta | | |kramp |
| | loved one, wife | | |convulsions |
| |- | | |- |
| | kön | | |krank |
| | sex, gender | | |illness |
| |- | | |- |
| | köpebrev | | |krigsarkiv |
| | purchase deed, title deed | | |war archive, military archive |
| |- | | |- |
| | köping | | |kristendom, christendom |
| | small town | | |Christianity, Christian, religious |
| |- | | |- |
| | köpman | | |kristendomskunskap |
| | merchant | | |religious knowledge |
| |- | | |- |
| | körsnär | | |kristnad |
| | furrier | | |christened, baptized |
| |- | | |- |
| | lag | | |krono- |
| | law | | |belonging to the crown (government) |
| |- | | |- |
| | laga år kommen | | |kronohemman |
| | of legal age | | |farm owned by the crown (government) |
| |- | | |- |
| | land | | |krukmakare |
| | land, country | | |potter |
| |- | | |- |
| | landsarkiv | | |kräfta |
| | provincial archive | | |cancer |
| |- | | |- |
| | landsförsamling | | |kung, konung |
| | rural parish of a city | | |king |
| |- | | |- |
| | landskap | | |kungarike |
| | province | | |kingdom |
| |- | | |- |
| | lapp | | |kunglig |
| | Lapp | | |royal |
| |- | | |- |
| | ledig | | |kusin |
| | unmarried, free | | |cousin |
| |- | | |- |
| | leva | | |kunskap |
| | to live | | |knowledge |
| |- | | |- |
| | levande | | |kvarlåtenskap |
| | living | | |possessions left after death |
| |- | | |- |
| | lik | | |kvarn |
| | corpse | | |mill |
| |- | | |- |
| | lilla | | |kvarter |
| | little, small | | |block, quarter |
| |- | | |- |
| | liten | | |kvinna, kvinnkjön |
| | little, small | | |woman, female |
| |- | | |- |
| | lots | | |kvinnoklinik |
| | sea pilot | | |maternity hospital/clinic |
| |- | | |- |
| | lucka | | |kväll |
| | gap (missing records) | | |evening |
| |- | | |- |
| | lunginflammation | | |kvävning |
| | pneumonia | | |suffocation |
| |- | | |- |
| | lungsot | | |kyrka |
| | consumption, tuberculosis | | |church |
| |- | | |- |
| | luteran, lutersk | | |kyrkobok |
| | Lutheran | | |parish register |
| |- | | |- |
| | lysning | | |kyrkoby |
| | banns | | |village in which the parish church is located |
| |- | | |- |
| | lysningslängd | | |kyrkogång |
| | banns register | | |[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | lyst | | |kyrkogård |
| | posted banns | | |churchyard, cemetery |
| |- | | |- |
| | låg | | |kyrkoherde |
| | low | | |parish minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | lägersmål | | |kyrkosocken |
| | illicit relations | | |ecclesiastical parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | lägrad kvinna | | |kyrkotagen |
| | woman who has had illicit relations | | |[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth |
| |- | | |- |
| | lägre | | |kyrkovaktare |
| | lower | | |church officer |
| |- | | |- |
| | läkare | | |kyrkovärd |
| | doctor | | |church or parish warden |
| |- | | |- |
| | län | | |käresta |
| | county | | |loved one, wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | längd | | |kön |
| | roll, record, book | | |sex, gender |
| |- | | |- |
| | länsman | | |köpebrev |
| | sheriff | | |purchase deed, title deed |
| |- | | |- |
| | lärare | | |köping |
| | teacher | | |small town |
| |- | | |- |
| | lärling | | |köpman |
| | apprentice | | |merchant |
| |- | | |- |
| | lönskaläge | | |körsnär |
| | illicit relations between unmarried persons | | |furrier |
| |- | | |- |
| | löpande | | |lag |
| | current | | |law |
| |- | | |- |
| | lördag | | |laga år kommen |
| | Saturday | | |of legal age |
| |- | | |- |
| | lösdrivare | | |land |
| | vagrant | | |land, country |
| |- | | |- |
| | magref | | |landsarkiv |
| | colic | | |provincial archive |
| |- | | |- |
| | magsjukdom | | |landsförsamling |
| | stomach disease | | |rural parish of a city |
| |- | | |- |
| | magvärk | | |landskap |
| | stomachache | | |province |
| |- | | |- |
| | magskärv | | |lapp |
| | painful stomach disease | | |Lapp |
| |- | | |- |
| | maj | | |ledig |
| | May | | |unmarried, free |
| |- | | |- |
| | majestät | | |leva |
| | royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät) | | |to live |
| |- | | |- |
| | majestätsbrott | | |levande |
| | treason | | |living |
| |- | | |- |
| | maka | | |lik |
| | spouse, mate, husband, or wife | | |corpse |
| |- | | |- |
| | makarnas gemensamma barn | | |lilla |
| | child(ren) a couple had together | | |little, small |
| |- | | |- |
| | make | | |liten |
| | spouse, mate, husband, or wife | | |little, small |
| |- | | |- |
| | mamsell | | |lots |
| | Miss | | |sea pilot |
| |- | | |- |
| | man, mankjön | | |lucka |
| | man, male, husband | | |gap (missing records) |
| |- | | |- |
| | mantal | | |lunginflammation |
| | assessed unit of land | | |pneumonia |
| |- | | |- |
| | mantalskriven | | |lungsot |
| | registered for tax/census purposes | | |consumption, tuberculosis |
| |- | | |- |
| | mantalslängd | | |luteran, lutersk |
| | tax/census record | | |Lutheran |
| |- | | |- |
| | marknad | | |lysning |
| | market, fair | | |banns |
| |- | | |- |
| | mars | | |lysningslängd |
| | March | | |banns register |
| |- | | |- |
| | maskslag | | |lyst |
| | fainting | | |posted banns |
| |- | | |- |
| | maskinist | | |låg |
| | machinist, engineer | | |low |
| |- | | |- |
| | matros | | |lägenhets |
| | sailor, seaman | | |apartment |
| |- | | |- |
| | med | | |lägersmål |
| | with | | |illicit relations |
| |- | | |- |
| | medborgare | | |lägrad kvinna |
| | citizen | | |woman who has had illicit relations |
| |- | | |- |
| | medlem | | |lägre |
| | member | | |lower |
| |- | | |- |
| | mellan | | |läkare |
| | between | | |doctor |
| |- | | |- |
| | men | | |län |
| | but | | |county |
| |- | | |- |
| | middag | | |längd |
| | noon | | |roll, record, book |
| |- | | |- |
| | midnatt | | |länsman |
| | midnight | | |sheriff |
| |- | | |- |
| | militär | | |lärare |
| | military | | |teacher |
| |- | | |- |
| | minderårig | | |lärling |
| | underage | | |apprentice |
| |- | | |- |
| | mindre | | |lönskaläge |
| | lesser, smaller | | |illicit relations between unmarried persons |
| |- | | |- |
| | ministerialbok | | |löpande |
| | parish register | | |current |
| |- | | |- |
| | minut | | |lördag |
| | minute | | |Saturday |
| |- | | |- |
| | mjölnare | | |lösdrivare |
