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


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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 governor, military- commander, chief
befallningsman bailiff, husbandry, overseer
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 assistant to the priest 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 maidservant, milkmaid
demoiselle Miss
d.g.
domare judge
domesticus (latin)
domestik (latin)
domherre (latin)
domprost see prestman
dompräst
dr. abbreviation for dräng
drabant, dravant (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
dragon (military) heavy and light cavalryman
dräng, dr. farmhand, man servant, bachelor
däga see deja
emigrantagent emigrant agent
emigrantvärvare emigrant agent
extra roteringsmän
fabriksarbetare factory worker
famnmätare corder of wood
fanjunkare standard bearer, guidon
fatburshustru wife of a storekeeper
fatburssven storehouse apprentice
fattighjon pauper
filtare felter
finbagare pastry cook
fiolmakare violen maker
fiskare fisherman
fiskarflicka fisher girl
fiskargosse fisher boy
fiskhandlare fish salesman, fish hawker
fjerdingsman under bailiff of a härad
fjäderarbetare feather maker
fjärdingsman see fjerdingsman
flickare cobbler, botcher, patcher
fogde governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889) also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
forbonde carter, wagoner
forman see forbonde
formare moulder (1829)
friborgare freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
frihandlare free trader
friherre baron
friherrinna baroness
fru Mrs.
frälse nobility
frälsebonde a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
frälsetorpare see frälsebonde
fröken lady, honorable Miss
fyrvaktare lighthouse man
fyrverkare (military) fire worker
fågelfängare bird catcher, birder, birdman
fårherde sheep tender, shepherd
fårklippare sheep shearer
fädräng male herdsman, working with cattle
fäflicka female herder, working with cattle
fäktmästare fencing master, master swordsman
fältbagare army baker
fältjägare hunter (1829)
fältpredikant army chaplin
fältskär assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
fältväbel (military) sergeant major
fänrik (military) ensign (carries a banner) also seen as fändrik
färgare dyer, stainer
färgaregesäll journeyman dyer
färikarl ferryman (1829)
färsing weaver, common weaver
fästebonde a tenant farmer This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
förare carrier, transporter, conductor meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
föreståndare manager manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
förpantare mortgager,
försvarslös unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond also means defenseless
garnhandlare dealer in wools
garnisonssoldat soldier in garrison duty
garvare tanner (1829)
gaständare gas lighter
generalbefälhavare commanding general of a district
generallöjtnant lieutenant general
gesäll journeyman often abbreviated as gs
gjutare caster, founder, moulder works at a foundry
glasarbetare glass worker
glasblåsare glassblower
glasfabrikant glassmaker
glashandlare glassman
glasmakare, glasverkare glassmaker
glasmålare glass painter
glasslipare glass cutter, glass grinder
glasögonmakare maker of glasses, spectacle maker
glättare glosser, glazer, levigator
grenadjär (military) grenadier, infantryman
grosshandlare merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
gruvarbetare miner
gruvbrytare miner
gruvförvaltare mine owner, puser to a mining company
gruvkarl see gruvarbetare
grönsakshandlare green grocer also known as grönsaksmånglare
gs. abbreviation for gesäll
guldarbetare goldsmith (1829)
guldsmed goldsmith (1829)
gårdsbrukare farmer
gårdsdräng see dräng
gårdsfogde see befallningsman
gästgivare innkeeper
gördelmakare, götlemakare brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
hammarmästare forge master
hammarsmed forger, hammerman
hamnfogde overseer of a port
hamnkapten harbor master
handelsidkare trader, merchandiser
handelsman merchant, trader
handhavare dispenser, administrator, distributor
handskmakare glove maker, glover
hantverkare artisan, tradesman, craftsman
hantverksgesäll journeyman artisian
hattmakare hatmaker
hejdriddare ranger governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
hemmansegare farm owner
hemmansbrukare farmer husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
hemmansägare farmer, homeowner same as jordegare
herrgårdstjenst service at a manor
hjon person (1829, 1889) person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
hjulmakare wheelwright, wheeler
hjulmakardräng wheelwrights servant or assistant
hjälphjon extra hand or helper
hjälphustru helping woman,
hovbagare (1829) the kings baker
hovdam (1829) lady of the court
hovbetjent (1829) officer of the court
hovjunkare (1829) servant to the king an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
hovkansler court chancellor
hovman (1829) courtier
hudafdragare (1889) skinner, flayer
husbonde (1829) master of a family or house
husdräng (1829) man servant in a house
husfader head of household, father
husflicka girl servant in a house
husfolk farmers, farm people
hushållare housekeeper
husjungfru (1829) see hushållerska
husmamsell housekeeper
husman tenant farmer see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
husmoder housewife, mistress of a family
huspiga housemaid
huspredikant private chaplain, house preacher
hustjänare house servant, domestic
hustru wife, mistress of a family
hyttarbetare smelter, works at a foundry
hållkarl hostler one who takes care of horses or mules
hårarbetare hair worker
häradsbokhållare see häradsskrivare
häradsdomare senior jurate the oldest of the jury
häradsfogde bailiff of a härad (district)
häradshövding judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
häradsskrivare clerk to assize, deputy clerk
hövitsman captain
infanterist foot soldier
inhyses to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
inhyseshjon to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
inspektor inspector inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
inspektör inspector superior, superintendent
ishandlare ice man, dealer of ice
jagare hunter, chaser, pursuer
jodgumma (1829) midwife see barnmorska
jordbrukare husbandman (1829)
jordegare landowner, landholder, landlord
jordegumma midwife (1889)
jungfru maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
junker young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
jurist lawyer
justitieborgmästare recorder
justitieminister minster of justice
justitiestatsminister lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
juvelerare jeweller
jägare hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
jägeribetjent gamekeeper
jägmästare master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
järnhandlare dealer of iron
järnvägsarbetare worker on a railway
järnvägsbetjening service on a railway line
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 kind of 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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