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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>
 
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!Occupation
! Occupation  
!Short definition
! Short definition  
!Full definition
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
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|abbot
| accismästare
|abbot
| customs officer
|
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|-
|accismästare
| ackuschörska
|customs officer
| a midwife
|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.
| <br>
|-
|-
|ackuschörska
| adelsbussar
|a midwife
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|<br>
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|-
|-
|adelsbussar
| adelsman
|(military) soldier of lower rank
| nobleman
|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
| adelssven
|nobleman
| page (youth)
|
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
|adelssven
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|page (youth)
| (latin)  
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|  
|-
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
| adjunctus ex officio
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
| (latin)  
|see adjunkt
|  
|-
|-
|adjunkt
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|teacher
| (latin)
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|  
|-
|-
|administer, administra
| administer, administra  
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|administrator
| administrator, pradii
|(latin) administrator
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|advocat
| advocatus ecclesiae
|lawyer, attorney
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
| aedituus
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|aedituus
| aftonsångspredikant
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
| evening-service preacher
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|  
|-
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
| aktor
|evening-service preacher
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|agent
| aktris
|agent, representative
| actress
|
| female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|aktor
| aktör
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
| actor
|
| male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|aktris
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|actress
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|female play actor, performer
|  
|-
|-
|aktör
| ansättare
|actor
| (military) rammer
|male play actor, performer
| service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|allmänningsbonde
| apotekare
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|  
|-
|-
|allmäningskarl
| arbetare
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|amiral
| arbetsman
|admiral (military)
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|anförare
| arbk.
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|
| male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|angivare
| arkebusier
|informer (1788)
| (military) member of firing squad
|
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
|anklagare
| arklimästare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
| (military) gunner
|
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|ansättare
| arrendator
|(military) rammer
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|service position with ramrods
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
|apotekare
| artillerist
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
| (military) man of the artillery
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetare
| artillerikonstapel
|worker, laborer
| (military) bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetskarl
| assessor
|male worker, workman, laborer
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetsman
| assuradör
|male worker, workman, laborer
| insurer, underwriter
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbk.
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
| auctioneer
|male worker, workman, laborer
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
|arkebusier
| auktor, autor
|(military) member of firing squad
| author
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|arkibiskop
| avisskrivare
|(1788) archbishop
| newswriter
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
|arklimästare
| avskedad soldat
|(military) gunner
| discharged, resigned soldier
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|  
|-
|-
|arrendator
| axplockare
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| gleaner
|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.
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|artillerist
| backstugusittare
|(military) man of the artillery
| cottager
|
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|-
|-
|artillerikonstapel
| badaremästare
|(military) bombardier
| barber surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|assessor
| badmästare
|assessor
| bath-keeper
|
| (1889)
|-
|-
|assuradör
| bagare
|insurer, underwriter
| baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| bagaregesäll
|auctioneer
| baker's man
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|  
|-
|-
|auktor, autor
| bagarelärling
|author
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|  
|-
|-
|avisskrivare
| bagaremästare
|newswriter
| master baker
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|  
|-
|-
|avskedad soldat
| banérförare
|discharged, resigned soldier
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
| banérherre
|transcriber, copier
| (military) banneret
|
|  
|-
|-
|axplockare
| banér-riddare
|gleaner
| (military) knight banneret
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|  
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| bankvaktmästare
|cottager (1788)
| porter, messenger at a bank
|see backstugusittare
|  
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
| banmästare
|cottager
| overseer of a railway line
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|  
|-
|-
|badare
| barberare
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| barber, shaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| barberarebiträde
|barber surgeon
| barber's assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|badmästare
| barberaregesäll
|bath-keeper
| journeyman barber
|(1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bagare
| barberarelärling
|baker
| barber's apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| barkare
|baker's man
| tanner
|
| (1829)
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| barnförlossare
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| male midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| barnmorska
|master baker
| female midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérförare
| barnpiga
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| maid for children
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérherre
| barnsköterska
|(military) banneret
| female nurse (not wet nurse)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|banér-riddare
| baron
|(military) knight banneret
| 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.
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| basunist
|porter, messenger at a bank
| trumpeter
|
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
|banmästare
| bataljonsadjuntant
|overseer of a railway line
| (military) sergeant-major
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberare
| bataljonschef
|barber, shaver
| (military) commander of a battalion
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberarebiträde
| batterikonstapel
|barber's assistant
| (military) battalion bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| befallningshavande
|journeyman barber
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
|barberarelärling
| befallningsman
|barber's apprentice
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|
|  
|-
|-
|barkare
| befallningsman (konungens)
|tanner
| county governor
|(1829)
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| befaren båtsman
|male midwife
| (military) traveling sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnmorska
| befällningshavande
|female midwife
| officer in command
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| bensamlare
|maid for children
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnsköterska
| bergmästare
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| minemaster (1829)  
|
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
|baron
| bergsarbetare
|baron
| miner
|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
| bergsbruksidkare
|trumpeter
| mining man
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonsadjuntant
| bergsfogde
|(military) sergeant-major
| bailiff of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonschef
| bergshauptman
|(military) commander of a battalion
| mine inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|batterikonstapel
| bergskarl
|(military) battalion bombardier
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bedragare
| bergslagsman
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningshavande
| bergsman
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| miner
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman
| beridare
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| horsebreaker, riding master
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman (konungens)
| beskattningsman
|county governor
| taxer, assessor
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|  
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|-
|befaren båtsman
| beslagare
|(military) traveling sailor
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|befordrare
| beslagskarl
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
| see beslagare
|
|  
|-
|-
|befällningshavande
| besökare
|officer in command
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|
|  
|-
|-
|beherskare
| betjänt
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| servant, civil servant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bensamlare
| bettlare
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergmästare
| bevaktare
|minemaster (1829)
| guard, keeper
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsarbetare
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|miner
| captain of the watch
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsbruksidkare
| bevarare
|mining man
| preserver, saver, conservator
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsfogde
| beväringskarl
|bailiff of a mine
| militia man, conscript
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergshauptman
| beväringsman
|mine inspector
| recruit, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergskarl
| bibliotekarie
|miner
| librarian
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergslagsman
| bijouterihandlare
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsman
| bildhuggare
|miner
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsprångare
| bildskärare
|miner
| se bildsnidare
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsråd
| bildsnidare
|
| sculptor
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beridare
| biljettförsäljare
|horsebreaker, riding master
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|beskattningsman
| biljettförsäljerska
|taxer, assessor
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|beslagare
| bilöpare
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| interloper
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
|beslagskarl
| bindare
|see beslagare
| tier, binder, fastener
|
| for example net making
|-
|-
|besökare
| biodlare
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|
|  
|-
|-
|betalare
| biskop
|paymaster (1788)
| bishop
|
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
|betjänt
| biskötare
|servant, civil servant
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bettlare
| biträde
|beggar
| assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevaktare
| bjudare
|guard, keeper
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| bleckslagare
|captain of the watch
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevarare
| blockmakare
|preserver, saver, conservator
| block maker, pulley maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringskarl
| blodigelodlare
|militia man, conscript
| cultivator of leeches
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| blomsterhandlare
|militia man, conscript
| flower seller (male)
|
| also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
|bibliotekarie
| blomsterhandlerska
|librarian
| flower seller (female)
|
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
|bijouterihandlare
| blomsterodlare
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildhuggare
| blossbärare
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| torch-bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildskärare
| blyarbetare
|se bildsnidare
| lead worker, plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildsnidare
| blyfalsare
|sculptor
