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


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Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <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
likörare hearse driver
liktarskeppare lighterman, bargeman
limkokare glue boiler
linberedare flax dresser
linhandlare dealer in flax, flaxman
linhäcklare flax dresser
livdrabant (military) yeoman of the guard
livdragon (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
livgrenadjär (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
livhussar (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
ljusfabrikör candlemaker
logarvare tanner
lokomotivförare locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
lots sea pilot
lumphandlare rag dealer
lumpsamlare ragman, rag picker, bunter
lånförmedlare negotiator of loans, broker
läkare doctor healer, curer, physician
länsbokhållare sheriff clerk
länsinnehavare tenant of a feud
länsman sheriff
länsåklagare county prosecutor
lärare teacher
lärling apprentice
löjtnant lieutenant
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


References[edit | edit source]

Anderson, Kent & Anderö, Henrik, Ordbok för släktforskare, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006

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

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

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

Gernandt,C. E., Nordisk Familjebok, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through Projekt Runeberg , Feb. 2011 See Nordisk Familjebok

Harlock, Walter E., Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1944

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