| | miller | | |vagrant |
| |- | | |- |
| | moder, mor | | |magref |
| | mother | | |colic |
| |- | | |- |
| | moderpassion | | |magsjukdom |
| | hysteric fits | | |stomach disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | morbror | | |magvärk |
| | maternal uncle | | |stomachache |
| |- | | |- |
| | morfar | | |magskärv |
| | maternal grandfather | | |painful stomach disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | morgon | | |maj |
| | morning | | |May |
| |- | | |- |
| | morgongåva | | |majestät |
| | morning gift, dowry | | |royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät) |
| |- | | |- |
| | mormor | | |majestätsbrott |
| | maternal grandmother | | |treason |
| |- | | |- |
| | mosaisk | | |maka |
| | Jewish | | |spouse, mate, husband, or wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | moster | | |makarnas gemensamma barn |
| | maternal aunt | | |child(ren) a couple had together |
| |- | | |- |
| | mot | | |make |
| | against, toward | | |spouse, mate, husband, or wife |
| |- | | |- |
| | murare | | |mamsell |
| | mason | | |Miss |
| |- | | |- |
| | mycket | | |man, mankjön |
| | very, much | | |man, male, husband |
| |- | | |- |
| | myndig | | |mantal |
| | of legal age | | |assessed unit of land |
| |- | | |- |
| | myndling | | |mantalskriven |
| | pupil or ward | | |registered for tax/census purposes |
| |- | | |- |
| | måg | | |mantalslängd |
| | son-in-law | | |tax/census record |
| |- | | |- |
| | målsman | | |marasmus |
| | guardian | | |malnutrition |
| |- | | |- |
| | månad | | |marknad |
| | month | | |market, fair |
| |- | | |- |
| | måndag | | |mars |
| | Monday | | |March |
| |- | | |- |
| | mässling | | |maskslag |
| | measles | | |fainting |
| |- | | |- |
| | mästare | | |maskinist |
| | master | | |machinist, engineer |
| |- | | |- |
| | mördad | | |massel |
| | murdered | | |small rash, similar to measles |
| |- | | |- |
| | namn | | |matros |
| | name | | |sailor, seaman |
| |- | | |- |
| | nationalitet | | |med |
| | nationality | | |with |
| |- | | |- |
| | natt | | |medborgare |
| | night | | |citizen |
| |- | | |- |
| | nattvard | | |medlem |
| | communion | | |member |
| |- | | |- |
| | nedan(för) | | |mellan |
| | below | | |between |
| |- | | |- |
| | nedkomst | | |men |
| | birth | | |but |
| |- | | |- |
| | nedre | | |middag |
| | lower | | |noon |
| |- | | |- |
| | nervfeber | | |midnatt |
| | typhoid fever | | |midnight |
| |- | | |- |
| | nervslag | | |militär |
| | sudden paralysis | | |military |
| |- | | |- |
| | nio(nde) | | |minderårig |
| | nine (ninth) | | |underage |
| |- | | |- |
| | nittio(nde) | | |mindre |
| | ninety (nintieth) | | |lesser, smaller |
| |- | | |- |
| | nitton(de) | | |ministerialbok |
| | nineteen (nineteenth) | | |parish register |
| |- | | |- |
| | njurpassion | | |minut |
| | kidney stone disease | | |minute |
| |- | | |- |
| | noll | | |mjölnare |
| | zero | | |miller |
| |- | | |- |
| | nord | | |moder, mor |
| | north | | |mother |
| |- | | |- |
| | Norge | | |moderpassion |
| | Norway | | |hysteric fits |
| |- | | |- |
| | norr(a) | | |morbror |
| | north, northern | | |maternal uncle |
| |- | | |- |
| | norsk | | |morfar |
| | Norwegian | | |maternal grandfather |
| |- | | |- |
| | november | | |morgon |
| | November | | |morning |
| |- | | |- |
| | nu | | |morgongåva |
| | now | | |morning gift, dowry |
| |- | | |- |
| | nummer | | |mormor |
| | number | | |maternal grandmother |
| |- | | |- |
| | ny (a) | | |mosaisk |
| | new | | |Jewish |
| |- | | |- |
| | nya boken (N.B.) | | |moster |
| | new book, next clerical survey | | |maternal aunt |
| |- | | |- |
| | nybyggare | | |mot |
| | settler | | |against, toward |
| |- | | |- |
| | nyfödd | | |murare |
| | newborn | | |mason |
| |- | | |- |
| | nytt | | |mycket |
| | new | | |very, much |
| |- | | |- |
| | någon | | |myndig |
| | someone, anyone | | |of legal age |
| |- | | |- |
| | något | | |myndling |
| | something, somewhat | | |pupil or ward |
| |- | | |- |
| | nämdeman | | |måg |
| | juryman | | |son-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | när | | |målsman |
| | when | | |guardian |
| |- | | |- |
| | nära | | |månad |
| | near | | |month |
| |- | | |- |
| | näringsfång | | |måndag |
| | source of livelihood, business, industry | | |Monday |
| |- | | |- |
| | närvarande | | |mässling |
| | present | | |measles |
| |- | | |- |
| | närvaro | | |mästare |
| | presence | | |master |
| |- | | |- |
| | nöddop | | |mördad |
| | emergency baptism | | |murdered |
| |- | | |- |
| | oangiven | | |mördare |
| | not given | | |murderer |
| |- | | |- |
| | obefintliga | | |namn |
| | persons whose residence is not known | | |name |
| |- | | |- |
| | och | | |nationalitet |
| | and | | |nationality |
| |- | | |- |
| | också | | |natt |
| | also | | |night |
| |- | | |- |
| | odaterad | | |nattvard |
| | not dated | | |communion |
| |- | | |- |
| | odöpt | | |nedan(för) |
| | not christened | | |below |
| |- | | |- |
| | ofta | | |nedkomst |
| | often | | |birth |
| |- | | |- |
| | ofärdig | | |nedre |
| | lame, crippled | | |lower |
| |- | | |- |
| | ogift | | |nervfeber |
| | unmarried | | |typhoid fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | oktober | | |nervslag |
| | October | | |sudden paralysis |
| |- | | |- |
| | okänd | | |nio(nde) |
| | unknown | | |nine (ninth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | olycka | | |nittio(nde) |
| | accident, misfortune | | |ninety (nintieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | om | | |nitton(de) |
| | if, about | | |nineteen (nineteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | omkommen | | |njurpassion |
| | died accidentally, drowned | | |kidney stone disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | omkring | | |noll |
| | about | | |zero |
| |- | | |- |
| | omvändelse | | |nord |
| | conversion | | |north |
| |- | | |- |
| | omyndig | | |Norge |
| | minor | | |Norway |
| |- | | |- |
| | onsdag | | |norr(a) |
| | Wednesday | | |north, northern |
| |- | | |- |
| | ondslag | | |norsk |
| | syphilis | | |Norwegian |
| |- | | |- |
| | ordbok | | |november |
| | dictionary | | |November |
| |- | | |- |
| | ormbett | | |nu |
| | bitten by a snake | | |now |