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljare
| blystöpare
|ticket seller, booking clerk
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljerska
| blytäckare
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|bilöpare
| bodbetjent
|interloper
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|  
|-
|-
|bindare
| boddräng
|tier, binder, fastener
| shop hand
|for example net making
|  
|-
|-
|biodlare
| bodflicka
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| shop girl, shop maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|biskop
| bodgosse
|bishop
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|  
|-
|-
|biskötare
| bodhandlare
|bee-keeper, bee-master
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|biträde
| bodmamsell
|assistant
| shop girl, shop woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bjudare
| bokbindare
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
| bookbinder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bleckslagare
| bokförare
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| book keeper
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|blockmakare
| bokhandlare
|block maker, pulley maker
| bookseller
|
|  
|-
|-
|blodigelodlare
| bokhållare
|cultivator of leeches
| book keeper
|
| same as bokförare
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlare
| bokhäftare
|flower seller (male)
| book stitcher
|also known as blomstermånglare
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlerska
| bokmakare
|flower seller (female)
| book wright, book maker
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterodlare
| bonde
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|
|  
|-
|-
|blossbärare
| bondedräng
|torch-bearer
| farm hand
|
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
|blyarbetare
| bondeflicka
|lead worker, plumber
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|blyfalsare
| bondepiga
|plumber
| peasant's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|blystöpare
| borgare
|plumber
| citizen, burgher
|
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
|blytäckare
| borgmästare
|plumber
| mayor
|
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
|bodbetjent
| borrare
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|
|  
|-
|-
|boddräng
| borrmakare
|shop hand
| bit forger
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|bodflicka
| borrsmed
|shop girl, shop maid
| bit smith
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|bodgosse
| boskapshandlare
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| dealer of livestock
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodhandlare
| boskapsherde
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodmamsell
| boskapsskötare
|shop girl, shop woman
| stockman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokbindare
| boskapsvaktare
|bookbinder
| herdsman
|
|  
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|-
|bokförare
| boställshavare
|book keeper
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhandlare
| bouppteckningsman
|bookseller
| person who inventories (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhållare
| boutredningsman
|book keeper
| administrator
|same as bokförare
|  
|-
|-
|bokhäftare
| brandmästare
|book stitcher
| fire warden
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokmakare
| braständare
|book wright, book maker
| fire lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|bonde
| brevbärare
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
| letter carrier, postman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondedräng
| brevdragare
|farm hand
| see brevbärare
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|  
|-
|-
|bondeflicka
| brevskrivare
|country girl
| letter writer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondepiga
| brevställare
|peasant's maid
| see brevskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|borgare
| brobyggare
|citizen, burgher
| bridge builder
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|  
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| broderare
|mayor
| embroiderer
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|  
|-
|-
|borrare
| broläggare
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| bridge builder, paver
|
|  
|-
|-
|borrmakare
| bromästare
|bit forger
| bridge master
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|  
|-
|-
|borrsmed
| bronsarbetare
|bit smith
| worker in bronze
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|boskapshandlare
| bronsgjutare
|dealer of livestock
| bronze founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsherde
| brottmålsdomare
|herdsman
| judge criminal
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsskötare
| brottmålsnoterie
|stockman
| crown clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsvaktare
| brovaktare
|herdsman
| guard of a bridge
|
|  
|-
|-
|boställshavare
| brovindare
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| bridge driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|bouppteckningsman
| brukare
|person who inventories (1889)
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|
|  
|-
|-
|boutredningsman
| bruksarbetare
|administrator
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|brandmästare
| bruksegare
|fire warden
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|
|  
|-
|-
|braständare
| bryggare
|fire lighter
| brewer
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevbärare
| brännmästare
|letter carrier, postman
| master distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevdragare
| brännvinsbrännare
|see brevbärare
| brandy distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevskrivare
| buntmakare
|letter writer
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevställare
| byfogde
|see brevskrivare
| hamlet bailiff
|
|  
|-
|-
|brobyggare
| byggare, byggkarl
|bridge builder
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|broderare
| byggmästare
|embroiderer
| master builder, contractor
|
|  
|-
|-
|broläggare
| bykerska
|bridge builder, paver
| washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bromästare
| byskomakare
|bridge master
| village shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsarbetare
| bågflytt
|worker in bronze
| archer, bowman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsgjutare
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|bronze founder, brazier
| (military) seaman, sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsdomare
| bälgmakare
|judge criminal
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsnoterie
| bödel
|crown clerk
| executioner
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovaktare
| bösseskytt
|guard of a bridge
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovindare
| bössmed
|bridge driver
| gunsmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|brukare
| cantor
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
| (latin)  
|
| see klockare
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| commissarius
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksegare
| curatus
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bryggare
| custod
|brewer
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännmästare
| d., dr.
|master distiller
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännvinsbrännare
| dagkarl, daglönare
|brandy distiller
| day laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|buntmakare
| danneman
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|byfogde
| degn
|hamlet bailiff
| 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.)
|-
|-
|byggare, byggkarl
| deja, dejpiga
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| maidservant, milkmaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| demoiselle
|master builder, contractor
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|bykerska
| d.g.
|washerwoman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|byskomakare
| domare
|village shoemaker
| judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|bågflytt
| domesticus
|archer, bowman
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| domestik
|(military) seaman, sailor
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bälgmakare
| domherre
|bellows-maker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bödel
| domprost
|executioner
| see prestman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bösseskytt
| dompräst
|(military)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bössmed
| dr.
|gunsmith
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|cantor
| drabant, dravant
|(latin)
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|  
|-
|-
|curatus
| dragon
|(latin)
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|  
|-
|-
|custod
| dräng, dr.
|(latin)
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|  
|-
|-
|d., dr.
| däga
|abbreviation for dräng
| see deja
|
|  
|-
|-
|dagkarl, daglönare
| emigrantagent
|day laborer
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|danneman
| emigrantvärvare
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|degn
| extra roteringsmän
|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
| fabriksarbetare
|maidservant, milkmaid
| factory worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| famnmätare
|Miss
| corder of wood
|
|  
|-
|-
|d.g.
| fanjunkare
|
| standard bearer, guidon
|
|  
|-
|-
|disponent
| fatburshustru
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
| wife of a storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|domare
| fatburssven
|judge
| storehouse apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|domesticus
| fattighjon
|(latin)
| pauper
|servant, one who serves in a household
|  
|-
|-
|domprost
| filtare
|dean
| felter
|see also prestman
|  
|-
|-
|dr.
| finbagare
|abbreviation for dräng
| pastry cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|drabant, dravant
| fiolmakare
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| violen maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|dragon
| fiskare
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
| fisherman
|
|  
|-
|-
|dräng, dr.
| fiskarflicka
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
| fisher girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|däga
| fiskargosse
|see deja
| fisher boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantagent
| fiskhandlare
|emigrant agent
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantvärvare
| fjerdingsman
|emigrant agent
| under bailiff of a härad
|
|  
|-
|-
|extra roteringsmän
| fjäderarbetare
|
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| fjärdingsman
|factory worker
| see fjerdingsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|famnmätare
| flickare
|corder of wood
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|fanjunkare
| fogde
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)  
|
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
|fatburshustru
| forbonde
|wife of a storekeeper
| carter, wagoner
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburssven
| forman
|storehouse apprentice
| see forbonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| formare
|pauper
| moulder (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|filtare
| friborgare
|felter
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|finbagare
| frihandlare
|pastry cook
| free trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiolmakare
| friherre
|violen maker
| baron
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskare
| friherrinna
|fisherman
| baroness
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskarflicka
| fru
|fisher girl
| Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskargosse
| frälse
|fisher boy
| nobility
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskhandlare
| frälsebonde
|fish salesman, fish hawker
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjerdingsman
| frälsetorpare
|under bailiff of a härad
| see frälsebonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjäderarbetare
| fröken
|feather maker
| lady, honorable Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| fyrvaktare
|see fjerdingsman
| lighthouse man
|
|  
|-
|-
|flickare
| fyrverkare
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| (military) fire worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fogde
| fågelfängare
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|  
|-
|-
|forbonde
| fårherde
|carter, wagoner
| sheep tender, shepherd
|
|  
|-
|-
|forman
| fårklippare
|see forbonde
| sheep shearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|formare
| fädräng
|moulder (1829)
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|friborgare
| fäflicka
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| female herder, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|frihandlare
| fäktmästare
|free trader
| fencing master, master swordsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherre
| fältbagare
|baron
| army baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherrinna
| fältjägare
|baroness
| hunter (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fru
| fältpredikant
|Mrs.
