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==Online Resources==
Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances. <br>
*'''1752-1941''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20339/sweden-sailors-seamen%E2%80%99s-house-enrollments?s=275764761 Sweden, Sailors and Seamen’s House Enrollments] at MyHeritage — index ($)


==Occupations==
Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. <br>


Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors’ life circumstances. <br>  
This occupational word list is under construction. It contains all the occupations found in the old Swedish Genealogical Word list (published by the Family History Library), along with new entries from other sources. The intention is to improve the old list. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>  


Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
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This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
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|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|-
|aktris
|actress
|female play actor, performer
|-
|aktör
|actor
|male play actor, performer
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer
|service position with ramrods
|-
|apotekare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|-
|arbetare
|worker, laborer
|
|-
|arbetskarl
|male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|arbetsman
|male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|arbk.
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|arkebusier
|(military) member of firing squad
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|arkibiskop
|(1788) archbishop
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|arklimästare
|(military) gunner
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|arrendator
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (''arrendekontrakt''). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
|-
|artillerist
|(military) man of the artillery
|
|-
|artillerikonstapel
|(military) bombardier
|
|-
|assessor
|assessor
|
|-
|assuradör
|insurer, underwriter
|
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|auctioneer
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|auktor, autor
|author
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|avisskrivare
|newswriter
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|avskedad soldat
|discharged, resigned soldier
|
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
|transcriber, copier
|
|-
|-
|axplockare
! Occupation
|gleaner
! Short definition
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| accismästare
|cottager (1788)
| customs officer
|see backstugusittare
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
| ackuschörska
|cottager
| a midwife
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
| <br>
|-
|-
|badare
| adelsbussar
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| adelsman
|barber surgeon
| nobleman
|
|  
|-
|-
|badmästare
| adelssven
|bath-keeper
| page (youth)
|(1889)
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
|bagare
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|baker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| adjunctus ex officio
|baker's man
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| administer, administra
|master baker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérförare
| administrator, pradii
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérherre
| advocatus ecclesiae
|(military) banneret
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|banér-riddare
| aedituus
|(military) knight banneret
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| aftonsångspredikant
|porter, messenger at a bank
| evening-service preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|banmästare
| aktor
|overseer of a railway line
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberare
| aktris
|barber, shaver
| actress
|
| female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|barberarebiträde
| aktör
|barber's assistant
| actor
|
| male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|journeyman barber
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberarelärling
| ansättare
|barber's apprentice
| (military) rammer
|
| service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|barkare
| apotekare
|tanner
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|(1829)
|  
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| arbetare
|male midwife
| worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnmorska
| arbetsman
|female midwife
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| arbk.
|maid for children
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|
| male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|barnsköterska
| arkebusier
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| (military) member of firing squad
|
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
|baron
| arklimästare
|baron
| (military) gunner
|baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|basunist
| arrendator
|trumpeter
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
|bataljonsadjuntant
| artillerist
|(military) sergeant-major
| (military) man of the artillery
|
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonschef
| artillerikonstapel
|(military) commander of a battalion
| (military) bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|batterikonstapel
| assessor
|(military) battalion bombardier
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bedragare
| assuradör
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| insurer, underwriter
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningshavande
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| auctioneer
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
|befallningsman
| auktor, autor
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| author
|
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|befallningsman (konungens)
| avisskrivare
|county governor
| newswriter
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
|befaren båtsman
| avskedad soldat
|(military) traveling sailor
| discharged, resigned soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|befordrare
| axplockare
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
| gleaner
|
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|befällningshavande
| backstugusittare
|officer in command
| cottager
|
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|-
|-
|beherskare
| badaremästare
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| barber surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|bensamlare
| badmästare
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| bath-keeper
|
| (1889)
|-
|-
|bergmästare
| bagare
|minemaster (1829)
| baker
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsarbetare
| bagaregesäll
|miner
| baker's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsbruksidkare
| bagarelärling
|mining man
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsfogde
| bagaremästare
|bailiff of a mine
| master baker
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergshauptman
| banérförare
|mine inspector
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergskarl
| banérherre
|miner
| (military) banneret
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergslagsman
| banér-riddare
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| (military) knight banneret
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsman
| bankvaktmästare
|miner
| porter, messenger at a bank
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsprångare
| banmästare
|miner
| overseer of a railway line
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsråd
| barberare
|
| barber, shaver
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beridare
| barberarebiträde
|horsebreaker, riding master
| barber's assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|beskattningsman
| barberaregesäll
|taxer, assessor
| journeyman barber
|
|  
|-
|-
|beslagare
| barberarelärling
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| barber's apprentice
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beslagskarl
| barkare
|see beslagare
| tanner
|
| (1829)
|-
|-
|besökare
| barnförlossare
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| male midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|betalare
| barnmorska
|paymaster (1788)
| female midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|betjänt
| barnpiga
|servant, civil servant
| maid for children
|
|  
|-
|-
|bettlare
| barnsköterska
|beggar
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevaktare
| baron
|guard, keeper
| baron
|
| baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|-
|-
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| basunist
|captain of the watch
| trumpeter
|
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
|bevarare
| bataljonsadjuntant
|preserver, saver, conservator
| (military) sergeant-major
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringskarl
| bataljonschef
|militia man, conscript
| (military) commander of a battalion
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| batterikonstapel
|militia man, conscript
| (military) battalion bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|bibliotekarie
| befallningshavande
|librarian
| commander, chief
|
|  
|-
|-
|bijouterihandlare
| befallningsman (konungens),
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| county governor
|
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
|bildhuggare
| befaren båtsman
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| (military) traveling sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildskärare
| befälhavande
|se bildsnidare
| officer in command
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildsnidare
| bensamlare
|sculptor
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljare
| bergmästare
|ticket seller, booking clerk
| minemaster (1829)
|
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljerska
| bergsarbetare
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bilöpare
| bergsbruksidkare
|interloper
| mining man
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|  
|-
|-
|bindare
| bergsfogde
|tier, binder, fastener
| bailiff of a mine
|for example net making
|  
|-
|-
|biodlare
| bergshauptman
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| mine inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|biskop
| bergskarl
|bishop
| miner
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|  
|-
|-
|biskötare
| bergslagsman
|bee-keeper, bee-master
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|biträde
| bergsman
|assistant
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bjudare
| beridare
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
| horsebreaker, riding master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bleckslagare
| beskattningsman
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| taxer, assessor
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|blockmakare
| beslagare
|block maker, pulley maker
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|blodigelodlare
| beslagskarl
|cultivator of leeches
| see beslagare
|
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlare
| besökare
|flower seller (male)
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlerska
| betjänt
|flower seller (female)
| servant, civil servant
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterodlare
| bettlare
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|blossbärare
| bevaktare
|torch-bearer
| guard, keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|blyarbetare
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|lead worker, plumber
| captain of the watch
|
|  
|-
|-
|blyfalsare
| bevarare
|plumber
| preserver, saver, conservator
|
|  
|-
|-
|blystöpare
| beväringskarl
|plumber
| militia man, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|blytäckare
| beväringsman
|plumber
| recruit, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodbetjent
| bibliotekarie
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| librarian
|
|  
|-
|-
|boddräng
| bijouterihandlare
|shop hand
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodflicka
| bildhuggare
|shop girl, shop maid
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodgosse
| bildskärare
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| se bildsnidare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodhandlare
| bildsnidare
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| sculptor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodmamsell
| biljettförsäljare
|shop girl, shop woman
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokbindare
| biljettförsäljerska
|bookbinder
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokförare
| bilöpare
|book keeper
| interloper
|
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
|bokhandlare
| bindare
|bookseller
| tier, binder, fastener
|
| for example net making
|-
|-
|bokhållare
| biodlare
|book keeper
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|same as bokförare
|  
|-
|-
|bokhäftare
| biskop
|book stitcher
| bishop
|
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
|bokmakare
| biskötare
|book wright, book maker
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bonde
| biträde
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
| assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondedräng
| bjudare
|farm hand
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|  
|-
|-
|bondeflicka
| bleckslagare
|country girl
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondepiga
| blockmakare
|peasant's maid
| block maker, pulley maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|borgare
| blodigelodlare
|citizen, burgher
| cultivator of leeches
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|  
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| blomsterhandlare
|mayor
| flower seller (male)
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
