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


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