| army chaplin
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälse
| fältskär
|nobility
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsebonde
| fältväbel
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| (military) sergeant major
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsetorpare
| fänrik
|see frälsebonde
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|
| also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
|fröken
| färgare
|lady, honorable Miss
| dyer, stainer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrvaktare
| färgaregesäll
|lighthouse man
| journeyman dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrverkare
| färikarl
|(military) fire worker
| ferryman (1829)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fågelfängare
| färsing
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| weaver, common weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| fästebonde
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
| a tenant farmer
|
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
|fårherde
| förare
|sheep tender, shepherd
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
|fårklippare
| föreståndare
|sheep shearer
| manager
|
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
|fädräng
| förpantare
|male herdsman, working with cattle
| mortgager,  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäflicka
| försvarslös
|female herder, working with cattle
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|
| also means defenseless
|-
|-
|fäktmästare
| garnhandlare
|fencing master, master swordsman
| dealer in wools
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältbagare
| garnisonssoldat
|army baker
| soldier in garrison duty
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältjägare
| garvare
|army ranger
| tanner (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältpredikant
| gaständare
| army chaplain
| gas lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältskär
| generalbefälhavare
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
| commanding general of a district
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| generallöjtnant
|(military) sergeant major
| lieutenant general
|
|  
|-
|-
|fänrik
| gesäll
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
| journeyman
|also seen as fändrik
| often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
|färgare
| gjutare
|dyer, stainer
| caster, founder, moulder
|
| works at a foundry
|-
|-
|färgaregesäll
| glasarbetare
|journeyman dyer
| glass worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|färikarl
| glasblåsare
|ferryman (1829)
| glassblower
|
|  
|-
|-
|färsing
| glasfabrikant
|weaver, common weaver
| glassmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fästebonde
| glashandlare
|a tenant farmer
| glassman
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|  
|-
|-
|förare
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
| glassmaker
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|  
|-
|-
|föreståndare
| glasmålare
|manager
| glass painter
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|  
|-
|-
|förpaktare
| glasslipare
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|alias to arrendator
|  
|-
|-
|förpantare
| glasögonmakare
|mortgager,
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| glättare
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|also means defenseless
|  
|-
|-
|garnhandlare
| grenadjär
|dealer in wools
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|garnisonssoldat
| grosshandlare
|soldier in garrison duty
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|garvare
| gruvarbetare
|tanner (1829)
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gaständare
| gruvbrytare
|gas lighter
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|generalbefälhavare
| gruvförvaltare
|commanding general of a district
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|
|  
|-
|-
|generallöjtnant
| gruvkarl
|lieutenant general
| see gruvarbetare
|
|  
|-
|-
|gesäll
| grönsakshandlare
|journeyman
| green grocer
|often abbreviated as gs
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
|gjutare
| gs.
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
| abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
|glasarbetare
| guldarbetare
|glass worker
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasblåsare
| guldsmed
|glassblower
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasfabrikant
| gårdsbrukare
|glassmaker
| farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|glashandlare
| gårdsdräng
|glassman
| see dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| gårdsfogde
|glassmaker
| see befallningsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmålare
| gästgivare
|glass painter
| innkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasslipare
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|glass cutter, glass grinder
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasögonmakare
| hammarmästare
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
| forge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|glättare
| hammarsmed
|glosser, glazer, levigator
| forger, hammerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|gratialist
| hamnfogde
|pensionary (1889)
| overseer of a port
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|  
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| hamnkapten
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| harbor master
|
|  
|-
|-
|grosshandlare
| handelsidkare
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| trader, merchandiser
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvarbetare
| handelsman
|miner
| merchant, trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvbrytare
| handhavare
|miner
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvförvaltare
| handskmakare
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| glove maker, glover
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvkarl
| hantverkare
|see gruvarbetare
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|grönsakshandlare
| hantverksgesäll
|green grocer
| journeyman artisian
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|  
|-
|-
|gs.
| hattmakare
|
| hatmaker
|abbreviation for gesäll
|  
|-
|-
|guldarbetare
| hejdriddare
|goldsmith (1829)
| ranger
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
|guldsmed
| hemmansegare
|goldsmith (1829)
| farm owner
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsbrukare
| hemmansbrukare
|farmer
| farmer  
|
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
|gårdsdräng
| hemmansägare
|see dräng
| farmer, homeowner
|
| same as jordegare
|-
|-
|gårdsfogde
| herrgårdstjenst
|see befallningsman
| service at a manor
|
|  
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| hjon
|innkeeper
| person (1829, 1889)
|
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| hjulmakare
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
| wheelwright, wheeler
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarmästare
| hjulmakardräng
|forge master
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| hjälphjon
|forger, hammerman
| extra hand or helper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnfogde
| hjälphustru
|overseer of a port
| helping woman,
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnkapten
| hovbagare (1829)
|harbor master
| the kings baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsidkare
| hovdam (1829)
|trader, merchandiser
| lady of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsman
| hovbetjent (1829)
|merchant, trader
| officer of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|handhavare
| hovjunkare (1829)
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| servant to the king
|
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| hovkansler
|glove maker, glover
| court chancellor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| hovman (1829)
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
| courtier
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverksgesäll
| hudafdragare (1889)
|journeyman artisian
| skinner, flayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| husbonde (1829)
|hatmaker
| master of a family or house
|
|  
|-
|-
|hejdriddare
| husdräng (1829)
|ranger
| man servant in a house
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|  
|-
|-
|hembiträde
| husfader
|servant girl, maid
| head of household, father
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansegare
| husflicka
|farm owner
| girl servant in a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| husfolk
|farmer
| farmers, farm people
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| hushållare
|farmer, homeowner
| housekeeper
|same as jordegare
|  
|-
|-
|herrgårdstjenst
| husjungfru (1829)
|service at a manor
| see hushållerska
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjon
| husmamsell
|person (1829, 1889)
| housekeeper
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| husman
|wheelwright, wheeler
| tenant farmer
|
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
|hjulmakardräng
| husmoder
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| housewife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphjon
| huspiga
|extra hand or helper
| housemaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphustru
| huspredikant
|helping woman,
| private chaplain, house preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbagare (1829)
| hustjänare
|the kings baker
| house servant, domestic
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovdam (1829)
| hustru
|lady of the court
| wife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbetjent (1829)
| hyttarbetare
|officer of the court
| smelter, works at a foundry
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovjunkare (1829)
| hållkarl
|servant to the king
| hostler
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
|hovkansler
| hårarbetare
|court chancellor
| hair worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovman (1829)
| häradsbokhållare
|courtier
| see häradsskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|hudafdragare (1889)
| häradsdomare
|skinner, flayer
| senior jurate
|
| the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
|husbonde (1829)
| häradsfogde
|master of a family or house
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|
|  
|-
|-
|husdräng (1829)
| häradshövding
|man servant in a house
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfader
| häradsskrivare
|head of household, father
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|husflicka
| hövitsman
|girl servant in a house
| captain
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfolk
| infanterist
|farmers, farm people
| foot soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|hushållare
| inhyses
|housekeeper
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|husjungfru (1829)
| inhyseshjon
|see hushållerska
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|husmamsell
| inspektor
|housekeeper
| inspector
|
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
|husman
| inspektör
|tenant farmer
| inspector
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
| superior, superintendent
|-
|-
|husmoder
| ishandlare
|housewife, mistress of a family
| ice man, dealer of ice
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspiga
| jagare
|housemaid
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspredikant
| jodgumma (1829)
|private chaplain, house preacher
| midwife
|
| see barnmorska
|-
|-
|hustjänare
| jordbrukare
|house servant, domestic
| husbandman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustru
| jordegare
|wife, mistress of a family
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|
|  
|-
|-
|hyttarbetare
| jordegumma
|smelter, works at a foundry
| midwife (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|hållkarl
| jungfru
|hostler
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|  
|-
|-
|hårarbetare
| junker
|hair worker
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsbokhållare
| jurist
|see häradsskrivare
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsdomare
| justitieborgmästare
|senior jurate
| recorder
|the oldest of the jury
|  
|-
|-
|häradsfogde
| justitieminister
|bailiff of a härad (district)
| minster of justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradshövding
| justitiestatsminister
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsskrivare
| juvelerare
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
| jeweller
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|  
|-
|-
|hövitsman
| jägare
|captain
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|infanterist
| jägeribetjent
|foot soldier
| gamekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyses
| jägmästare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyseshjon
| järnhandlare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| dealer of iron
|
|  
|-
|-
|inspektor
| järnvägsarbetare
|inspector
| worker on a railway
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|  
|-
|-
|inspektör
| järnvägsbetjening
|inspector
| service on a railway line
|superior, superintendent
|  
|-
|-
|ishandlare
| kakelungsmakare
|ice man, dealer of ice
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
|jagare
| kammarfru
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| bedchamber woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|jodgumma (1829)
| kammarjunkare
|midwife
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|see barnmorska
|  
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| kammarjungfru
|husbandman (1829)
| see kammarpiga
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|jordegare
| kammarjägare
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| rat hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| kammarpiga
|midwife (1889)
| lady's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|jungfru
| kammarskrivare
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
| clerk in a government office
|
|  
|-
|-
|junker
| kamrerare
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|
|  
|-
|-
|jurist
| kanongjutare
|lawyer
| cannon founder
|
| founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
|justitieborgmästare
| kapellmästare
|recorder
| chapel master
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieminister
| kapellpredikant
|minster of justice
| preacher at a chapel
|
| see kaplan
|-
|-
|justitiestatsminister
| kaplan, kapellan
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|
|  
|-
|-
|juvelerare
| kapten
|jeweller
| (military) captain
|
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
|jägare
| karduansmakare
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
|jägeribetjent
| kavallerist
|gamekeeper
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| kedjemakare
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
| chain maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnhandlare
| kistmakare
|dealer of iron
| box maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsarbetare
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|worker on a railway
| tinker
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsbetjening
| kittelslagare
|service on a railway line
| kettle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kakelungsmakare
| klampare
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
|kammarfru
| klensmed
|bedchamber woman
| locksmith, toolmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjunkare
| klockare, klr.
