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== Word List ==
== Word List ==


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]].
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''']].


To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: [[Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources]].
To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: [[Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources]].
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! scope="col" |Swedish
! scope="col" |Swedish
! scope="col" |English
! scope="col" |English
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|accismästare]]
|customs officer
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|adelsbussar]]
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|-
|-
|adelsman
|adelsman
|nobleman
|nobleman
|-
|-
|arton(de)
|adelssven
|eighteen (eighteenth)
|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
|adlig
|noble
|noble
|-
|administer, administra
|(Latin) attendant, assistant
|-
|administrator
|(Latin) administrator
|-
|-
|adopterad
|adopterad
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|adressbok
|adressbok
|directory
|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
|afton
|evening
|evening
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|-
|aktris
|actress, female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|akut luftrörsinflammation
|akut luftrörsinflammation
|Bronchitis
|Bronchitis
|-
|aktör
|actor, male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|aldrig
|aldrig
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|allvarlig blodbrist
|allvarlig blodbrist
|anemia
|anemia
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|-
|ambarn
|ambarn
|nursing child
|nursing child
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|-
|-
|ammande kvinna
|ammande kvinna
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|anfall
|anfall
|seizure(s)
|seizure(s)
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788)
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|-
|-
|angiven
|angiven
|given, stated
|given, stated
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|-
|-
|ankom
|ankom
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|annan
|annan
|other
|other
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer, service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|antavla
|antavla
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|anteckning
|anteckning
|note, annotation, remark
|note, annotation, remark
|-
|apostem
|swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
|-
|apotekare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|-
|-
|april
|april
|April
|April
|-
|apostem
|swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
|-
|-
|arbetare
|arbetare
|worker, laborer
|worker, laborer
|-
|arbetskarl, arbk.
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|arbetsman
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|arjeplogsjukan
|arjeplogsjukan
|porphyria
|porphyria
|-
|arkebusier
|(military) member of firing squad
|-
|arkebusera
|to shoot by order of the court
|-
|arkibiskop
|(1788) archbishop, |modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
|arkiv
|arkiv
|archive
|archive
|-
|arklimästare
|(military) gunner, |gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|aromatisk värk
|aromatisk värk
|rheumatism
|rheumatism
|-
|-
|arrendator
|[[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|arrendator]]
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|-
|arton
|artillerist
|eighteen
|(military) man of the artillery
|-
|artillerikonstapel
|(military) bombardier
|-
|arton (artonde)
|eighteen (eighteenth)
|-
|-
|-
|arv
|arv
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|asiatiska influenzan
|asiatiska influenzan
|asian flu
|asian flu
|-
|assessor
|assessor
|-
|assuradör
|insurer, underwriter
|-
|-
|aterom
|aterom
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|augustifeber
|augustifeber
|malaria
|malaria
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|auktor, autor
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|av
|av
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|avliden
|avliden
|deceased, death
|deceased, death
|-
|avisskrivare
|newswriter, gazetteer
|-
|-
|avskedad
|avskedad
|discharged, resigned
|discharged, resigned
|-
|avskedad soldat
|discharged, resigned soldier
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
|transcriber, copier
|-
|-
|avlsag
|avlsag
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|avvittring
|avvittring
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|-
|axplockare
|gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|backe
|backe
|hill
|hill
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
|backstuguhjon
|one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
|cottager (1788); see backstugusittare
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|backstugusittare]]
|cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller
|-
|badare
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|-
|badaremästare
|barber surgeon
|-
|badmästare
|bath-keeper (1889)
|-
|-
|bagare
|bagare
|baker
|baker
|-
|bagaregesäll
|baker's man
|-
|bagarelärling
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|-
|bagaremästare
|master baker
|-
|-
|bakom
|bakom
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|baneman
|baneman
|slayer
|slayer
|-
|banérförare
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|-
|banérherre
|(military) banneret
|-
|banér-riddare
|(military) knight banneret
|-
|-
|baneslag
|baneslag
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|banesår
|banesår
|death wound, mortal wound
|death wound, mortal wound
|-
|bankvaktmästare
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|banmästare
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|bankvaktmästare
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|banmästare
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|-
|bann
|bann
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|bar barnet
|bar barnet
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|-
|barberare
|barber, shaver
|-
|barberarebiträde
|barber's assistant
|-
|barberaregesäll
|journeyman barber
|-
|barberarelärling
|barber's apprentice
|-
|barkare
|tanner (1829)
|-
|-
|barn
|barn
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|barnbördshus
|barnbördshus
|maternity hospital
|maternity hospital
|-
|barnförlossare
|male midwife
|-
|-
|barnförlämning
|barnförlämning
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|barnmorska
|barnmorska
|midwife
|midwife
|-
|barnmördare
|murderer of a child
|-
|-
|barnpiga
|barnpiga
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|folio
|folio
|page
|page
|-
|folkskollärare
|public school teacher
|-
|-
|fortsättning (forts.)
|fortsättning (forts.)
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|mördad
|mördad
|murdered
|murdered
|-
|mördare
|murderer
|-
|-
|namn
|namn
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|stadsförsamling
|stadsförsamling
|city parish
|city parish
|-
|stalldrängen
|stable boy/man
|-
|-
|stamfader
|stamfader
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*For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg].
*For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg].


Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FSC|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FSC|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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