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


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


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


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


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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances.

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

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

Sortable table
Occupation Short definition Full definition
accismästare customs officer  see Accismästare
ackuschörska a midwife
adelsbussar (military) soldier of lower rank see Adelsbussar
adelsman nobleman
adelssven page (youth) A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj. (latin)
adjunctus ex officio (latin)
adjunctus sacri ministerii (latin)
administer, administra (latin)
administrator, pradii (latin)
advocatus ecclesiae (latin)
aedituus (latin)
aftonsångspredikant evening-service preacher
aktor accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
aktris actress female play actor, performer
aktör actor male play actor, performer
allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl common - farmer,                   -peasant, -man
ansättare (military) rammer service position with ramrods
apotekare pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
arbetare worker, workman, laborer
arbetsman male worker, workman, laborer
arbk. abbreviation for arbetskarl male worker, workman, laborer
arkebusier (military) member of firing squad arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
arklimästare (military) gunner gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
arrendator tenant farmer, leaseholder  see Arrendator
artillerist (military) man of the artillery
artillerikonstapel (military) bombardier
assessor assessor
assuradör insurer, underwriter
auktionist, auktionskommissarie auctioneer one who performs auctions for public sale
auktor, autor author author, penman, writer (1829)
avisskrivare newswriter gazetteer, or newswriter
avskedad soldat discharged, resigned soldier
axplockare gleaner gleaning, earing, after gathering
backstugusittare cottager one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
badaremästare barber surgeon
badmästare bath-keeper (1889)
bagare baker
bagaregesäll baker's man
bagarelärling baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
bagaremästare master baker
banérförare (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
banérherre (military) banneret
banér-riddare (military) knight banneret
bankvaktmästare porter, messenger at a bank
banmästare overseer of a railway line
barberare barber, shaver
barberarebiträde barber's assistant
barberaregesäll journeyman barber
barberarelärling barber's apprentice
barkare tanner (1829)
barnförlossare male midwife
barnmorska female midwife
barnpiga maid for children
barnsköterska female nurse (not wet nurse)
baron baron baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
basunist trumpeter performer on the trumpet, or trombone
bataljonsadjuntant (military) sergeant-major
bataljonschef (military) commander of a battalion
batterikonstapel (military) battalion bombardier
befallningshavande governor, 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
madam title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
madrassmakare mattressmaker
magasinbokhållare warehouse clerk
magasinsförvaltare store keeper, warehouse clerk
magistratsperson municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
magistratssekreterare town clerk
major (military) army major
majorska wife of a major
malmbrytare mine digger, miner
malthandlare dealer in malt, maltman
mamsell miss comparable to fröken
mantalskommissarie tax collector (for the mantals tax)
manufakturhandlare haberdasher dealer in mens clothing and accessories
marketentare sutler a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
marketenterska canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
marmorarbetare marble cutter
maskinarbetare mechanic, machinist
maskinist machinist
masmästare smelting master
materialförvaltare store keeper
matlagerska female cook
matmoder housewife, mistress of a house
matros sailor, seaman foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
mattbindare mat maker, straw platter
matvaruhandlare provision merchant, deatler in provisions
mejerska dairy maid
messingsslagare brass smith, brazier
messingssmed brass smith
metallarbetare metal worker
metallgjutare brass founder, brazier
mildsoldat militiaman
mineralgrävare miner
minister government minister
minuthandlare retailer
minör miner (1889)
mjölhandlare flour merchant
mjölkarrendator tenant dairy farmer
mjölkförsäljare milkman
mjölkförsäljerska milkwoman
mjölkhustru milkwoman
mjölkpiga milkmaid, dairymaid
mjöldräng miller's man
mjölnare miller
mjölnarhustru millers wife
mjölnerska miller woman
modehandlare dealer in fancy goods
modesömmerska milliner (1889) a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
modist milliner a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
murare mason bricklayer, stone mason
