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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
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|-
|aktris
|actress
|female play actor, performer
|-
|aktör
|actor
|male play actor, performer
|-
|allmänningsbonde
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|allmäningskarl
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|
|-
|amiral
|admiral (military)
|
|-
|anförare
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
|
|-
|angivare
|informer (1788)
|
|-
|anklagare
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|
|-
|ansättare
|(military) rammer
|service position with ramrods
|-
|apotekare
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|-
|arbetare
|worker, laborer
|
|-
|arbetskarl
|male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
|arbetsman
! Occupation
|male worker, workman, laborer
! Short definition
|
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|-
|-
|arbk.
| accismästare
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
| customs officer
|male worker, workman, laborer
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|-
|arkebusier
| ackuschörska
|(military) member of firing squad
| a midwife
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
| <br>
|-
|-
|arkibiskop
| adelsbussar
|(1788) archbishop
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|-
|-
|arklimästare
| adelsman
|(military) gunner
| nobleman
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|  
|-
|-
|arrendator
| adelssven
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| page (youth)
|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.
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
|artillerist
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|(military) man of the artillery
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|artillerikonstapel
| adjunctus ex officio
|(military) bombardier
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|assessor
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|assessor
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|assuradör
| administer, administra
|insurer, underwriter
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| administrator, pradii
|auctioneer
| (latin)
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|  
|-
|-
|auktor, autor
| advocatus ecclesiae
|author
| (latin)
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|  
|-
|-
|avisskrivare
| aedituus
|newswriter
| (latin)
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|  
|-
|-
|avskedad soldat
| aftonsångspredikant
|discharged, resigned soldier
| evening-service preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
| aktor
|transcriber, copier
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|axplockare
| aktris
|gleaner
| actress
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
| female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| aktör
|cottager (1788)
| actor
|see backstugusittare
| male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|cottager
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|  
|-
|-
|badare
| ansättare
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| (military) rammer
|
| service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| apotekare
|barber surgeon
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|
|  
|-
|-
|badmästare
| arbetare
|bath-keeper
| worker, workman, laborer
|(1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bagare
| arbetsman
|baker
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| arbk.
|baker's man
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|
| male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| arkebusier
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| (military) member of firing squad
|
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| arklimästare
|master baker
| (military) gunner
|
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|banérförare
| arrendator
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
|banérherre
| artillerist
|(military) banneret
| (military) man of the artillery
|
|  
|-
|-
|banér-riddare
| artillerikonstapel
|(military) knight banneret
| (military) bombardier
|
|  
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| assessor
|porter, messenger at a bank
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|banmästare
| assuradör
|overseer of a railway line
| insurer, underwriter
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberare
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|barber, shaver
| auctioneer
|
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
|barberarebiträde
| auktor, autor
|barber's assistant
| author
|
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| avisskrivare
|journeyman barber
| newswriter
|
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
|barberarelärling
| avskedad soldat
|barber's apprentice
| discharged, resigned soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|barkare
| axplockare
|tanner
| gleaner
|(1829)
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| backstugusittare
|male midwife
| cottager
|
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|-
|-
|barnmorska
| badaremästare
|female midwife
| barber surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| badmästare
|maid for children
| bath-keeper
|
| (1889)
|-
|-
|barnsköterska
| bagare
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|baron
| bagaregesäll
|baron
| baker's man
|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
| bagarelärling
|trumpeter
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonsadjuntant
| bagaremästare
|(military) sergeant-major
| master baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonschef
| banérförare
|(military) commander of a battalion
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|batterikonstapel
| banérherre
|(military) battalion bombardier
| (military) banneret
|
|  
|-
|-
|bedragare
| banér-riddare
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| (military) knight banneret
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningshavande
| bankvaktmästare
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| porter, messenger at a bank
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman
| banmästare
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| overseer of a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman (konungens)
| barberare
|county governor
| barber, shaver
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|  
|-
|-
|befaren båtsman
| barberarebiträde
|(military) traveling sailor
| barber's assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|befordrare
| barberaregesäll
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
| journeyman barber
|
|  
|-
|-
|befällningshavande
| barberarelärling
|officer in command
| barber's apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|beherskare
| barkare
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| tanner
|
| (1829)
|-
|-
|bensamlare
| barnförlossare
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| male midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergmästare
| barnmorska
|minemaster (1829)
| female midwife
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsarbetare
| barnpiga
|miner
| maid for children
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsbruksidkare
| barnsköterska
|mining man
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsfogde
| baron
|bailiff of a mine
| baron
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
| 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.