| also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
|borrare
| blomsterhandlerska
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| flower seller (female)
|
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
|borrmakare
| blomsterodlare
|bit forger
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|  
|-
|-
|borrsmed
| blossbärare
|bit smith
| torch-bearer
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|boskapshandlare
| blyarbetare
|dealer of livestock
| lead worker, plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsherde
| blyfalsare
|herdsman
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsskötare
| blystöpare
|stockman
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsvaktare
| blytäckare
|herdsman
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|boställshavare
| bodbetjent
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bouppteckningsman
| boddräng
|person who inventories (1889)
| shop hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|boutredningsman
| bodflicka
|administrator
| shop girl, shop maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|brandmästare
| bodgosse
|fire warden
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|braständare
| bodhandlare
|fire lighter
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevbärare
| bodmamsell
|letter carrier, postman
| shop girl, shop woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevdragare
| bokbindare
|see brevbärare
| bookbinder
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevskrivare
| bokförare
|letter writer
| book keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevställare
| bokhandlare
|see brevskrivare
| bookseller
|
|  
|-
|-
|brobyggare
| bokhållare
|bridge builder
| book keeper
|
| same as bokförare
|-
|-
|broderare
| bokhäftare
|embroiderer
| book stitcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|broläggare
| bokmakare
|bridge builder, paver
| book wright, book maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|bromästare
| bonde
|bridge master
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsarbetare
| bondedräng
|worker in bronze
| farm hand
|
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
|bronsgjutare
| bondeflicka
|bronze founder, brazier
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsdomare
| bondepiga
|judge criminal
| peasant's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsnoterie
| borgare
|crown clerk
| citizen, burgher
|
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
|brovaktare
| borgmästare
|guard of a bridge
| mayor
|
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
|brovindare
| borrare
|bridge driver
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|
|  
|-
|-
|brukare
| borrmakare
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
| bit forger
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| borrsmed
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| bit smith
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|bruksegare
| boskapshandlare
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
| dealer of livestock
|
|  
|-
|-
|bryggare
| boskapsherde
|brewer
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännmästare
| boskapsskötare
|master distiller
| stockman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännvinsbrännare
| boskapsvaktare
|brandy distiller
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|buntmakare
| boställshavare
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|
|  
|-
|-
|byfogde
| bouppteckningsman
|hamlet bailiff
| person who inventories (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggare, byggkarl
| boutredningsman
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| administrator
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| brandmästare
|master builder, contractor
| fire warden
|
|  
|-
|-
|bykerska
| braständare
|washerwoman
| fire lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|byskomakare
| brevbärare
|village shoemaker
| letter carrier, postman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bågflytt
| brevdragare
|archer, bowman
| see brevbärare
|
|  
|-
|-
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| brevskrivare
|(military) seaman, sailor
| letter writer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bälgmakare
| brevställare
|bellows-maker
| see brevskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bödel
| brobyggare
|executioner
| bridge builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bösseskytt
| broderare
|(military)
| embroiderer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bössmed
| broläggare
|gunsmith
| bridge builder, paver
|
|  
|-
|-
|cantor
| bromästare
|(latin)
| bridge master
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|  
|-
|-
|curatus
| bronsarbetare
|(latin)
| worker in bronze
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|  
|-
|-
|custod
| bronsgjutare
|(latin)
| bronze founder, brazier
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|  
|-
|-
|d., dr.
| brottmålsdomare
|abbreviation for dräng
| judge criminal
|
|  
|-
|-
|dagkarl, daglönare
| brottmålsnoterie
|day laborer
| crown clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|danneman
| brovaktare
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
| guard of a bridge
|
|  
|-
|-
|degn
| brovindare
|assistant to the priest
| bridge driver
|The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|  
|-
|-
|deja, dejpiga
| brukare
|maidservant, milkmaid
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|
|  
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| bruksarbetare
|Miss
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|d.g.
| bruksegare
|
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|
|  
|-
|-
|disponent
| bryggare
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
| brewer
|
|  
|-
|-
|domare
| brännmästare
|judge
| master distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|domesticus
| brännvinsbrännare
|(latin)
| brandy distiller
|servant, one who serves in a household
|  
|-
|-
|domprost
| byfogde
|dean
| hamlet bailiff
|see also prestman
|  
|-
|-
|dr.
| byggare, byggkarl
|abbreviation for dräng
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|drabant, dravant
| byggmästare
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| master builder, contractor
|
|  
|-
|-
|dragon
| bykerska
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
| washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|dräng, dr.
| byskomakare
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
| village shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|däga
| bågflytt
|see deja
| archer, bowman
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantagent
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|emigrant agent
| (military) seaman, sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantvärvare
| bälgmakare
|emigrant agent
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|extra roteringsmän
| bödel
|
| executioner
|
|  
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| bösseskytt
|factory worker
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|famnmätare
| bössmed
|corder of wood
| gunsmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|fanjunkare
| cantor
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| (latin)  
|
| see klockare
|-
|-
|fatburshustru
| commissarius
|wife of a storekeeper
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburssven
| curatus
|storehouse apprentice
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| custod
|pauper
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|filtare
| d., dr.
|felter
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|finbagare
| dagkarl, daglönare
|pastry cook
| day laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiolmakare
| danneman
|violen maker
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskare
| degn
|fisherman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskarflicka
| deja, dejpiga
|fisher girl
| maidservant, milkmaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskargosse
| demoiselle
|fisher boy
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskhandlare
| d.g.
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjerdingsman
| domare
|under bailiff of a härad
| judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjäderarbetare
| domesticus
|feather maker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| domestik
|see fjerdingsman
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|flickare
| domherre
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fogde
| domprost
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
| see prestman
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|  
|-
|-
|forbonde
| dompräst
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|forman
| dr.
|see forbonde
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|formare
| drabant, dravant
|moulder (1829)
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|
|  
|-
|-
|friborgare
| dragon
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|frihandlare
| dragonrusthållare
|free trader
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherre
| dräng, dr.
|baron
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherrinna
| däga
|baroness
| see deja
|
|  
|-
|-
|fru
| emigrantagent
|Mrs.
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälse
| expeditionsbefallningsman
|nobility
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsebonde
| expeditionskronofogde
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsetorpare
| expeditionssekreterare
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fröken
| extra roteringsmän
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrvaktare
| faber ferrarius
|lighthouse man
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrverkare
| faber lignarius
|(military) fire worker
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fågelfängare
| faber murorum
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| faber rhedarum
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårherde
| fabriksarbetare
|sheep tender, shepherd
| factory worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårklippare
| fabriksmästare
|sheep shearer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fädräng
| faktare
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäflicka
| faktoriesmed
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäktmästare
| fanjunkare
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältbagare
| fastbagare
|army baker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältjägare
| fataburshustru
|army ranger
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältpredikant
| fataburssven
| army chaplain
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältskär
| fatare
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| fatmakare
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fänrik
| fattighjon
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
| pauper
|also seen as fändrik
|  
|-
|-
|färgare
| filtare
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|färgaregesäll
| fiskare
|journeyman dyer
| fisherman
|
|  
|-
|-
|färikarl
| fiskblöterska
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|färsing
| fjädermakare
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fästebonde
| fjärdingsman
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|  
|-
|-
|förare
| fjärdingstorpare
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|  
|-
|-
|föreståndare
| flaggjunkare
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|  
|-
|-
|förpaktare
| flåtekarl
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|  
|-
|-
|förpantare
| foderman
|mortgager,
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| fogde
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| sheriff, bailiff, warden
|also means defenseless
|  
|-
|-
|garnhandlare
| friherre
|dealer in wools
| baron
|
|  
|-
|-
|garnisonssoldat
| frimästare
|soldier in garrison duty
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|garvare
| fru
|tanner (1829)
| Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|gaständare
| frälse
|gas lighter
| nobility
|
|  
|-
|-
|generalbefälhavare
| frälsebefallningsman
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|generallöjtnant
| frälselänsman
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gesäll
| frälseryttare
|journeyman
| (military)
|often abbreviated as gs
|  
|-
|-
|gjutare
| frälsetorpare
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
|  
|-
|-
|glasarbetare
| fröken
|glass worker
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasblåsare
| fusilie
|glassblower
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasfabrikant
| fyrverkare
|glassmaker
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glashandlare
| fädräng
|glassman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| fäflicka
|glassmaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmålare
| fältjägare
|glass painter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasslipare
| fältskär
|glass cutter, glass grinder
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasögonmakare
| fältväbel
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
| (military) sergeant major
|
|  
|-
|-
|glättare
| fänrik
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gratialist
| fästebonde
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|  
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| förblåsare
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|grosshandlare
| försvarslös
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| unemployed person, vagrant
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvarbetare
| garmakare
|miner
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvbrytare
| garnisonssoldat
|miner
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvförvaltare
| garvare
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| tanner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvkarl
| garverifaktor
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|grönsakshandlare
| gesäll , gs.