| |- | | |- |
| | orsak | | |nummer |
| | cause, reason | | |number |
| |- | | |- |
| | ort | | |ny (a) |
| | place | | |new |
| |- | | |- |
| | ortförteckning | | |nya boken (N.B.) |
| | locality list, gazetteer | | |new book, next clerical survey |
| |- | | |- |
| | ortodox | | |nybyggare |
| | (Eastern) Orthodox | | |settler |
| |- | | |- |
| | otidigt sängelag | | |nyfödd |
| | fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged) | | |newborn |
| |- | | |- |
| | ovan, ovanför | | |nytt |
| | above | | |new |
| |- | | |- |
| | oxel | | |någon |
| | tumour | | |someone, anyone |
| |- | | |- |
| | oäkta | | |något |
| | illegitimate (child) | | |something, somewhat |
| |- | | |- |
| | passion | | |nämdeman |
| | suffering | | |juryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | pastor | | |när |
| | parish minister | | |when |
| |- | | |- |
| | pastorat | | |nära |
| | parish | | |near |
| |- | | |- |
| | pastorsexpedition | | |näringsfång |
| | parish office | | |source of livelihood, business, industry |
| |- | | |- |
| | personernas | | |närvarande |
| | the person\'s | | |present |
| |- | | |- |
| | pest | | |närvaro |
| | plague | | |presence |
| |- | | |- |
| | piga | | |nöddop |
| | maid, maiden, servant girl | | |emergency baptism |
| |- | | |- |
| | pilt(ebarn) | | |oangiven |
| | boy, male child | | |not given |
| |- | | |- |
| | pingst | | |obefintliga |
| | Pentecost, Whitsunday | | |persons whose residence is not known |
| |- | | |- |
| | pliktad | | |och |
| | fined | | |and |
| |- | | |- |
| | plåga | | |också |
| | pain | | |also |
| |- | | |- |
| | podager | | |odaterad |
| | gout | | |not dated |
| |- | | |- |
| | pojke | | |odöpt |
| | boy | | |not christened |
| |- | | |- |
| | profoss | | |ofta |
| | flogmaster (military) | | |often |
| |- | | |- |
| | prost | | |ofärdig |
| | dean | | |lame, crippled |
| |- | | |- |
| | prosteri | | |ogift |
| | deanery | | |unmarried |
| |- | | |- |
| | präst | | |oktober |
| | minister | | |October |
| |- | | |- |
| | prästgård | | |okänd |
| | parsonage | | |unknown |
| |- | | |- |
| | på | | |olycka |
| | on, upon, at (some place), in (about time) | | |accident, misfortune |
| |- | | |- |
| | påsk | | |om |
| | Easter | | |if, about |
| |- | | |- |
| | påssjuka | | |omkommen |
| | mumps | | |died accidentally, drowned |
| |- | | |- |
| | regemente | | |omkring |
| | regiment | | |about |
| |- | | |- |
| | register | | |omvändelse |
| | register, index | | |conversion |
| |- | | |- |
| | repslagare | | |omyndig |
| | rope maker | | |minor |
| |- | | |- |
| | Riddarhuset | | |onsdag |
| | house of nobility | | |Wednesday |
| |- | | |- |
| | rike | | |ondslag |
| | state, realm | | |syphilis |
| |- | | |- |
| | riksarkiv | | |ordbok |
| | national archives, state archives | | |dictionary |
| |- | | |- |
| | rote | | |ormbett |
| | district within a parish | | |bitten by a snake |
| |- | | |- |
| | rotehjon | | |orsak |
| | person supported by a parish district | | |cause, reason |
| |- | | |- |
| | rotesoldat | | |ort |
| | soldier for a district in a parish | | |place |
| |- | | |- |
| | rulla | | |ortförteckning |
| | record, roll | | |locality list, gazetteer |
| |- | | |- |
| | rusthåll | | |ortodox |
| | farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier | | |(Eastern) Orthodox |
| |- | | |- |
| | rusthållare | | |otidigt sängelag |
| | owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier | | |fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged) |
| |- | | |- |
| | rymt, rymd | | |ovan, ovanför |
| | runaway | | |above |
| |- | | |- |
| | rysk, ryss | | |oxel |
| | Russian | | |tumour |
| |- | | |- |
| | Ryssland | | |oäkta |
| | Russia | | |illegitimate (child) |
| |- | | |- |
| | ryttare | | |passion |
| | cavalryman | | |suffering |
| |- | | |- |
| | rådhusrätt | | |pastor |
| | city court | | |parish minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | rådman | | |pastorat |
| | councilman | | |parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | rådstu(gu)rätt | | |pastorsexpedition |
| | city court | | |parish office |
| |- | | |- |
| | räkenskapslängd | | |personernas |
| | records of accounts | | |the person\'s |
| |- | | |- |
| | rätt | | |pest |
| | court, right, correct | | |plague |
| |- | | |- |
| | rättare | | |piga |
| | farm foreman | | |maid, maiden, servant girl |
| |- | | |- |
| | rödsot | | |pilt(ebarn) |
| | dysentery | | |boy, male child |
| |- | | |- |
| | röta | | |pingst |
| | gangrene | | |Pentecost, Whitsunday |
| |- | | |- |
| | rötfeber | | |pliktad |
| | gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever | | |fined |
| |- | | |- |
| | sakna(s) | | |plåga |
| | miss, missing | | |pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | salig | | |podager |
| | the deceased, blessed | | |gout |
| |- | | |- |
| | samhälle | | |pojke |
| | community | | |boy |
| |- | | |- |
| | samma | | |postaddress |
| | (the) same | | |mailing address |
| |- | | |- |
| | sammanavla | | |profoss |
| | beget, conceive | | |flogmaster (military) |
| |- | | |- |
| | sammanviga | | |prost |
| | marry | | |dean |
| |- | | |- |
| | samma städes | | |prosteri |
| | (of) the same place | | |deanery |
| |- | | |- |
| | samt | | |präst |
| | and, together with | | |minister |
| |- | | |- |
| | samtycke | | |prästgård |
| | permission, consent (to) | | |parsonage |
| |- | | |- |
| | scharlakansfeber | | |på |
| | scarlet fever | | |on, upon, at (some place), in (about time) |
| |- | | |- |
| | sedan | | |påsk |
| | since | | |Easter |
| |- | | |- |
| | sekel | | |påssjuka |
| | century | | |mumps |
| |- | | |- |
| | senare, (den) | | |regemente |
| | later, the latter | | |regiment |
| |- | | |- |
| | sent | | |register |
| | late | | |register, index |
| |- | | |- |
| | september | | |repslagare |
| | September | | |rope maker |
| |- | | |- |
| | sex | | |Riddarhuset |
| | six | | |house of nobility |
| |- | | |- |
| | sexman | | |rike |
| | parish caretaker | | |state, realm |
| |- | | |- |
| | sextio(nde) | | |riksarkiv |
| | sixty (sixtieth) | | |national archives, state archives |
| |- | | |- |
| | sexton(de) | | |rote |