|-
|-
|bergshauptman
| basunist
|mine inspector
| trumpeter
|
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
|bergskarl
| bataljonsadjuntant
|miner
| (military) sergeant-major
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergslagsman
| bataljonschef
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| (military) commander of a battalion
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsman
| batterikonstapel
|miner
| (military) battalion bombardier
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsprångare
| befallningshavande
|miner
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
|bergsråd
| befallningsman
|
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beridare
| befallningsman (konungens)
|horsebreaker, riding master
| county governor
|
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
|beskattningsman
| befaren båtsman
|taxer, assessor
| (military) traveling sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|beslagare
| befällningshavande
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| officer in command
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|beslagskarl
| bensamlare
|see beslagare
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|besökare
| bergmästare
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| minemaster (1829)
|
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
|betalare
| bergsarbetare
|paymaster (1788)
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|betjänt
| bergsbruksidkare
|servant, civil servant
| mining man
|
|  
|-
|-
|bettlare
| bergsfogde
|beggar
| bailiff of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevaktare
| bergshauptman
|guard, keeper
| mine inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| bergskarl
|captain of the watch
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bevarare
| bergslagsman
|preserver, saver, conservator
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringskarl
| bergsman
|militia man, conscript
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| beridare
|militia man, conscript
| horsebreaker, riding master
|
|  
|-
|-
|bibliotekarie
| beskattningsman
|librarian
| taxer, assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bijouterihandlare
| beslagare
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildhuggare
| beslagskarl
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| see beslagare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildskärare
| besökare
|se bildsnidare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildsnidare
| betjänt
|sculptor
| servant, civil servant
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljare
| bettlare
|ticket seller, booking clerk
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljerska
| bevaktare
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
| guard, keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|bilöpare
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|interloper
| captain of the watch
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|  
|-
|-
|bindare
| bevarare
|tier, binder, fastener
| preserver, saver, conservator
|for example net making
|  
|-
|-
|biodlare
| beväringskarl
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| militia man, conscript
|
|  
|-
|-
|biskop
| beväringsman
|bishop
| recruit, conscript
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|  
|-
|-
|biskötare
| bibliotekarie
|bee-keeper, bee-master
| librarian
|
|  
|-
|-
|biträde
| bijouterihandlare
|assistant
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|
|  
|-
|-
|bjudare
| bildhuggare
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|
|  
|-
|-
|bleckslagare
| bildskärare
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| se bildsnidare
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|blockmakare
| bildsnidare
|block maker, pulley maker
| sculptor
|
|  
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|-
|blodigelodlare
| biljettförsäljare
|cultivator of leeches
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlare
| biljettförsäljerska
|flower seller (male)
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterhandlerska
| bilöpare
|flower seller (female)
| interloper
|also known as blomstermånglerska
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
|blomsterodlare
| bindare
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| tier, binder, fastener
|
| for example net making
|-
|-
|blossbärare
| biodlare
|torch-bearer
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|
|  
|-
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|blyarbetare
| biskop
|lead worker, plumber
| bishop
|
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
|blyfalsare
| biskötare
|plumber
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|
|  
|-
|-
|blystöpare
| biträde
|plumber
| assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|blytäckare
| bjudare
|plumber
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|
|  
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|bodbetjent
| bleckslagare
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|
|  
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|boddräng
| blockmakare
|shop hand
| block maker, pulley maker
|
|  
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|bodflicka
| blodigelodlare
|shop girl, shop maid
| cultivator of leeches
|
|  
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|bodgosse
| blomsterhandlare
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| flower seller (male)
|
| also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
|bodhandlare
| blomsterhandlerska
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| flower seller (female)
|
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
|bodmamsell
| blomsterodlare
|shop girl, shop woman
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|
|  
|-
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|bokbindare
| blossbärare
|bookbinder
| torch-bearer
|
|  
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|-
|bokförare
| blyarbetare
|book keeper
| lead worker, plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhandlare
| blyfalsare
|bookseller
| plumber
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhållare
| blystöpare
|book keeper
| plumber
|same as bokförare
|  
|-
|-
|bokhäftare
| blytäckare
|book stitcher
| plumber
|
|  
|-
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|bokmakare
| bodbetjent
|book wright, book maker
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|
|  
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|bonde
| boddräng
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
| shop hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|bondedräng
| bodflicka
|farm hand
| shop girl, shop maid
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|  
|-