|green grocer
| journeyman
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|  
|-
|-
|gs.
| gjutare
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|  
|-
|-
|guldarbetare
| glasare
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|guldsmed
| glasetsare
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsbrukare
| glasfabrikant
|farmer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsdräng
| glasförare
|see dräng
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsfogde
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|see befallningsman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| glasvärkare
|innkeeper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| glättare
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarmästare
| glödgare
|forge master
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| grenadjär
|forger, hammerman
| infantryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnfogde
| grossör
|overseer of a port
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnkapten
| gruvborrare
|harbor master
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsidkare
| gruvbrytare
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsman
| gruvbuse
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|handhavare
| gruvförvaltare
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| gruvhjon, gruvkarl
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| gruvkil, gruvknöl, gruvkuse, gruvluns, gruvpickare
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverksgesäll
| gruvlagare
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| gs.
|hatmaker
|  
|
| abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
|hejdriddare
| gyllenmakare
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|  
|-
|-
|hembiträde
| gårdsfogde
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansegare
| gårskomakare
|farm owner
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| gällare
|farmer
|  
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| gällkäring
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|  
|-
|-
|herrgårdstjenst
| gälkare
|service at a manor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjon
| gärningsman
|person (1829, 1889)
|  
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| gästgivare
|wheelwright, wheeler
| innkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakardräng
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphjon
| halnabonde
|extra hand or helper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphustru
| halvdräng, halvkarl
|helping woman,
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbagare (1829)
| hammarsmed
|the kings baker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovdam (1829)
| hamnfogdeinspektör, hamnkassör
|lady of the court
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbetjent (1829)
| handelsman
|officer of the court
| merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovjunkare (1829)
| handskmakare
|servant to the king
| glove maker
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|  
|-
|-
|hovkansler
| handskomakare
|court chancellor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovman (1829)
| hantverkare
|courtier
| artisan
|
|  
|-
|-
|hudafdragare (1889)
| hattmakare
|skinner, flayer
| hatmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|husbonde (1829)
| Hejdriddare
|master of a family or house
|  
|
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of Greater Sweden
|-
|-
|husdräng (1829)
| hemmansbrukare
|man servant in a house
| farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfader
| hemmansägare
|head of household, father
| farmer, homeowner
|
|  
|-
|-
|husflicka
| herredagsman
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfolk
| hjon
|farmers, farm people
| pauper, person receiving social assistance
|
|  
|-
|-
|hushållare
| hjulmakare
|housekeeper
| wheelwright
|
|  
|-
|-
|husjungfru (1829)
| hjulmakardräng
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|husmamsell
| hjälpbrytare
|housekeeper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|husman
| hjälphustru
|tenant farmer
|  
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|husmoder
| hoveribonde
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspiga
| hovfru
|housemaid
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspredikant
| hovman
|private chaplain, house preacher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustjänare
| huddragare
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustru
| husar
|wife, mistress of a family
| light cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hyttarbetare
| husbonde
|smelter, works at a foundry
| farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|hållkarl
| husfader
|hostler
| head of household, father
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|  
|-
|-
|hårarbetare
| husflicka
|hair worker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsbokhållare
| husfolk
|see häradsskrivare
| farmers, farm people
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsdomare
| husfogde
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|  
|-
|-
|häradsfogde
| husfolk
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradshövding
| husfru
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsskrivare
| husfröken
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|  
|-
|-
|hövitsman
| huskarl
|captain
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|infanterist
| husmamsell
|foot soldier
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyses
| husman
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| farm laborer (owned house but not land)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyseshjon
| huspredikant
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|inspektor
| hyttknekt
|inspector
| (military)
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|  
|-
|-
|inspektör
| hållare
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|  
|-
|-
|ishandlare
| hållkarl, hållmästare
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|jagare
| hårarbetare
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|jodgumma (1829)
| häradsdomare
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|  
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| häradsfogde
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|jordegare
| häradshövding
|landowner, landholder, landlord
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| häradsskrivare
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|jungfru
| häradstjänare
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|junker
| härbergerare
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|jurist
| härvlare
|lawyer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieborgmästare
| hörare
|recorder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieminister
| höre
|minster of justice
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitiestatsminister
| hövitsman
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|juvelerare
| indelningsbåtsman
|jeweller
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägare
| infanterist
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägeribetjent
| inhyses
|gamekeeper
| lodger, tenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| inhysesbonde
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnhandlare
| inspektor
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsarbetare
| inspektör
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsbetjening
| jordekvinna, jordemor, jordegumma
|service on a railway line
| midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|kakelungsmakare
| jungfru
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
| Miss, maiden, virgin
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|  
|-
|-
|kammarfru
| junkare
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjunkare
| jägare
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjungfru
| jägmästare
|see kammarpiga
| forester
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjägare
| jämkare
|rat hunter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarpiga
| järnvägare
|lady's maid
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| kalkant
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kamrerare
| kalkrörare
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kanongjutare
| kammarfiskal
|cannon founder
|  
|founder who makes cannons
|  
|-
|-
|kapellmästare
| kammarfru
|chapel master
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapellpredikant
| kammarjunkare
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|  
|-
|-
|kaplan, kapellan
| kammarjägare
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapten
| kammarskrivare
|(military) captain
| assistant clerk
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|  
|-
|-
|karduansmakare
| kanik
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|  
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|  
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| kanongjutare
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kedjemakare
| kanonist
|chain maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kistmakare
| kapelan, kaplan
|box maker
| assistant minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| kapten
|tinker
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelslagare
| kaptenlöjtnant
|kettle maker
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|klampare
| karduansmakare
|a foreman at a lumberyard
|  
|A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
|  
|-
|-
|klensmed
| kavallerist
|locksmith, toolmaker
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|klockare, klr.
| kedjesmed
|parish clerk
|  
|During the Middle Ages the klockare was responsible for maintaining and ringing the church bells. Over time, the klockare was given additional duties to assist the parish priest.
|  
|-
|-
|klockgjutare
| kedjesmedsdräng
|bell founder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|klr.
| kettelsmed
|
|  
|abbreviation for klockare
|  
|-
|-
|kn.
| kittelbötare, kittelflickare
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|  
|-
|-
|klädesfärgare
| kittelförare
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädeshandlare
| klampare
|cloth merchant
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
|klädesvävare
| klappare
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädsömmerska
| klensmed
|dressmaker
| toolmaker, locksmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|knalle
| klerk
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|knappmakare
| klockare, klr.
|button maker
| parish clerk
|
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
|knekt
| klockarpräst
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|knifvässare
| klr.
|knife sharpener, cutler
|  
|
| abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
|knifsmed
| klutgubbe
|cutler
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|knipare
| kn.
