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


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


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


Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
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This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
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|abbot
|abbot
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|-
|-
|accismästare
! Occupation
|customs officer
! Short definition
|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.
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|-
|-
|ackuschörska
| accismästare
|a midwife
| customs officer
|<br>
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|-
|adelsbussar
| ackuschörska
|(military) soldier of lower rank
| a midwife
|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.
| <br>
|-
|-
|adelsman
| adelsbussar
|nobleman
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|-
|-
|adelssven
| adelsman
|page (youth)
| nobleman
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|  
|-
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
| adelssven
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
| page (youth)  
|see adjunkt
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
|adjunkt
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|teacher
| (latin)
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|  
|-
|-
|administer, administra
| adjunctus ex officio
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|administrator
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) administrator
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|advocat
| administer, administra
|lawyer, attorney
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
| administrator, pradii
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|aedituus
| advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
| (latin)  
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|  
|-
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
| aedituus
|evening-service preacher
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|agent
| aftonsångspredikant
|agent, representative
| evening-service preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|aktor
| aktor  
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor  
|
|  
|-
|-
|aktris
| aktris  
|actress
| actress  
|female play actor, performer
| female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|aktör
| aktör  
|actor
| actor  
|male play actor, performer
| male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|allmänningsbonde
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man  
|
|  
|-
|-
|allmäningskarl
| ansättare
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| (military) rammer
|
| service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|amiral
| apotekare
|admiral (military)
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|  
|-
|-
|anförare
| arbetare
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|angivare
| arbetsman
|informer (1788)
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|anklagare
| arbk.
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|
| male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|ansättare
| arkebusier
|(military) rammer
| (military) member of firing squad
|service position with ramrods
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
|apotekare
| arklimästare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
| (military) gunner
|
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|arbetare
| arrendator
|worker, laborer
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
|arbetskarl
| artillerist
|male worker, workman, laborer
| (military) man of the artillery
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetsman
| artillerikonstapel
|male worker, workman, laborer
| (military) bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbk.
| assessor
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
| assessor
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|-
|-
|arkebusier
| assuradör
|(military) member of firing squad
| insurer, underwriter
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|  
|-
|-
|arkibiskop
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|(1788) archbishop
| auctioneer
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
|arklimästare
| auktor, autor
|(military) gunner
| author
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|arrendator
| avisskrivare
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| newswriter
|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.
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
|artillerist
| avskedad soldat
|(military) man of the artillery
| discharged, resigned soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|artillerikonstapel
| axplockare
|(military) bombardier
| gleaner
|
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|assessor
| backstugusittare
|assessor
| cottager
|
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|-
|-
|assuradör
| badaremästare
|insurer, underwriter
| barber surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| badmästare
|auctioneer
| bath-keeper
|one who performs auctions for public sale
| (1889)
|-
|-
|auktor, autor
| bagare
|author
| baker
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|  
|-
|-
|avisskrivare
| bagaregesäll
|newswriter
| baker's man
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|  
|-
|-
|avskedad soldat
| bagarelärling
|discharged, resigned soldier
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
| bagaremästare
|transcriber, copier
| master baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|axplockare
| banérförare
|gleaner
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|  
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| banérherre
|cottager (1788)
| (military) banneret
|see backstugusittare
|  
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
| banér-riddare
|cottager
| (military) knight banneret
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|  
|-
|-
|badare
| bankvaktmästare
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| porter, messenger at a bank
|
|  
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| banmästare
|barber surgeon
| overseer of a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|badmästare
| barberare
|bath-keeper
| barber, shaver
|(1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bagare
| barberarebiträde
|baker
| barber's assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| barberaregesäll
|baker's man
| journeyman barber
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| barberarelärling
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| barber's apprentice  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| barkare
|master baker
| tanner
|
| (1829)
|-
|-
|banérförare
| barnförlossare
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| male midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérherre
| barnmorska
|(military) banneret
| female midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|banér-riddare
| barnpiga
|(military) knight banneret
| maid for children
|
|  
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| barnsköterska
|porter, messenger at a bank
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|
|  
|-
|-
|banmästare
| baron
|overseer of a railway line
| 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.
|-
|-
|barberare
| basunist
|barber, shaver
| trumpeter
|
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
|barberarebiträde
| bataljonsadjuntant
|barber's assistant
| (military) sergeant-major
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| bataljonschef
|journeyman barber
| (military) commander of a battalion
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberarelärling
| batterikonstapel
|barber's apprentice
| (military) battalion bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|barkare
| befallningshavande
|tanner
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|(1829)
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| befallningsman
|male midwife
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnmorska
| befallningsman (konungens)
|female midwife
| county governor
|
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| befaren båtsman
|maid for children
| (military) traveling sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnsköterska
| befällningshavande
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| officer in command
|
|  
|-
|-
|baron
| bensamlare
|baron
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|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
| bergmästare
|trumpeter
| minemaster (1829)
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
|bataljonsadjuntant
| bergsarbetare
|(military) sergeant-major
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonschef
| bergsbruksidkare
|(military) commander of a battalion
| mining man
|
|  
|-
|-
|batterikonstapel
| bergsfogde
|(military) battalion bombardier
| bailiff of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|bedragare
| bergshauptman
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| mine inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningshavande
| bergskarl
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| miner
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman
| bergslagsman
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman (konungens)
| bergsman
|county governor
| miner
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|  
|-
|-
|befaren båtsman
| beridare
|(military) traveling sailor
| horsebreaker, riding master
|
|  
|-
|-
|befordrare
| beskattningsman
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
| taxer, assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|befällningshavande
| beslagare
|officer in command
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|beherskare
| beslagskarl
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| see beslagare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bensamlare
| besökare
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergmästare
| betjänt
|minemaster (1829)
| servant, civil servant
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsarbetare
| bettlare
|miner
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsbruksidkare
| bevaktare
|mining man
| guard, keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsfogde
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|bailiff of a mine
| captain of the watch
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergshauptman
| bevarare
|mine inspector
| preserver, saver, conservator
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergskarl
| beväringskarl
|miner
| militia man, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergslagsman
| beväringsman
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| recruit, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsman
| bibliotekarie
|miner
| librarian
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsprångare
| bijouterihandlare
|miner
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsråd
| bildhuggare
|
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beridare
| bildskärare
|horsebreaker, riding master
| se bildsnidare
|
|  
|-
|-
|beskattningsman
| bildsnidare
|taxer, assessor
| sculptor
|
|  
|-
|-
|beslagare
| biljettförsäljare
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beslagskarl
| biljettförsäljerska
|see beslagare
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|besökare
| bilöpare
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| interloper
|
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
|betalare
| bindare
|paymaster (1788)
| tier, binder, fastener
|
| for example net making
|-
|-
|betjänt
| biodlare
|servant, civil servant
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|
|  
|-
|-
|bettlare
| biskop
|beggar
| bishop
|
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
|bevaktare
| biskötare
|guard, keeper
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| biträde
|captain of the watch
| assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevarare
| bjudare
|preserver, saver, conservator
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringskarl
| bleckslagare
|militia man, conscript
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| blockmakare
|militia man, conscript
| block maker, pulley maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|bibliotekarie
| blodigelodlare
|librarian
| cultivator of leeches
|
|  
|-
|-
|bijouterihandlare
| blomsterhandlare
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| flower seller (male)
|
| also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
|bildhuggare
| blomsterhandlerska
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| flower seller (female)
|
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
|bildskärare
| blomsterodlare
|se bildsnidare
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildsnidare
| blossbärare
|sculptor
| torch-bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljare
| blyarbetare
|ticket seller, booking clerk
| lead worker, plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljerska
| blyfalsare
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|bilöpare