| | sixteen (sixteenth) | | |district within a parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | sida | | |rotehjon |
| | page | | |person supported by a parish district |
| |- | | |- |
| | sig | | |rotesoldat |
| | himself, herself, itself | | |soldier for a district in a parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | sin, sitt, sina | | |rulla |
| | his, her, its (own) | | |record, roll |
| |- | | |- |
| | sinnessvag | | |rusthåll |
| | feebleminded | | |farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjelfspillan | | |rusthållare |
| | one who committed suicide (old spelling) | | |owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | sju | | |rymt, rymd |
| | seven | | |runaway |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjuk | | |rysk, ryss |
| | sick | | |Russian |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjukdom | | |Ryssland |
| | sickness | | |Russia |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjuklig | | |ryttare |
| | sickly | | |cavalryman |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjunde | | |rådhusrätt |
| | seventh | | |city court |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjuttio(nde) | | |rådman |
| | seventy (seventieth) | | |councilman |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjutton(de) | | |rådstu(gu)rätt |
| | seventeen (seventeenth) | | |city court |
| |- | | |- |
| | självmord | | |räkenskapslängd |
| | suicide | | |records of accounts |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjätte | | |rätt |
| | sixth | | |court, right, correct |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjö | | |rättare |
| | lake | | |farm foreman |
| |- | | |- |
| | sjöman | | |rödsot |
| | sailor, seaman | | |dysentery |
| |- | | |- |
| | skarprättare | | |röta |
| | executioner, hangman | | |gangrene |
| |- | | |- |
| | skarpskytt | | |rötfeber |
| | sharpshooter | | |gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | skatt | | |sakna(s) |
| | tax | | |miss, missing |
| |- | | |- |
| | skattehemman | | |salig |
| | farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government) | | |the deceased, blessed |
| |- | | |- |
| | skeppare | | |samhälle |
| | skipper | | |community |
| |- | | |- |
| | skerfva | | |samma |
| | rickets or malnutrition | | |(the) same |
| |- | | |- |
| | skilsmässa | | |sammanavla |
| | divorce | | |beget, conceive |
| |- | | |- |
| | skog | | |sammanviga |
| | forest | | |marry |
| |- | | |- |
| | skogvaktare | | |samma städes |
| | forester | | |(of) the same place |
| |- | | |- |
| | skola | | |samt |
| | school | | |and, together with |
| |- | | |- |
| | skollärare | | |samtycke |
| | schoolteacher | | |permission, consent (to) |
| |- | | |- |
| | skomakare | | |sangliggande |
| | shoemaker | | |bedridden |
| |- | | |- |
| | skorstensfejare | | |scharlakansfeber |
| | chimney-sweep | | |scarlet fever |
| |- | | |- |
| | skottår | | |sedan |
| | leap year | | |since |
| |- | | |- |
| | skrud | | |sekel |
| | gown (bridal) | | |century |
| |- | | |- |
| | skräddare | | |senare, (den) |
| | tailor | | |later, the latter |
| |- | | |- |
| | skörbjugg | | |sent |
| | scurvy | | |late |
| |- | | |- |
| | slag(anfall) | | |september |
| | stroke | | |September |
| |- | | |- |
| | slagen af åskan | | |sex |
| | hit by lightning | | |six |
| |- | | |- |
| | slagsmål | | |sexman |
| | fight | | |parish caretaker |
| |- | | |- |
| | slaktare | | |sextio(nde) |
| | meat cutter, butcher | | |sixty (sixtieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | slot | | |sexton(de) |
| | castle | | |sixteen (sixteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | slut | | |sida |
| | end | | |page |
| |- | | |- |
| | släkt | | |sig |
| | family, clan | | |himself, herself, itself |
| |- | | |- |
| | släktbok | | |sin, sitt, sina |
| | lineage book | | |his, her, its (own) |
| |- | | |- |
| | släktforskning | | |sinnesrubbad |
| | genealogy | | |deranged |
| |- | | |- |
| | släkting | | |sinnessjuk |
| | relative | | |insane |
| |- | | |- |
| | släktled | | |sinnessvag |
| | generation | | |feebleminded |
| |- | | |- |
| | smed | | |sjelfspillan |
| | blacksmith | | |one who committed suicide (old spelling) |
| |- | | |- |
| | smittkoppor | | |sju |
| | smallpox | | |seven |
| |- | | |- |
| | smärta | | |sjuk |
| | pain | | |sick |
| |- | | |- |
| | små (plural) | | |sjukdom |
| | little, small | | |sickness |
| |- | | |- |
| | snatteri | | |sjuklig |
| | pilfering | | |sickly |
| |- | | |- |
| | snickare | | |sjunde |
| | carpenter | | |seventh |
| |- | | |- |
| | socken | | |sjuttio(nde) |
| | parish | | |seventy (seventieth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | soldat | | |sjutton(de) |
| | soldier | | |seventeen (seventeenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | som | | |självmord |
| | who, which, that | | |suicide |
| |- | | |- |
| | sommar | | |sjätte |
| | summer | | |sixth |
| |- | | |- |
| | son | | |sjö |
| | son | | |lake |
| |- | | |- |
| | sondotter | | |sjöman |
| | son\'s daughter, granddaughter | | |sailor, seaman |
| |- | | |- |
| | sonhustru | | |skarprättare |
| | son\'s wife, daughter-in-law | | |executioner, hangman |
| |- | | |- |
| | sonson | | |skarpskytt |
| | son\'s son, grandson | | |sharpshooter |
| |- | | |- |
| | sotdöd | | |skatt |
| | old age | | |tax |
| |- | | |- |
| | sotsäng | | |skattehemman |
| | sickbed | | |farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government) |
| |- | | |- |
| | spannmålstorpare | | |skeppare |
| | tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain | | |skipper |
| |- | | |- |
| | spinnare | | |skerfva |
| | spinner | | |rickets or malnutrition |
| |- | | |- |
| | spridda år | | |skilsmässa |
| | intermittent years | | |divorce |
| |- | | |- |
| | stad | | |skog |
| | city | | |forest |
| |- | | |- |
| | stadsarkiv | | |skogvaktare |
| | city archives | | |forester |
| |- | | |- |
| | stadsförsamling | | |skola |
| | city parish | | |school |
| |- | | |- |
| | stamfader | | |skollärare |
| | progenitor | | |schoolteacher |
| |- | | |- |
| | stamtavla | | |skomakare |
| | descendancy chart | | |shoemaker |
| |- | | |- |
| | statare, statdräng | | |skorstensfejare |
| | farm laborer | | |chimney-sweep |
| |- | | |- |