|nipper
|  
|
| abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
|knypplare
| knalle
|male lace maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplerska
| knape
|female lace maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|koarrendator
| knekt
|see mjölkarrendator
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| knipsmed
|merchant marine
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdikapten
| kofferdi
|captain of a merchant ship
| merchant marine
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdimatros
| kolare
|merchant seaman
| charcoal burner
|
|  
|-
|-
|koffertsnickare
| kollega
|trunk maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kokerska
| komminister
|female cook, cook maid
| assistant minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|kogubbe
| kompastor
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolarbetare
| konduktör
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|kolare
| konstapel
|coal man, charcoal burner
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolbonde
| konterfejare
|coal carter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolhandlare
| kontorsdräng
|coal merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|komminister
| kontraktist
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|  
|-
|-
|kommissarie
| kopperska
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|  
|-
|-
|konduktor
| kopparslagare
|conductor, guard with the railways
| coppersmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|konduktör
| korherre
|sergeant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|konstapel
| korpral
|(police) constable
| (military)  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|  
|-
|-
|konstnär
| korv
|artist
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontorskrivare
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|clerk
|  
|
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
|kontraktsprost
| krlmn.
|rural dean
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| krokare
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|koppartryckare
| kronobefallningsman
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgarbetare
| kronobetjäning
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgflätare
| kronobonde
|basket maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|korherre
| kronofogde
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|  
|-
|-
|korpral
| kronofänrik
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kovaktare
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|cow keeper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kreaturshandlare
| kronorättare
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| kronouppbördsman
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|  
|-
|-
|krigsman
| krukmakare
|soldier
| potter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronoarrendator
| krypare, kypare
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobefallningsman
| kuerdare
|see länsman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobetjäning
| Kungl. Maj:ts fullmäktige
|police
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobonde
| kuper
|crown peasant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronofogde
| kursmed
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|  
|-
|-
|kronojägare
| kusk, kutsk
|ranger
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| kvarnfogde
|see länsman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronouppbördsman
| kvarnskrivare
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| kvarntullsinspektor
|potter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kryddkrämare
| kvinnohjon
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|krögare
| kyrkdräng
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kurir
| kyrkoadjunkt
|courier
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kusk, kutsk
| kyrkobetjäning, kyrkobetjänt
|coachman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kustuppsyningsman
| kyrkobonde
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnarrendator
| kyrkofogde
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnbyggare
| kyrkogubbe
|mill wright
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarndräng
| kyrkogömmare
|mill hand
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnegare
| kyrkoherde
|mill owner
| parish minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarntullsinspektor
| kyrkovaktare
|mill toll inspector
| church officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kypare
| kyrkvaktmästare, kyrkväktare
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkobetjänare
| kyrkvärd
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoföreståndare
| kypare
|churchwarden
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| kåtkarl
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| köpdräng
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkvärd
| köpman
|churchwarden
| merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|käpphandlare
| körsnär
|cane seller, caneman
| furrier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökbetjäning
| laggare
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökspiga
| lagman, lagsagoman
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|köpman
| landbo, landbonde
|merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|körsnär
| landsfiskal
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|  
|-
|-
|kötthandlare
| landsfogde
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|köttmånglare
| landsherre
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lackerare
| landshövitsman
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdsidkare
| landsknekt
|dairyman
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdspiga
| landsman
|dairymaid
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|laggare
| landsryttare
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|  
|-
|-
|lagkarl
| lappare
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|landbo
| lappskräddare
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|  
|-
|-
|landshövding
| legoknekt
|lord lieutenant
| (military)
|see befallningshavande
|  
|-
|-
|landsknekt
| lejdebonde
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landskontorist
| lekare
|clerk in receivers office
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsman
| liggare
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landstrykare
| likare
|vagrant, tramp
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsvägsriddare
| lineslagare
|knight of the road
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|  
|-
|-
|landtbo
| liusmoder
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbrukare
| livgrenadjär
|farmer, gentleman farmer
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksbokhållare
| livjägare
|under steward
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksinspektor
| losbagare
|land steward
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtflicka
| lots
|country girl
| sea pilot
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthandlare
| lumpsamlare
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthushållare
| läkare
|husbandman
| doctor
|see also jordbrukare
|  
|-
|-
|landtjunkare
| länsman
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|lantmätare
| länsåklagare
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappare
| lärare
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
| teacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappbonde
| lärling
|Lapp peasant
| apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappskarvare
| löjtnant
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappskräddare
| lösdrivare
|patch tailor, botcher
| vagrant
|
|  
|-
|-
|lastningsbokhållare
| madrassmakare
|shipping clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|legoknekt
| magasinskarl
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|likörare
| major
|hearse driver
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|liktarskeppare
| maskinist
|lighterman, bargeman
| machinist, engineer
|
|  
|-
|-
|limkokare
| matros
|glue boiler
| sailor, seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|linberedare
| ministrant
|flax dresser
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhandlare
| mjölkdeja
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhäcklare
| mjölnare
|flax dresser
| miller
|
|  
|-
|-
|linvävare
| mottagare
|linen weaver
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdrabant
| murare
|(military) yeoman of the guard
| mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdragon
| måkare
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|livgrenadjär
| målakarl
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|livhussar
| målningsman
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ljusfabrikör
| mångare
|candlemaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|logarvare
| mästare
|tanner
| master
|
|  
|-
|-
|lokomotivförare
| mästerman
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lots
| mästermansbetjänt
|sea pilot
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumphandlare
| mästerska
|rag dealer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumpsamlare
| mästersven
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lånförmedlare
| mönsterherre
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|läkare
| mönsterskrivare
|doctor
| (military)
|healer, curer, physician
|  
|-
|-
|länsbokhållare
| nattman
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsinnehavare
| nattväktare
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsman
| navarsmed
|sheriff
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsåklagare
| nybyggare
|county prosecutor
| settler
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärare
| nålhandlare
|teacher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärling
| nålslipare
|apprentice
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|löjtnant
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|lieutenant
| juryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|lösdrivare
| nötakarl
|vagrant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|madam
| oftamolog
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|  
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|  
|-
|-
|madrassmakare
| okulist
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinbokhållare
| ombudsråd
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinsförvaltare
| omfärdsman
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratsperson
| organist
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratssekreterare
| oppsnappare
|town clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|major
| orgeltrampare
|(military) army major
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|
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|majorska
| ostiarius
|wife of a major
| (latin)
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|malmbrytare
| packhusinspektor
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|  
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|malthandlare
| packhuskarl
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
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|mamsell
| pallbrytare
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
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|mantalskommissarie
| paltekvinna
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
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|manufakturhandlare
| panttorpare
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|  
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|marketentare
| pastor
|sutler
| parish minister
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
|marketenterska
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
| (latin) parish priest
|
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|marmorarbetare
| pastorsadjunkt
|marble cutter
|  
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|maskinarbetare
| paysagist
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
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|-
|maskinist
| paysagist
|machinist
|  
|
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|masmästare
| peppardräng
|smelting master
|  
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|materialförvaltare
| pestgubbe
|store keeper
|  
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|matlagerska
| p. et. P.