| blystöpare
|interloper
| plumber
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|  
|-
|-
|bindare
| blytäckare
|tier, binder, fastener
| plumber
|for example net making
|  
|-
|-
|biodlare
| bodbetjent
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|
|  
|-
|-
|biskop
| boddräng
|bishop
| shop hand
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|  
|-
|-
|biskötare
| bodflicka
|bee-keeper, bee-master
| shop girl, shop maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|biträde
| bodgosse
|assistant
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|bjudare
| bodhandlare
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bleckslagare
| bodmamsell
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| shop girl, shop woman
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|blockmakare
| bokbindare
|block maker, pulley maker
| bookbinder
|
|  
|-
|-
|blodigelodlare
| bokförare
|cultivator of leeches
| book keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlare
| bokhandlare
|flower seller (male)
| bookseller
|also known as blomstermånglare
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlerska
| bokhållare
|flower seller (female)
| book keeper
|also known as blomstermånglerska
| same as bokförare
|-
|-
|blomsterodlare
| bokhäftare
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| book stitcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|blossbärare
| bokmakare
|torch-bearer
| book wright, book maker
|
|  
|-
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|blyarbetare
| bonde
|lead worker, plumber
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|
|  
|-
|-
|blyfalsare
| bondedräng
|plumber
| farm hand
|
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
|blystöpare
| bondeflicka
|plumber
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|blytäckare
| bondepiga
|plumber
| peasant's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodbetjent
| borgare
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| citizen, burgher
|
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
|boddräng
| borgmästare
|shop hand
| mayor
|
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
|bodflicka
| borrare
|shop girl, shop maid
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|
|  
|-
|-
|bodgosse
| borrmakare
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| bit forger
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|bodhandlare
| borrsmed
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| bit smith
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|bodmamsell
| boskapshandlare
|shop girl, shop woman
| dealer of livestock
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokbindare
| boskapsherde
|bookbinder
| herdsman
|
|  
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|-
|bokförare
| boskapsskötare
|book keeper
| stockman
|
|  
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|-
|bokhandlare
| boskapsvaktare
|bookseller
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhållare
| boställshavare
|book keeper
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|same as bokförare
|  
|-
|-
|bokhäftare
| bouppteckningsman
|book stitcher
| person who inventories (1889)
|
|  
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|-
|bokmakare
| boutredningsman
|book wright, book maker
| administrator
|
|  
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|-
|bonde
| brandmästare
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
| fire warden
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondedräng
| braständare
|farm hand
| fire lighter
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|  
|-
|-
|bondeflicka
| brevbärare
|country girl
| letter carrier, postman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondepiga
| brevdragare
|peasant's maid
| see brevbärare
|
|  
|-
|-
|borgare
| brevskrivare
|citizen, burgher
| letter writer
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|  
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| brevställare
|mayor
| see brevskrivare
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|  
|-
|-
|borrare
| brobyggare
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| bridge builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|borrmakare
| broderare
|bit forger
| embroiderer
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|  
|-
|-
|borrsmed
| broläggare
|bit smith
| bridge builder, paver
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|boskapshandlare
| bromästare
|dealer of livestock
| bridge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsherde
| bronsarbetare
|herdsman
| worker in bronze
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsskötare
| bronsgjutare
|stockman
| bronze founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsvaktare
| brottmålsdomare
|herdsman
| judge criminal
|
|  
|-
|-
|boställshavare
| brottmålsnoterie
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| crown clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|bouppteckningsman
| brovaktare
|person who inventories (1889)
| guard of a bridge
|
|  
|-
|-
|boutredningsman
| brovindare
|administrator
| bridge driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|brandmästare
| brukare
|fire warden
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|
|  
|-
|-
|braständare
| bruksarbetare
|fire lighter
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevbärare
| bruksegare
|letter carrier, postman
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevdragare
| bryggare
|see brevbärare
| brewer
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevskrivare
| brännmästare
|letter writer
| master distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevställare
| brännvinsbrännare
|see brevskrivare
| brandy distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|brobyggare
| buntmakare
|bridge builder
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|
|  
|-
|-
|broderare
| byfogde
|embroiderer
| hamlet bailiff
|
|  
|-
|-
|broläggare
| byggare, byggkarl
|bridge builder, paver
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bromästare
| byggmästare
|bridge master
| master builder, contractor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsarbetare
| bykerska
|worker in bronze
| washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsgjutare
| byskomakare
|bronze founder, brazier
| village shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsdomare
| bågflytt
|judge criminal
| archer, bowman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsnoterie
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|crown clerk
| (military) seaman, sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovaktare
| bälgmakare
|guard of a bridge
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovindare
| bödel
|bridge driver
| executioner
|
|  
|-
|-
|brukare
| bösseskytt
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
| (military)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| bössmed
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| gunsmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksegare
| cantor
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
| (latin)
|
| see klockare
|-
|-
|bryggare
| commissarius
|brewer
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännmästare
| curatus
|master distiller
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännvinsbrännare
| custod
|brandy distiller
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|buntmakare
| d., dr.
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|byfogde
| dagkarl, daglönare
|hamlet bailiff
| day laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggare, byggkarl
| danneman
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| degn
|master builder, contractor
| 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.)
|-
|-
|bykerska
| deja, dejpiga
|washerwoman
| maidservant, milkmaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|byskomakare
| demoiselle
|village shoemaker
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|bågflytt
| d.g.
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| domare
|(military) seaman, sailor
| judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|bälgmakare
| domesticus
|bellows-maker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bödel
| domestik
|executioner
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bösseskytt
| domherre
|(military)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bössmed
| domprost
|gunsmith
| see prestman
|
|  
|-
|-
|cantor
| dompräst
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|  
|-
|-
|curatus
| dr.
|(latin)
| abbreviation for dräng
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|  
|-
|-
|custod
| drabant, dravant
|(latin)
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|  
|-
|-
|d., dr.
| dragon
|abbreviation for dräng
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|dagkarl, daglönare
| dräng, dr.
|day laborer
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|
|  
|-
|-
|danneman
| däga
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
| see deja
|
|  
|-
|-
|degn
| emigrantagent
|assistant to the priest
| emigrant agent
|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
| emigrantvärvare
|maidservant, milkmaid
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| extra roteringsmän
|Miss
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|d.g.
| fabriksarbetare
|
| factory worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|disponent
| famnmätare
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
| corder of wood
|
|  
|-
|-
|domare
| fanjunkare
|judge
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|domesticus
| fatburshustru
|(latin)
| wife of a storekeeper
|servant, one who serves in a household
|  
|-
|-
|domprost
| fatburssven
|dean
| storehouse apprentice
|see also prestman
|  
|-
|-
|dr.
| fattighjon
|abbreviation for dräng
| pauper
|
|  
|-
|-
|drabant, dravant
| filtare
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| felter
|
|  
|-
|-
|dragon
| finbagare
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
| pastry cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|dräng, dr.
| fiolmakare
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
| violen maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|däga
| fiskare
|see deja
| fisherman
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantagent
| fiskarflicka
|emigrant agent
| fisher girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantvärvare
| fiskargosse
|emigrant agent
| fisher boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|extra roteringsmän
| fiskhandlare
|
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| fjerdingsman
|factory worker
| under bailiff of a härad
|
|  
|-
|-
|famnmätare
| fjäderarbetare
|corder of wood
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fanjunkare
| fjärdingsman
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| see fjerdingsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburshustru
| flickare
|wife of a storekeeper
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburssven
| fogde
|storehouse apprentice
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| forbonde
|pauper
| carter, wagoner
|
|  
|-
|-
|filtare
| forman
|felter
| see forbonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|finbagare
| formare
|pastry cook
| moulder (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiolmakare
| friborgare
|violen maker
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskare
| frihandlare
|fisherman
| free trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskarflicka
| friherre
|fisher girl
| baron
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskargosse
| friherrinna
|fisher boy
| baroness
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskhandlare
| fru
|fish salesman, fish hawker
| Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjerdingsman
| frälse
|under bailiff of a härad
| nobility
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjäderarbetare
| frälsebonde
|feather maker
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| frälsetorpare
|see fjerdingsman
| see frälsebonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|flickare
| fröken
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| lady, honorable Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|fogde
| fyrvaktare
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
| lighthouse man
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|  
|-
|-
|forbonde
| fyrverkare
|carter, wagoner
| (military) fire worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|forman
| fågelfängare
|see forbonde
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|
|  
|-
|-
|formare
| fårherde
|moulder (1829)
| sheep tender, shepherd
|
|  
|-
|-
|friborgare
| fårklippare
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| sheep shearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|frihandlare
| fädräng
|free trader
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherre
| fäflicka
|baron
| female herder, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherrinna
| fäktmästare
|baroness
| fencing master, master swordsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fru
| fältbagare
|Mrs.