| | stattorpare | | |skottår |
| | farm laborer, usually married | | |leap year |
| |- | | |- |
| | stenhuggare | | |skrud |
| | stonecutter | | |gown (bridal) |
| |- | | |- |
| | stenpassion | | |skräddare |
| | gallbladder disease | | |tailor |
| |- | | |- |
| | sterbhus | | |skörbjugg |
| | a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead | | |scurvy |
| |- | | |- |
| | stiefson | | |slag(anfall) |
| | stepson | | |stroke |
| |- | | |- |
| | stifson | | |slagen af åskan |
| | stepson | | |hit by lightning |
| |- | | |- |
| | stift | | |slagsmål |
| | diocese | | |fight |
| |- | | |- |
| | stoft | | |slaktare |
| | mortal remains, or ashes | | |meat cutter, butcher |
| |- | | |- |
| | stor, stort, stora | | |slot |
| | large, big, great | | |castle |
| |- | | |- |
| | straff | | |slut |
| | punishment | | |end |
| |- | | |- |
| | straffarbete | | |släkt |
| | hard labor | | |family, clan |
| |- | | |- |
| | strax | | |släktbok |
| | right away, immediately | | |lineage book |
| |- | | |- |
| | strypsjuka | | |släktforskning |
| | diptheria | | |genealogy |
| |- | | |- |
| | stuga | | |släkting |
| | cottage, house | | |relative |
| |- | | |- |
| | stum | | |släktled |
| | dumb, mute | | |generation |
| |- | | |- |
| | stupa | | |smed |
| | to be killed in war | | |blacksmith |
| |- | | |- |
| | styrman | | |smittkoppor |
| | mate, on ship | | |smallpox |
| |- | | |- |
| | styv- | | |smärta |
| | step- | | |pain |
| |- | | |- |
| | styvson | | |små (plural) |
| | stepson | | |little, small |
| |- | | |- |
| | stånd | | |snatteri |
| | status, condition | | |pilfering |
| |- | | |- |
| | ståndsperson | | |snickare |
| | person of social standing | | |carpenter |
| |- | | |- |
| | ställe | | |socken |
| | place | | |parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | stärbhus | | |soldat |
| | death estate | | |soldier |
| |- | | |- |
| | stöld | | |som |
| | theft | | |who, which, that |
| |- | | |- |
| | svaghet | | |sommar |
| | weakness, feebleness | | |summer |
| |- | | |- |
| | svagsint | | |son |
| | feebleminded | | |son |
| |- | | |- |
| | sven | | |sondotter |
| | young man, apprentice | | |son\'s daughter, granddaughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | svensk | | |sonhustru |
| | Swedish | | |son\'s wife, daughter-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | Sverige | | |sonson |
| | Sweden | | |son\'s son, grandson |
| |- | | |- |
| | svullnad | | |sotdöd |
| | swelling, bloating | | |old age |
| |- | | |- |
| | svulst | | |sotsäng |
| | tumor | | |sickbed |
| |- | | |- |
| | svåger | | |spannmålstorpare |
| | brother-in-law | | |tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain |
| |- | | |- |
| | svägerska | | |spinnare |
| | sister-in-law | | |spinner |
| |- | | |- |
| | svärfar | | |spridda år |
| | father-in-law | | |intermittent years |
| |- | | |- |
| | svärmor | | |späd |
| | mother-in-law | | |infant |
| |- | | |- |
| | svärson | | |stad |
| | son-in-law | | |city |
| |- | | |- |
| | syd | | |stadsarkiv |
| | south | | |city archives |
| |- | | |- |
| | syskon | | |stadsförsamling |
| | siblings | | |city parish |
| |- | | |- |
| | syskonbarn | | |stalldrängen |
| | nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s) | | |stable boy/man |
| |- | | |- |
| | syssling | | |stamfader |
| | second cousin, tremänning | | |progenitor |
| |- | | |- |
| | syster | | |stamtavla |
| | sister | | |descendancy chart |
| |- | | |- |
| | systerdotter | | |statare, statdräng |
| | niece, sister\'s daughter | | |farm laborer |
| |- | | |- |
| | systerson | | |stattorpare |
| | nephew, sister\'s son | | |farm laborer, usually married |
| |- | | |- |
| | syting | | |stenhuggare |
| | person receiving support after giving his estate to another | | |stonecutter |
| |- | | |- |
| | såg | | |stenpassion |
| | saw, sawmill | | |gallbladder disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | sågställare | | |sterbhus |
| | saw setter | | |a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead |
| |- | | |- |
| | sängliggande | | |stiefson |
| | bed-ridden | | |stepson |
| |- | | |- |
| | särskilda | | |stifson |
| | special | | |stepson |
| |- | | |- |
| | säteri | | |stift |
| | freehold estate | | |diocese |
| |- | | |- |
| | söder (södra) | | |stoft |
| | south (southern) | | |mortal remains, or ashes |
| |- | | |- |
| | söndag | | |stor, stort, stora |
| | Sunday | | |large, big, great |
| |- | | |- |
| | testamente | | |straff |
| | will | | |punishment |
| |- | | |- |
| | tid | | |straffarbete |
| | time | | |hard labor |
| |- | | |- |
| | tidskrift | | |strax |
| | periodical | | |right away, immediately |
| |- | | |- |
| | tiggare | | |strypsjuka |
| | beggar | | |diptheria |
| |- | | |- |
| | till | | |studerande |
| | to | | |student |
| |- | | |- |
| | tillsammans | | |stuga |
| | together | | |cottage, house |
| |- | | |- |
| | tillstånd | | |stum |
| | dispensation, permission | | |dumb, mute |
| |- | | |- |
| | timma | | |stupa |
| | hour | | |to be killed in war |
| |- | | |- |
| | timmerman | | |styrman |
| | carpenter, builder | | |mate, on ship |
| |- | | |- |
| | ting | | |styv- |
| | court | | |step- |
| |- | | |- |
| | tingslag | | |styvson |
| | judicial district, assize division | | |stepson |
| |- | | |- |
| | tio(nde) | | |stånd |
| | ten (tenth) | | |status, condition |
| |- | | |- |
| | tionde | | |ståndsperson |
| | tenth, tithing | | |person of social standing |
| |- | | |- |
| | tiondebok | | |ställe |
| | tithing record | | |place |
| |- | | |- |
| | tisdag | | |stärbhus |
| | Tuesday | | |death estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugo | | |stöld |
| | twenty | | |theft |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoandra | | |summa |
| | twenty-second | | |total |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoen, tjugoett | | |svaghet |
| | twenty-one | | |weakness, feebleness |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugofem(te) | | |svagsint |
| | twenty-five (twenty-fifth) | | |feebleminded |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugofjärde | | |sven |
| | twenty-fourth | | |young man, apprentice |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugofyra | | |svensk |