|female cook
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|
| parish priest
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|matmoder
| pickare
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
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|matros
| piga
|sailor, seaman
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|  
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|mattbindare
| pipare
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
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|matvaruhandlare
| pipplockare
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
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|mejerska
| piprensare
|dairy maid
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|messingsslagare
| plikthuggare
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|messingssmed
| pockläkare
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|metallarbetare
| polsterer
|metal worker
|  
|
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|metallgjutare
| portenär
|brass founder, brazier
|  
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|-
|mildsoldat
| postförare
|militiaman
|  
|
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|mineralgrävare
| postkommissarie
|miner
|  
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|minister
| postmästare
|government minister
|  
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|minuthandlare
| preceptor
|retailer
|  
|
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|minör
| predikant
|miner (1889)
|  
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|mjölhandlare
| principal
|flour merchant
|  
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|  
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|mjölkarrendator
|  
|tenant dairy farmer
| procurator
|
|  
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|-
|mjölkförsäljare
| profoss
|milkman
| flogmaster (military)
|
|  
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|-
|mjölkförsäljerska
| prost
|milkwoman
| dean
|
|  
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|mjölkhustru
| provinsialläkare
|milkwoman
|  
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|mjölkpiga
| präst
|milkmaid, dairymaid
| minister
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|mjöldräng
| puke
|miller's man
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|mjölnare
| pulsator campanae
|miller
| (latin)
|
|  
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|mjölnarhustru
| pulsator organi
|millers wife
| (latin)
|
|  
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|-
|mjölnerska
| pungmakare
|miller woman
|  
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|modehandlare
| puppmakare
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
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|modesömmerska
| pälsare, pälsmakare
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
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|modist
| rackare
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
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|-
|murare
| rammakare
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|  
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|-
|muraregesäll
| ramsnickare
|journeyman mason
|  
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|  
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|murarelärling
| raskpassare
|masons apprentice
|  
|
|  
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|murarmästare
| rectrix
|master mason
| (latin)
|
|  
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|-
|mureriarbetare
| redsven
|bricklayer
|  
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|  
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|-
|murerihandtlangare
| reesig
|hodman
| (military)
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
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|-
|-
|musketerare
| regementsknekt
|musketeer
| (military)
|
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|-
|målare
| reglerare
|painter, artist
|  
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|-
|målargesäll
| resandefolk
|journeyman painter
|  
|
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|målarmästare
| resehandlare
|master painter
|  
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|månads karl
| reuter
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
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|månglerska
| riddare
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|  
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|-
|månglare
| ridfogde
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
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|-
|mältare
| rostvändare
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
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|-
|mästare
| roteman
|master
|  
|
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|-
|mästergesäll
| rotemästare
|master journeyman
|  
|
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|-
|möbelhandlare
| roteringsbåtsman
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|  
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|-
|möbelmakare
| rotesoldat
|cabinet maker
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|
|  
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|-
|möbelsnickare
| rullerska
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|  
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|-
|mölnare (1829)
| rusthållare
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|  
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|-
|mönsterherre
| ryttare
|(military) muster master
| (military) cavalryman
|
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|-
|mönsterskrivare
| ryttmästare
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|  
|-
|-
|mössmakare
| räckare
|cap maker
|  
|
|  
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|-
|nattman
| rådman
|night man
| councilman
|
|  
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|nattvaktare
| rättare
|night watchman
| farm foreman
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipperhandlare
| sacellanus
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| (latin)  
|
|  
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|-
|nipphandlerska
| sacerdos
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| (latin)  
|
|  
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|-
|nybyggare
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|settler
| (latin)
|or colonizer
|  
|-
|-
|nålmakare
| sadelmakare
|needle maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| saltmätare
|juror
|  
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|  
|-
|-
|näringsidkare
| sartor
|tradesman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|nätbindare
| satinatär
|net maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|officer
| saxmakare
|officer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|okulist
| segelmakare
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|  
|-
|-
|ombudsman
| segelsömmare
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|opperstyrman
| sejlare
|captain's mate
|  
|
|  
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|-
|organist
| sergeant
|organist
|  
|
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|-
|orgelbyggare
| sexman, siäxman
|organ builder
|  
|
|  
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|-
|orgelnist
| sillbärare
|organist
|  
|
|  
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|-
|orgelspelare
| sexman
|organ player
| parish caretaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgeltrampare
| sjättedomare
|organ blower
|  
|
|  
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|-
|osthandlare
| sjöman
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| sailor, seaman
|
|  
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|-
|ostronhandlare
| skallman
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|  
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|-
|oxhandlare
| skarprättare
|cattle dealer
| executioner, hangman
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxslagtare
| skarpskytt
|beef butcher
| (military) sharpshooter
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhusinspektor
| skattearrendator
|pack officer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhuskarl
| skattebergsman
|packer
|  
|
|  
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|-
|pansarsmed
| skattebonde
|armourer
|  
|
|  
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|-
|pantaregare
| skattelapp
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
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|-
|pantgivare
| skattningsman
|mortgager
|  
|
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|-
|papparbetare
| skeppare
|paste board worker
| skipper
|
|  
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|-
|pappersfabrikör
| skeppsgosse
|paper maker
|  
|
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|-
|pappershandlare
| skiftare
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
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|-
|pappersskärare
| skoflickare
|paper cutter
|  
|
|  
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|-
|pappmakare
| skogman
|cardboard
|  
|
|  
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|-
|parfymfabrikant
| skogskommissarie
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
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|parfymhandlare
| skogstorpare
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
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|-
|parmmätare
| skogvaktare
|hay measurer
| forester
|
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|-
|-
|pastor
| skollärare
|parish minister, pastor
| schoolteacher
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|  
|-
|-
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| skomakare
|(latin) parish priest
| shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastorsadjunkt
| skottman
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|  
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|pelshandlare
| skråfader
|furrier
|  
|
|  
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|-
|pennberedare
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|pen dispenser
| tailor
|
|  
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|-
|pensionsföreståndare
| skrädtigare
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
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|perukmakare
| skuvare
|wig maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|p. et. P.
| skärsant
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|  
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|-
|piga
| skörare
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|  
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|pipare
| skörvakt
|piper
|  
|
|  
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|-
|pipsmed
| sköttare
|see bössmed
|  
|
|  
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|-
|piskmakare
| slaktare
|whip makeer
| meat cutter, butcher
|
|  
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|-
|plogsmed
| slubbare, slubberska
|plough wright
|  
|
|  
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|-
|plymmakare
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|feather maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plåtslagare
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|porterbryggare
| smed
|brewer of dark ale
| blacksmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|possessionat
| smeddräng
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|  
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|-
|postförare
| smedsven
|mail driver
|  
|
|  
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|-
|postmästare
| smältare
|postmaster
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|predikant
| smältardräng
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|prest
| smältarmästare
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|  
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|-
|principal
| snickare
|employer, master
| carpenter
|
|  
|-
|-
|profoss
| snörmakare
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|  
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|-
|prost
| sockenrättare
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|provinsialläkare
| sockenskomakare
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|präst
| sockenskrivare
|minister
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|pungmakare
| sockenstugubetjänt
|pouch maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|rackare
| socknare
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|  
|-
|-
|reesig
| socknebödare
|(military)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|regementsknekt
| socknelapp
|(military)
|  
|
|  
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|-
|repslagare
| soldat
|rope maker
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|resandefolk
| speckhök
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|resepredikant
| spetsmakare
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|  
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|-
|riddare
| spetssmed
|knight
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ridlärare
| spikdräng
|riding master
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|roddare
| spiksmed
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|rorgängare
| spinnare
|helmsman, steersman
| spinner
|
|  
|-
|-
|roteman
| stadsbetjänt
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|  
|-
|-
|rotemästare
| stadsläkare
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|rotesoldat
| stallare
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|rotmästare
| stampare
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|  
|-
|-
|ruggare
| statare, statdräng
|worker in textile manufacturing
| farm laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|rusthållare
| statman
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
|  
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|  
|-
|-
|ryttare
| statsfru
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ryttmästare
| stattorpare
|captain of a cavalry
| farm laborer, usually married
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|rådbisittare
| stavhuggare
|city councilman
|  
|The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
|  
|-
|-
|rådman
| stekare
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|rättare
| stenbrytare
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| stenhuggare
|(latin) assistant priest
| stonecutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| strandsittare
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sadelmakare
| stupagreve
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|salthandlare
| styckgjutare
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|saltmätare
| styckjunkare
|person who measures salt
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| styreman
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|  
|-
|-
|satinvävare
| styrman
|satin weaver
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|saxmakare
| surveillant
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|segelmakare
| sutor
|sail maker
| (latin) shoemaker
|
| see skomakare
|-
|-
|segelsömmare
| svärdfejare
|sail maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sejlare
| sysslepåg
|cord maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sergeant
| sågställare
|sergeant
| saw setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|sexmän
| säckguldsmed
|type of parish law enforcement
|  
|In older times the sexmän were a type of police authority for the discipline and order within a parish. The sexmän fined people for being disruptive during church services, sleeping during church services, drunkenness at banquets, or even sexual offenses. They expressed their charges at the parish council in turn, or according to turn based on the commons of each rote. The number of sexmän varied according to the size of the parish. The purpose of sexmän in a parish was deminished after the municipal reforms of 1862. After 1862 the sexmän were occasionally used to support municipal or church councils by delivering notifications or summons to appear before the respective councils (mostly from church councils.) By the early 1900’s the function of the sexmän was given to the fjärdingsman or village patrolmen.