| army baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälse
| fältjägare
|nobility
| hunter (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsebonde
| fältpredikant
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| army chaplin
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsetorpare
| fältskär
|see frälsebonde
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|fröken
| fältväbel
|lady, honorable Miss
| (military) sergeant major
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrvaktare
| fänrik
|lighthouse man
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|
| also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
|fyrverkare
| färgare
|(military) fire worker
| dyer, stainer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fågelfängare
| färgaregesäll
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| journeyman dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| färikarl
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
| ferryman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårherde
| färsing
|sheep tender, shepherd
| weaver, common weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårklippare
| fästebonde
|sheep shearer
| a tenant farmer
|
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
|fädräng
| förare
|male herdsman, working with cattle
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
|fäflicka
| föreståndare
|female herder, working with cattle
| manager
|
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
|fäktmästare
| förpantare
|fencing master, master swordsman
| mortgager,  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältbagare
| försvarslös
|army baker
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|
| also means defenseless
|-
|-
|fältjägare
| garnhandlare
|army ranger
| dealer in wools
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältpredikant
| garnisonssoldat
| army chaplain
| soldier in garrison duty
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältskär
| garvare
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
| tanner (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| gaständare
|(military) sergeant major
| gas lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|fänrik
| generalbefälhavare
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
| commanding general of a district
|also seen as fändrik
|  
|-
|-
|färgare
| generallöjtnant
|dyer, stainer
| lieutenant general
|
|  
|-
|-
|färgaregesäll
| gesäll
|journeyman dyer
| journeyman  
|
| often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
|färikarl
| gjutare
|ferryman (1829)
| caster, founder, moulder
|
| works at a foundry
|-
|-
|färsing
| glasarbetare
|weaver, common weaver
| glass worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fästebonde
| glasblåsare
|a tenant farmer
| glassblower
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|  
|-
|-
|förare
| glasfabrikant
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
| glassmaker
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|  
|-
|-
|föreståndare
| glashandlare
|manager
| glassman
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|  
|-
|-
|förpaktare
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| glassmaker
|alias to arrendator
|  
|-
|-
|förpantare
| glasmålare
|mortgager,
| glass painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| glasslipare
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|also means defenseless
|  
|-
|-
|garnhandlare
| glasögonmakare
|dealer in wools
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|garnisonssoldat
| glättare
|soldier in garrison duty
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|
|  
|-
|-
|garvare
| grenadjär
|tanner (1829)
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|gaständare
| grosshandlare
|gas lighter
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|generalbefälhavare
| gruvarbetare
|commanding general of a district
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|generallöjtnant
| gruvbrytare
|lieutenant general
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gesäll
| gruvförvaltare
|journeyman
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|often abbreviated as gs
|  
|-
|-
|gjutare
| gruvkarl
|caster, founder, moulder
| see gruvarbetare
|works at a foundry
|  
|-
|-
|glasarbetare
| grönsakshandlare
|glass worker
| green grocer
|
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
|glasblåsare
| gs.
|glassblower
|  
|
| abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
|glasfabrikant
| guldarbetare
|glassmaker
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glashandlare
| guldsmed
|glassman
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| gårdsbrukare
|glassmaker
| farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmålare
| gårdsdräng
|glass painter
| see dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasslipare
| gårdsfogde
|glass cutter, glass grinder
| see befallningsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasögonmakare
| gästgivare
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
| innkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|glättare
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|glosser, glazer, levigator
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|gratialist
| hammarmästare
|pensionary (1889)
| forge master
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|  
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| hammarsmed
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| forger, hammerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|grosshandlare
| hamnfogde
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| overseer of a port
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvarbetare
| hamnkapten
|miner
| harbor master
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvbrytare
| handelsidkare
|miner
| trader, merchandiser
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvförvaltare
| handelsman
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| merchant, trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvkarl
| handhavare
|see gruvarbetare
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|
|  
|-
|-
|grönsakshandlare
| handskmakare
|green grocer
| glove maker, glover
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|  
|-
|-
|gs.
| hantverkare
|
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|abbreviation for gesäll
|  
|-
|-
|guldarbetare
| hantverksgesäll
|goldsmith (1829)
| journeyman artisian
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|guldsmed
| hattmakare
|goldsmith (1829)
| hatmaker
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsbrukare
| hejdriddare
|farmer
| ranger
|
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
|gårdsdräng
| hemmansegare
|see dräng
| farm owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsfogde
| hemmansbrukare
|see befallningsman
| farmer
|
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| hemmansägare
|innkeeper
| farmer, homeowner
|
| same as jordegare
|-
|-
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| herrgårdstjenst
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
| service at a manor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarmästare
| hjon
|forge master
| person (1829, 1889)
|
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| hjulmakare
|forger, hammerman
| wheelwright, wheeler
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnfogde
| hjulmakardräng
|overseer of a port
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnkapten
| hjälphjon
|harbor master
| extra hand or helper
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsidkare
| hjälphustru
|trader, merchandiser
| helping woman,  
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsman
| hovbagare (1829)
|merchant, trader
| the kings baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|handhavare
| hovdam (1829)
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| lady of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| hovbetjent (1829)
|glove maker, glover
| officer of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| hovjunkare (1829)
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
| servant to the king
|
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
|hantverksgesäll
| hovkansler
|journeyman artisian
| court chancellor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| hovman (1829)
|hatmaker
| courtier
|
|  
|-
|-
|hejdriddare
| hudafdragare (1889)
|ranger
| skinner, flayer
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|  
|-
|-
|hembiträde
| husbonde (1829)
|servant girl, maid
| master of a family or house
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansegare
| husdräng (1829)
|farm owner
| man servant in a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| husfader
|farmer
| head of household, father
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| husflicka
|farmer, homeowner
| girl servant in a house
|same as jordegare
|  
|-
|-
|herrgårdstjenst
| husfolk
|service at a manor
| farmers, farm people
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjon
| hushållare
|person (1829, 1889)
| housekeeper
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| husjungfru (1829)
|wheelwright, wheeler
| see hushållerska
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakardräng
| husmamsell
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| housekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphjon
| husman
|extra hand or helper
| tenant farmer
|
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
|hjälphustru
| husmoder
|helping woman,
| housewife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbagare (1829)
| huspiga
|the kings baker
| housemaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovdam (1829)
| huspredikant
|lady of the court
| private chaplain, house preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbetjent (1829)
| hustjänare
|officer of the court
| house servant, domestic
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovjunkare (1829)
| hustru
|servant to the king
| wife, mistress of a family
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|  
|-
|-
|hovkansler
| hyttarbetare
|court chancellor
| smelter, works at a foundry
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovman (1829)
| hållkarl
|courtier
| hostler
|
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
|hudafdragare (1889)
| hårarbetare
|skinner, flayer
| hair worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|husbonde (1829)
| häradsbokhållare
|master of a family or house
| see häradsskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|husdräng (1829)
| häradsdomare
|man servant in a house
| senior jurate
|
| the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
|husfader
| häradsfogde
|head of household, father
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|
