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


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Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


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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, magistrate, officer in command Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
befallningsman bailiff, husbandry, overseer
befallningsman (konungens) county governor Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
befaren båtsman (military) traveling sailor
befällningshavande 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
buntmakare fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
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
kakelungsmakare tile manufacturer, tile maker used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
kammarfru bedchamber woman
kammarjunkare gentleman of the king's bedchamber
kammarjungfru see kammarpiga
kammarjägare rat hunter
kammarpiga lady's maid
kammarskrivare clerk in a government office
kamrerare accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
kanongjutare cannon founder founder who makes cannons
kapellmästare chapel master
kapellpredikant preacher at a chapel see kaplan
kaplan, kapellan chaplain, out vicar, curate
kapten (military) captain for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
karduansmakare cordwainer, leather dresser worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
kavallerist (military) cavalryman
kedjemakare chain maker
kistmakare box maker
kittelbotare, kittelflickare tinker
kittelslagare kettle maker
klampare a foreman at a lumberyard see Klampare
klensmed locksmith, toolmaker
klockare, klr. parish clerk see Klockare
klockgjutare bell founder
klr. abbreviation for klockare
kn. abbreviation for knekt
klädesfärgare cloth dyer
klädeshandlare cloth merchant
klädesvävare cloth weaver
klädsömmerska dressmaker
knalle pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
knappmakare button maker
knekt (military) soldier, man at arms
knifvässare knife sharpener, cutler
knifsmed cutler
knipare nipper
knypplare male lace maker
knypplerska female lace maker
koarrendator see mjölkarrendator
kofferdi merchant marine
kofferdimatros merchant seaman
koffertsnickare trunk maker
kokerska female cook, cook maid
kogubbe cow feeder, cow keeper
kolarbetare collier one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
kolare coal man, charcoal burner
kolbonde coal carter
kolhandlare coal merchant
komminister perpetual curate a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
kommissarie commissioner could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
konduktor conductor, guard with the railways
konduktör sergeant
konstapel (police) constable in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
konstnär artist
kontorskrivare clerk
kontraktsprost rural dean
kopparslagare coppersmith
koppartryckare copper plate printer
korgarbetare basket worker, wicker
korgflätare basket maker
korherre canon a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
korpral (military) corporal
kovaktare cow keeper
kreaturshandlare see boskapshandlare
krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj. abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
krigsman soldier
kronoarrendator crown tenant, crown peasant
kronobefallningsman see länsman
kronobetjäning police
kronobonde crown peasant
kronofogde high bailiff and collector of taxes
kronojägare ranger
kronolänsman, krlmn. see länsman
kronouppbördsman commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
krukmakare potter
kryddkrämare grocer, storekeeper
krögare keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
kurir courier
kusk, kutsk coachman
kvarnarrendator renter of a mill
kvarnbyggare mill wright
kvarndräng mill hand
kvarnegare mill owner
kvarntullsinspektor mill toll inspector
kypare wine cooper, cooper
kyrkobetjänare churchman, clergyman
kyrkoföreståndare churchwarden
kyrkoherde rector, parson, parish minister
kyrkovaktare church guard, sexton
kyrkvärd churchwarden
käpphandlare cane seller, caneman
kökbetjäning kitchen staff
kökspiga kitchen maid
köpman merchant
körsnär fur merchant, furrier see buntmakare
kötthandlare meat salesman, butcher
köttmånglare see kötthandlare
ladugårdsidkare dairyman
ladugårdspiga dairymaid
laggare hooper a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
lagkarl lawyer
landbo person living in the country
landshövding lord lieutenant see befallningshavande
landsknekt (military) landsquenet
landskontorist clerk in receivers office
landsman fellow countryman, compatriot
landstrykare vagrant, tramp
landsvägsriddare knight of the road can also mean tramp, marauder
landtbo countryman, person from the country
landtbrukare farmer, gentleman farmer
landtbruksbokhållare under steward
landtbruksinspektor land steward
landtflicka country girl
landthandlare country shopkeeper
landthushållare husbandman see also jordbrukare
landtjunkare country squire, country buck, fox hunter
lappare patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
lappbonde Lapp peasant
lappskarvare botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
lappskräddare patch tailor, botcher
lastningsbokhållare shipping clerk
legoknekt (military) mercenary
livgrenadjär (military)
livjägare (military)
ljusfabrikör candlemaker
lots sea pilot
lumpsamlare ragman, rag picker, bunter
läkare doctor healer, curer, physician
länsman sheriff
länsåklagare
lärare teacher
lärling apprentice
löjtnant
lösdrivare vagrant
madrassmakare
magasinskarl
major (military)
maskinist machinist, engineer
matros sailor, seaman
ministrant
mjölkarrendator tenant dairy farmer
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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