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| parish clerk
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
|kammarjungfru
| klockgjutare
|see kammarpiga
| bell founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjägare
| klr.
|rat hunter
|  
|
| abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
|kammarpiga
| kn.
|lady's maid
|  
|
| abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| klädesfärgare
|clerk in a government office
| cloth dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kamrerare
| klädeshandlare
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
| cloth merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kanongjutare
| klädesvävare
|cannon founder
| cloth weaver
|founder who makes cannons
|  
|-
|-
|kapellmästare
| klädsömmerska
|chapel master
| dressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapellpredikant
| knalle
|preacher at a chapel
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|see kaplan
|  
|-
|-
|kaplan, kapellan
| knappmakare
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
| button maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapten
| knekt
|(military) captain
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|  
|-
|-
|karduansmakare
| knifvässare
|cordwainer, leather dresser
| knife sharpener, cutler
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|  
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| knifsmed
|(military) cavalryman
| cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|kedjemakare
| knipare
|chain maker
| nipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kistmakare
| knypplare
|box maker
| male lace maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| knypplerska
|tinker
| female lace maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelslagare
| koarrendator
|kettle maker
| see mjölkarrendator
|
|  
|-
|-
|klampare
| kofferdi
|a foreman at a lumberyard
| merchant marine
|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
| kofferdimatros
|locksmith, toolmaker
| merchant seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|klockare, klr.
| koffertsnickare
|parish clerk
| trunk maker
|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
| kokerska
|bell founder
| female cook, cook maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|klr.
| kogubbe
|
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|abbreviation for klockare
|  
|-
|-
|kn.
| kolarbetare
|
| collier
|abbreviation for knekt
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|klädesfärgare
| kolare
|cloth dyer
| coal man, charcoal burner
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädeshandlare
| kolbonde
|cloth merchant
| coal carter
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädesvävare
| kolhandlare
|cloth weaver
| coal merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädsömmerska
| komminister
|dressmaker
| perpetual curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
|knalle
| kommissarie
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
| commissioner
|
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
|knappmakare
| konduktor
|button maker
| conductor, guard with the railways
|
|  
|-
|-
|knekt
| konduktör
|(military) soldier, man at arms
| sergeant
|
|  
|-
|-
|knifvässare
| konstapel
|knife sharpener, cutler
| (police) constable
|
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
|knifsmed
| konstnär
|cutler
| artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|knipare
| kontorskrivare
|nipper
| clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplare
| kontraktsprost
|male lace maker
| rural dean
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplerska
| kopparslagare
|female lace maker
| coppersmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|koarrendator
| koppartryckare
|see mjölkarrendator
| copper plate printer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| korgarbetare
|merchant marine
| basket worker, wicker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdikapten
| korgflätare
|captain of a merchant ship
| basket maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdimatros
| korherre
|merchant seaman
| canon
|
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
|koffertsnickare
| korpral
|trunk maker
| (military) corporal
|
|  
|-
|-
|kokerska
| kovaktare
|female cook, cook maid
| cow keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kogubbe
| kreaturshandlare
|cow feeder, cow keeper
| see boskapshandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolarbetare
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
|kolare
| krigsman
|coal man, charcoal burner
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolbonde
| kronoarrendator
|coal carter
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolhandlare
| kronobefallningsman
|coal merchant
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|komminister
| kronobetjäning
|perpetual curate
| police
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|  
|-
|-
|kommissarie
| kronobonde
|commissioner
| crown peasant
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|  
|-
|-
|konduktor
| kronofogde
|conductor, guard with the railways
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|
|  
|-
|-
|konduktör
| kronojägare
|sergeant
| ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|konstapel
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|(police) constable
| see länsman
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|  
|-
|-
|konstnär
| kronouppbördsman
|artist
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontorskrivare
| krukmakare
|clerk
| potter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontraktsprost
| kryddkrämare
|rural dean
| grocer, storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| krögare
|coppersmith
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|koppartryckare
| kurir
|copper plate printer
| courier
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgarbetare
| kusk, kutsk
|basket worker, wicker
| coachman
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgflätare
| kvarnarrendator
|basket maker
| renter of a mill
|
|  
|-
|-
|korherre
| kvarnbyggare
|canon
| mill wright
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|  
|-
|-
|korpral
| kvarndräng
|(military) corporal
| mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|kovaktare
| kvarnegare
|cow keeper
| mill owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|kreaturshandlare
| kvarntullsinspektor
|see boskapshandlare
| mill toll inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| kypare
|
| wine cooper, cooper
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|  
|-
|-
|krigsman
| kyrkobetjänare
|soldier
| churchman, clergyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronoarrendator
| kyrkoföreståndare
|crown tenant, crown peasant
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobefallningsman
| kyrkoherde
|see länsman
| rector, parson, parish minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobetjäning
| kyrkovaktare
|police
| church guard, sexton
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobonde
| kyrkvärd
|crown peasant
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronofogde
| käpphandlare
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
| cane seller, caneman
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|  
|-
|-
|kronojägare
| kökbetjäning
|ranger
| kitchen staff
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| kökspiga
|see länsman
| kitchen maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronouppbördsman
| köpman
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
| merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| körsnär
|potter
| fur merchant, furrier
|
| see buntmakare
|-
|-
|kryddkrämare
| kötthandlare
|grocer, storekeeper
| meat salesman, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|krögare
| köttmånglare
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
| see kötthandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|kurir
| ladugårdsidkare
|courier
| dairyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kusk, kutsk
| ladugårdspiga
|coachman
| dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kustuppsyningsman
| laggare
|an under officer with the coast guard
| hooper
|
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
|kvarnarrendator
| lagkarl
|renter of a mill
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnbyggare
| landbo
|mill wright
| person living in the country
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarndräng
| landshövding
|mill hand
| lord lieutenant
|
| see befallningshavande
|-
|-
|kvarnegare
| landsknekt
|mill owner
| (military) landsquenet
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarntullsinspektor
| landskontorist
|mill toll inspector
| clerk in receivers office
|
|  
|-
|-
|kypare
| landsman
|wine cooper, cooper
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkobetjänare
| landstrykare
|churchman, clergyman
| vagrant, tramp
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoföreståndare
| landsvägsriddare
|churchwarden
| knight of the road
|
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| landtbo
|rector, parson, parish minister
| countryman, person from the country
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| landtbrukare
|church guard, sexton
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkvärd
| landtbruksbokhållare
|churchwarden
| under steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|käpphandlare
| landtbruksinspektor
|cane seller, caneman
| land steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökbetjäning
| landtflicka
|kitchen staff
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökspiga
| landthandlare
|kitchen maid
| country shopkeeper
|
|  
|-
|köpman
|merchant
|
|-
|körsnär
|fur merchant, furrier
|see buntmakare
|-
|kötthandlare
|meat salesman, butcher
|
|-
|köttmånglare
|see kötthandlare
|
|-
|lackerare
|one who applies lacquer
|
|-
|ladugårdsidkare
|dairyman
|
|-
|-
|ladugårdspiga
| landthushållare
|dairymaid
| husbandman
|
| see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
|laggare
| landtjunkare
|hooper
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|  
|-
|-
|lagkarl
| lappare
|lawyer
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|landbo
| lappbonde
|tenant farmer
| Lapp peasant
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|  
|-
|-
|landshövding
| lappskarvare
|lord lieutenant
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|see befallningshavande
|  
|-
|-
|landsknekt
| lappskräddare
|(military) landsquenet
| patch tailor, botcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|landskontorist
| lastningsbokhållare
|clerk in receivers office
| shipping clerk  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsman
| legoknekt
|fellow countryman, compatriot
| (military) mercenary
|
|  
|-
|-
|landstrykare
| likörare
|vagrant, tramp
| hearse driver
|
|  
|-
|landsvägsriddare
|knight of the road
|can also mean tramp, marauder
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|landtbo
|countryman, person from the country
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|landtbrukare
|farmer, gentleman farmer
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|-
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|landtbruksbokhållare
| liktarskeppare
|under steward
| lighterman, bargeman
|
|  
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|landtbruksinspektor
| limkokare
|land steward
| glue boiler
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|landtflicka