|  
|-
|-
|husflicka
| häradshövding
|girl servant in a house
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfolk
| häradsskrivare
|farmers, farm people
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|hushållare
| hövitsman
|housekeeper
| captain
|
|  
|-
|-
|husjungfru (1829)
| infanterist
|see hushållerska
| foot soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|husmamsell
| inhyses
|housekeeper
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|husman
| inhyseshjon
|tenant farmer
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|
|-
|-
|husmoder
| inspektor
|housewife, mistress of a family
| inspector
|
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
|huspiga
| inspektör
|housemaid
| inspector
|
| superior, superintendent
|-
|-
|huspredikant
| ishandlare
|private chaplain, house preacher
| ice man, dealer of ice
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustjänare
| jagare
|house servant, domestic
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustru
| jodgumma (1829)
|wife, mistress of a family
| midwife
|
| see barnmorska
|-
|-
|hyttarbetare
| jordbrukare
|smelter, works at a foundry
| husbandman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|hållkarl
| jordegare
|hostler
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|  
|-
|-
|hårarbetare
| jordegumma
|hair worker
| midwife (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsbokhållare
| jungfru
|see häradsskrivare
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsdomare
| junker
|senior jurate
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|the oldest of the jury
|  
|-
|-
|häradsfogde
| jurist
|bailiff of a härad (district)
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradshövding
| justitieborgmästare
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
| recorder
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsskrivare
| justitieminister
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
| minster of justice
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|  
|-
|-
|hövitsman
| justitiestatsminister
|captain
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|infanterist
| juvelerare
|foot soldier
| jeweller
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyses
| jägare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyseshjon
| jägeribetjent
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| gamekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|inspektor
| jägmästare
|inspector
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|  
|-
|-
|inspektör
| järnhandlare
|inspector
| dealer of iron
|superior, superintendent
|  
|-
|-
|ishandlare
| järnvägsarbetare
|ice man, dealer of ice
| worker on a railway
|
|  
|-
|-
|jagare
| järnvägsbetjening
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| service on a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|jodgumma (1829)
| kakelungsmakare
|midwife
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|see barnmorska
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| kammarfru
|husbandman (1829)
| bedchamber woman
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|jordegare
| kammarjunkare
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|
|  
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| kammarjungfru
|midwife (1889)
| see kammarpiga
|
|  
|-
|-
|jungfru
| kammarjägare
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
| rat hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|junker
| kammarpiga
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
| lady's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|jurist
| kammarskrivare
|lawyer
| clerk in a government office
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieborgmästare
| kamrerare
|recorder
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieminister
| kanongjutare
|minster of justice
| cannon founder
|
| founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
|justitiestatsminister
| kapellmästare
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
| chapel master
|
|  
|-
|-
|juvelerare
| kapellpredikant
|jeweller
| preacher at a chapel
|
| see kaplan
|-
|-
|jägare
| kaplan, kapellan
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägeribetjent
| kapten
|gamekeeper
| (military) captain
|
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| karduansmakare
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
|järnhandlare
| kavallerist
|dealer of iron
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsarbetare
| kedjemakare
|worker on a railway
| chain maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsbetjening
| kistmakare
|service on a railway line
| box maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kakelungsmakare
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
| tinker
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|  
|-
|-
|kammarfru
| kittelslagare
|bedchamber woman
| kettle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjunkare
| klampare
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
|kammarjungfru
| klensmed
|see kammarpiga
| locksmith, toolmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjägare
| klockare, klr.
|rat hunter
| parish clerk
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
|kammarpiga
| klockgjutare
|lady's maid
| bell founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| klr.
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
| abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
|kamrerare
| kn.
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
| abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
|kanongjutare
| klädesfärgare
|cannon founder
| cloth dyer
|founder who makes cannons
|  
|-
|-
|kapellmästare
| klädeshandlare
|chapel master
| cloth merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapellpredikant
| klädesvävare
|preacher at a chapel
| cloth weaver
|see kaplan
|  
|-
|-
|kaplan, kapellan
| klädsömmerska
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
| dressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapten
| knalle
|(military) captain
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|  
|-
|-
|karduansmakare
| knappmakare
|cordwainer, leather dresser
| button maker
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|  
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| knekt
|(military) cavalryman
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|
|  
|-
|-
|kedjemakare
| knifvässare
|chain maker
| knife sharpener, cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|kistmakare
| knifsmed
|box maker
| cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| knipare
|tinker
| nipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelslagare
| knypplare
|kettle maker
| male lace maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|klampare
| knypplerska
|a foreman at a lumberyard
| female lace maker
|A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
|  
|-
|-
|klensmed
| koarrendator
|locksmith, toolmaker
| see mjölkarrendator
|
|  
|-
|-
|klockare, klr.
| kofferdi
|parish clerk
| merchant marine
|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
| kofferdimatros
|bell founder
| merchant seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|klr.
| koffertsnickare
|
| trunk maker
|abbreviation for klockare
|  
|-
|-
|kn.
| kokerska
|
| female cook, cook maid
|abbreviation for knekt
|  
|-
|-
|klädesfärgare
| kogubbe
|cloth dyer
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädeshandlare
| kolarbetare
|cloth merchant
| collier
|
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|klädesvävare
| kolare
|cloth weaver
| coal man, charcoal burner
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädsömmerska
| kolbonde
|dressmaker
| coal carter
|
|  
|-
|-
|knalle
| kolhandlare
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
| coal merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|knappmakare
| komminister
|button maker
| perpetual curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
|knekt
| kommissarie
|(military) soldier, man at arms
| commissioner
|
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
|knifvässare
| konduktor
|knife sharpener, cutler
| conductor, guard with the railways
|
|  
|-
|-
|knifsmed
| konduktör
|cutler
| sergeant
|
|  
|-
|-
|knipare
| konstapel
|nipper
| (police) constable
|
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
|knypplare
| konstnär
|male lace maker
| artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplerska
| kontorskrivare
|female lace maker
| clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|koarrendator
| kontraktsprost
|see mjölkarrendator
| rural dean
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| kopparslagare
|merchant marine
| coppersmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdikapten
| koppartryckare
|captain of a merchant ship
| copper plate printer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdimatros
| korgarbetare
|merchant seaman
| basket worker, wicker
|
|  
|-
|-
|koffertsnickare
| korgflätare
|trunk maker
| basket maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|kokerska
| korherre
|female cook, cook maid
| canon
|
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
|kogubbe
| korpral
|cow feeder, cow keeper
| (military) corporal
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolarbetare
| kovaktare
|collier
| cow keeper
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|kolare
| kreaturshandlare
|coal man, charcoal burner
| see boskapshandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolbonde
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|coal carter
|  
|
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
|kolhandlare
| krigsman
|coal merchant
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|komminister
| kronoarrendator
|perpetual curate
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|  
|-
|-
|kommissarie
| kronobefallningsman
|commissioner
| see länsman
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|  
|-
|-
|konduktor
| kronobetjäning
|conductor, guard with the railways
| police
|
|  
|-
|-
|konduktör
| kronobonde
|sergeant
| crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|konstapel
| kronofogde
|(police) constable
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|  
|-
|-
|konstnär
| kronojägare
|artist
| ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontorskrivare
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|clerk
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontraktsprost
| kronouppbördsman
|rural dean
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| krukmakare
|coppersmith
| potter
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|koppartryckare
| kryddkrämare
|copper plate printer
| grocer, storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgarbetare
| krögare
|basket worker, wicker