muraregesäll journeyman mason
murarelärling masons apprentice
murarmästare master mason
mureriarbetare bricklayer
murerihandtlangare hodman a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
musketerare musketeer
målare painter, artist
målargesäll journeyman painter
målarmästare master painter
mångelska market woman could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
månglare retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
mältare maltman, maltster
mästare master
mästergesäll master journeyman
möbelhandlare dealer in furniture
möbelmakare cabinet maker
möbelsnickare cabinet maker
mönsterherre (military) muster master
mönsterskrivare (military) muster clerk keeping record of the military muster rolls
mössmakare cap maker
nattman night man
nattväktare night watchman
nipphandlerska dealer in fancy articles
nybyggare settler or colonizer
nålmakare needle maker
nämdeman , nm., nman juror kind of juryman
näringsidkare tradesman
nätbindare net maker
oftamolog
okulist
ombudsråd
omfärdsman
organist
oppsnappare
orgeltrampare
ostiarius (latin)
packhusinspektor
packhuskarl
pallbrytare
paltekvinna
panttorpare
pastor parish minister also known as kyrkoherde and prost
pastor et prepositus, p. et. p. (latin) parish priest
pastorsadjunkt
paysagist
paysagist
peppardräng
pestgubbe
p. et. P. (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus parish priest
pickare
piga maid, maiden, servant girl
pipare
pipplockare
piprensare
plikthuggare
pockläkare
polsterer
portenär
postförare
postkommissarie
postmästare
preceptor
predikant
principal
procurator
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean
provinsialläkare
präst minister
puke
pulsator campanae (latin)
pulsator organi (latin)
pungmakare
puppmakare
pälsare, pälsmakare
rackare
rammakare
ramsnickare
raskpassare
rectrix (latin)
redsven
reesig (military)
regementsknekt (military)
reglerare
resandefolk
resehandlare
reuter
riddare
ridfogde
rostvändare
roteman
rotemästare
roteringsbåtsman
rotesoldat (military) soldier for a district in a parish
rullerska
rusthållare
ryttare (military) cavalryman
ryttmästare
räckare
rådman councilman
rättare farm foreman
sacellanus (latin)
sacerdos (latin)
Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A. (latin)
sadelmakare
saltmätare
sartor
satinatär
saxmakare
segelmakare
segelsömmare
sejlare
sergeant
sexman, siäxman
sillbärare
sexman parish caretaker
sjättedomare
sjöman sailor, seaman
skallman
skarprättare executioner, hangman
skarpskytt (military) sharpshooter
skattearrendator
skattebergsman
skattebonde
skattelapp
skattningsman
skeppare skipper
skeppsgosse
skiftare
skoflickare
skogman
skogskommissarie
skogstorpare
skogvaktare forester
skollärare schoolteacher
skomakare shoemaker
skottman
skråfader
skräddare, skrädkarl tailor
skrädtigare
skuvare
skärsant
skörare
skörvakt
sköttare
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
slubbare, slubberska
S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
smed blacksmith
smeddräng
smedsven
smältare
smältardräng
smältarmästare
snickare carpenter
snörmakare
sockenrättare
sockenskomakare
sockenskrivare
sockenstugubetjänt
socknare
socknebödare
socknelapp
soldat soldier
speckhök
spetsmakare
spetssmed
spikdräng
spiksmed
spinnare spinner
stadsbetjänt
stadsläkare
stallare
stampare
statare, statdräng farm laborer
statman
statsfru
stattorpare farm laborer, usually married
stavhuggare
stekare
stenbrytare
stenhuggare stonecutter
strandsittare
stupagreve
styckgjutare
styckjunkare (military)
styreman
styrman (military)
surveillant
sutor (latin) shoemaker see skomakare
svärdfejare
sysslepåg
sågställare saw setter
säckguldsmed
säjarekarl, säjarmakare
sängvaktare
sättare
sökare
taffelsmed
tapetmakare
tappare
tavernare
taxeringsassistent
taxeringskommissarie
tegelbrännare brickmaker, tiler
tegelslagare brickmoulder, tiler see tegelslagare
tegeltäckare tiler
tiggare beggar
tillsierska
timmerman carpenter, builder
tinghörer
tingsskrivare
tjuv thief
tjänare servant
tjänstehjon
tobaksspinnare
tolvman
tornväktare
torpare crofter, cottager
tredjen, tredjer
tremänningssoldat (military)
trumslagare drummer
tråggesäll
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tröjekäring
tunnbindare barrelmaker
tunnjunkare
ugnsgesäll
ugnsmockare
ullmelerare
underlagman
underståtthållare
ugnmästare
uppblåsare
utbrukare
utsittare
vagndrivare
vagnkarl
vagnman
vagnmakare cartwright
vagnmästare (military)
vagnsåkare
vaktare
vaktmästare caretaker
valackare
valkare
vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
vallsmed
vandringsarbete
vandringsrättare
vantmakare
vasall
verkgesäll
vice häradshövding
vice korpral
vindgosse, vindpojke
vinman
voltigör
vårdman, vårdmanskap
vårdskrivare
väpnare
vävare weaver
vävlagare
vävpiga
växlare
yrkare
yrke profession, occupation
åbo tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
ålderman
ämbetsman
änglamakerska
ärendesman
ärlingsman
ödegårdsman
överman
överståthållare
12man


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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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