|  
|-
|-
|silkhandlare
| säjarekarl, säjarmakare
|silk merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sillpackare
| sängvaktare
|herring packer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sjöman
| sättare
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skarprättare
| sökare
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skarpskytt
| taffelsmed
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skattebonde
| tapetmakare
|
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skatteindrivare
| tappare
|tax collector
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppare
| tavernare
|skipper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsbyggmästare
| taxeringsassistent
|master ship builder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsgosse
| taxeringskommissarie
|ship boy
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skoarbetare
| tegelbrännare
|shoe maker
| brickmaker, tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogshuggare
| tegelslagare
|wood cutter, lumberer
| brickmoulder, tiler
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
|skogvaktare
| tegeltäckare
|forester
| tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|skollärare
| tiggare
|schoolteacher
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakare
| tillsierska
|shoemaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaregesäll
| timmerman
|journeyman shoemaker
| carpenter, builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaremästare
| tinghörer
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skråmästare
| tingsskrivare
|master of a guild
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| tjuv
|tailor
| thief
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddaregesäll
| tjänare
|journeyman tailor
| servant
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddarelärling
| tjänstehjon
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skulptör
| tobaksspinnare
|sculptor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skutskeppare
| tolvman
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skådespelare
| tornväktare
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skärslippare
| torpare
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
| crofter, cottager
|
|  
|-
|-
|skördeman
| tredjen, tredjer
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sköterska
| tremänningssoldat
|nurse
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|slaktardräng
| trumslagare
|butcher's man
| drummer
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|  
|-
|-
|slaktare
| tråggesäll
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| trädgårdsmästare
|
| gardener
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|  
|-
|-
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| tröjekäring
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|  
|-
|-
|smed
| tunnbindare
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| barrelmaker
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|smedsgesäll
| tunnjunkare
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|-
|-
|smedsmästare
| ugnsgesäll
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|-
|småkrämare
| ugnsmockare
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smältare
| ullmelerare
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smältarsmed
| underlagman
|shingler
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smörhandlare
| underståtthållare
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|snickare
| ugnmästare
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|snickarmästare
| uppblåsare
|master jointer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|snörmakare
| utbrukare
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockenpräst
| utsittare
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockenskrivare
| vagndrivare
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockerbagare
| vagnkarl
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockerbruksarbetare
| vagnman
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|soldat
| vagnmakare
|soldier
| cartwright
|
|  
|-
|-
|speditör
| vagnmästare
|forwarding shipping agent
| (military)
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|  
|-
|-
|spetshandlare
| vagnsåkare
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|spetsknypplerska
| vaktare
|female lace maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|spiksmed
| vaktmästare
|nailer, person who makes nails
| caretaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnare
| valackare
|spinner
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnerska
| valkare
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnhushjon
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|  
|-
|-
|stadsfogde
| vallsmed
|town bailiff
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadskamrer
| vandringsarbete
|town clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadsläkare
| vandringsrättare
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|statare, statsdräng
| vantmakare
|see statkarl
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|statkarl
| vasall
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|statman
| verkgesäll
|statesman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|statsfru
| vice häradshövding
|lady of state
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenarbetare
| vice korpral
|stone worker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenbrytare
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenhuggare
| vinman
|stonecutter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenkolsarbetare
| voltigör
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|stickerska
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|strykerska
| vårdskrivare
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|strängmakare
| väpnare
|string maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|studerande
| vävare
|student
| weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckgjutare
| vävlagare
|gun founder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckjunkare
| vävpiga
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|  
|-
|-
|styresman
| växlare
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|styrman
| yrkare
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|  
|-
|-
|stålarbetare
| yrke
|steel worker
| profession, occupation
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålsmed
| åbo
|steel smith
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålmångelska
| ålderman
|stall woman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sutor
| ämbetsman
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|  
|-
|-
|svamphandlare
| änglamakerska
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|svarvare
| ärendesman
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|svärdfejare
| ärlingsman
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|symamsell
| ödegårdsman
|seamstress
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sågställare
| överman
|saw setter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sämskmakare
| överståthållare
|see garvare
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sättare
| 12man
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|  
|-
|taktäckare
|roofer
|
|-
|tandläkare
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|
|-
|tapetserare
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|
|-
|tappare
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|tattare
|gipsy (1829)
|
|-
|taxeringsman
|assessor
|
|-
|tegelformare
|brick moulder
|
|-
|tegelbrännare
|brickmaker, tiler
|
|-
|tegelslagare
|brickmoulder, tiler
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|tegeltäckare
|tiler
|
|-
|tehandlare
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|
|-
|tenngjutare
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|tiggare
|beggar
|
|-
|timmerhuggare
|timber cutter
|
|-
|timmerman
|carpenter, builder
|
|-
|tingsskrivare
|copyist of court cases
|
|-
|tjuv
|thief
|
|-
|tjänare
|servant
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|tjänstehjon
|servant, menial work
|see tjänare
|-
|tobakshandlare
|tobacco merchant
|
|-
|tobaksspinnare
|tobacco spinner
|
|-
|tolvman
|se nämdeman
|
|-
|tornväktare
|tower watch
|
|-
|torpare
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|-
|tresserska
|braider, plaiter
|
|-
|trikotstickerska
|tricot knitter,
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|trummare
|drummer
|
|-
|tryckare
|printer, pressman
|
|-
|trädgårdsmästare
|gardener
|
|-
|tullbetjänt
|customs officer
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|-
|tulltjänsteman
|customs officer
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|-
|tullvaktmästare
|landing waiter
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|-
|tunnbindare
|barrelmaker, cooper
|
|-
|tunnelarbetare
|tunneller
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|-
|tvättare
|male launderer, washerman
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|-
|tvätterska
|washerwoman
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|-
|tvättgumma
|washerwoman
|-
|tältmakare
|tent maker
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|-
|ullfärgare
|wool dyer
|
|-
|ullhandlare
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|
|-
|underlöjtnant
|sub lieutenant
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|-
|underofficer
|non comissioned officer
|
|-
|underståtthållare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|-
|urmakare
|watch and clockmaker
|
|-
|vagnmakare
|cartwright, carriage maker
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|-
|vagnmästare
|wagon master
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|-
|vaktare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|
|-
|vallflicka
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|-
|valkare
|fuller, miller
|
|-
|vallhjon
|a person tending cattle in the field
|
|-
|vandrare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
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|-
|vapendragare
|squire, esquire
|
|-
|vedhuggare
|wood cutter
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|-
|vice häradshövding
|see häradshövding
|
|-
|vicepastor
|curate
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|vinodlare
|wine grower
|
|-
|vårdarinna
|nurse
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|-
|väglagare
|repairer of roads
|
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|
|-
|vävskedbindare
|weaver's comb binder
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|yllehandlare
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|-
|yrke
|occupation, profession
|
|-
|yrkesidkare
|trader
|
|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
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|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
|-
|ämbetsman
|government official, crown officer
|
|-
|överbefalhavare
|commander in chief
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|-
|överkonstapel
|(military) corporal
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|-
|överståthållare
|governor
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|-
|ölbryggare
|beer brewer
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|}
|}


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=== References  ===
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>  


== References ==
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>  
Anderson, Kent &amp; Henrik Anderö.''Ordbok för släktforskare''. ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
Björkman, Carl Gustaf. ''Svensk engelsk ordbok''. P.A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXstAAAAYAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Svensk engelsk ordbok]<br>
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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances.

Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area.

This occupational word list is under construction. It contains all the occupations found in the old Swedish Genealogical Word list (published by the Family History Library), along with new entries from other sources. The intention is to improve the old list. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list.