| linberedare
|country girl
| flax dresser
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|landthandlare
| linhandlare
|country shopkeeper
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|
|  
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|landthushållare
| linhäcklare
|husbandman
| flax dresser
|see also jordbrukare
|  
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|landtjunkare
| livdrabant
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|
|  
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|lantmätare
| livdragon
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|
|  
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|lappare
| livgrenadjär
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
| (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
|
|  
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|lappbonde
| livhussar
|Lapp peasant
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
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|lappskarvare
| ljusfabrikör
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| candlemaker
|
|  
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|lappskräddare
| logarvare
|patch tailor, botcher
| tanner
|
|  
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|lastningsbokhållare
| lokomotivförare
|shipping clerk
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|
|  
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|legoknekt
| lots
|(military) mercenary
| sea pilot
|
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|likörare
| lumphandlare
|hearse driver
| rag dealer
|
|  
|-
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|liktarskeppare
| lumpsamlare
|lighterman, bargeman
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|
|  
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|limkokare
| lånförmedlare
|glue boiler
| negotiator of loans, broker
|
|  
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|linberedare
| läkare
|flax dresser
| doctor
|
| healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
|linhandlare
| länsbokhållare
|dealer in flax, flaxman
| sheriff clerk
|
|  
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|linhäcklare
| länsinnehavare
|flax dresser
| tenant of a feud
|
|  
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|linvävare
| länsman
|linen weaver
| sheriff
|
|  
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|livdrabant
| länsåklagare
|(military) yeoman of the guard
| county prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdragon
| lärare
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
| teacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|livgrenadjär
| lärling
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
| apprentice
|
|  
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|livhussar
| löjtnant
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
| lieutenant
|
|  
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|ljusfabrikör
| lösdrivare
|candlemaker
| vagrant
|
|  
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|-
|logarvare
| madam
|tanner
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|
|  
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|-
|lokomotivförare
| madrassmakare
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
| mattressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|lots
| magasinbokhållare
|sea pilot
| warehouse clerk
|
|  
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|-
|lumphandlare
| magasinsförvaltare
|rag dealer
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumpsamlare
| magistratsperson
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|
|  
|-
|-
|lånförmedlare
| magistratssekreterare
|negotiator of loans, broker
| town clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|läkare
| major
|doctor
| (military) army major
|healer, curer, physician
|  
|-
|-
|länsbokhållare
| majorska
|sheriff clerk
| wife of a major
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsinnehavare
| malmbrytare
|tenant of a feud
| mine digger, miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsman
| malthandlare
|sheriff
| dealer in malt, maltman
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsåklagare
| mamsell
|county prosecutor
| miss
|
| comparable to fröken
|-
|-
|lärare
| mantalskommissarie
|teacher
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärling
| manufakturhandlare
|apprentice
| haberdasher
|
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
|löjtnant
| marketentare
|lieutenant
| sutler
|
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
|lösdrivare
| marketenterska
|vagrant
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|madam
| marmorarbetare
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
| marble cutter
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|  
|-
|-
|madrassmakare
| maskinarbetare
|mattressmaker
| mechanic, machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinbokhållare
| maskinist
|warehouse clerk
| machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinsförvaltare
| masmästare
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
| smelting master
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratsperson
| materialförvaltare
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
| store keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratssekreterare
| matlagerska
|town clerk
| female cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|major
| matmoder
|(military) army major
| housewife, mistress of a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|majorska
| matros
|wife of a major
| sailor, seaman
|
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
|malmbrytare
| mattbindare
|mine digger, miner
| mat maker, straw platter
|
|  
|-
|-
|malthandlare
| matvaruhandlare
|dealer in malt, maltman
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|
|  
|-
|-
|mamsell
| mejerska
|miss
| dairy maid
|comparable to fröken
|  
|-
|-
|mantalskommissarie
| messingsslagare
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
| brass smith, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|manufakturhandlare
| messingssmed
|haberdasher
| brass smith
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|  
|-
|-
|marketentare
| metallarbetare
|sutler
| metal worker
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|  
|-
|-
|marketenterska
| metallgjutare
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
| brass founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|marmorarbetare
| mildsoldat
|marble cutter
| militiaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|maskinarbetare
| mineralgrävare
|mechanic, machinist
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|maskinist
| minister
|machinist
| government minister
|
|  
|-
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|masmästare
| minuthandlare
|smelting master
| retailer
|
|  
|-
|-
|materialförvaltare
| minör
|store keeper
| miner (1889)
|
|  
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|matlagerska
| mjölhandlare
|female cook
| flour merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|matmoder
| mjölkarrendator
|housewife, mistress of a house
| tenant dairy farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|matros
| mjölkförsäljare
|sailor, seaman
| milkman
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|mattbindare
| mjölkförsäljerska
|mat maker, straw platter
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|matvaruhandlare
| mjölkhustru
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mejerska
| mjölkpiga
|dairy maid
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|messingsslagare
| mjöldräng
|brass smith, brazier
| miller's man
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|messingssmed
| mjölnare
|brass smith
| miller
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|metallarbetare
| mjölnarhustru
|metal worker
| millers wife
|
|  
|-
|-
|metallgjutare
| mjölnerska
|brass founder, brazier
| miller woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mildsoldat
| modehandlare
|militiaman
| dealer in fancy goods
|
|  
|-
|-
|mineralgrävare
| modesömmerska
|miner
| milliner (1889)
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|minister
| modist
|government minister
| milliner
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|minuthandlare
| murare
|retailer
| mason
|
| bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
|minör
| muraregesäll
|miner (1889)
| journeyman mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölhandlare
| murarelärling
|flour merchant
| masons apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkarrendator
| murarmästare
|tenant dairy farmer
| master mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljare
| mureriarbetare
|milkman
| bricklayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljerska
| murerihandtlangare
|milkwoman
| hodman
|
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
|mjölkhustru
| musketerare
|milkwoman
| musketeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkpiga
| målare
|milkmaid, dairymaid
| painter, artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjöldräng
| målargesäll
|miller's man
| journeyman painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnare
| målarmästare
|miller
| master painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnarhustru
| mångelska
|millers wife
| market woman
|
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
|mjölnerska
| månglare
|miller woman
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|
|  
|-
|-
|modehandlare
| mältare
|dealer in fancy goods
| maltman, maltster
|
|  
|-
|-
|modesömmerska
| mästare
|milliner (1889)
| master
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|modist
| mästergesäll
|milliner
| master journeyman
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|murare
| möbelhandlare
|mason
| dealer in furniture
|bricklayer, stone mason
|  
|-
|-
|muraregesäll
| möbelmakare
|journeyman mason
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|murarelärling
| möbelsnickare
|masons apprentice
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|murarmästare
| mönsterherre
|master mason
| (military) muster master  
|
|  
|-
|-
|mureriarbetare
| mönsterskrivare
|bricklayer
| (military) muster clerk
|
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
|murerihandtlangare
| mössmakare
|hodman
| cap maker
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|  
|-
|-
|musketerare
| nattman
|musketeer
| night man
|
|  
|-
|-
|målare
| nattväktare
|painter, artist
| night watchman
|
|  
|-
|-
|målargesäll
| nipphandlerska
|journeyman painter
| dealer in fancy articles
|
|  
|-
|-
|målarmästare
| nybyggare
|master painter
| settler
|
| or colonizer
|-
|-
|månads karl
| nålmakare
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
| needle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|månglerska
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|market woman
| juror
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
| kind of juryman
|-
|-
|månglare
| näringsidkare
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
| tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mältare
| nätbindare
|maltman, maltster
| net maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästare
| officer
|master
| officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästergesäll
| okulist
|master journeyman
| oculist
|
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
|möbelhandlare
| ombudsman
|dealer in furniture
| attorney, proctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelmakare
| opperstyrman
|cabinet maker
| captain's mate
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelsnickare
| organist
|cabinet maker
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|mölnare (1829)
| orgelbyggare
|see mjölnare
| organ builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterherre
| orgelnist
|(military) muster master
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterskrivare
| orgelspelare
|(military) muster clerk
| organ player
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|  
|-
|-
|mössmakare
| orgeltrampare
|cap maker
| organ blower
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattman
| osthandlare
|night man
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattvaktare
| ostronhandlare
|night watchman
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipperhandlare
| oxhandlare
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| cattle dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipphandlerska
| oxslagtare
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| beef butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|nybyggare
| packhusinspektor
|settler
| pack officer
|or colonizer
|  
|-
|-
|nålmakare
| packhuskarl
|needle maker
| packer
|
|  
|-
|-
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| pansarsmed
|juror
| armourer
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|  
|-
|-
|näringsidkare
| pantaregare
|tradesman
| owner of a pawn
|
|  
|-
|-
|nätbindare
| pantgivare
|net maker
| mortgager
|
|  
|-
|-
|officer
| papparbetare
|officer
| paste board worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|okulist
| pappersfabrikör
|oculist
| paper maker
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|  
|-
|-
|ombudsman
| pappershandlare
|attorney, proctor
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|opperstyrman
| pappersskärare
|captain's mate
| paper cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|organist
| pappmakare
|organist
| cardboard
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelbyggare
| parfymfabrikant
|organ builder
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelnist
| parfymhandlare
|organist
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelspelare
| pastor
|organ player
| parish minister, pastor
|
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
|orgeltrampare
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|organ blower
| (latin) parish priest
|
|  
|-
|-
|osthandlare
| pastorsadjunkt
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| stipendiary curate
|
| clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
|ostronhandlare
| pelshandlare
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
| furrier
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxhandlare
| pensionsföreståndare
|cattle dealer
| master of a boarding school
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxslagtare
| perukmakare
|beef butcher
| wig maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhusinspektor
| p. et. P.
|pack officer
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|
| parish priest
|-
|-
|packhuskarl
| piga
|packer
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|pansarsmed
| pipare
|armourer
| piper
|
|
|-
|-
|pantaregare
| pipsmed
|owner of a pawn
| see bössmed
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantgivare
| piskmakare
|mortgager
| whip makeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|papparbetare
| plogsmed
|paste board worker
| plough wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersfabrikör
| plymmakare
|paper maker
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappershandlare
| plåtslagare
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
| black smith, worker in sheet iron
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersskärare
| portenär
|paper cutter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappmakare
| postförare
|cardboard
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymfabrikant
| postkommissarie
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymhandlare
| postmästare
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|parmmätare
| preceptor
|hay measurer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastor
| predikant
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|  
|-
|-
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| principal
|(latin) parish priest
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastorsadjunkt
|  
|stipendiary curate
| procurator
|clergyman receiving pay
|  
|-
|-
|pelshandlare
| profoss
|furrier
| flogmaster (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|pennberedare
| prost
|pen dispenser
| dean
|
|  
|-
|-
|pensionsföreståndare
| provinsialläkare
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|perukmakare
| präst
|wig maker
| minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|p. et. P.
| puke
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|  
|-
|-
|piga
| pulsator campanae
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
| (latin)
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|pipare
| pulsator organi
|piper
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|pipsmed
| pungmakare
|see bössmed
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|piskmakare
| puppmakare
|whip makeer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plogsmed
| pälsare, pälsmakare
|plough wright
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plymmakare
| rackare
|feather maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plåtslagare
| rammakare
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|porterbryggare
| ramsnickare
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|possessionat
| raskpassare
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|postförare
| rectrix
|mail driver
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|postmästare
| redsven
|postmaster
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|predikant
| reesig
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|prest
| regementsknekt
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
| (military)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|principal
| reglerare
|employer, master
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|profoss
| resandefolk
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|prost
| resehandlare
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|provinsialläkare
| reuter
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|präst
| riddare
|minister
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|pungmakare
| ridfogde
|pouch maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|rackare
| rostvändare
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|  
|-
|-
|reesig
| roteman
|(military)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|regementsknekt
| rotemästare
|(military)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|repslagare
| roteringsbåtsman
|rope maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|resandefolk
| rotesoldat
|itinerant, or migratory people
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|
|  
|-
|-
|resepredikant
| rullerska
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|riddare
| rusthållare
|knight
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ridlärare
| ryttare
|riding master
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|roddare
| ryttmästare
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|rorgängare
| räckare
|helmsman, steersman
|  
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|roteman
| rådman
|assistant overseer
| councilman
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
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|rotemästare
| rättare
|see rotmästare
| farm foreman
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|rotesoldat
| sacellanus
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| (latin)  
|
|  
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|rotmästare
| sacerdos
|(military) leader
| (latin)  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|  
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|ruggare
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|worker in textile manufacturing
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
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|rusthållare
| sadelmakare
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
|  
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
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|ryttare
| saltmätare
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|  
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|ryttmästare
| sartor
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
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|rådbisittare
| satinatär
|city councilman
|  
|The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
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|rådman
| saxmakare
|councilman
|  
|<br>
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|rättare
| segelmakare
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|  
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|-
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| segelsömmare
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|  
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|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| sejlare
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
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|sadelmakare
| sergeant
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
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|salthandlare
| sexman, siäxman
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
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|saltmätare
| sillbärare
|person who measures salt
|  
|
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|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| sexman
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
| parish caretaker
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
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|-
|satinvävare
| sjättedomare
|satin weaver
|  
|
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|saxmakare
| sjöman
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
| sailor, seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|segelmakare
| skallman
|sail maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|segelsömmare
| skarprättare
|sail maker
| executioner, hangman
|
|  
|-
|-
|sejlare
| skarpskytt
|cord maker
| (military) sharpshooter
|
|  
|-
|-
|sergeant
| skattearrendator
|sergeant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sexmän
| skattebergsman
|type of parish law enforcement
|  
|In older times the sexmän were a type of police authority for the discipline and order within a parish. The sexmän fined people for being disruptive during church services, sleeping during church services, drunkenness at banquets, or even sexual offenses. They expressed their charges at the parish council in turn, or according to turn based on the commons of each rote. The number of sexmän varied according to the size of the parish. The purpose of sexmän in a parish was deminished after the municipal reforms of 1862. After 1862 the sexmän were occasionally used to support municipal or church councils by delivering notifications or summons to appear before the respective councils (mostly from church councils.) By the early 1900’s the function of the sexmän was given to the fjärdingsman or village patrolmen.
