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Some abbreviations (Förkortningar) used in the gazetteer Svenska Orter and Swedish Church Records.<br>  
''For more commonly-seen words, see the '''[[Swedish Genealogical Word List]]'''''.
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An abbreviation is a "shortened form of a written word or phrase that is used in the place of the whole."<ref>Merriam-Webster online at: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abbreviation</ref> The practice of using abbreviations was conveniant for the author but not for the reader. Sometimes the abbreviation is a commonly used one that most people would recognize correctly. Other times it isn't clear, or may be be so obscure that nobody really knows except the author. Here are some abbreviations that you may come across in your Swedish family history research.:<br>
 
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|'''Abbreviation'''
|
|'''Swedish'''
|'''English'''
|-
|a.
|
|anno (Latin)
|year
|-
|-
|  
|a.a.
|
|ad acta (Latin)
|to the record
|-
|-
| Abbreviation
|a.-b.
| Swedish
|
| English
|aktiebolag (-et)
|joint stock company
|-
|-
| a.
|AB
| anno (Latin)  
|
| year
|Stockholm
|Stockholm (county), sometimes Södermanland
|-
|-
| a.a.  
|abs.
| ad acta (Latin)
|
| to the record
|absolvera
|(to) absolve
|-
|-
| a.-b.  
|abs.
| aktiebolag (-et)  
|
| joint stock company
|absens (Latin)
|not present
|-
|-
| abs.
|AC
| absolvera
|
| (to) absolve
|Västerbotten
|Västerbotten (county)
|-
|-
| abs.  
|a.d.
| absens (Latin)  
|
| not present
|anno domini (Latin)
|in the year of the Lord
|-
|-
| a.d.  
|adm.
| anno domini (Latin)
|
| in the year of the Lord
|admitterad
|confirmed
|-
|-
| adm.  
|a.f.
| admitterad
|
| confirmed
|annan fastighet, andra fastigheter
|other property (ies)
|-
|-
| a.f.  
|afg.
| annan fastighet, andra fastigheter
|
| other property (ies)
|afgång
|decease, depart to, departure
|-
|-
| afg.  
|afl.
| afgång
|
| decease, depart to, departure
|afliden
|(to) expire, die
|-
|-
| afl.  
|afsk., afsked.
| afliden
|
| (to) expire, die
|afskedade
|discharge, resigned
|-
|-
| afsk., afsked.  
|afskr.
| afskedade
|
| discharge, resigned
|afskrift
|transcript
|-
|-
| afskr.  
|allm.
| afskrift
|
| transcript
|allmän (-na)
|common
|-
|-
| allm.  
|a.n.
| allmän (-na)  
|
| common
|ante nuptius (Latin)
|illegitimate, birth before marriage
|-
|-
| a.n.  
|ank.
| ante nuptius (Latin)
|
| illegitimate, birth before marriage
|ankommande
|arrived
|-
|-
| ank.  
|anm.
| ankommande
|
| arrived
|anmärkning
|remark, annotation
|-
|-
| anm.  
|annot.
| anmärkning
|
| remark, annotation
|annotation
|note, annotation
|-
|-
| annot.  
|arb.
| annotation
|
| note, annotation
|arbetare
|worker, laborer
|-
|-
| arb.  
|arb. bet.
| arbetare
|
| worker, laborer
|arbetsbetyg
|work permit
|-
|-
| arb. bet.  
|arrend.
| arbetsbetyg
|
| work permit
|arrendator
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|-
| arrend.  
|art.
| arrendator
|
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|artikel (-n)
|article
|-
|-
| art.  
|arv.
| artikel (-n)  
|
| article
|arvingar
|heir(s)
|-
|-
| arv.  
|avd.
| arvingar
|
| heir(s)
|avdelning (-ar)
|division, part of
|-
|-
| avd.  
|avg.
| avdelning (-ar)
|
| division, part of
|avgående
|leaving
|-
|-
| avg.  
|avs.
| avgående
|
| leaving
|avsöndring (ar)
|severance, seperated
|-
|-
| avs.  
|avskr.
| avsöndring (ar)
|
| severance, seperated
|afskift
|transcript
|-
|-
| avskr.  
|b.
| afskift
|
| transcript
|bonden
|farmer, peasant
|-
|-
| b.  
|b.
| bonden
|
| farmer, peasant
|barnet
|the child
|-
|-
| b.  
|backst.
| barnet
|
| the child
|backstugesittare
|resident of a small house or shed
|-
|-
| backst.  
|bandl.
| backstugesittare
|
| resident of a small house or shed
|bandland
|group land
|-
|-
| bandl.
|banktj:man
| bandland
|
| group land
|banktjänsteman
|bank servant
|-
|-
| banktj:man
|bar.
| banktjänsteman
|
| bank servant
|barn
|child, children
|-
|-
| bar.  
|b.b.
| barn
|
| child, children
|bär barnet
|carried the child at christening
|-
|-
| b.b.  
|b.b.
| bär barnet
|
| carried the child at christening
|barnbördshus
|maternity hospital
|-
|-
| bef.
|BD
| befordrande
|
| promotion
|Norrbotten
|Norrbotten (county)
|-
|-
| beg.  
|bef.
| begraven
|
| buried
|befordrande
|promotion
|-
|-
| begr.  
|beg.
| begraven  
|
| buried
|begraven
|buried
|-
|-
| bg.  
|begr.
| bergslag
|
| region abounding in mines; mountain district
|begraven
|buried
|-
|-
| b.i.1stg.  
|bg.
| barn i förste gift
|
| child(ren) of the first marriage
|bergslag
|region abounding in mines; mountain district
|-
|-
| bisp.  
|b.i.1stg.
| biskop
|
| bishop
|barn i förste gift
|child(ren) of the first marriage
|-
|-
| bl.a.  
|bisp.
| bland annat
|
| among other things
|biskop
|bishop
|-
|-
| Blek.  
|bl.a.
| Blekinge
|
| Blekinge (county)
|bland annat
|among other things
|-
|-
| blg.  
|Blek.
| bergslag
|
| region abounding in mines; mountain distict
|Blekinge
|Blekinge (county)
|-
|-
| bond.  
|blg.
| bonde
|
| famer, peasant
|bergslag
|region abounding in mines; mountain distict
|-
|-
| bondeförb.  
|bond.
| bondeförbundet
|
| farming cooperative
|bonde
|famer, peasant
|-
|-
| borgerl.  
|bondeförb.
| borgerliga (-a)
|
| civil, middle class
|bondeförbundet
|farming cooperative
|-
|-
| bou.  
|borgerl.
| bouppteckning
|
| inventory of the estate
|borgerliga (-a)
|civil, middle class
|-
|-
| br.  
|bou.
| bror
|
| brother
|bouppteckning
|inventory of the estate
|-
|-
| br.  
|br.
| brukare
|
| user, employer; farmer, tenant
|bror
|brother
|-
|-
| br.  
|br.
| bröder
|
| brothers
|brukare
|user, employer; farmer, tenant
|-
|-
| brod.  
|br.
| broder
|
| brother
|bröder
|brothers
|-
|-
| brudg.  
|brod.
| brudgum
|
| bridegroom
|broder
|brother
|-
|-
| bröd.  
|brudg.
| bröderna
|
| brothers
|brudgum
|bridegroom
|-
|-
| byggm.  
|bröd.
| byggmästare
|
| building contractor
|bröderna
|brothers
|-
|-
| ca., c:a
|byggm.
| circa (L)
|
| about
|byggmästare
|building contractor
|-
|-
| caut.
|C
| cautionister
|
| witness
|Uppsala
|Upssala (county)
|-
|-
| c:o
|ca., c:a
| kompani
|
| company
|circa (L)
|about
|-
|-
| cop.  
|caut.
| copulerad (Latin)
|
| married
|cautionister
|witness
|-
|-
| copul.  
|Christd.kunsk.
| copulatus (Latin)
|
| married, marriage
|Christendomskunskap
|religious knowledge
|-
|-
| cr.
|c:o
| crono
|
| crown owned, pertaining to the crown (government)
|kompani
|company
|-
|-
| cr.h., cr.hem
|cop.