Sortable table
Occupation Short definition Full definition
accismästare customs officer  see Accismästare
ackuschörska a midwife
adelsbussar (military) soldier of lower rank see Adelsbussar
adelsman nobleman
adelssven page (youth) A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj. (latin)
adjunctus ex officio (latin)
adjunctus sacri ministerii (latin)
administer, administra (latin)
administrator, pradii (latin)
advocatus ecclesiae (latin)
aedituus (latin)
aftonsångspredikant evening-service preacher
aktor accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
aktris actress female play actor, performer
aktör actor male play actor, performer
allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl common - farmer,                   -peasant, -man
ansättare (military) rammer service position with ramrods
apotekare pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
arbetare worker, workman, laborer
arbetsman male worker, workman, laborer
arbk. abbreviation for arbetskarl male worker, workman, laborer
arkebusier (military) member of firing squad arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
arklimästare (military) gunner gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
arrendator tenant farmer, leaseholder  see Arrendator
artillerist (military) man of the artillery
artillerikonstapel (military) bombardier
assessor assessor
assuradör insurer, underwriter
auktionist, auktionskommissarie auctioneer one who performs auctions for public sale
auktor, autor author author, penman, writer (1829)
avisskrivare newswriter gazetteer, or newswriter
avskedad soldat discharged, resigned soldier
axplockare gleaner gleaning, earing, after gathering
backstugusittare cottager one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
badaremästare barber surgeon
badmästare bath-keeper (1889)
bagare baker
bagaregesäll baker's man
bagarelärling baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
bagaremästare master baker
banérförare (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
banérherre (military) banneret
banér-riddare (military) knight banneret
bankvaktmästare porter, messenger at a bank
banmästare overseer of a railway line
barberare barber, shaver
barberarebiträde barber's assistant
barberaregesäll journeyman barber
barberarelärling barber's apprentice
barkare tanner (1829)
barnförlossare male midwife
barnmorska female midwife
barnpiga maid for children
barnsköterska female nurse (not wet nurse)
baron baron baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
basunist trumpeter performer on the trumpet, or trombone
bataljonsadjuntant (military) sergeant-major
bataljonschef (military) commander of a battalion
batterikonstapel (military) battalion bombardier
befallningshavande commander, chief
befallningsman (konungens), county governor Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
befaren båtsman (military) traveling sailor
befälhavande officer in command
bensamlare rag and bone seller, bone hunter
bergmästare minemaster (1829) mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
bergsarbetare miner
bergsbruksidkare mining man
bergsfogde bailiff of a mine
bergshauptman mine inspector
bergskarl miner
bergslagsman miner, proprietor of a mine
bergsman miner
beridare horsebreaker, riding master
beskattningsman taxer, assessor
beslagare seizer, confiscator, setter
beslagskarl see beslagare
besökare customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
betjänt servant, civil servant
bettlare beggar
bevaktare guard, keeper
bevakningsbefälhavare captain of the watch
bevarare preserver, saver, conservator
beväringskarl militia man, conscript
beväringsman recruit, conscript
bibliotekarie librarian
bijouterihandlare dealer in jewelry, trinkets
bildhuggare sculptor, statuary, carver
bildskärare se bildsnidare
bildsnidare sculptor
biljettförsäljare ticket seller, booking clerk
biljettförsäljerska ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
bilöpare interloper a illegal or unlicensed trader
bindare tier, binder, fastener for example net making
biodlare bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
biskop bishop sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
biskötare bee-keeper, bee-master
biträde assistant
bjudare inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
bleckslagare tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
blockmakare block maker, pulley maker
blodigelodlare cultivator of leeches
blomsterhandlare flower seller (male) also known as blomstermånglare
blomsterhandlerska flower seller (female) also known as blomstermånglerska
blomsterodlare cultivator of flowers, florist
blossbärare torch-bearer
blyarbetare lead worker, plumber
blyfalsare plumber
blystöpare plumber
blytäckare plumber
bodbetjent shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
boddräng shop hand
bodflicka shop girl, shop maid
bodgosse shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
bodhandlare shopkeeper, tradesman
bodmamsell shop girl, shop woman
bokbindare bookbinder
bokförare book keeper
bokhandlare bookseller
bokhållare book keeper same as bokförare
bokhäftare book stitcher
bokmakare book wright, book maker
bonde farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
bondedräng farm hand a farmer's man, young peasant
bondeflicka country girl
bondepiga peasant's maid
borgare citizen, burgher member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
borgmästare mayor in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
borrare borer, driller, piercer, perforator
borrmakare bit forger a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
borrsmed bit smith a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
boskapshandlare dealer of livestock
boskapsherde herdsman
boskapsskötare stockman
boskapsvaktare herdsman
boställshavare holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
bouppteckningsman person who inventories (1889)
boutredningsman administrator
brandmästare fire warden
braständare fire lighter
brevbärare letter carrier, postman
brevdragare see brevbärare
brevskrivare letter writer
brevställare see brevskrivare
brobyggare bridge builder
broderare embroiderer
broläggare bridge builder, paver
bromästare bridge master
bronsarbetare worker in bronze
bronsgjutare bronze founder, brazier
brottmålsdomare judge criminal
brottmålsnoterie crown clerk
brovaktare guard of a bridge
brovindare bridge driver
brukare user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
bruksarbetare factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
bruksegare proprietor of a manufacturing estate
bryggare brewer
brännmästare master distiller
brännvinsbrännare brandy distiller
byfogde hamlet bailiff
byggare, byggkarl builder, architect, constructor, founder
byggmästare master builder, contractor
bykerska washerwoman
byskomakare village shoemaker
bågflytt archer, bowman
båtsman, b.m., B.m. (military) seaman, sailor
bälgmakare bellows-maker
bödel executioner
bösseskytt (military)
bössmed gunsmith
cantor (latin) see klockare
commissarius (latin)
curatus
custod (latin)
d., dr. abbreviation for dräng
dagkarl, daglönare day laborer
danneman yeoman, countryman, farmer
degn
deja, dejpiga maidservant, milkmaid
demoiselle Miss
d.g.
domare judge
domesticus (latin)
domestik (latin)
domherre (latin)
domprost see prestman
dompräst
dr.
drabant, dravant (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
dragon (military) heavy and light cavalryman
dragonrusthållare (military)
dräng, dr. farmhand, man servant, bachelor
däga see deja
emigrantagent
expeditionsbefallningsman
expeditionskronofogde
expeditionssekreterare
extra roteringsmän
faber ferrarius (latin)
faber lignarius (latin)
faber murorum (latin)
faber rhedarum (latin)
fabriksarbetare factory worker
fabriksmästare
faktare
faktoriesmed
fanjunkare
fastbagare
fataburshustru
fataburssven
fatare
fatmakare
fattighjon pauper
filtare
fiskare fisherman
fiskblöterska
fjädermakare
fjärdingsman
fjärdingstorpare
flaggjunkare
flåtekarl
foderman (military)
fogde sheriff, bailiff, warden
friherre baron
frimästare
fru Mrs.