| | twenty-four | | |Swedish |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoförsta | | |Sverige |
| | twenty-first | | |Sweden |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugonde | | |svullnad |
| | twentieth | | |swelling, bloating |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugonio (nde) | | |svulst |
| | twenty-nine (twenty-ninth) | | |tumor |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugosex | | |svåger |
| | twenty-six | | |brother-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugosju(nde) | | |svägerska |
| | twenty-seven (twenty-seventh) | | |sister-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugosjätte | | |svärfar |
| | twenty-sixth | | |father-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugotre | | |svärmor |
| | twenty-three | | |mother-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugotredje | | |svärson |
| | twenty-third | | |son-in-law |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugotvå | | |syd |
| | twenty-two | | |south |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoåtta | | |syskon |
| | twenty-eight | | |siblings |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjugoåttonde | | |syskonbarn |
| | twenty-eighth | | |nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s) |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjuv | | |syssling |
| | thief | | |second cousin, tremänning |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjänar | | |syster |
| | serves | | |sister |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjänare | | |systerdotter |
| | servant | | |niece, sister\'s daughter |
| |- | | |- |
| | tjänst | | |systerson |
| | service, employment | | |nephew, sister\'s son |
| |- | | |- |
| | tolfte | | |syting |
| | twelfth | | |person receiving support after giving his estate to another |
| |- | | |- |
| | tolv | | |såg |
| | twelve | | |saw, sawmill |
| |- | | |- |
| | torpare | | |sågställare |
| | crofter, cottager | | |saw setter |
| |- | | |- |
| | torsdag | | |sängliggande |
| | Thursday | | |bed-ridden |
| |- | | |- |
| | tre (tredje) | | |särskilda |
| | three (third) | | |special |
| |- | | |- |
| | tremänning | | |säteri |
| | second cousin | | |freehold estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettio | | |söder (södra) |
| | thirty | | |south (southern) |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettioen, trettioett | | |söndag |
| | thirty-one | | |Sunday |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettioförsta | | |testamente |
| | thirty-first | | |will |
| |- | | |- |
| | trettionde | | |tid |
| | thirtieth | | |time |
| |- | | |- |
| | tretton(de) | | |tidskrift |
| | thirteen (thirteenth) | | |periodical |
| |- | | |- |
| | trillingar | | |tiggare |
| | triplets | | |beggar |
| |- | | |- |
| | trolovade | | |till |
| | betrothed, engaged | | |to |
| |- | | |- |
| | trosbekännelse | | |tillsammans |
| | declaration of faith (religion) | | |together |
| |- | | |- |
| | trumslagare | | |tillstånd |
| | drummer | | |dispensation, permission |
| |- | | |- |
| | trädgårdsmästare | | |timma |
| | gardener | | |hour |
| |- | | |- |
| | tuberkulos | | |timmerman |
| | tuberculosis | | |carpenter, builder |
| |- | | |- |
| | tumör | | |ting |
| | tumor | | |court |
| |- | | |- |
| | tunnbindare | | |tingslag |
| | barrelmaker | | |judicial district, assize division |
| |- | | |- |
| | tvillingar | | |tio(nde) |
| | twins | | |ten (tenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | tvinsot | | |tionde |
| | withering from multiple causes | | |tenth, tithing |
| |- | | |- |
| | två | | |tiondebok |
| | two | | |tithing record |
| |- | | |- |
| | två hundra(de) | | |tisdag |
| | two hundred (two-hundredth) | | |Tuesday |
| |- | | |- |
| | tyfus | | |titel |
| | typhoid | | |title/occupation |
| |- | | |- |
| | tysk | | |tjugo |
| | German | | |twenty |
| |- | | |- |
| | Tyskland | | |tjugoandra |
| | Germany | | |twenty-second |
| |- | | |- |
| | tärande sjukdom | | |tjugoen, tjugoett |
| | pneumonia, consumption | | |twenty-one |
| |- | | |- |
| | undantag | | |tjugofem(te) |
| | support after giving up an estate | | |twenty-five (twenty-fifth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | undantagsman kvinna | | |tjugofjärde |
| | person receiving support after giving his estate to another | | |twenty-fourth |
| |- | | |- |
| | under | | |tjugofyra |
| | under | | |twenty-four |
| |- | | |- |
| | underskrift | | |tjugoförsta |
| | signature | | |twenty-first |
| |- | | |- |
| | undertecknad | | |tjugonde |
| | the undersigned | | |twentieth |
| |- | | |- |
| | ung | | |tjugonio (nde) |
| | young | | |twenty-nine (twenty-ninth) |
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| | ungkarl | | |tjugosex |
| | bachelor | | |twenty-six |
| |- | | |- |
| | uppgavs | | |tjugosju(nde) |
| | stated, given, declared | | |twenty-seven (twenty-seventh) |
| |- | | |- |
| | ut | | |tjugosjätte |
| | out | | |twenty-sixth |
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| | utan | | |tjugotre |
| | without | | |twenty-three |
| |- | | |- |
| | utanför | | |tjugotredje |
| | outside | | |twenty-third |
| |- | | |- |
| | utdrag | | |tjugotvå |
| | extract | | |twenty-two |
| |- | | |- |
| | utesluten | | |tjugoåtta |
| | excommunicated | | |twenty-eight |
| |- | | |- |
| | utflyttning | | |tjugoåttonde |
| | moving out | | |twenty-eighth |
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| | utflyttningsbetyg | | |tjuv |
| | moving out certificates | | |thief |
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| | utflyttningslängd | | |tjänar |
| | moving out register | | |serves |
| |- | | |- |
| | utländsk | | |tjänare |
| | foreign | | |servant |
| |- | | |- |
| | utsot | | |tjänst |
| | diarrhea | | |service, employment |
| |- | | |- |
| | utvandrare | | |tolfte |
| | emigrant | | |twelfth |
| |- | | |- |
| | utvandring | | |tolv |
| | emigration | | |twelve |
| |- | | |- |
| | vad | | |torpare |
| | what | | |crofter, cottager |
| |- | | |- |
| | vagnmakare | | |torsdag |
| | cartwright | | |Thursday |
| |- | | |- |
| | vaktmästare | | |tre (tredje) |
| | caretaker | | |three (third) |
| |- | | |- |