| crono hem
|
| crown owned home
|copulerad (Latin)
|married
|-
|-
| d.  
|copul.
| den
|
| the
|copulatus (Latin)
|married, marriage
|-
|-
| d.(D.)
|cr.
| dotter
|
| daughter
|crono
|crown owned, pertaining to the crown (government)
|-
|-
| d.  
|cr.h., cr.hem
| det
|
| it
|crono hem
|crown owned home
|-
|-
| d.  
|d.
| död
|
| dead
|den
|the
|-
|-
| dagl.  
|d.(D.)
| dagligen
|
| daily
|dotter
|daughter
|-
|-
| d.b.  
|d.
| denna bok
|
| this book
|det
|it
|-
|-
| db
|d.
| dödbok
|
| death book/register
|död
|dead
|-
|-
| d.g.
|D
| den gamla
|
| the old
|Södermanland
|Södermanland (county)
|-
|-
| d.h.  
|dagl.
| dess hustru
|
| his wife
|dagligen
|daily
|-
|-
| d.i.1stg.  
|d.b.
| dotter i förste giftet
|
| daughter of the first marriage
|denna bok
|this book
|-
|-
| dir.
|db
| direktör (er)
|
| director (s)
|dödbok
|death book/register
|-
|-
| disp.  
|d.g.
| disponeras
|
| dispose
|den gamla
|the old
|-
|-
| distr.  
|d.h.
| distrikt
|
| district
|dess hustru
|his wife
|-
|-
| distr. vet.  
|d.i.1stg.
| distriktsveterinär
|
| districts veterinarian
|dotter i förste giftet
|daughter of the first marriage
|-
|-
| div.  
|dir.
| diverse
|
| diverse
|direktör (er)
|director (s)
|-
|-
| dkfg/dkfs
|disp.
| domkyrkoförsamling
|
| cathedral parish
|disponeras
|dispose
|-
|-
| D.M.  
|distr.
| danneman
|
| gentleman, farmer
|distrikt
|district
|-
|-
| Dmca., Dnca
|distr. vet.
| Dominica (Latin)
|
| Sunday
|distriktsveterinär
|districts veterinarian
|-
|-
| d.o.  
|div.
| detta/dessa ord
|
| this word
|diverse
|diverse
|-
|-
| d:o
|dkfg/dkfs
| det ovan/ ditto
|
| the above / ditto
|domkyrkoförsamling
|cathedral parish
|-
|-
| d:o, do.  
|D.M.
| dito
|
| ditto
|danneman
|gentleman, farmer
|-
|-
| doms., doms:s, doms:or.
|Dmca., Dnca
| domsaga (-s, -or)  
|
| judicial district
|Dominica (Latin)
|Sunday
|-
|-
| dot., dr.  
|d.o.
| dotter
|
| daughter
|detta/dessa ord
|this word
|-
|-
| dr.
|d:o
| dräng
|
| farmhand, bachelor
|det ovan/ ditto
|the above / ditto
|-
|-
| Dr.  
|d:o, do.
| doktor
|
| doctor
|dito
|ditto
|-
|-
| drag.  
|doms., doms:s, doms:or.
| dragon
|
| light cavalryman
|domsaga (-s, -or)
|judicial district
|-
|-
| dt., dtr.  
|dot., dr.
| dotter  
|
| daughter
|dotter
|daughter
|-
|-
| d.v.s.  
|dr.
| det vill säga
|
| that is to say, I.e.
|dräng
|farmhand, bachelor
|-
|-
| d.y.  
|Dr.
| den yngre
|
| the younger
|doktor
|doctor
|-
|-
| d.å
|drag.
| detta år
|
| this year
|dragon
|light cavalryman
|-
|-
| d.ä.  
|dt., dtr.
| den äldre
|
| the older
|dotter
|daughter
|-
|-
| e.  
|d.v.s.
| extra
|
| extra
|det vill säga
|that is to say, I.e.
|-
|-
| E.  
|d.y.
| Enkling or Enka
|
| Widower or widow
|den yngre
|the younger
|-
|-
| e.d./ejusd.
|d.å
| ejusdem
|
| same (same month)
|detta år
|this year
|-
|-
| eg.  
|d.ä.
| egare
|
| owner
|den äldre
|the older
|-
|-
| e.Kr.
|e
| efter Kristus
|
| after Christ
|efter
|after
|-
|-
| el.
|E
| eller
|
| or
|Östergötland
|Östergötland (county)
|-
|-
| e.m.  
|e.
| efter middag
|
| p.m.
|extra
|extra
|-
|-
| end.  
|E.
| endast
|
| only, if only
|Enkling or Enka
|Widower or widow
|-
|-
| enk.  
|e.d./ejusd.
| enka
|
| widow
|ejusdem
|same (same month)
|-
|-
| enkl.  
|eg.
| enkling, enkeman
|
| widower
|egare
|owner
|-
|-
| evang.-luth.  
|e.Kr.
| evangeliskt-lutherska
|
| evangelical lutheran
|efter Kristus
|after Christ
|-
|-
| f.  
|el.
| fadder
|
| sponsor, godparent, witness at christeing
|eller
|or
|-
|-
| f.  
|e.m.
| född
|
| born
|efter middag
|p.m.
|-
|-
| f.  
|e.m.f.
| far, fader
|
| father
|enka moder född
|widowed mothers birth (year)
|-
|-
| f.  
|end.
| filia (Latin)
|
| daughter
|endast
|only, if only
|-
|-
| f.  
|enk.
| filius (Latin)
|
| son
|enka
|widow
|-
|-
| f.  
|enkl.
| följande
|
| following
|enkling, enkeman
|widower
|-
|-
| f.  
|evang.-luth.
| förlofvad
|
| engaged
|evangeliskt-lutherska
|evangelical lutheran
|-
|-
| f.
|f
| förre
|
| former
|före
|before
|-
|-
| f.  
|f.
| föräldrar
|
| parents
|fadder
|sponsor, godparent, witness at christeing
|-
|-
| fabr.  
|f.
| fabrikör(er)
|
| manufacturer
|född
|born
|-
|-
| fad.  
|f.
| fader  
|
| father
|far, fader
|father
|-
|-
| fadd.  
|f.
| fadder
|
| sponsor, witness
|filia (Latin)
|daughter
|-
|-
| fam.  
|f.
| familj
|
| family
|filius (Latin)
|son
|-
|-
| fast.  
|f.
| fastighet
|
| real estate
|följande
|following
|-
|-
| fb.  
|f.
| födelsebok
|
| birth book
|förlofvad
|engaged
|-
|-
| f.d.  
|f.
| före detta
|
| before this, formerly
|förre
|former
|-
|-
| fg
|f.
| församling
|
| parish
|föräldrar
|parents
|-
|-
| Fhr.
|F
| Friherre
|
| baron
|Jönköping
|Jönköping (county)
|-
|-
| fil.dr
|fabr.
| filosofie doctor
|
| doctor of philosophy
|fabrikör(er)
|manufacturer
|-
|-
| fil.mag.  
|fad.
| filosofie magister
|
| master of philosophy
|fader
|father
|-
|-
| f.Kr.  
|fadd.
| före Kristus
|
| before Christ, B.C.
|fadder
|sponsor, witness
|-
|-
| fl.  
|fam.
| flicka
|
| girl, miss
|familj
|family
|-
|-
| fl.  
|fast.
| flyttar
|
| moved
|fastighet
|real estate
|-
|-
| f.m.  
|fb.
| förmiddag
|
| morning, a.m.
|fosterbarn
|foster child
|-
|-
| forts.  
|fb.
| fortsättning
|
| continuation
|födelsebok
|birth book
|-
|-
| fr.  
|F.B., f.b.
| från
|
| from
|före boken
|previous book
|-
|-
| fris.  
|f.d.
| frisinnad (e)
|
| liberal-minded
|före detta
|before this, formerly
|-
|-
| fr. o. m.
|fg
| från och med
|
| from and with
|församling
|parish
|-
|-
| frih.  
|Fhr.
| friherre, friherrar
|
| baron, lord
|Friherre
|baron
|-
|-
| frkn.  
|fil.dr
| fröken
|
| miss of status
|filosofie doctor
|doctor of philosophy
|-
|-
| frånsk.  