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgflätare
| kurir
|basket maker
| courier
|
|  
|-
|-
|korherre
| kusk, kutsk
|canon
| coachman
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|  
|-
|-
|korpral
| kvarnarrendator
|(military) corporal
| renter of a mill
|
|  
|-
|-
|kovaktare
| kvarnbyggare
|cow keeper
| mill wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|kreaturshandlare
| kvarndräng
|see boskapshandlare
| mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| kvarnegare
|
| mill owner
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|  
|-
|-
|krigsman
| kvarntullsinspektor
|soldier
| mill toll inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronoarrendator
| kypare
|crown tenant, crown peasant
| wine cooper, cooper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobefallningsman
| kyrkobetjänare
|see länsman
| churchman, clergyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobetjäning
| kyrkoföreståndare
|police
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobonde
| kyrkoherde
|crown peasant
| rector, parson, parish minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronofogde
| kyrkovaktare
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
| church guard, sexton
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|  
|-
|-
|kronojägare
| kyrkvärd
|ranger
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| käpphandlare
|see länsman
| cane seller, caneman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronouppbördsman
| kökbetjäning
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
| kitchen staff
|
|  
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| kökspiga
|potter
| kitchen maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kryddkrämare
| köpman
|grocer, storekeeper
| merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|krögare
| körsnär
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
| fur merchant, furrier
|
| see buntmakare
|-
|-
|kurir
| kötthandlare
|courier
| meat salesman, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|kusk, kutsk
| köttmånglare
|coachman
| see kötthandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|kustuppsyningsman
| ladugårdsidkare
|an under officer with the coast guard
| dairyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnarrendator
| ladugårdspiga
|renter of a mill
| dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnbyggare
| laggare
|mill wright
| hooper
|
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
|kvarndräng
| lagkarl
|mill hand
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnegare
| landbo
|mill owner
| person living in the country
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarntullsinspektor
| landshövding
|mill toll inspector
| lord lieutenant
|
| see befallningshavande
|-
|-
|kypare
| landsknekt
|wine cooper, cooper
| (military) landsquenet
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkobetjänare
| landskontorist
|churchman, clergyman
| clerk in receivers office
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoföreståndare
| landsman
|churchwarden
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| landstrykare
|rector, parson, parish minister
| vagrant, tramp
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| landsvägsriddare
|church guard, sexton
| knight of the road
|
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
|kyrkvärd
| landtbo
|churchwarden
| countryman, person from the country
|
|  
|-
|-
|käpphandlare
| landtbrukare
|cane seller, caneman
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökbetjäning
| landtbruksbokhållare
|kitchen staff
| under steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökspiga
| landtbruksinspektor
|kitchen maid
| land steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|köpman
| landtflicka
|merchant
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|körsnär
| landthandlare
|fur merchant, furrier
| country shopkeeper
|see buntmakare
|  
|-
|-
|kötthandlare
| landthushållare
|meat salesman, butcher
| husbandman
|
| see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
|köttmånglare
| landtjunkare
|see kötthandlare
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|lackerare
| lappare
|one who applies lacquer
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdsidkare
| lappbonde
|dairyman
| Lapp peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdspiga
| lappskarvare
|dairymaid
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|laggare
| lappskräddare
|hooper
| patch tailor, botcher
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|  
|-
|-
|lagkarl
| lastningsbokhållare
|lawyer
| shipping clerk
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|landbo
| legoknekt
|tenant farmer
| (military) mercenary
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|  
|-
|-
|landshövding
| likörare
|lord lieutenant
| hearse driver
|see befallningshavande
|  
|-
|-
|landsknekt
| liktarskeppare
|(military) landsquenet
| lighterman, bargeman
|
|  
|-
|-
|landskontorist
| limkokare
|clerk in receivers office
| glue boiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsman
| linberedare
|fellow countryman, compatriot
| flax dresser
|
|  
|-
|-
|landstrykare
| linhandlare
|vagrant, tramp
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsvägsriddare
| linhäcklare
|knight of the road
| flax dresser
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|  
|-
|-
|landtbo
| livdrabant
|countryman, person from the country
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbrukare
| livdragon
|farmer, gentleman farmer
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksbokhållare
| livgrenadjär
|under steward
| (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksinspektor
| livhussar
|land steward
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtflicka
| ljusfabrikör
|country girl
| candlemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthandlare
| logarvare
|country shopkeeper
| tanner
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthushållare
| lokomotivförare
|husbandman
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|see also jordbrukare
|  
|-
|-
|landtjunkare
| lots
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| sea pilot
|
|  
|-
|-
|lantmätare
| lumphandlare
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
| rag dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappare
| lumpsamlare
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappbonde
| lånförmedlare
|Lapp peasant
| negotiator of loans, broker
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappskarvare
| läkare
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| doctor
|
| healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
|lappskräddare
| länsbokhållare
|patch tailor, botcher
| sheriff clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|lastningsbokhållare
| länsinnehavare
|shipping clerk
| tenant of a feud
|
|  
|-
|-
|legoknekt
| länsman
|(military) mercenary
| sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|likörare
| länsåklagare
|hearse driver
| county prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|liktarskeppare
| lärare
|lighterman, bargeman
| teacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|limkokare
| lärling
|glue boiler
| apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|linberedare
| löjtnant
|flax dresser
| lieutenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhandlare
| lösdrivare
|dealer in flax, flaxman
| vagrant
|
|  
|-
|-
|linhäcklare
| madam
|flax dresser
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|linvävare
| madrassmakare
|linen weaver
| mattressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdrabant
| magasinbokhållare
|(military) yeoman of the guard
| warehouse clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdragon
| magasinsförvaltare
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|livgrenadjär
| magistratsperson
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|
|  
|-
|-
|livhussar
| magistratssekreterare
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
| town clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|ljusfabrikör
| major
|candlemaker
| (military) army major
|
|  
|-
|-
|logarvare
| majorska
|tanner
| wife of a major
|
|  
|-
|-
|lokomotivförare
| malmbrytare
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
| mine digger, miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|lots
| malthandlare
|sea pilot
| dealer in malt, maltman
|
|  
|-
|-
|lumphandlare
| mamsell
|rag dealer
| miss
|
| comparable to fröken
|-
|-
|lumpsamlare
| mantalskommissarie
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|
|  
|-
|-
|lånförmedlare
| manufakturhandlare
|negotiator of loans, broker
| haberdasher
|
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
|läkare
| marketentare
|doctor
| sutler
|healer, curer, physician
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
|länsbokhållare
| marketenterska
|sheriff clerk
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsinnehavare
| marmorarbetare
|tenant of a feud
| marble cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsman
| maskinarbetare
|sheriff
| mechanic, machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsåklagare
| maskinist
|county prosecutor
| machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärare
| masmästare
|teacher
| smelting master
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärling
| materialförvaltare
|apprentice
| store keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|löjtnant
| matlagerska
|lieutenant
| female cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|lösdrivare
| matmoder
|vagrant
| housewife, mistress of a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|madam
| matros
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
| sailor, seaman
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
|madrassmakare
| mattbindare
|mattressmaker
| mat maker, straw platter
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinbokhållare
| matvaruhandlare
|warehouse clerk
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|
|  
|-
|-
|magasinsförvaltare
| mejerska
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
| dairy maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratsperson
| messingsslagare
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
| brass smith, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratssekreterare
| messingssmed
|town clerk
| brass smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|major
| metallarbetare
|(military) army major
| metal worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|majorska
| metallgjutare
|wife of a major
| brass founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|malmbrytare
| mildsoldat
|mine digger, miner
| militiaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|malthandlare
| mineralgrävare
|dealer in malt, maltman