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|bondeflicka
| bodgosse
|country girl
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|
|  
|-
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|bondepiga
| bodhandlare
|peasant's maid
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|borgare
| bodmamsell
|citizen, burgher
| shop girl, shop woman
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|  
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| bokbindare
|mayor
| bookbinder
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|  
|-
|-
|borrare
| bokförare
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| book keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|borrmakare
| bokhandlare
|bit forger
| bookseller
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|  
|-
|-
|borrsmed
| bokhållare
|bit smith
| book keeper
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| same as bokförare
|-
|-
|boskapshandlare
| bokhäftare
|dealer of livestock
| book stitcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsherde
| bokmakare
|herdsman
| book wright, book maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsskötare
| bonde
|stockman
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsvaktare
| bondedräng
|herdsman
| farm hand
|
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
|boställshavare
| bondeflicka
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|bouppteckningsman
| bondepiga
|person who inventories (1889)
| peasant's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|boutredningsman
| borgare
|administrator
| citizen, burgher
|
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
|brandmästare
| borgmästare
|fire warden
| mayor
|
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
|braständare
| borrare
|fire lighter
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevbärare
| borrmakare
|letter carrier, postman
| bit forger
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|brevdragare
| borrsmed
|see brevbärare
| bit smith
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|brevskrivare
| boskapshandlare
|letter writer
| dealer of livestock
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevställare
| boskapsherde
|see brevskrivare
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brobyggare
| boskapsskötare
|bridge builder
| stockman
|
|  
|-
|-
|broderare
| boskapsvaktare
|embroiderer
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|broläggare
| boställshavare
|bridge builder, paver
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|
|  
|-
|-
|bromästare
| bouppteckningsman
|bridge master
| person who inventories (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsarbetare
| boutredningsman
|worker in bronze
| administrator
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsgjutare
| brandmästare
|bronze founder, brazier
| fire warden
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsdomare
| braständare
|judge criminal
| fire lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsnoterie
| brevbärare
|crown clerk
| letter carrier, postman
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovaktare
| brevdragare
|guard of a bridge
| see brevbärare
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovindare
| brevskrivare
|bridge driver
| letter writer
|
|  
|-
|-
|brukare
| brevställare
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
| see brevskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| brobyggare
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| bridge builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksegare
| broderare
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
| embroiderer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bryggare
| broläggare
|brewer
| bridge builder, paver
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännmästare
| bromästare
|master distiller
| bridge master  
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännvinsbrännare
| bronsarbetare
|brandy distiller
| worker in bronze
|
|  
|-
|-
|buntmakare
| bronsgjutare
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
| bronze founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|byfogde
| brottmålsdomare
|hamlet bailiff
| judge criminal
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggare, byggkarl
| brottmålsnoterie
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| crown clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| brovaktare
|master builder, contractor
| guard of a bridge
|
|  
|-
|-
|bykerska
| brovindare
|washerwoman
| bridge driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|byskomakare
| brukare
|village shoemaker
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|
|  
|-
|-
|bågflytt
| bruksarbetare
|archer, bowman
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| bruksegare
|(military) seaman, sailor
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|
|  
|-
|-
|bälgmakare
| bryggare
|bellows-maker
| brewer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bödel
| brännmästare
|executioner
| master distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|bösseskytt
| brännvinsbrännare
|(military)
| brandy distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|bössmed
| buntmakare
|gunsmith
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|
|  
|-
|-
|cantor
| byfogde
|(latin)
| hamlet bailiff
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|  
|-
|-
|curatus
| byggare, byggkarl
|(latin)
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|  
|-
|-
|custod
| byggmästare
|(latin)
| master builder, contractor
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|  
|-
|-
|d., dr.
| bykerska
|abbreviation for dräng
| washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|dagkarl, daglönare
| byskomakare
|day laborer
| village shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|danneman
| bågflytt
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
| archer, bowman
|
|  
|-
|-
|degn
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|assistant to the priest
| (military) seaman, sailor
|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
| bälgmakare
|maidservant, milkmaid
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| bödel
|Miss
| executioner
|
|  
|-
|-
|d.g.
| bösseskytt
|
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|disponent
| bössmed
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
| gunsmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|domare
| cantor
|judge
| (latin)
|
| see klockare
|-
|-
|domesticus
| commissarius
|(latin)
| (latin)  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|  
|-
|-
|domprost
| curatus
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
|  
|-
|-
|dr.
| custod
|abbreviation for dräng
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|drabant, dravant
| d., dr.