|fil.mag.
| frånskild
|
| separated, divorced
|filosofie magister
|master of philosophy
|-
|-
| frånv.  
|f.Kr.
| frånvarande
|
| absent
|före Kristus
|before Christ, B.C.
|-
|-
| fs.  
|fl.
| församling
|
| parish
|flicka
|girl, miss
|-
|-
| fsg.  
|fl.
| församling
|
| parish
|flyttar
|moved
|-
|-
| f.ö.  
|f.m.
| för övrigt
|
| for the rest
|förmiddag
|morning, a.m.
|-
|-
| fögd., fögder
|forts.
| fögderi (er)
|
| administrative unit within county for taxing, etc.
|fortsättning
|continuation
|-
|-
| följ.  
|fr.
| följande
|
| following
|från
|from
|-
|-
| för.  
|fris.
| föräldrar
|
| parents
|frisinnad (e)
|liberal-minded
|-
|-
| förb.  
|fr. o. m.
| förbindelse
|
| connection
|från och med
|from and with
|-
|-
| föreg.  
|frih.
| föregående
|
| preceding
|friherre, friherrar
|baron, lord
|-
|-
| förkl.  
|frkn.
| förklaring
|
| explanation
|fröken
|miss of status
|-
|-
| förl.  
|frånsk.
| förlofvad
|
| engaged
|frånskild
|separated, divorced
|-
|-
| förs., förslg., församl.  
|frånv.
| församling
|
| parish
|frånvarande
|absent
|-
|-
| förs.  
|fs.
| förestående
|
| the above (foregoing)
|församling
|parish
|-
|-
| försv.  
|fsg.
| försvarlös
|
| person without guardian or legal protection, vagrant
|församling
|parish
|-
|-
| fört., förteckn.  
|f.ö.
| förteckning
|
| list, catalog, index
|för övrigt
|for the rest
|-
|-
| g.  
|fögd., fögder
| gift
|
| married
|fögderi (er)
|administrative unit within county for taxing, etc.
|-
|-
| gam.  
|följ.
| gamla, gammal
|
| old
|följande
|following
|-
|-
| g.b., G.B.  
|för.
| gamla bok
|
| old book, previous book
|föräldrar
|parents
|-
|-
| gb.  
|förb.
| gårdsbrukägare
|
| farm owner
|förbindelse
|connection
|-
|-
| gd.  
|föreg.
| gård
|
| farm, extate, yard, court, house
|föregående
|preceding
|-
|-
| gdm.  
|förkl.
| gudmoder
|
| godmother
|förklaring
|explanation
|-
|-
| ges.  
|förl.
| gesäll
|
| apprentice
|förlofvad
|engaged
|-
|-
| gl.  
|förs., förslg., församl.
| gammal
|
| old
|församling
|parish
|-
|-
| g.m.  
|förs.
| gift med
|
| married to
|förestående
|the above (foregoing)
|-
|-
| Gotl.  
|försv.
| Gotland
|
| Gotland (island)
|försvarlös
|person without guardian or legal protection, vagrant
|-
|-
| graff.  
|fört., förteckn.
| begrafning
|
| burial, interment
|förteckning
|list, catalog, index
|-
|-
| grat.  
|g.
| gratialist
|
| retired soldier receiving a pension, pensioner
|gift
|married
|-
|-
| grdbr.
|G
| gårdsbrukägare
|
| farm owner
|Kronoberg
|Kronoberg (county)
|-
|-
| grdf., grdfolk.  
|gam.
| gårdsfolk
|
| farmers, farm servants
|gamla, gammal
|old
|-
|-
| grossh.  
|g.b., G.B.
| grosshandlande
|
| wholesale dealer
|gamla bok
|old book, previous book
|-
|-
| grufarb.  
|gb.
| grufarbetare
|
| miner
|gårdsbrukägare
|farm owner
|-
|-
| grufveg.  
|gd.
| grufvegare
|
| mine owner
|gård
|farm, extate, yard, court, house
|-
|-
| Gävl.  
|gdm.
| Gävleborg
|
| Gävleborg (county)
|gudmoder
|godmother
|-
|-
| Göteb.  
|ges.
| Göteborg
|
| Göteborg och Bohus(county)
|gesäll
|apprentice
|-
|-
| H.  
|G.kil or G.Kil sn.
| Herr
|
| Mr. Used only for prominent people - clergy, doctors, government officials, nobility, estate or factory owners.
|Gammalkil socken
|Gammalkil parish (Östergötland)
|-
|-
| H., Hu.  
|gl.
| hustru
|
| wife
|gammal
|old
|-
|-
| Hall.  
|g.m.
| Halland
|
| Halland (county)
|gift med
|married to
|-
|-
| handl.  
|Gotl.
| handlande
|
| trading
|Gotland
|Gotland (island)
|-
|-
| hd., hdt., hds., hdr., hrds.  
|graff.
| härad (-et, -s, -er, -ers)
|
| court judicial district (probates)
|begrafning
|burial, interment
|-
|-
| h.eg.  
|grat.
| hemmansegare
|
| farm owner
|gratialist
|retired soldier receiving a pension, pensioner
|-
|-
| hem.  
|grdbr.
| hemman
|
| farm, homestead
|gårdsbrukägare
|farm owner
|-
|-
| hem.d.  
|grdf., grdfolk.
| hemmadotter
|
| unmarried daughter living at home
|gårdsfolk
|farmers, farm servants
|-
|-
| hem.eg., hem.äg., hemäg.  
|grossh.
| hemmansegare
|
| farm owner
|grosshandlande
|wholesale dealer
|-
|-
| hem.s.  
|grufarb.
| hemmason
|
| unmarried son living at home
|grufarbetare
|miner
|-
|-
| herrg., herrg:ar.  
|grufveg.
| herrgård (-en, -ar, -arna)
|
| Manorial estate
|grufvegare
|mine owner
|-
|-
| HFL
|Gävl.
| husförhörslängd
|
| household examination
|Gävleborg
|Gävleborg (county)
|-
|-
| hkr.  
|Göteb.
| hästkrafter
|
| horsepower
|Göteborg
|Göteborg och Bohus(county)
|-
|-
| h:n., hn.
|H
| hemman
|
| farm, homestead
|Kalmar
|Kalmar (county)
|-
|-
| hpl., hplr.  
|H.
| hållplats (-en, -er, erna)
|
| railroad stopping places
|Herr
|Mr. Used only for prominent people - clergy, doctors, government officials, nobility, estate or factory owners.
|-
|-
| H:r.  
|h.h.
| Herr, Herre
|
| Manor lord, squire, master, Mr., Lord
|hans hustru
|his wife
|-
|-
| hsm., husm.  
|H., Hu.
| husman
|
| crofter, cottager, tenant
|hustru
|wife
|-
|-
| hu.  
|Hall.
| hustru
|
| wife
|Halland
|Halland (county)
|-
|-
| hust.  
|handl.
| hustru
|
| wife
|handlande
|trading
|-
|-
| h.äg.  
|hd., hdt., hds., hdr., hrds.
| hemmansägare
|
| farm owner
|härad (-et, -s, -er, -ers)
|court judicial district (probates)
|-
|-
| härst.  
|h.eg.
| härstädes
|
| here, at this place
|hemmansegare
|farm owner
|-
|-
| ib., ibid., ibm
|hem.
| ibidem (Latin)
|
| the same place, the same as, same
|hemman
|farm, homestead
|-
|-
| ifr.  
|hem.d.
| ifrån.
|
| from
|hemmadotter
|unmarried daughter living at home
|-
|-
| i.l., I.L.  
|hem.eg., hem.äg., hemäg.
| in loco (Latin)
|
| in this place
|hemmansegare
|farm owner
|-
|-
| infl.  
|hem.s.
| inflyttad
|
| moved in
|hemmason
|unmarried son living at home
|-
|-
| ing.  
|herrg., herrg:ar.
| ingenjör (-er)  
|
| engineer
|herrgård (-en, -ar, -arna)
|Manorial estate
|-
|-
| inh., inhys.
|HFL
| inhyses
|
| lodger
|husförhörslängd
|household examination
|-
|-
| inneh.  