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|mamsell
| minister
|miss
| government minister
|comparable to fröken
|  
|-
|-
|mantalskommissarie
| minuthandlare
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
| retailer
|
|  
|-
|-
|manufakturhandlare
| minör
|haberdasher
| miner (1889)
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|  
|-
|-
|marketentare
| mjölhandlare
|sutler
| flour merchant
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|  
|-
|-
|marketenterska
| mjölkarrendator
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
| tenant dairy farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|marmorarbetare
| mjölkförsäljare
|marble cutter
| milkman
|
|  
|-
|-
|maskinarbetare
| mjölkförsäljerska
|mechanic, machinist
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|maskinist
| mjölkhustru
|machinist
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|masmästare
| mjölkpiga
|smelting master
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|materialförvaltare
| mjöldräng
|store keeper
| miller's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|matlagerska
| mjölnare
|female cook
| miller
|
|  
|-
|-
|matmoder
| mjölnarhustru
|housewife, mistress of a house
| millers wife
|
|  
|-
|-
|matros
| mjölnerska
|sailor, seaman
| miller woman
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|mattbindare
| modehandlare
|mat maker, straw platter
| dealer in fancy goods
|
|  
|-
|-
|matvaruhandlare
| modesömmerska
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| milliner (1889)
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|mejerska
| modist
|dairy maid
| milliner
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|messingsslagare
| murare
|brass smith, brazier
| mason
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
|messingssmed
| muraregesäll
|brass smith
| journeyman mason
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|metallarbetare
| murarelärling
|metal worker
| masons apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|metallgjutare
| murarmästare
|brass founder, brazier
| master mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|mildsoldat
| mureriarbetare
|militiaman
| bricklayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mineralgrävare
| murerihandtlangare
|miner
| hodman
|
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
|minister
| musketerare
|government minister
| musketeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|minuthandlare
| målare
|retailer
| painter, artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|minör
| målargesäll
|miner (1889)
| journeyman painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölhandlare
| målarmästare
|flour merchant
| master painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkarrendator
| mångelska
|tenant dairy farmer
| market woman
|
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljare
| månglare
|milkman
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljerska
| mältare
|milkwoman
| maltman, maltster
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkhustru
| mästare
|milkwoman
| master
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkpiga
| mästergesäll
|milkmaid, dairymaid
| master journeyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjöldräng
| möbelhandlare
|miller's man
| dealer in furniture
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnare
| möbelmakare
|miller
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnarhustru
| möbelsnickare
|millers wife
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnerska
| mönsterherre
|miller woman
| (military) muster master
|
|  
|-
|-
|modehandlare
| mönsterskrivare
|dealer in fancy goods
| (military) muster clerk
|
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
|modesömmerska
| mössmakare
|milliner (1889)
| cap maker
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|modist
| nattman
|milliner
| night man
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|murare
| nattväktare
|mason
| night watchman
|bricklayer, stone mason
|  
|-
|-
|muraregesäll
| nipphandlerska
|journeyman mason
| dealer in fancy articles
|
|  
|-
|-
|murarelärling
| nybyggare
|masons apprentice
| settler
|
| or colonizer
|-
|-
|murarmästare
| nålmakare
|master mason
| needle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mureriarbetare
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|bricklayer
| juror
|
| kind of juryman
|-
|-
|murerihandtlangare
| näringsidkare
|hodman
| tradesman
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|  
|-
|-
|musketerare
| nätbindare
|musketeer
| net maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|målare
| officer
|painter, artist
| officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|målargesäll
| okulist
|journeyman painter
| oculist
|
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
|målarmästare
| ombudsman
|master painter
| attorney, proctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|månads karl
| opperstyrman
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
| captain's mate
|
|  
|-
|-
|månglerska
| organist
|market woman
| organist
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|  
|-
|-
|månglare
| orgelbyggare
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
| organ builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|mältare
| orgelnist
|maltman, maltster
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästare
| orgelspelare
|master
| organ player
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästergesäll
| orgeltrampare
|master journeyman
| organ blower
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelhandlare
| osthandlare
|dealer in furniture
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelmakare
| ostronhandlare
|cabinet maker
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelsnickare
| oxhandlare
|cabinet maker
| cattle dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mölnare (1829)
| oxslagtare
|see mjölnare
| beef butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterherre
| packhusinspektor
|(military) muster master
| pack officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterskrivare
| packhuskarl
|(military) muster clerk
| packer
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|  
|-
|-
|mössmakare
| pansarsmed
|cap maker
| armourer
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattman
| pantaregare
|night man
| owner of a pawn
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattvaktare
| pantgivare
|night watchman
| mortgager
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipperhandlare
| papparbetare
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| paste board worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipphandlerska
| pappersfabrikör
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| paper maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|nybyggare
| pappershandlare
|settler
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|or colonizer
|  
|-
|-
|nålmakare
| pappersskärare
|needle maker
| paper cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| pappmakare
|juror
| cardboard
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|  
|-
|-
|näringsidkare
| parfymfabrikant
|tradesman
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|nätbindare
| parfymhandlare
|net maker
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|officer
| pastor
|officer
| parish minister, pastor
|
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
|okulist
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|oculist
| (latin) parish priest
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|  
|-
|-
|ombudsman
| pastorsadjunkt
|attorney, proctor
| stipendiary curate
|
| clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
|opperstyrman
| pelshandlare
|captain's mate
| furrier
|
|  
|-
|-
|organist
| pensionsföreståndare
|organist
| master of a boarding school
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelbyggare
| perukmakare
|organ builder
| wig maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelnist
| p. et. P.
|organist
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|
| parish priest
|-
|-
|orgelspelare
| piga
|organ player
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgeltrampare
| pipare
|organ blower
| piper
|
|  
|-
|-
|osthandlare
| pipsmed
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| see bössmed
|
|  
|-
|-
|ostronhandlare
| piskmakare
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
| whip makeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxhandlare
| plogsmed
|cattle dealer
| plough wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxslagtare
| plymmakare
|beef butcher
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhusinspektor
| plåtslagare
|pack officer
| black smith, worker in sheet iron
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhuskarl
| porterbryggare
|packer
| brewer of dark ale
|
|  
|-
|-
|pansarsmed
| postförare
|armourer
| mail driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantaregare
| postmästare
|owner of a pawn
| postmaster
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantgivare
| predikant
|mortgager
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|
|  
|-
|-
|papparbetare
| principal
|paste board worker
| employer, master
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersfabrikör
| profoss
|paper maker
| flogmaster (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappershandlare
| prost
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
| dean
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersskärare
| provinsialläkare
|paper cutter
| district physician, country doctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappmakare
| präst
|cardboard
| minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymfabrikant
| pungmakare
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
| pouch maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymhandlare
| rackare
|perfumer, perfume dealer
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
|parmmätare
| reesig
|hay measurer
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastor
| regementsknekt
|parish minister, pastor
| (military)
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|  
|-
|-
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| repslagare
|(latin) parish priest
| rope maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastorsadjunkt
| resandefolk
|stipendiary curate
| itinerant, or migratory people
|clergyman receiving pay
|  
|-
|-
|pelshandlare
| resepredikant
|furrier
| itinerant preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|pennberedare
| riddare
|pen dispenser
| knight
|
|  
|-
|-
|pensionsföreståndare
| ridlärare
|master of a boarding school
| riding master  
|
|  
|-
|-
|perukmakare
| roddare
|wig maker
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|p. et. P.