frälse nobility
frälsebefallningsman
frälselänsman
frälseryttare (military)
frälsetorpare
fröken Miss
fusilie (military)
fyrverkare (military)
fädräng
fäflicka
fältjägare
fältskär assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
fältväbel (military) sergeant major
fänrik
fästebonde
förblåsare
försvarslös unemployed person, vagrant
garmakare
garnisonssoldat
garvare tanner
garverifaktor
gesäll , gs. journeyman
gjutare
glasare
glasetsare
glasfabrikant
glasförare
glasmakare, glasverkare
glasvärkare
glättare
glödgare
grenadjär infantryman
grossör
gruvborrare
gruvbrytare
gruvbuse
gruvförvaltare
gruvhjon, gruvkarl
gruvkil, gruvknöl, gruvkuse, gruvluns, gruvpickare
gruvlagare
gs. abbreviation for gesäll
gyllenmakare
gårdsfogde
gårskomakare
gällare
gällkäring
gälkare
gärningsman
gästgivare innkeeper
gördelmakare, götlemakare brazier
halnabonde
halvdräng, halvkarl
hammarsmed
hamnfogdeinspektör, hamnkassör
handelsman merchant
handskmakare glove maker
handskomakare
hantverkare artisan
hattmakare hatmaker
Hejdriddare governmental official of the forest and hunting system of Greater Sweden
hemmansbrukare farmer
hemmansägare farmer, homeowner
herredagsman
hjon pauper, person receiving social assistance
hjulmakare wheelwright
hjulmakardräng
hjälpbrytare
hjälphustru
hoveribonde
hovfru
hovman
huddragare
husar light cavalryman
husbonde farmer
husfader head of household, father
husflicka
husfolk farmers, farm people
husfogde
husfolk
husfru
husfröken
huskarl
husmamsell
husman farm laborer (owned house but not land)
huspredikant
hyttknekt (military)
hållare
hållkarl, hållmästare
hårarbetare
häradsdomare
häradsfogde
häradshövding
häradsskrivare
häradstjänare
härbergerare
härvlare
hörare
höre
hövitsman
indelningsbåtsman
infanterist
inhyses lodger, tenant
inhysesbonde
inspektor
inspektör
jordekvinna, jordemor, jordegumma midwife
jungfru Miss, maiden, virgin
junkare
jägare hunter
jägmästare forester
jämkare
järnvägare
kalkant
kalkrörare
kammarfiskal
kammarfru
kammarjunkare
kammarjägare
kammarskrivare assistant clerk
kanik
kanongjutare
kanonist
kapelan, kaplan assistant minister
kapten (military)
kaptenlöjtnant (military)
karduansmakare
kavallerist (military) cavalryman
kedjesmed
kedjesmedsdräng
kettelsmed
kittelbötare, kittelflickare
kittelförare
klampare a foreman at a lumberyard  see Klampare
klappare
klensmed toolmaker, locksmith
klerk
klockare, klr. parish clerk  see Klockare
klockarpräst
klr. abbreviation for klockare
klutgubbe
kn. abbreviation for knekt
knalle
knape
knekt (military)
knipsmed
kofferdi merchant marine
kolare charcoal burner
kollega
komminister assistant minister
kompastor
konduktör
konstapel
konterfejare
kontorsdräng
kontraktist
kopperska
kopparslagare coppersmith
korherre
korpral (military)
korv
krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj. abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
krlmn.
krokare
kronobefallningsman
kronobetjäning
kronobonde
kronofogde
kronofänrik
kronolänsman, krlmn.
kronorättare
kronouppbördsman
krukmakare potter
krypare, kypare
kuerdare
Kungl. Maj:ts fullmäktige
kuper
kursmed
kusk, kutsk
kvarnfogde
kvarnskrivare
kvarntullsinspektor
kvinnohjon
kyrkdräng
kyrkoadjunkt
kyrkobetjäning, kyrkobetjänt
kyrkobonde
kyrkofogde
kyrkogubbe
kyrkogömmare
kyrkoherde parish minister
kyrkovaktare church officer
kyrkvaktmästare, kyrkväktare
kyrkvärd
kypare
kåtkarl
köpdräng
köpman merchant
körsnär furrier
laggare
lagman, lagsagoman
landbo, landbonde
landsfiskal
landsfogde
landsherre
landshövitsman
landsknekt (military)
landsman
landsryttare
lappare
lappskräddare
legoknekt (military)
lejdebonde
lekare
liggare
likare
lineslagare
liusmoder
livgrenadjär (military)
livjägare (military)
losbagare
lots sea pilot
lumpsamlare
läkare doctor
länsman sheriff
länsåklagare
lärare teacher
lärling apprentice
löjtnant
lösdrivare vagrant
madrassmakare
magasinskarl
major (military)
maskinist machinist, engineer
matros sailor, seaman
ministrant
mjölkdeja
mjölnare miller
mottagare
murare mason
måkare
målakarl
målningsman
mångare
mästare master
mästerman
mästermansbetjänt
mästerska
mästersven
mönsterherre
mönsterskrivare (military)
nattman
nattväktare
navarsmed
nybyggare settler
nålhandlare
nålslipare
nämdeman , nm., nman juryman
nötakarl
oftamolog
okulist
ombudsråd
omfärdsman
organist
oppsnappare
orgeltrampare
ostiarius (latin)
packhusinspektor
packhuskarl
pallbrytare
paltekvinna
panttorpare
pastor parish minister also known as kyrkoherde and prost
pastor et prepositus, p. et. p. (latin) parish priest
pastorsadjunkt
paysagist
paysagist
peppardräng
pestgubbe
p. et. P. (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus parish priest
pickare
piga maid, maiden, servant girl
pipare
pipplockare
piprensare
plikthuggare
pockläkare
polsterer
portenär
postförare
postkommissarie
postmästare
preceptor
predikant
principal
procurator
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean
provinsialläkare
präst minister
puke
pulsator campanae (latin)
pulsator organi (latin)
pungmakare
puppmakare
pälsare, pälsmakare
rackare
rammakare
ramsnickare
raskpassare
rectrix (latin)
redsven
reesig (military)
regementsknekt (military)
reglerare
resandefolk
resehandlare
reuter
riddare
ridfogde
rostvändare
roteman
rotemästare
roteringsbåtsman
rotesoldat (military) soldier for a district in a parish
rullerska
rusthållare
ryttare (military) cavalryman
ryttmästare
räckare
rådman councilman
rättare farm foreman
sacellanus (latin)
sacerdos (latin)
Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A. (latin)
sadelmakare
saltmätare
sartor
satinatär
saxmakare
segelmakare
segelsömmare
sejlare
sergeant
sexman, siäxman
sillbärare
sexman parish caretaker
sjättedomare
sjöman sailor, seaman
skallman
skarprättare executioner, hangman
skarpskytt (military) sharpshooter
skattearrendator
skattebergsman
skattebonde
skattelapp
skattningsman
skeppare skipper
skeppsgosse
skiftare
skoflickare
skogman
skogskommissarie
skogstorpare
skogvaktare forester
skollärare schoolteacher
skomakare shoemaker
skottman
skråfader
skräddare, skrädkarl tailor
skrädtigare
skuvare
skärsant
skörare
skörvakt
sköttare
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
slubbare, slubberska
S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
smed blacksmith
smeddräng
smedsven
smältare
smältardräng
smältarmästare
snickare carpenter
snörmakare
sockenrättare
sockenskomakare
sockenskrivare
sockenstugubetjänt
socknare
socknebödare
socknelapp
soldat soldier
speckhök
spetsmakare
spetssmed
spikdräng
spiksmed
spinnare spinner
stadsbetjänt
stadsläkare
stallare
stampare
statare, statdräng farm laborer
statman
statsfru
stattorpare farm laborer, usually married
stavhuggare
stekare
stenbrytare
stenhuggare stonecutter
strandsittare
stupagreve
styckgjutare
styckjunkare (military)
styreman
styrman (military)
surveillant
sutor (latin) shoemaker see skomakare
svärdfejare
sysslepåg
sågställare saw setter
säckguldsmed
säjarekarl, säjarmakare
sängvaktare
sättare
sökare
taffelsmed
tapetmakare
tappare
tavernare
taxeringsassistent
taxeringskommissarie
tegelbrännare brickmaker, tiler
tegelslagare brickmoulder, tiler see tegelslagare
tegeltäckare tiler
tiggare beggar
tillsierska
timmerman carpenter, builder
tinghörer
tingsskrivare
tjuv thief
tjänare servant
tjänstehjon
tobaksspinnare
tolvman
tornväktare
torpare crofter, cottager
tredjen, tredjer
tremänningssoldat (military)
trumslagare drummer
tråggesäll
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tröjekäring
tunnbindare barrelmaker
tunnjunkare
ugnsgesäll
ugnsmockare
ullmelerare
underlagman
underståtthållare
ugnmästare
uppblåsare
utbrukare
utsittare
vagndrivare
vagnkarl
vagnman
vagnmakare cartwright
vagnmästare (military)
vagnsåkare
vaktare
vaktmästare caretaker
valackare
valkare
vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
vallsmed
vandringsarbete
vandringsrättare
vantmakare
vasall
verkgesäll
vice häradshövding
vice korpral
vindgosse, vindpojke
vinman
voltigör
vårdman, vårdmanskap
vårdskrivare
väpnare
vävare weaver
vävlagare
vävpiga
växlare
yrkare
yrke profession, occupation
åbo tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
ålderman
ämbetsman
änglamakerska
ärendesman
ärlingsman
ödegårdsman
överman
överståthållare
12man


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Deleen, Carl. Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon. N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829

Björkman, C. G. Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok. P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1889

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Family History Dept, Genealogical Word List: Sweden, Salt Lake City, 1997

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