|hkr.
| innehåll
|
| contents
|hästkrafter
|horsepower
|-
|-
| intend
|h:n., hn.
| intendent
|
| intendent
|hemman
|farm, homestead
|-
|-
| introd.  
|hpl., hplr.
| introducera
|
| introduce
|hållplats (-en, -er, erna)
|railroad stopping places
|-
|-
| inv.  
|H:r.
| invånare
|
| inhabitant
|Herr, Herre
|Manor lord, squire, master, Mr., Lord
|-
|-
| jan, febr. o.s.v.  
|hsm., husm.
| Januari, Februari och så vidare
|
| January, February and so forth
|husman
|crofter, cottager, tenant
|-
|-
| j.arb.  
|hu.
| jernarbetare
|
| iron worker
|hustru
|wife
|-
|-
| j.arb.  
|hush.
| jernvägsarbetare
|
| railway laborer
|hushållerska 
|housekeeper
|-
|-
| jbr.  
|hust.
| jordbrukare
|
| farmer
|hustru
|wife
|-
|-
| jbrf
|h.äg.
| jordbruksfastighet (-en, -er, -erna)
|
| farming properties
|hemmansägare
|farm owner
|-
|-
| jbrv
|härst.
| jordbrukvärde
|
| farming property's value
|härstädes
|here, at this place
|-
|-
| jerns.arb.
|I
| jernvägsarbetare
|
| railway laborer
|Gotland
|Gotland (county)
|-
|-
| jernv.  
|ib., ibid., ibm
| jernväg
|
| railway
|ibidem (Latin)
|the same place, the same as, same
|-
|-
| jernvägsarb.  
|ifr.
| jernvägsarbetare
|
| railway laborer
|ifrån.
|from
|-
|-
| jernväkt.  
|i.l., I.L.
| jernbaneväktare
|
| watchman, line keeper on railroad
|in loco (Latin)
|in this place
|-
|-
| jfr., jgfr.  
|infl.
| jungfru
|
| miss, maiden, virgin
|inflyttad
|moved in
|-
|-
| Jlght., jlghtn., jlghtr.  
|ing.
| jordbrukslägenhet
|
| farming apartments
|ingenjör (-er)
|engineer
|-
|-
| j:or.  
|inh., inhys.
| junior
|
| junior
|inhyses
|lodger
|-
|-
| jordbr.  
|inneh.
| jordbrukare
|
| farmer
|innehåll
|contents
|-
|-
| jordbruksarb.
|intend
| jordbruksarbetare
|
| farm worker, farm hand
|intendent
|intendent
|-
|-
| jordk.  
|introd.
| jordkasta
|
| bury, buried, burial
|introducera
|introduce
|-
|-
| järnv.  
|inv.
| järnväg
|
| Railway
|invånare
|inhabitant
|-
|-
| jvg., jvgr.  
|jan, febr. o.s.v.
| järnväg (ar)
|
| railroad
|Januari, Februari och så vidare
|January, February and so forth
|-
|-
| jvgsförb.  
|j.arb.
| järnvägsförbindelse (-r)
|
| railroad connection
|jernarbetare
|iron worker
|-
|-
| jvgstn., jvgstnr.  
|j.arb.
| järnvägsstation (-en, -er, -erna)
|
| railroad station
|jernvägsarbetare
|railway laborer
|-
|-
| Jäg.  
|jbr.
| Jägare
|
| hunter, a light infantry soldier
|jordbrukare
|farmer
|-
|-
| jägm.
|jbrf
| jägmästare
|
| crown forester
|jordbruksfastighet (-en, -er, -erna)
|farming properties
|-
|-
| Jönk.
|jbrv
| Jönköping
|
| Jönköping (county)
|jordbrukvärde
|farming property's value
|-
|-
| Jämt.  
|jerns.arb.
| Jämtland
|
| Jämtland (county)
|jernvägsarbetare
|railway laborer
|-
|-
| K:a.  
|jernv.
| kyrka
|
| church
|jernväg
|railway
|-
|-
| Kalm.  
|jernvägsarb.
| Kalmar
|
| Kalmar (county)
|jernvägsarbetare
|railway laborer
|-
|-
| kbfd
|jernväkt.
| Kyrkobokföringsdistrikt
|
| District of church registration
|jernbaneväktare
|watchman, line keeper on railroad
|-
|-
| kbm.  
|jfr., jgfr.
| kubikmeter
|
| cubic meter
|jungfru
|miss, maiden, virgin
|-
|-
| k.f.  
|Jlght., jlghtn., jlghtr.
| kvinnsfaddrar
|
| female sponsors at christening
|jordbrukslägenhet
|farming apartments
|-
|-
| kh., khde.  
|j:or.
| kyrkoherde
|
| parish minister, parson
|junior
|junior
|-
|-
| k.kg.  
|jordbr.
| kyrkogång
|
| introduction into church after childbirth
|jordbrukare
|farmer
|-
|-
| kl.  
|jordbruksarb.
| klockan
|
| time, o'clock
|jordbruksarbetare
|farm worker, farm hand
|-
|-
| km.  
|jordk.
| kilometer
|
| kilometer
|jordkasta
|bury, buried, burial
|-
|-
| K.Maj:t.  
|järnv.
| Kunglig Magestät
|
| the King
|järnväg
|Railway
|-
|-
| kmt
|jvg., jvgr.
| kopparmynt
|
| copper coin
|järnväg (ar)
|railroad
|-
|-
| kn., k:en, k:ens, k:er, k:ers
|jvgsförb.
| kommun (-en, -ens, -er, -ers)  
|
| municipality
|järnvägsförbindelse (-r)
|railroad connection
|-
|-
| kommunal-nämndsordf.  
|jvgstn., jvgstnr.
| kommunalsnämndsordförande
|
| muncipality chairman
|järnvägsstation (-en, -er, -erna)
|railroad station
|-
|-
| Kongl.Maj:t
|Jäg.
| Kunglig Majestät
|
| the king
|Jägare
|hunter, a light infantry soldier
|-
|-
| kontr.  
|jägm.
| kontrakt
|
| contract (land)
|jägmästare
|crown forester
|-
|-
| Kopp.  
|Jönk.
| Kopparberg
|
| Kopparberg (county)
|Jönköping
|Jönköping (county)
|-
|-
| kr.  
|Jämt.
| kronor
|
| crown (monetary unit)
|Jämtland
|Jämtland (county)
|-
|-
| KRA
|K
| Krigsarkivet
|
| Swedish National War Archives
|Blekinge
|Blekinge (county)
|-
|-
| ktg.  
|K:a.
| kyrkotagning
|
| introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|kyrka
|church
|-
|-
| Kungl.Maj:t
|Kalm.
| Kunglis Majestät
|
| the king
|Kalmar
|Kalmar (county)
|-
|-
| kv.
|kbfd
| kvinna
|
| woman
|Kyrkobokföringsdistrikt
|District of church registration
|-
|-
| kvf.  
|kbm.
| kvinnlig fadder
|
| female sponsor
|kubikmeter
|cubic meter
|-
|-
| kvf.  
|k.f.
| Kvinnsfaddrar
|
| female sponsors at christening
|kvinnsfaddrar
|female sponsors at christening
|-
|-
| kvkm.  
|kh., khde.
| kvadratkilometer
|
| quadrant kilometer
|kyrkoherde
|parish minister, parson
|-
|-
| kyrkl.  
|k.k.
| kyrklig
|
| ecclesiastical
|kvinnoklinik
|modern abbreviation of maternity ward
|-
|-
| kyrkov.  
|k.kg.
| kyrkovaktare
|
| church officer or caretaker
|kyrkogång
|introduction into church after childbirth
|-
|-
| kyrkovakt.  
|kl.
| kyrkovaktare
|
| church officer or caretaker
|klockan
|time, o'clock
|-
|-
| köp.  
|km.
| köping (-en, -ens, -ar, -ars
|
| small market town
|kilometer
|kilometer
|-
|-
| köpm.  
|K.Maj:t.
| köpman
|
| merchant
|Kunglig Magestät
|the King
|-
|-
| l., l:a, La, L:a
|kmt
| lilla
|
| small(er)
|kopparmynt
|copper coin
|-
|-
| landsf.-distr.  