| rorgängare
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
| helmsman, steersman
|parish priest
|  
|-
|-
|piga
| roteman
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
| assistant overseer
|<br>
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
|pipare
| rotemästare
|piper
| see rotmästare
|
|  
|-
|-
|pipsmed
| rotesoldat
|see bössmed
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|
|  
|-
|-
|piskmakare
| rotmästare
|whip makeer
| (military) leader
|
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
|plogsmed
| rusthållare
|plough wright
| owner of land which is obligated to provide for soldiers
|
|  
|-
|-
|plymmakare
| ryttare
|feather maker
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|plåtslagare
| ryttmästare
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
| captain of a cavalry
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|porterbryggare
| rådman
|brewer of dark ale
| councilman
|
|  
|-
|-
|possessionat
| rättare
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
| overseer (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|postförare
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|mail driver
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|postmästare
| sadelmakare
|postmaster
| master saddler
|
|  
|-
|-
|predikant
| salthandlare
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
| dealer of salt, saltman
|
|  
|-
|-
|prest
| saltmätare
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
| person who measures salt
|
|  
|-
|-
|principal
| satinvävare
|employer, master
| satin weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|profoss
| saxmakare
|flogmaster (military)
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|
|  
|-
|-
|prost
| segelmakare
|dean, sub dean (1829)
| sail maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|provinsialläkare
| segelsömmare
|district physician, country doctor
| sail maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|präst
| sejlare
|minister
| cord maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pungmakare
| sergeant
|pouch maker
| sergeant
|
|  
|-
|-
|rackare
| silkhandlare
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
| silk merchant
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|  
|-
|-
|reesig
| sillpackare
|(military)
| herring packer
|
|  
|-
|-
|regementsknekt
| sjöman
|(military)
| sailor, seaman
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|repslagare
| skarprättare
|rope maker
| executioner, hangman
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|resandefolk
| skarpskytt
|itinerant, or migratory people
| (military) sharpshooter
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|resepredikant
| skattebonde
|itinerant preacher
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|riddare
| skatteindrivare
|knight
| tax collector
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|ridlärare
| skeppare
|riding master
| skipper
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|roddare
| skeppsbyggmästare
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
| master ship builder
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|rorgängare
| skeppsgosse
|helmsman, steersman
| ship boy
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|roteman
| skoarbetare
|assistant overseer
| shoe maker
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
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|rotemästare
| skogshuggare
|see rotmästare
| wood cutter, lumberer
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|rotesoldat
| skogvaktare
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| forester
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|rotmästare
| skollärare
|(military) leader
| schoolteacher
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
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|ruggare
| skomakare
|worker in textile manufacturing
| shoemaker
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|rusthållare
| skomakaregesäll
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
| journeyman shoemaker
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
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|ryttare
| skomakaremästare
|(military) cavalryman
| master shoemaker
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|ryttmästare
| skråmästare
|captain of a cavalry
| master of a guild
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|rådbisittare
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|city councilman
| tailor
|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
| skräddaregesäll
|councilman
| journeyman tailor
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|rättare
| skräddarelärling
|overseer (1829)
| tailor's apprentice
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|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| skulptör
|(latin) assistant priest
| sculptor
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|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| skutskeppare
|(latin) priest in training
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
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|sadelmakare
| skådespelare
|saddle maker, leather worker
| stage player, actor
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|salthandlare
| skärslippare
|dealer of salt, saltman
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
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|saltmätare
| skördeman
|person who measures salt
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
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|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| sköterska
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
| nurse
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
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|satinvävare
| slaktare
|satin weaver
| meat cutter, butcher
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|saxmakare
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
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|segelmakare
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|sail maker
|  
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|segelsömmare
| smed
|sail maker
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|
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|sejlare
| smedsgesäll
|cord maker
| journeyman smith
|
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|sergeant
| smedsmästare
|sergeant
| master smith
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|sexmän
| småkrämare
|type of parish law enforcement
| dealer in small wares
|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
| smältare
|silk merchant
| smelter, melter, fuser
|
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|sillpackare
| smältarsmed
|herring packer
| shingler
|
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|-
|sjöman
| smörhandlare
|sailor, seaman
| butterman, butter merchant
|
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|-
|skarprättare
| snickare
|executioner, hangman
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|
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|-
|skarpskytt
| snickarmästare
|(military) sharpshooter
| master jointer
|
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|skattebonde
| snörmakare
|
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|
|  
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|skatteindrivare
| sockenpräst
|tax collector
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|
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|skeppare
| sockenskrivare
|skipper
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|
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|skeppsbyggmästare
| sockerbagare
|master ship builder
| confectioner, pastry cook
|
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|-
|skeppsgosse
| sockerbruksarbetare
|ship boy
| sugar refiner (workman)
|
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|-
|skoarbetare
| soldat
|shoe maker
| soldier
|
|  
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|skogshuggare
| spetshandlare
|wood cutter, lumberer
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|
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|-
|skogvaktare
| spetsknypplerska
|forester
| female lace maker
|
|  
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|-
|skollärare
| spiksmed
|schoolteacher
| nailer, person who makes nails
|
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|skomakare
| spinnare
|shoemaker
| spinner
|
|  
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|-
|skomakaregesäll
| spinnerska
|journeyman shoemaker
| female spinner, spinstress
|
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|-
|skomakaremästare
| spinnhushjon
|master shoemaker
| inmate of a house of correction
|
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
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|-
|skråmästare
| stadsfogde
|master of a guild
| town bailiff
|
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|skräddare, skrädkarl
| stadskamrer
|tailor
| town clerk
|
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|-
|skräddaregesäll
| stadsläkare
|journeyman tailor
| physician to the town, town doctor
|
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|-
|skräddarelärling
| statare, statsdräng
|tailor's apprentice
| see statkarl
|
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|skulptör
| statkarl
|sculptor
| farm hand
|
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
|skutskeppare
| statman
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
| statesman
|
|  
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|-
|skådespelare
| statsfru
|stage player, actor
| lady of state
|
|  
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|-
|skärslippare
| stenarbetare
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
| stone worker
|
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|-
|skördeman
| stenbrytare
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
| quarrier, quarryman
|
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|sköterska
| stenhuggare
|nurse
| stonecutter
|
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|-
|slaktardräng
| stenkolsarbetare
|butcher's man
| collier
|
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
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|slaktare
| strykerska
|meat cutter, butcher
| laundress, ironing woman
|
|  
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|-
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| strängmakare
|
| string maker
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|  
|-
|-
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| styckgjutare
|
| gun founder
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|  
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|-
|smed
| styckjunkare
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| see fanjunkare
|-
|-
|smedsgesäll
| styresman
|journeyman smith
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|-
|smedsmästare
| styrman
|master smith
| (military) steersman
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
|småkrämare
| stålarbetare
|dealer in small wares
| steel worker
|
|  
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|-
|smältare
| stålsmed
|smelter, melter, fuser
| steel smith
|
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|-
|smältarsmed
| stålmångelska
|shingler
| stall woman
|
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|-
|smörhandlare
| sutor
|butterman, butter merchant
| (latin) shoemaker
|
| see skomakare
|-
|-
|snickare
| svamphandlare
|joiner, cabinetmaker
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|
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|-
|snickarmästare
| svärdfejare
|master jointer
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|
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|-
|snörmakare
| symamsell
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
| seamstress
|
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|sockenpräst
| sågställare
|parish priest, parson (1829)
| saw setter
|
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|-
|sockenskrivare
| sämskmakare
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
| see garvare
|
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|-
|sockerbagare
| sättare
|confectioner, pastry cook
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|
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|-
|sockerbruksarbetare
| taktäckare
|sugar refiner (workman)
| roofer
|
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|-
|soldat
| tandläkare
|soldier
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|
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|-
|speditör
| tapetserare
|forwarding shipping agent
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
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|-
|spetshandlare
| tappare
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|
| tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
|spetsknypplerska
| tattare
|female lace maker
| gipsy (1829)
|
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|spiksmed
| taxeringsassistent
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
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|spinnare
| taxeringskommissarie
|spinner
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|spinnerska
| tegelbrännare
|female spinner, spinstress
| brickmaker, tiler
|
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|-
|spinnhushjon
| tegelslagare
|inmate of a house of correction
| brickmoulder, tiler
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
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|stadsfogde
| tegeltäckare
|town bailiff
| tiler
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|stadskamrer
| tiggare
|town clerk
| beggar
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|-
|stadsläkare
| tillsierska
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
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|-
|statare, statsdräng
| timmerman
|see statkarl
| carpenter, builder
|
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|-
|statkarl
| tinghörer
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
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|-
|statman
| tingsskrivare
|statesman
|  
|
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|statsfru
| tjuv
|lady of state
| thief
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|stenarbetare
| tjänare
|stone worker
| servant
|
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|stenbrytare
| tjänstehjon
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
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|stenhuggare
| tobaksspinnare
|stonecutter
|  
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|stenkolsarbetare
| tolvman
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
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|stickerska
| tornväktare
|knitter, woman who knits
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|strykerska
| torpare
|laundress, ironing woman
| crofter, cottager
|
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|strängmakare
| tredjen, tredjer
|string maker
|  
|
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|studerande
| tremänningssoldat
|student
| (military)
|
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|styckgjutare
| trumslagare
|gun founder
| drummer
|
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|-
|-
|styckjunkare
| tråggesäll
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|  
|-
|-
|styresman
| trädgårdsmästare
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
| gardener
|
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|-
|styrman
| tröjekäring
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
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|stålarbetare
| tunnbindare
|steel worker
| barrelmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålsmed
| tunnjunkare
|steel smith
|  
|
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|-
|stålmångelska
| ugnsgesäll
|stall woman
|  
|
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|-
|sutor
| ugnsmockare
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|  
|-
|-
|svamphandlare
| ullmelerare
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
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|-
|svarvare
| underlagman
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
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|svärdfejare
| underståtthållare
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
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|symamsell
| ugnmästare
|seamstress
|  
|
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|sågställare
| uppblåsare
|saw setter
|  
|
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|-
|sämskmakare
| utbrukare
|see garvare
|  
|
|  
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|-
|sättare
| utsittare
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
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|taktäckare
| vagndrivare
|roofer
|  
|
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|-
|tandläkare
| vagnkarl
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|  
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|-
|tapetserare
| vagnman
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
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|tappare
| vagnmakare
|tapster, bottler (1889)
| cartwright
|tapster is another title for bartender
|  
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|-
|tattare
| vagnmästare
|gipsy (1829)
| (military)  
|
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|-
|taxeringsman
| vagnsåkare
|assessor
|  
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|tegelformare
| vaktare
|brick moulder
|  
|
|  
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|-
|tegelbrännare
| vaktmästare
|brickmaker, tiler
| caretaker
|
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|-
|tegelslagare
| valackare
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
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|tegeltäckare
| valkare
|tiler
|  
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|-
|tehandlare
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
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|tenngjutare
| vallsmed
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|  
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|-
|tiggare
| vandringsarbete
|beggar
|  
|
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|-
|timmerhuggare
| vandringsrättare
|timber cutter
|  
|
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|-
|timmerman
| vantmakare
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
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|tingsskrivare
| vasall
|copyist of court cases
|  
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|tjuv
| verkgesäll
|thief
|  
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|tjänare
| vice häradshövding
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|  
|-
|-
|tjänstehjon
| vice korpral
|servant, menial work
|  
|see tjänare
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|tobakshandlare
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
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|tobaksspinnare
| vinman
|tobacco spinner
|  
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|tolvman
| voltigör
|se nämdeman
|  
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|tornväktare
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|tower watch
|  
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|torpare
| vårdskrivare
|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.