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|-
|silkhandlare
| skattebonde
|silk merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sillpackare
| skattelapp
|herring packer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sjöman
| skattningsman
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skarprättare
| skeppare
|executioner, hangman
| skipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|skarpskytt
| skeppsgosse
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skattebonde
| skiftare
|
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skatteindrivare
| skoflickare
|tax collector
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppare
| skogman
|skipper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsbyggmästare
| skogskommissarie
|master ship builder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsgosse
| skogstorpare
|ship boy
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skoarbetare
| skogvaktare
|shoe maker
| forester
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogshuggare
| skollärare
|wood cutter, lumberer
| schoolteacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogvaktare
| skomakare
|forester
| shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skollärare
| skottman
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakare
| skråfader
|shoemaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaregesäll
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|journeyman shoemaker
| tailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaremästare
| skrädtigare
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skråmästare
| skuvare
|master of a guild
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| skärsant
|tailor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddaregesäll
| skörare
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|  
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|-
|skräddarelärling
| skörvakt
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
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|-
|-
|skulptör
| sköttare
|sculptor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skutskeppare
| slaktare
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
| meat cutter, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|skådespelare
| slubbare, slubberska
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skärslippare
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skördeman
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|  
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|-
|sköterska
| smed
|nurse
| blacksmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|slaktardräng
| smeddräng
|butcher's man
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|slaktare
| smedsven
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| smältare
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|  
|-
|-
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| smältardräng
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|  
|-
|-
|smed
| smältarmästare
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|-
|smedsgesäll
| snickare
|journeyman smith
| carpenter
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|smedsmästare
| snörmakare
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|småkrämare
| sockenrättare
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smältare
| sockenskomakare
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smältarsmed
| sockenskrivare
|shingler
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|smörhandlare
| sockenstugubetjänt
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|snickare
| socknare
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|snickarmästare
| socknebödare
|master jointer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|snörmakare
| socknelapp
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockenpräst
| soldat
|parish priest, parson (1829)
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockenskrivare
| speckhök
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|  
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|-
|sockerbagare
| spetsmakare
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockerbruksarbetare
| spetssmed
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|soldat
| spikdräng
|soldier
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|speditör
| spiksmed
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|  
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|-
|spetshandlare
| spinnare
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| spinner
|
|  
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|-
|spetsknypplerska
| stadsbetjänt
|female lace maker
|  
|
|  
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|-
|spiksmed
| stadsläkare
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnare
| stallare
|spinner
|  
|
|  
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|-
|spinnerska
| stampare
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnhushjon
| statare, statdräng
|inmate of a house of correction
| farm laborer
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|  
|-
|-
|stadsfogde
| statman
|town bailiff
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadskamrer
| statsfru
|town clerk
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadsläkare
| stattorpare
|physician to the town, town doctor
| farm laborer, usually married
|
|  
|-
|-
|statare, statsdräng
| stavhuggare
|see statkarl
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|statkarl
| stekare
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|statman
| stenbrytare
|statesman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|statsfru
| stenhuggare
|lady of state
| stonecutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenarbetare
| strandsittare
|stone worker
|  
|
|  
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|-
|stenbrytare
| stupagreve
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenhuggare
| styckgjutare
|stonecutter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenkolsarbetare
| styckjunkare
|collier
| (military)
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|stickerska
| styreman
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|strykerska
| styrman
|laundress, ironing woman
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|strängmakare
| surveillant
|string maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|studerande
| sutor
|student
| (latin) shoemaker
|
| see skomakare
|-
|-
|styckgjutare
| svärdfejare
|gun founder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckjunkare
| sysslepåg
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|  
|-
|-
|styresman
| sågställare
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
| saw setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|styrman
| säckguldsmed
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|  
|-
|-
|stålarbetare
| säjarekarl, säjarmakare
|steel worker
|  
|
|  
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|-
|stålsmed
| sängvaktare
|steel smith
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålmångelska
| sättare
|stall woman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sutor
| sökare
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|  
|-
|-
|svamphandlare
| taffelsmed
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|svarvare
| tapetmakare
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|svärdfejare
| tappare
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|  
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|-
|symamsell
| tavernare
|seamstress
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sågställare
| taxeringsassistent
|saw setter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sämskmakare
| taxeringskommissarie
|see garvare
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|sättare
| tegelbrännare
|type setter, or (military) rammer
| brickmaker, tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|taktäckare
| tegelslagare
|roofer
| brickmoulder, tiler
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
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|-
|tandläkare
| tegeltäckare
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|tapetserare
| tiggare
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|tappare
| tillsierska
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|  
|-
|-
|tattare
| timmerman
|gipsy (1829)
| carpenter, builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|taxeringsman
| tinghörer
|assessor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelformare
| tingsskrivare
|brick moulder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelbrännare
| tjuv
|brickmaker, tiler
| thief
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelslagare
| tjänare
|brickmoulder, tiler
| servant
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|  
|-
|-
|tegeltäckare
| tjänstehjon
|tiler
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tehandlare
| tobaksspinnare
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tenngjutare
| tolvman
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|  
|-
|-
|tiggare
| tornväktare
|beggar
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerhuggare
| torpare
|timber cutter
| crofter, cottager
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerman
| tredjen, tredjer
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tingsskrivare
| tremänningssoldat
|copyist of court cases
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjuv
| trumslagare
|thief
| drummer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjänare
| tråggesäll
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|  
|-
|-
|tjänstehjon
| trädgårdsmästare
|servant, menial work
| gardener
|see tjänare
|  
|-
|-
|tobakshandlare
| tröjekäring
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tobaksspinnare
| tunnbindare
|tobacco spinner
| barrelmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|tolvman
| tunnjunkare
|se nämdeman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tornväktare
| ugnsgesäll
|tower watch
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|torpare
| ugnsmockare
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|  
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|  
|-
|-
|tresserska
| ullmelerare
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|trikotstickerska
| underlagman
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|  
|-
|-
|trummare
| underståtthållare
|drummer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tryckare
| ugnmästare
|printer, pressman
|  
|
|  
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|-
|trädgårdsmästare
| uppblåsare
|gardener
|  
|
|  
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|-
|tullbetjänt
| utbrukare
|customs officer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tulltjänsteman
| utsittare
|customs officer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tullvaktmästare
| vagndrivare
|landing waiter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnbindare
| vagnkarl
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnelarbetare
| vagnman
|tunneller
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättare
| vagnmakare
|male launderer, washerman
| cartwright
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvätterska
| vagnmästare
|washerwoman
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättgumma
| vagnsåkare
|washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tältmakare
| vaktare
|tent maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullfärgare
| vaktmästare
|wool dyer
| caretaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullhandlare
| valackare
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|underlöjtnant
| valkare
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|underofficer
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|non comissioned officer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|underståtthållare
| vallsmed
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|urmakare
| vandringsarbete
|watch and clockmaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vagnmakare
| vandringsrättare
|cartwright, carriage maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vagnmästare
| vantmakare
|wagon master
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vaktare
| vasall
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vaktmästare
| verkgesäll
|caretaker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vallflicka
| vice häradshövding
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|valkare
| vice korpral
|fuller, miller
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vallhjon
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|a person tending cattle in the field
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vandrare
| vinman
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vapendragare
| voltigör
|squire, esquire
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vedhuggare
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|wood cutter
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vice häradshövding
| vårdskrivare
|see häradshövding
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vicepastor
| väpnare
|curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|  
|-
|-
|vinodlare
| vävare
|wine grower
| weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|vårdarinna
| vävlagare
|nurse
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|väglagare
| vävpiga
|repairer of roads
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vävare
| växlare
|weaver
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vävskedbindare
| yrkare
|weaver's comb binder
|  
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|  
|-
|-
|yllehandlare
| yrke
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
| profession, occupation
|
|  
|-
|-
|yrke
| åbo
|occupation, profession
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|  
|-
|-
|yrkesidkare
| ålderman
|trader
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|yrkesman
| ämbetsman
|craftsman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|åbo
| änglamakerska
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ålderman
| ärendesman
|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.