|kn., k:en, k:ens, k:er, k:ers
| landsfisalsdistrikt
|
| land fiscal district
|kommun (-en, -ens, -er, -ers)
|municipality
|-
|-
| landsförslg.  
|kommunal-nämndsordf.
| landsförsamling
|
| rural parish of a city
|kommunalsnämndsordförande
|muncipality chairman
|-
|-
| landsh.  
|Kongl.Maj:t
| landshövding
|
| governor
|Kunglig Majestät
|the king
|-
|-
| lfg., lfs.  
|kontr.
| landsförsamling
|
| rural parish of a city
|kontrakt
|contract (land)
|-
|-
| lg., lärl.  
|Kopp.
| lärling
|
| apprentice
|Kopparberg
|Kopparberg (county)
|-
|-
| lght., lghtn., lghtr.  
|kr.
| lägenhet (-en, -er)  
|
| apartment
|kronor
|crown (monetary unit)
|-
|-
| lib.
|KRA
| liberal (-a)
|
| liberal
|Krigsarkivet
|Swedish National War Archives
|-
|-
| lysn.  
|ktg.
| lysning
|
| banns
|kyrkotagning
|introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|-
|-
| löjtn.  
|Kungl.Maj:t
| löjtnant (-er)
|
| lieutenant
|Kunglis Majestät
|the king
|-
|-
| M.  
|kv.
| man
|
| man, male; husband
|kvinna
|woman
|-
|-
| m.  
|kvf.
| man
|
| man, male, husband
|kvinnlig fadder
|female sponsor
|-
|-
| m.  
|kvf.
| mater (Latin)
|
| mother
|Kvinnsfaddrar
|female sponsors at christening
|-
|-
| m.  
|kvkm.
| mor, moder
|
| mother
|kvadratkilometer
|quadrant kilometer
|-
|-
| m.  
|kyrkl.
| måg
|
| son-in-law
|kyrklig
|ecclesiastical
|-
|-
| m.  
|kyrkov.
| med
|
| with
|kyrkovaktare
|church officer or caretaker
|-
|-
| m., m:s.  
|kyrkovakt.
| meter (-s)
|
| meter
|kyrkovaktare
|church officer or caretaker
|-
|-
| Mad.  
|köp.
| Madam
|
| Madam. Exclusively "upper class" person
|köping (-en, -ens, -ar, -ars
|small market town
|-
|-
| Malm.  
|köpm.
| Malmöhus
|
| Malmöhus (county)
|köpman
|merchant
|-
|-
| mams.  
|l., l:a, La, L:a
| mamsell
|
| miss, young lady of "upper class".
|lilla
|small(er)
|-
|-
| mek.  
|landsf.-distr.
| mekanik
|
| mechanic
|landsfisalsdistrikt
|land fiscal district
|-
|-
| mell.  
|landsförslg.
| mellersta
|
| middle
|landsförsamling
|rural parish of a city
|-
|-
| m.f.  
|landsh.
| mansfaddrar
|
| male sponsors at christening
|landshövding
|governor
|-
|-
| m. fl.  
|lb.
| med flera
|
| and several others
|landbonde
|country farmer
|-
|-
| mil.  
|lfg., lfs.
| militära
|
| military
|landsförsamling
|rural parish of a city
|-
|-
| mm.  
|lg., lärl.
| millimeter
|
| millimeter
|lärling
|apprentice
|-
|-
| m.m.  
|lght., lghtn., lghtr.
| med mera
|
| with others
|lägenhet (-en, -er)
|apartment
|-
|-
| mod., modr.  
|lib.
| moder
|
| mother
|liberal (-a)
|liberal
|-
|-
| mod.  
|Luth. Cat., Luth. Kat.
| moderat (-a)
|
| moderate
|Lutherska katekismen
|Lutheran Catechism
|-
|-
| mort.  
|lysn.
| mortua (Latin)
|
| deceased
|lysning
|banns
|-
|-
| motorf.  
|löjtn.
| motorfartyg
|
| motor boat
|löjtnant (-er)
|lieutenant
|-
|-
| mtl.
|M
| mantal
|
| assessed unit of land, taxation of farm
|Skåne
|Skåne (county)
|-
|-
| mun. samh., munsamh:en
|M.
| municipalsamhälle (-t, -n)
|
| urban district
|man
|man, male; husband
|-
|-
| murges.  
|m.
| murargesäll
|
| journeyman bricklayer
|man
|man, male, husband
|-
|-
| mvh
|m.
| med vänlig hälsning
|
| with friendly greeting (best regards)
|mater (Latin)
|mother
|-
|-
| mån.  
|m.
| månad
|
| month
|mor, moder
|mother
|-
|-
| månd., tis., o.s.v.  
|m.
| måndag, tisdag, och så vidare
|
| Monday, Tuesday and so forth
|måg
|son-in-law
|-
|-
| mäst.  
|m.
| mästare
|
| master, expert
|med
|with
|-
|-
| mäst.  
|m., m:s.
| mäster
|
| master, the boss
|meter (-s)
|meter
|-
|-
| n.  
|Mad.
| nata, natus (Latin)
|
| born
|Madam
|Madam. Exclusively "upper class" person
|-
|-
| n.  
|Malm.
| nomen, nomine (Latin)  
|
| name
|Malmöhus
|Malmöhus (county)
|-
|-
| N., N:a.  
|mams.
| norra
|
| north
|mamsell
|miss, young lady of "upper class".
|-
|-
| nat.  
|mek.
| natur
|
| natural (in reference to having had smallpox)
|mekanik
|mechanic
|-
|-
| nat.  
|mell.
| nata
|
| born
|mellersta
|middle
|-
|-
| nattvak.  
|m.f.
| nattvaktare
|
| night watchman
|mansfaddrar
|male sponsors at christening
|-
|-
| nattv.g.  
|m. fl.
| nattvardsgång
|
| communion
|med flera
|and several others
|-
|-
| N.B., n.b.  
|mil.
| nya bok
|
| new book, (next household examination)
|militära
|military
|-
|-
| Ne
|mm.
| nedre
|
| lower
|millimeter
|millimeter
|-
|-
| n:m:
|m.m.
| nämndeman
|
| juryman, member of district court
|med mera
|with others
|-
|-
| NN., nn.  
|mod., modr.
| nomen nescio (Latin)
|
| name not known
|moder
|mother
|-
|-
| nom.  
|mod.
| nomine (Latin)  
|
| name
|moderat (-a)
|moderate
|-
|-
| n:r, nr.  
|mort.
| nummer
|
| number
|mortua (Latin)
|deceased
|-
|-
| NO.  
|motorf.
| nordost
|
| northeast
|motorfartyg
|motor boat
|-
|-
| NNO.  
|mtl.
| nordnordost
|
| north northeast
|mantal
|assessed unit of land, taxation of farm
|-
|-
| Norrb.  
|mun. samh., munsamh:en
| Norrbotten
|
| Norrbotten (county)
|municipalsamhälle (-t, -n)
|urban district
|-
|-
| NV
|murges.
| nordväst
|
| northwest
|murargesäll
|journeyman bricklayer
|-
|-
| NNV
|mvh
| nordnordväst
|
| north northwest
|med vänlig hälsning
|with friendly greeting (best regards)
|-
|-
| nr.  
|mån.
| nummer
|
| number
|månad
|month
|-
|-
| nup.  
|månd., tis., o.s.v.
| nuptiae (Latin)
|
| wedding
|måndag, tisdag, och så vidare
|Monday, Tuesday and so forth
|-
|-
| nuv.  
|mäst.
| nuvarande
|
| present
|mästare
|master, expert
|-
|-
| näml.  
|mäst.
| nämligen
|
| namely, since, as
|mäster
|master, the boss
|-
|-
| o.  
|n.
| och
|
| and
|nata, natus (Latin)
|born
|-
|-
| O.  
|n.
| öst
|
| east
|nomen, nomine (Latin)
|name
|-
|-
| obs.
|N
| observera
|
| notice
|Halland
|Halland (county)
|-
|-
| o.d., o.ä.d.  
|N., N:a.