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|tresserska
| väpnare
|braider, plaiter
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|trikotstickerska
| vävare
|tricot knitter,
| weaver
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|  
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|trummare
| vävlagare
|drummer
|  
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|tryckare
| vävpiga
|printer, pressman
|  
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|trädgårdsmästare
| växlare
|gardener
|  
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|tullbetjänt
| yrkare
|customs officer
|  
|
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|-
|tulltjänsteman
| yrke
|customs officer
| profession, occupation
|
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|-
|tullvaktmästare
| åbo
|landing waiter
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
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|-
|tunnbindare
| ålderman
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
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|tunnelarbetare
| ämbetsman
|tunneller
|  
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|tvättare
| änglamakerska
|male launderer, washerman
|  
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|-
|tvätterska
| ärendesman
|washerwoman
|  
|
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|-
|tvättgumma
| ärlingsman
|washerwoman
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|-
|tältmakare
| ödegårdsman
|tent maker
|  
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|ullfärgare
| överman
|wool dyer
|  
|
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|ullhandlare
| överståthållare
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
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|-
|-
|underlöjtnant
| 12man
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
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|-
|underofficer
|non comissioned officer
|
|-
|underståtthållare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|-
|urmakare
|watch and clockmaker
|
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|vagnmakare
|cartwright, carriage maker
|
|-
|vagnmästare
|wagon master
|
|-
|vaktare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|
|-
|vallflicka
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|-
|valkare
|fuller, miller
|
|-
|vallhjon
|a person tending cattle in the field
|
|-
|vandrare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|-
|vapendragare
|squire, esquire
|
|-
|vedhuggare
|wood cutter
|
|-
|vice häradshövding
|see häradshövding
|
|-
|vicepastor
|curate
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|vinodlare
|wine grower
|
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|vårdarinna
|nurse
|
|-
|väglagare
|repairer of roads
|
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|
|-
|vävskedbindare
|weaver's comb binder
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
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|yllehandlare
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|-
|yrke
|occupation, profession
|
|-
|yrkesidkare
|trader
|
|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
|
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
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|ämbetsman
|government official, crown officer
|
|-
|överbefalhavare
|commander in chief
|
|-
|överkonstapel
|(military) corporal
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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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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Department. ''Genealogical Word List: Swedish''. Salt Lake City, 1989. {{FSDL|250107}}<br>
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Harlock, Walter E. ''Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga''. P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<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 (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
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
porterbryggare brewer of dark ale
postförare mail driver
postmästare postmaster
predikant preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
principal employer, master
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean
provinsialläkare district physician, country doctor
präst minister
pungmakare pouch maker
rackare deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
reesig (military)
regementsknekt (military)
repslagare rope maker
resandefolk itinerant, or migratory people
resepredikant itinerant preacher
riddare knight
ridlärare riding master
roddare rower, boatsman, oar's man
rorgängare helmsman, steersman
roteman assistant overseer in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
rotemästare see rotmästare
rotesoldat (military) soldier for a district in a parish
rotmästare (military) leader it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
rusthållare owner of land which is obligated to provide for soldiers
ryttare (military) cavalryman
ryttmästare captain of a cavalry
rådman councilman
rättare overseer (1829)
Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A. (latin)
sadelmakare master saddler
salthandlare dealer of salt, saltman
saltmätare person who measures salt
satinvävare satin weaver
saxmakare maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
segelmakare sail maker
segelsömmare sail maker
sejlare cord maker
sergeant sergeant
silkhandlare silk merchant
sillpackare herring packer
sjöman sailor, seaman
skarprättare executioner, hangman
skarpskytt (military) sharpshooter
skattebonde
skatteindrivare tax collector
skeppare skipper
skeppsbyggmästare master ship builder
skeppsgosse ship boy
skoarbetare shoe maker
skogshuggare wood cutter, lumberer
skogvaktare forester
skollärare schoolteacher
skomakare shoemaker
skomakaregesäll journeyman shoemaker
skomakaremästare master shoemaker
skråmästare master of a guild
skräddare, skrädkarl tailor
skräddaregesäll journeyman tailor
skräddarelärling tailor's apprentice
skulptör sculptor
skutskeppare master of a billy boy, hoyman
skådespelare stage player, actor
skärslippare tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
skördeman harvestman, harvester, reaper
sköterska nurse
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
smed smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
smedsgesäll journeyman smith
smedsmästare master smith
småkrämare dealer in small wares
smältare smelter, melter, fuser
smältarsmed shingler
smörhandlare butterman, butter merchant
snickare joiner, cabinetmaker
snickarmästare master jointer
snörmakare fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
sockenpräst parish priest, parson (1829)
sockenskrivare parish clerk, vestry clerk
sockerbagare confectioner, pastry cook
sockerbruksarbetare sugar refiner (workman)
soldat soldier
spetshandlare dealer in lace, lace merchant
spetsknypplerska female lace maker
spiksmed nailer, person who makes nails
spinnare spinner
spinnerska female spinner, spinstress
spinnhushjon inmate of a house of correction it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
stadsfogde town bailiff
stadskamrer town clerk
stadsläkare physician to the town, town doctor
statare, statsdräng see statkarl
statkarl farm hand farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
statman statesman
statsfru lady of state
stenarbetare stone worker
stenbrytare quarrier, quarryman
stenhuggare stonecutter
stenkolsarbetare collier one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
strykerska laundress, ironing woman
strängmakare string maker
styckgjutare gun founder
styckjunkare (military) artillery staff sergeant see fanjunkare
styresman governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
styrman (military) steersman helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
stålarbetare steel worker
stålsmed steel smith
stålmångelska stall woman
sutor (latin) shoemaker see skomakare
svamphandlare dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
svärdfejare sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
symamsell seamstress
sågställare saw setter
sämskmakare see garvare
sättare type setter, or (military) rammer
taktäckare roofer
tandläkare dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
tapetserare upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
tappare tapster, bottler (1889) tapster is another title for bartender
tattare gipsy (1829)
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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