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|-
|-
|ämbetsman
| ärlingsman
|government official, crown officer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|överbefalhavare
| ödegårdsman
|commander in chief
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|överkonstapel
| överman
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|överståthållare
| överståthållare  
|governor
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ölbryggare
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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


== References ==
Harlock, Walter E., <u>Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga</u>, P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>  
Anderson, Kent &amp; Henrik Anderö.''Ordbok för släktforskare''. ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
Björkman, Carl Gustaf. ''Svensk engelsk ordbok''. P.A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXstAAAAYAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Svensk engelsk ordbok]<br>
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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances.

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

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

Sortable table
Occupation Short definition Full definition
accismästare customs officer  see Accismästare
ackuschörska a midwife
adelsbussar (military) soldier of lower rank see Adelsbussar
adelsman nobleman
adelssven page (youth) A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj. (latin)
adjunctus ex officio (latin)
adjunctus sacri ministerii (latin)
administer, administra (latin)
administrator, pradii (latin)
advocatus ecclesiae (latin)
aedituus (latin)
aftonsångspredikant evening-service preacher
aktor accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
aktris actress female play actor, performer
aktör actor male play actor, performer
allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl common - farmer,                   -peasant, -man
ansättare (military) rammer service position with ramrods
apotekare pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
arbetare worker, workman, laborer
arbetsman male worker, workman, laborer
arbk. abbreviation for arbetskarl male worker, workman, laborer
arkebusier (military) member of firing squad arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
arklimästare (military) gunner gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
arrendator tenant farmer, leaseholder  see Arrendator
artillerist (military) man of the artillery
artillerikonstapel (military) bombardier
assessor assessor
assuradör insurer, underwriter
auktionist, auktionskommissarie auctioneer one who performs auctions for public sale
auktor, autor author author, penman, writer (1829)
avisskrivare newswriter gazetteer, or newswriter
avskedad soldat discharged, resigned soldier
axplockare gleaner gleaning, earing, after gathering
backstugusittare cottager one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
badaremästare barber surgeon
badmästare bath-keeper (1889)
bagare baker
bagaregesäll baker's man
bagarelärling baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
bagaremästare master baker
banérförare (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
banérherre (military) banneret
banér-riddare (military) knight banneret
bankvaktmästare porter, messenger at a bank
banmästare overseer of a railway line
barberare barber, shaver
barberarebiträde barber's assistant
barberaregesäll journeyman barber
barberarelärling barber's apprentice
barkare tanner (1829)
barnförlossare male midwife
barnmorska female midwife
barnpiga maid for children
barnsköterska female nurse (not wet nurse)
baron baron baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
basunist trumpeter performer on the trumpet, or trombone
bataljonsadjuntant (military) sergeant-major
bataljonschef (military) commander of a battalion
batterikonstapel (military) battalion bombardier
befallningshavande 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
officer officer
okulist oculist could be for glasses, or eye doctor
ombudsman attorney, proctor
opperstyrman captain's mate
organist organist
orgelbyggare organ builder
orgelnist organist
orgelspelare organ player
orgeltrampare organ blower
osthandlare cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
ostronhandlare oysterman, dealer of oysters
oxhandlare cattle dealer
oxslagtare beef butcher
packhusinspektor pack officer
packhuskarl packer
pansarsmed armourer
pantaregare owner of a pawn
pantgivare mortgager
papparbetare paste board worker
pappersfabrikör paper maker
pappershandlare stationer, paper man, paper merchant
pappersskärare paper cutter
pappmakare cardboard
parfymfabrikant perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
parfymhandlare perfumer, perfume dealer
pastor parish minister, pastor also known as kyrkoherde and prost
pastor et prepositus, p. et. p. (latin) parish priest
pastorsadjunkt stipendiary curate clergyman receiving pay
pelshandlare furrier
pensionsföreståndare master of a boarding school
perukmakare wig maker
p. et. P. (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus parish priest
piga maid, maiden, servant girl
pipare piper
pipsmed see bössmed
piskmakare whip makeer
plogsmed plough wright
plymmakare feather maker
plåtslagare black smith, worker in sheet iron
portenär
postförare
postkommissarie
postmästare
preceptor
predikant
principal
procurator
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean
provinsialläkare
präst minister
puke
pulsator campanae (latin)
pulsator organi (latin)
pungmakare
puppmakare
pälsare, pälsmakare
rackare
rammakare
ramsnickare
raskpassare
rectrix (latin)
redsven
reesig (military)
regementsknekt (military)
reglerare
resandefolk
resehandlare
reuter
riddare
ridfogde
rostvändare
roteman
rotemästare
roteringsbåtsman
rotesoldat (military) soldier for a district in a parish
rullerska
rusthållare
ryttare (military) cavalryman
ryttmästare
räckare
rådman councilman
rättare farm foreman
sacellanus (latin)
sacerdos (latin)
Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A. (latin)
sadelmakare
saltmätare
sartor
satinatär
saxmakare
segelmakare
segelsömmare
sejlare
sergeant
sexman, siäxman
sillbärare
sexman parish caretaker
sjättedomare
sjöman sailor, seaman
skallman
skarprättare executioner, hangman
skarpskytt (military) sharpshooter
skattearrendator
skattebergsman
skattebonde
skattelapp
skattningsman
skeppare skipper
skeppsgosse
skiftare
skoflickare
skogman
skogskommissarie
skogstorpare
skogvaktare forester
skollärare schoolteacher
skomakare shoemaker
skottman
skråfader
skräddare, skrädkarl tailor
skrädtigare
skuvare
skärsant
skörare
skörvakt
sköttare
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
slubbare, slubberska
S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
smed blacksmith
smeddräng
smedsven
smältare
smältardräng
smältarmästare
snickare carpenter
snörmakare
sockenrättare
sockenskomakare
sockenskrivare
sockenstugubetjänt
socknare
socknebödare
socknelapp
soldat soldier
speckhök
spetsmakare
spetssmed
spikdräng
spiksmed
spinnare spinner
stadsbetjänt
stadsläkare
stallare
stampare
statare, statdräng farm laborer
statman
statsfru
stattorpare farm laborer, usually married
stavhuggare
stekare
stenbrytare
stenhuggare stonecutter
strandsittare
stupagreve
styckgjutare
styckjunkare (military)
styreman
styrman (military)
surveillant
sutor (latin) shoemaker see skomakare
svärdfejare
sysslepåg
sågställare saw setter
säckguldsmed
säjarekarl, säjarmakare
sängvaktare
sättare
sökare
taffelsmed
tapetmakare
tappare
tavernare
taxeringsassistent
taxeringskommissarie
tegelbrännare brickmaker, tiler
tegelslagare brickmoulder, tiler see tegelslagare
tegeltäckare tiler
tiggare beggar
tillsierska
timmerman carpenter, builder
tinghörer
tingsskrivare
tjuv thief
tjänare servant
tjänstehjon
tobaksspinnare
tolvman
tornväktare
torpare crofter, cottager
tredjen, tredjer
tremänningssoldat (military)
trumslagare drummer
tråggesäll
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tröjekäring
tunnbindare barrelmaker
tunnjunkare
ugnsgesäll
ugnsmockare
ullmelerare
underlagman
underståtthållare
ugnmästare
uppblåsare
utbrukare
utsittare
vagndrivare
vagnkarl
vagnman
vagnmakare cartwright
vagnmästare (military)
vagnsåkare
vaktare
vaktmästare caretaker
valackare
valkare
vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
vallsmed
vandringsarbete
vandringsrättare
vantmakare
vasall
verkgesäll
vice häradshövding
vice korpral
vindgosse, vindpojke
vinman
voltigör
vårdman, vårdmanskap
vårdskrivare
väpnare
vävare weaver
vävlagare
vävpiga
växlare
yrkare
yrke profession, occupation
åbo tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
ålderman
ämbetsman
änglamakerska
ärendesman
ärlingsman
ödegårdsman
överman
överståthållare
12man


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

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

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