| oäkta dotter
|
| daughter out of wedlock
|norra
|north
|-
|-
| og.  
|nat.
| ogift
|
| unmarried
|natur
|natural (in reference to having had smallpox)
|-
|-
| omkr.  
|nat.
| omkring
|
| about, around
|nata
|born
|-
|-
| ONO.  
|nattvak.
| ostnordost
|
| east northeast
|nattvaktare
|night watchman
|-
|-
| o.s. or o.ä.s.  
|nattv.g.
| oäkte son
|
| son out of wedlock
|nattvardsgång
|communion
|-
|-
| OSO.  
|N.B., n.b.
| ostsydost
|
| east southeast
|nya bok
|new book, (next household examination)
|-
|-
| o.s.v.
|Ne
| och så vidare
|
| and so forth
|nedre
|lower
|-
|-
| oä., o.ä.
|n:m:
| oäkta
|
| illegitimate child
|nämndeman
|juryman, member of district court
|-
|-
| o.ä.d.  
|NN., nn.
| oäkta dotter
|
| illegitimate daughter
|nomen nescio (Latin)
|name not known
|-
|-
| o.ä.s.  
|nom.
| oäkta son
|
| illegitimate son
|nomine (Latin)
|name
|-
|-
| p., pag.  
|n:r, nr.
| pagina (Latin)
|
| page
|nummer
|number
|-
|-
| p., pig
|NO.
| piga
|
| maid, spinster, single girl
|nordost
|northeast
|-
|-
| past.  
|NNO.
| pastorat
|
| diocese
|nordnordost
|north northeast
|-
|-
| p.b.  
|Norrb.
| pigebarn
|
| female child
|Norrbotten
|Norrbotten (county)
|-
|-
| pg., pgr.
|NV
| penning (-ar)
|
| penny (coin)
|nordväst
|northwest
|-
|-
| pgld.
|NNV
| penningland
|
| penny land
|nordnordväst
|north northwest
|-
|-
| pig.  
|nr.
| piga
|
| maid, spinster, single girl
|nummer
|number
|-
|-
| postexp.  
|nup.
| postexpedition
|
| parish office
|nuptiae (Latin)
|wedding
|-
|-
| posth.  
|nuv.
| posthumus
|
| born after father's death
|nuvarande
|present
|-
|-
| prakt.  
|näml.
| praktiserande
|
| to be in practice
|nämligen
|namely, since, as
|-
|-
| prof.  
|o.
| professor (-er)
|
| professor (teacher)
|och
|and
|-
|-
| prov.-läk.
|O
| provinsialläkare
|
| provincial doctor
|Västra Götaland
|Västra Götaland (county)
|-
|-
| P.Ä.  
|O.
| pastorsämbete
|
| Pastorate, the parish office.
|öst
|east
|-
|-
| q.  
|obef.
| qvinna
|
| woman
|obefintlig
|non-existent, absent
|-
|-
| Qvf.  
|obs.
| qvinnfaddrar
|
| female witness at christening
|observera
|notice
|-
|-
| Qv.mil
|o.d., o.ä.d.
| qvadratmil
|
| square mile
|oäkta dotter
|daughter out of wedlock
|-
|-
| r.  
|o.d.h. or o.h.h.
| ryttare
|
| cavalryman, horseman
|och dess hustru or och hans hustru
|and his wife
|-
|-
| RA
|og.
| Riksarkivet
|
| Swedish National Arhies.
|ogift
|unmarried
|-
|-
| Rdr.  
|ok.barnsj.
| Riksdaler
|
| Old Swedish currency
|okänd barnsjuka
|unknown childhood disease
|-
|-
| reg.  
|omkr.
| regemente
|
| regiment
|omkring
|about, around
|-
|-
| reg.ton.  
|ONO.
| registerton
|
| registrar
|ostnordost
|east northeast
|-
|-
| ren.  
|o.s. or o.ä.s.
| renata, renati, renatus (Latin)
|
| christened, baptized
|oäkte son
|son out of wedlock
|-
|-
| rep.verkstad.  
|OSO.
| reparationsverkstad
|
| repair shop
|ostsydost
|east southeast
|-
|-
| resp.  
|o.s.v.
| respektive
|
| respective
|och så vidare
|and so forth
|-
|-
| r:hu.  
|., o.ä.
| ryttare hustru
|
| wife of a cavalrymann
|oäkta
|illegitimate child
|-
|-
| riksd.  
|o.ä.d.
| riksdaler
|
| national currency
|oäkta dotter
|illegitimate daughter
|-
|-
| runst.  
|o.ä.s.
| runstycken
|
| part of a rune stone
|oäkta son
|illegitimate son
|-
|-
| rymd., rymt
|p., pag.
| rymmande
|
| desertion, running away
|pagina (Latin)
|page
|-
|-
| rytt.  
|p., pig
| ryttare
|
| cavalryman, horseman
|piga
|maid, spinster, single girl
|-
|-
| ryttm.  
|past.
| ryttmästare
|
| cavalry captain
|pastorat
|diocese
|-
|-
| s., S.  
|p.b.
| son
|
| son
|pigebarn
|female child
|-
|-
| s.  
|pg., pgr.
| socken
|
| parish
|penning (-ar)
|penny (coin)
|-
|-
| S.  
|pgld.
| söder, södra
|
| south
|penningland
|penny land
|-
|-
| s.  
|pig.
| söndag
|
| Sunday
|piga
|maid, spinster, single girl
|-
|-
| s., sal.  
|postexp.
| salig
|
| deceased, blessed
|postexpedition
|parish office
|-
|-
| samn., samh:en
|posth.
| samhälle (-t, -n)
|
| community
|posthumus
|born after father's death
|-
|-
| SCB
|prakt.
| Statistiska Centralbyrån
|
| Central Bureau of Statistics, "Sweden statistics"
|praktiserande
|to be in practice
|-
|-
| sd.  
|prof.
| samma dag
|
| same day
|professor (-er)
|professor (teacher)
|-
|-
| sd.  
|prov.-läk.
| sonsdotter
|
| son's daughter, granddaughter
|provinsialläkare
|provincial doctor
|-
|-
| segelf.  
|P.Ä.
| segelfartyg
|
| sailing ship
|pastorsämbete
|Pastorate, the parish office.
|-
|-
| sek.  
|q.
| sekund
|
| second
|qvinna
|woman
|-
|-
| sekr.  
|Qvf.
| sekreterare
|
| secretary
|qvinnfaddrar
|female witness at christening
|-
|-
| sep.  
|Qv.mil
| sepultus (Latin)
|
| buried
|qvadratmil
|square mile
|-
|-
| sfg
|r.
| stadsförsamling
|
| city parish
|ryttare
|cavalryman, horseman
|-
|-
| s:ger
|RA
| svåger
|
| brother-in-law
|Riksarkivet
|Swedish National Arhies.
|-
|-
| s:hu
|Rdr.
| soldat hustru
|
| soldier's wife
|Riksdaler
|Old Swedish currency
|-
|-
| s:hu
|reg.
| sonhustru
|
| son's wife, daughter-in-law
|regemente
|regiment
|-
|-
| s.k.  
|reg.ton.
| så kallad
|
| so called
|registerton
|registrar
|-
|-
| s:ka
|ren.
| svägerska
|
| sister-in-law
|renata, renati, renatus (Latin)
|christened, baptized
|-
|-
| Skar.  
|rep.verkstad.
| Skaraborg
|
| Skaraborg (county)
|reparationsverkstad
|repair shop
|-
|-
| skattm.  
|resp.
| skattmästare
|
| tax collector
|respektive
|respective
|-
|-
| Sk.Dr.  
|r:hu.
| Skånska Dragonregementet
|
| regiment of dragoons from Skåne
|ryttare hustru
|wife of a cavalrymann
|-
|-
| skgsv.  
|riksd.
| skogsvärde
|
| forest ranger
|riksdaler
|national currency
|-
|-
| skill.  
|runst.
| skilling (ar)
|
| monetary unit
|runstycken
|part of a rune stone
|-
|-
| skogsv.  
|rymd., rymt
| skogsvaktare
|
| forest ranger
|rymmande
|desertion, running away
|-
|-
| skom.arb.  