| | vallon | | |tremänning |
| | Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]] | | |second cousin |
| |- | | |- |
| | vandel | | |trettio |
| | conduct, habits, way of life | | |thirty |
| |- | | |- |
| | vapen | | |trettioen, trettioett |
| | coat of arms, weapon | | |thirty-one |
| |- | | |- |
| | var | | |trettioförsta |
| | each, everyone | | |thirty-first |
| |- | | |- |
| | var | | |trettionde |
| | was, where | | |thirtieth |
| |- | | |- |
| | vara | | |tretton(de) |
| | to be | | |thirteen (thirteenth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | varför | | |trillingar |
| | why | | |triplets |
| |- | | |- |
| | vattenkoppor | | |trolovade |
| | chicken pox | | |betrothed, engaged |
| |- | | |- |
| | vattusot, vattensot | | |trosbekännelse |
| | edema, dropsy | | |declaration of faith (religion) |
| |- | | |- |
| | vecka | | |trumslagare |
| | week | | |drummer |
| |- | | |- |
| | vem | | |trädgårdsmästare |
| | who | | |gardener |
| |- | | |- |
| | venerisk sjukdom | | |tuberkulos |
| | venereal disease | | |tuberculosis |
| |- | | |- |
| | verk | | |tumör |
| | factory, mill | | |tumor |
| |- | | |- |
| | vid | | |tunnbindare |
| | at, on, close to, by | | |barrelmaker |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigd, vigda, vigde | | |tvillingar |
| | married | | |twins |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigsel | | |tvinsot |
| | marriage ceremony | | |withering from multiple causes |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigselbok | | |två |
| | marriage book | | |two |
| |- | | |- |
| | vigsellängd | | |två hundra(de) |
| | marriage record | | |two hundred (two-hundredth) |
| |- | | |- |
| | vilja | | |tyfus |
| | to want, will | | |typhoid |
| |- | | |- |
| | vilken, vilket, vilka | | |tysk |
| | who, which, that | | |German |
| |- | | |- |
| | vinter | | |Tyskland |
| | winter | | |Germany |
| |- | | |- |
| | vittne | | |tärande sjukdom |
| | witness | | |pneumonia, consumption |
| |- | | |- |
| | volym | | |undantag |
| | volume | | |support after giving up an estate |
| |- | | |- |
| | våda | | |undantagsman kvinna |
| | accident | | |person receiving support after giving his estate to another |
| |- | | |- |
| | vådeligen | | |under |
| | violently (usually an accidental death) | | |under |
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| | vår | | |underskrift |
| | our, spring | | |signature |
| |- | | |- |
| | välboren | | |undertecknad |
| | of noble birth | | |the undersigned |
| |- | | |- |
| | välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.) | | |ung |
| | of good reputation | | |young |
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| | vänster | | |ungkarl |
| | left | | |bachelor |
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| | värk | | |uppgavs |
| | ache, dull pain | | |stated, given, declared |
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| | värnplikt | | |uppgiftsnummer |
| | military service | | |information number |
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| | väster (västra) | | |ut |
| | west (western) | | |out |
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| | vävare | | |utan |
| | weaver | | |without |
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| | yngling | | |utanför |
| | young man, boy | | |outside |
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| | yrke | | |utdrag |
| | profession, occupation | | |extract |
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| | å | | |utesluten |
| | at, on, to | | |excommunicated |
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| | å | | |utflyttning |
| | river | | |moving out |
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| | åbo | | |utflyttningsbetyg |
| | tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease | | |moving out certificates |
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| | åkomma | | |utflyttningslängd |
| | ailment | | |moving out register |
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| | ålder | | |utländsk |
| | age | | |foreign |
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| | ålderdom | | |utsot |
| | old age | | |diarrhea |
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| | år | | |utvandrare |
| | year | | |emigrant |
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| | århundrade | | |utvandring |
| | century | | |emigration |
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| | årlig | | |vad |
| | annual, yearly | | |what |
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| | årtionde | | |vagnmakare |
| | decade | | |cartwright |
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| | åt | | |vaktmästare |
| | to | | |caretaker |
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| | återvänd | | |vallon |
| | returned | | |Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]] |
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| | åtta | | |vandel |
| | eight | | |conduct, habits, way of life |
| |- | | |- |
| | åttio(nde) | | |vapen |
| | eighty (eightieth) | | |coat of arms, weapon |
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| | åttonde | | |var |
| | eighth | | |each, everyone |
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| | äga | | |var |
| | own | | |was, where |
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| | ägare | | |vara |
| | owner | | |to be |
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| | ägor | | |varför |
| | land, property | | |why |
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| | äkta | | |vattenkoppor |
| | legitimate | | |chicken pox |
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| | äktenskap | | |vattusot, vattensot |
| | marriage | | |edema, dropsy |
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| | äldre | | |vecka |
| | older, elder | | |week |
| |- | | |- |
| | äldste | | |vem |
| | oldest, eldest, elder | | |who |
| |- | | |- |
| | ämbete | | |venerisk sjukdom |
| | office | | |venereal disease |
| |- | | |- |
| | änka | | |verk |
| | widow | | |factory, mill |
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| | änkeman, änkling | | |vid |
| | widower | | |at, on, close to, by |