|rytt.
| skomakerarbetare
|
| worker in a shoemaker's shop
|ryttare
|cavalryman, horseman
|-
|-
| skplg.  
|ryttm.
| skeppslag
|
| district along the coast
|ryttmästare
|cavalry captain
|-
|-
| skräd.  
|s., S.
| skräddare
|
| tailor
|son
|son
|-
|-
| s:kt
|s.
| sankt
|
| saint
|socken
|parish
|-
|-
| sl.  
|S.
| salig
|
| deceased, blessed
|söder, södra
|south
|-
|-
| smt
|S
| silvermynt
|
| Old Swedish currency, silver coin
|Värmland
|Värmland (county)
|-
|-
| sn.  
|s.
| socken
|
| parish
|söndag
|Sunday
|-
|-
| snesl.  
|s., sal.
| snesland
|
| measurement
|salig
|deceased, blessed
|-
|-
| SO.  
|samn., samh:en
| sydost
|
| southeast
|samhälle (-t, -n)
|community
|-
|-
| soc.
|SCB
| socialdemokratisk
|
| social democratic
|Statistiska Centralbyrån
|Central Bureau of Statistics, "Sweden statistics"
|-
|-
| sockn.  
|sd.
| sockenman
|
| person who is entitled to vote in the parish
|samma dag
|same day
|-
|-
| sold.  
|sd.
| soldat
|
| soldier
|sonsdotter
|son's daughter, granddaughter
|-
|-
| s:or
|segelf.
| senior
|
| senior
|segelfartyg
|sailing ship
|-
|-
| spannl.  
|sek.
| spannland
|
| old unit of measurement
|sekund
|second
|-
|-
| spons.  
|sekr.
| sponsorer
|
| witness
|sekreterare
|secretary
|-
|-
| ss.  
|sep.
| sonson
|
| son's son, grandson
|sepultus (Latin)
|buried
|-
|-
| ss.
|sfg
| såsom
|
| as
|stadsförsamling
|city parish
|-
|-
| SSO.
|s:ger
| sydsydost
|
| south southeast
|svåger
|brother-in-law
|-
|-
| SSV
|s:hu
| sydsydväst
|
| south southwest
|soldat hustru
|soldier's wife
|-
|-
| st.
|s:hu
| stycken
|
| part of
|sonhustru
|son's wife, daughter-in-law
|-
|-
| St.  
|s.k.
| stad
|
| city
|så kallad
|so called
|-
|-
| S:t, S:ta
|s:ka
| Sankt
|
| saint
|svägerska
|sister-in-law
|-
|-
| S:ta, St., st., St:a
|Skar.
| stora
|
| large, big
|Skaraborg
|Skaraborg (county)
|-
|-
| stallm.  
|skattm.
| stallmästare
|
| master stableman
|skattmästare
|tax collector
|-
|-
| stbhs.  
|Sk.Dr.
| stärbhus
|
| estate of the deceased
|Skånska Dragonregementet
|regiment of dragoons from Skåne
|-
|-
| st:dr
|skgsv.
| statdräng
|
| farm laborer
|skogsvärde
|forest ranger
|-
|-
| stds.  
|skill.
| standard
|
| standard
|skilling (ar)
|monetary unit
|-
|-
| Sthlm.  
|skogsv.
| Stockholm
|
| Stockholm (county)
|skogsvaktare
|forest ranger
|-
|-
| stn., stnr.  
|skom.arb.
| station (-en, -er, -erna)
|
| station
|skomakerarbetare
|worker in a shoemaker's shop
|-
|-
| stud.  
|skplg.
| student
|
| student
|skeppslag
|district along the coast
|-
|-
| susc.  
|skräd.
| susceptrix (Latin)
|
| godmother, female sponsor
|skräddare
|tailor
|-
|-
| SV
|s:kt
| sydväst
|
| southwest
|sankt
|saint
|-
|-
| sv.  
|sl.
| svensk
|
| Swedish
|salig
|deceased, blessed
|-
|-
| Svf., Sv:f,
|smt
| svärfar, svärfader
|
| father-in-law
|silvermynt
|Old Swedish currency, silver coin
|-
|-
| Svm., sv:m
|sn.
| svärmor
|
| mother-in-law
|socken
|parish
|-
|-
| Svåg.  
|snesl.
| Svåger
|
| brother-in-law
|snesland
|measurement
|-
|-
| Sväg.  
|SO.
| Svägerska
|
| Sister-in-law
|sydost
|southeast
|-
|-
| Svärf.  
|soc.
| Svärfader
|
| father-in-law
|socialdemokratisk
|social democratic
|-
|-
| Svärm.  
|sockn.
| Svärmoder
|
| mother-in-law
|sockenman
|person who is entitled to vote in the parish
|-
|-
| sy., syst.  
|sold.
| syster
|
| sister
|soldat
|soldier
|-
|-
| s.å.
|s:or
| samma år
|
| same year
|senior
|senior
|-
|-
| Söder.  
|spannl.
| Södermanland
|
| Södermanland (county)
|spannland
|old unit of measurement
|-
|-
| t.  
|spons.
| testes (Latin)
|
| witnesses or sponsors at christening
|sponsorer
|witness
|-
|-
| takt.  
|ss.
| taktäckare
|
| tiler, slater, shingler, thatcher, roofer
|sonson
|son's son, grandson
|-
|-
| tandläk.  
|ss.
| tandläkare
|
| dentist
|såsom
|as
|-
|-
| tax.  
|SSO.
| taxera
|
| assess, tax
|sydsydost
|south southeast
|-
|-
| tax.v.
|SSV
| taxeringsvärde
|
| assessed value
|sydsydväst
|south southwest
|-
|-
| test.  
|st.
| testes (Latin)
|
| witnesses or sponsors at baptism
|stycken
|part of
|-
|-
| t.ex.  
|St.
| till exempel
|
| for example
|stad
|city
|-
|-
| tg.
|S:t, S:ta
| tingslag
|
| judicial district
|Sankt
|saint
|-
|-
| tgslg.  
|S:ta, St., st., St:a
| tingslag
|
| court district
|stora
|large, big
|-
|-
| t.h.  
|stallm.
| till höger
|
| on the right side
|stallmästare
|master stableman
|-
|-
| tills.  
|stbhs.
| tillsammans
|
| together
|stärbhus
|estate of the deceased
|-
|-
| tillverkn.
|st:dr
| tillverkning
|
| manufactured
|statdräng
|farm laborer
|-
|-
| tj.  
|stds.
| tjäna
|
| (to) serve, work
|standard
|standard
|-
|-
| tnld.  
|Sthlm.
| tunnland
|
| Swedish acre
|Stockholm
|Stockholm (county)
|-
|-
| t.o.m.  
|stn., stnr.
| till och med
|
| including
|station (-en, -er, -erna)
|station
|-
|-
| tomt-o. industriv
|stud.
| tomt o. industrivärde
|
| store value of merchandise
|student
|student
|-
|-
| torp., tp.  
|susc.
| torpare
|
| crofter, peasant
|susceptrix (Latin)
|godmother, female sponsor
|-
|-
| trol.
|SV
| trolofvad
|
| betrothed, engaged
|sydväst
|southwest
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmäst,
|sv.
| trädgårdsmästare
|
| gardener
|svensk
|Swedish
|-
|-
| tunnl.  
|Svf., Sv:f,
| tunnland
|
| measurement (Swedish acre)
|svärfar, svärfader
|father-in-law
|-
|-
| t.v.  
|Svm., sv:m
| till vänster
|
| to the left
|svärmor
|mother-in-law
|-
|-
| t.v.  
|Svåg.
| tills vidare
|
| until further notice
|Svåger
|brother-in-law
|-
|-
| txv., txvn.  
|Sväg.
| taxeringsvärde
|
| assessed value
|Svägerska
|Sister-in-law
|-
|-
| Ty.  
|Svärf.
| Tysk
|
| German
|Svärfader
|father-in-law
|-
|-
| u.  
|Svärm.
| under
|
| under; at; during, while, wonder, miracle
|Svärmoder
|mother-in-law
|-
|-
| u.  
|sy., syst.