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| | ännu | | |vigd, vigda, vigde |
| | yet, still | | |married |
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| | är | | |vigsel |
| | are, is, am | | |marriage ceremony |
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| | ärlig | | |vigselbok |
| | honest | | |marriage book |
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| | ätt | | |vigsellängd |
| | family | | |marriage record |
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| | ö | | |vilja |
| | island | | |to want, will |
| |- | | |- |
| | öde | | |vilken, vilket, vilka |
| | vacant, fate | | |who, which, that |
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| | öga | | |vinter |
| | eye | | |winter |
| |- | | |- |
| | öra | | |vittne |
| | ear | | |witness |
| |- | | |- |
| | öster (östra) | | |volym |
| | east (eastern) | | |volume |
| |- | | |- |
| | över | | |våda |
| | over | | |accident |
| |- | | |- |
| | överlevande | | |vådeligen |
| | survivor(s) | | |violently (usually an accidental death) |
| |- | | |- |
| | övre | | |vår |
| | upper | | |our, spring |
| |} | | |- |
| | |välboren |
| | |of noble birth |
| | |- |
| | |välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.) |
| | |of good reputation |
| | |- |
| | |vänster |
| | |left |
| | |- |
| | |värk |
| | |ache, dull pain |
| | |- |
| | |värnplikt |
| | |military service |
| | |- |
| | |väster (västra) |
| | |west (western) |
| | |- |
| | |vävare |
| | |weaver |
| | |- |
| | |yngling |
| | |young man, boy |
| | |- |
| | |yrke |
| | |profession, occupation |
| | |- |
| | |å |
| | |at, on, to |
| | |- |
| | |å |
| | |river |
| | |- |
| | |åbo |
| | |tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease |
| | |- |
| | |åkomma |
| | |ailment |
| | |- |
| | |ålder |
| | |age |
| | |- |
| | |ålderdom |
| | |old age |
| | |- |
| | |ålderdomskrämpor |
| | |old age ailments |
| | |- |
| | |åldersdomssvaghet |
| | |old age weakness or feebleness |
| | |- |
| | |år |
| | |year |
| | |- |
| | |århundrade |
| | |century |
| | |- |
| | |årlig |
| | |annual, yearly |
| | |- |
| | |årtionde |
| | |decade |
| | |- |
| | |åt |
| | |to |
| | |- |
| | |återvänd |
| | |returned |
| | |- |
| | |åtta |
| | |eight |
| | |- |
| | |åttio(nde) |
| | |eighty (eightieth) |
| | |- |
| | |åttonde |
| | |eighth |
| | |- |
| | |äga |
| | |own |
| | |- |
| | |ägare |
| | |owner |
| | |- |
| | |ägor |
| | |land, property |
| | |- |
| | |äkta |
| | |legitimate |
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| | |äktenskap |
| | |marriage |
| | |- |
| | |äldre |
| | |older, elder |
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| | |äldste |
| | |oldest, eldest, elder |
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| | |ämbete |
| | |office |
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| | |änka |
| | |widow |
| | |- |
| | |änkeman, änkling |
| | |widower |
| | |- |
| | |ännu |
| | |yet, still |
| | |- |
| | |är |
| | |are, is, am |
| | |- |
| | |ärlig |
| | |honest |
| | |- |
| | |ätt |
| | |family |
| | |- |
| | |ö |
| | |island |
| | |- |
| | |öde |
| | |vacant, fate |
| | |- |
| | |öga |
| | |eye |
| | |- |
| | |öra |
| | |ear |
| | |- |
| | |öster (östra) |
| | |east (eastern) |
| | |- |
| | |över |
| | |over |
| | |- |
| | |överlevande |
| | |survivor(s) |
| | |- |
| | |övre |
| | |upper |
| | |}<ref>FamilySearch. <u>Genealogical Word List, Swedish</u>. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997</ref><ref>Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1889</ref> |
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| In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples: | | In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples: |
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| This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321. | | This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321. |
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| *Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, efter kongl. Secreteraren Sahlstedts Svenska ordbok, Stockholm 1788, available through [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/1788-swedish-english-dictionary 1788 Swedish English Dictionary] | | *Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, efter kongl. Secreteraren Sahlstedts Svenska ordbok, Stockholm 1788, available through [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/1788-swedish-english-dictionary 1788 Swedish English Dictionary] |
| *Wahrman, Sven Niclas. Svenskt och Tyskt - Franskt - Engelskt Hand-lexicon, Örebro 1814, available through the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD] | | *Wahrman, Sven Niclas. Svenskt och Tyskt - Franskt - Engelskt Hand-lexicon, Örebro 1814, available through the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD] |
| *Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FHL|16042|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,124,531 item 12}}). | | *Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FSC|16042|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,124,531 item 12}}). |
| *Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FHL|549532|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906. | | *Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FSC|549532|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906. |
| | *For death records: See a list of causes of death in the [http://www.ddss.nu/statistics/deathInfo Demographic Database of Southern Sweden (DDSS)]. |
| | *For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg]. |
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| Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FHL|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FHL|346068|subject-id|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}. | | Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FSC|Swedish language - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=1615546102|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FSC|Sweden - Language and languages - Dictionaries|subject|subject-id=393683350|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}. |
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