| unge
|
| the younger
|syster
|sister
|-
|-
| uk., ungk.  
|s.å.
| ungkarl
|
| bachelor, single man
|samma år
|same year
|-
|-
| u.m.  
|Söder.
| utom mantal
|
| not included in the taxation census register
|Södermanland
|Södermanland (county)
|-
|-
| undant.enka
|t.
| undantagsmans enka
|
| widow of an undantagsman
|testes (Latin)
|witnesses or sponsors at christening
|-
|-
| undt.
|T
| undantagsman
|
| previous farm owner receiving his livelihood/support from the person to whom the farm now belongs (usually related, as in father and son).
|Örebro
|Örebro (county)
|-
|-
| ung.  
|takt.
| ungefär
|
| about, approximately
|taktäckare
|tiler, slater, shingler, thatcher, roofer
|-
|-
| ungk.  
|tandläk.
| ungkarl
|
| bachelor, single man
|tandläkare
|dentist
|-
|-
| u.p.a.  
|tax.
| utan personligt ansvar
|
| without personal responsibility
|taxera
|assess, tax
|-
|-
| uppf.  
|tax.v.
| uppförd (-a, -es, uppfört)
|
| behavior
|taxeringsvärde
|assessed value
|-
|-
| Upps.  
|test.
| Uppsala
|
| Uppsala (county)
|testes (Latin)
|witnesses or sponsors at baptism
|-
|-
| U.R.  
|t.ex.
| ute roten
|
| outlying district, old expression for the outer districk of parish
|till exempel
|for example
|-
|-
| utfl
|tg.
| utflyttad
|
| moved out
|tingslag
|judicial district
|-
|-
| u.ä.  
|tgslg.
| utom äktenskap
|
| outside of marriage
|tingslag
|court district
|-
|-
| v.  
|t.h.
| vice
|
| assistant
|till höger
|on the right side
|-
|-
| v.  
|tills.
| vaccinera
|
| (to) vaccinate
|tillsammans
|together
|-
|-
| V.  
|tillverkn.
| väster
|
| west
|tillverkning
|manufactured
|-
|-
| vacc.  
|tj.
| vaccinera
|
| (to) vaccinate
|tjäna
|(to) serve, work
|-
|-
| vb
|tnld.
| vigselbok
|
| marriage book/register
|tunnland
|Swedish acre
|-
|-
| VNV.  
|t.o.m.
| västnordväst
|
| west northwest
|till och med
|including
|-
|-
| VSV.  
|tomt-o. industriv
| västsydväst
|
| west southwest
|tomt o. industrivärde
|store value of merchandise
|-
|-
| vard.  
|torp., tp.
| vardag
|
| weekday
|torpare
|crofter, peasant
|-
|-
| vägh.-dist.  
|trol.
| väghållningsdistrikt
|
| highway district
|trolofvad
|betrothed, engaged
|-
|-
| välb.
|trädgårdsmäst,
| välboren
|
| honorable
|trädgårdsmästare
|gardener
|-
|-
| Värml.  
|tunnl.
| Värmland
|
| Värmland (county)
|tunnland
|measurement (Swedish acre)
|-
|-
| Västerb.  
|t.v.
| Västerbotten
|
| Västerbotten (county)
|till vänster
|to the left
|-
|-
| Västern.  
|t.v.
| Västernorrland
|
| Västernorrland (county)
|tills vidare
|until further notice
|-
|-
| Västm.  
|txv., txvn.
| Västmanland
|
| Västmanland (county)
|taxeringsvärde
|assessed value
|-
|-
| y.  
|Ty.
| yngste
|
| the youngest
|Tysk
|German
|-
|-
| yngl.  
|u.
| yngling
|
| young man, youth
|under
|under; at; during, while, wonder, miracle
|-
|-
| yst.  
|u.
| yngste
|
| the youngest
|unge
|the younger
|-
|-
| åb., åbo.
|U
| åborätt
|
| tenant right, hereditary lease
|Västmanland
|Västmanland (county)
|-
|-
| ångb.förb.  
|uk., ungk.
| ångbåtsförbindelse
|
| steamship connection
|ungkarl
|bachelor, single man
|-
|-
| ä
|u.m.
| änka
|
| widow
|utom mantal
|not included in the taxation census register
|-
|-
| ä.  
|u.n.u.
| äldste
|
| the oldest
|utan namn under
|without name under
|-
|-
| äg.  
|undant.enka
| ägare
|
| owner
|undantagsmans enka
|widow of an undantagsman
|-
|-
| äkt.  
|undt.
| äktenskap
|
| marriage, wedlock, matrimony
|undantagsman
|previous farm owner receiving his livelihood/support from the person to whom the farm now belongs (usually related, as in father and son).
|-
|-
| Älvsb.  
|ung.
| Älvsborg
|
| Älvsborg (county)
|ungefär
|about, approximately
|-
|-
| änk.  
|ungk.
| änka
|
| widow
|ungkarl
|bachelor, single man
|-
|-
| änkl.  
|u.p.a.
| änkling
|
| widower
|utan personligt ansvar
|without personal responsibility
|-
|-
| äst.  
|uppf.
| äldste
|
| the oldest
|uppförd (-a, -es, uppfört)
|behavior
|-
|-
| Ö., Ö:a
|Upps.
| östra
|
| east, eastern
|Uppsala
|Uppsala (county)
|-
|-
| Öf
|U.R.
| öfra
|
| upper
|ute roten
|outlying district, old expression for the outer districk of parish
|-
|-
| ö.h.
|utfl
| över havet
|
| upper harbor
|utflyttad
|moved out
|-
|-
| Ör.  
|u.ä.
| Örebro
|
| Örebro (county)
|utom äktenskap
|outside of marriage
|-
|-
| öresl
|v.
| Öresland
|
| measurement
|vice
|assistant
|-
|-
| Östg.  
|v.
| Östergötland
|
| Östergötland (county)
|vaccinera
|(to) vaccinate
|-
|-
| Öv  
|V.
| övre  
|
| upper
|väster
|west
|-
|vacc.
|
|vaccinera
|(to) vaccinate
|-
|vb
|
|vigselbok
|marriage book/register
|-
|VNV.
|
|västnordväst
|west northwest
|-
|VSV.
|
|västsydväst
|west southwest
|-
|vard.
|
|vardag
|weekday
|-
|vägh.-dist.
|
|väghållningsdistrikt
|highway district
|-
|välb.
|
|välboren
|honorable
|-
|Värml.
|
|Värmland
|Värmland (county)
|-
|Västerb.
|
|Västerbotten
|Västerbotten (county)
|-
|Västern.
|
|Västernorrland
|Västernorrland (county)
|-
|Västm.
|
|Västmanland
|Västmanland (county)
|-
|W
|
|Dalarna
|Dalarna (county)
|-
|X
|
|Gävleborg
|Gävleborg (county)
|-
|Xbr
|
|December (Latin)
|December
|-
|y.
|
|yngste
|the youngest
|-
|Y
|
|Västernorrland
|Västernorrland (county)
|-
|yngl.
|
|yngling
|young man, youth
|-
|yst.
|
|yngste
|the youngest
|-
|Z
|
|Jämtland
|Jämtland (county)
|-
|åb., åbo.
|
|åborätt
|tenant right, hereditary lease
|-
|ångb.förb.
|
|ångbåtsförbindelse
|steamship connection
|-
|
|änka
|widow
|-
|ä.
|
|äldste
|the oldest
|-
|äg.
|
|ägare
|owner
|-
|äkt.
|
|äktenskap
|marriage, wedlock, matrimony
|-
|Älvsb.
|
|Älvsborg
|Älvsborg (county)
|-
|änk.
|
|änka
|widow
|-
|änkl.
|
|änkling
|widower
|-
|äst.
|
|äldste
|the oldest
|-
|Ö., Ö:a
|
|östra
|east, eastern
|-
|Öf
|
|öfra
|upper
|-
|ö.h.
|
|över havet
|upper harbor
|-
|Ör.
|
|Örebro
|Örebro (county)
|-
|öresl
|
|Öresland
|measurement
|-
|Östg.
|
|Östergötland
|Östergötland (county)
|-
|Öv
|
|övre
|upper
|}
|}
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