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|dragon
| dagkarl, daglönare
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
| day laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|dräng, dr.
| danneman
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|däga
| degn
|see deja
| 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.)
|-
|-
|emigrantagent
| deja, dejpiga
|emigrant agent
| maidservant, milkmaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantvärvare
| demoiselle
|emigrant agent
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|extra roteringsmän
| d.g.
|
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| domare
|factory worker
| judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|famnmätare
| domesticus
|corder of wood
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fanjunkare
| domestik
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburshustru
| domherre
|wife of a storekeeper
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburssven
| domprost
|storehouse apprentice
| see prestman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| dompräst
|pauper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|filtare
| dr.
|felter
| abbreviation for dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|finbagare
| drabant, dravant
|pastry cook
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiolmakare
| dragon
|violen maker
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskare
| dräng, dr.
|fisherman
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskarflicka
| däga
|fisher girl
| see deja
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskargosse
| emigrantagent
|fisher boy
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskhandlare
| emigrantvärvare
|fish salesman, fish hawker
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjerdingsman
| extra roteringsmän
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjäderarbetare
| fabriksarbetare
|feather maker
| factory worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| famnmätare
|see fjerdingsman
| corder of wood
|
|  
|-
|-
|flickare
| fanjunkare
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fogde
| fatburshustru
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
| wife of a storekeeper
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|  
|-
|-
|forbonde
| fatburssven
|carter, wagoner
| storehouse apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|forman
| fattighjon
|see forbonde
| pauper
|
|  
|-
|-
|formare
| filtare
|moulder (1829)
| felter
|
|  
|-
|-
|friborgare
| finbagare
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| pastry cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|frihandlare
| fiolmakare
|free trader
| violen maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherre
| fiskare
|baron
| fisherman
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherrinna
| fiskarflicka
|baroness
| fisher girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|fru
| fiskargosse
|Mrs.
| fisher boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälse
| fiskhandlare
|nobility
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsebonde
| fjerdingsman
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| under bailiff of a härad
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsetorpare
| fjäderarbetare
|see frälsebonde
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fröken
| fjärdingsman
|lady, honorable Miss
| see fjerdingsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrvaktare
| flickare
|lighthouse man
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrverkare
| fogde
|(military) fire worker
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)  
|
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
|fågelfängare
| forbonde
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| carter, wagoner
|
|  
|-
|-
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| forman
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
| see forbonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårherde
| formare
|sheep tender, shepherd
| moulder (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårklippare
| friborgare
|sheep shearer
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fädräng
| frihandlare
|male herdsman, working with cattle
| free trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäflicka
| friherre
|female herder, working with cattle
| baron
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäktmästare
| friherrinna
|fencing master, master swordsman
| baroness
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältbagare
| fru
|army baker
| Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältjägare
| frälse
|army ranger
| nobility
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältpredikant
| frälsebonde
| army chaplain
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältskär
| frälsetorpare
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
| see frälsebonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| fröken
|(military) sergeant major
| lady, honorable Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|fänrik
| fyrvaktare
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
| lighthouse man
|also seen as fändrik
|  
|-
|-
|färgare
| fyrverkare
|dyer, stainer
| (military) fire worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|färgaregesäll
| fågelfängare
|journeyman dyer
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|
|  
|-
|-
|färikarl
| fårherde
|ferryman (1829)
| sheep tender, shepherd
|
|  
|-
|-
|färsing
| fårklippare
|weaver, common weaver
| sheep shearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fästebonde
| fädräng
|a tenant farmer
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|  
|-
|-
|förare
| fäflicka
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
| female herder, working with cattle
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|  
|-
|-
|föreståndare
| fäktmästare
|manager
| fencing master, master swordsman
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|  
|-
|-
|förpaktare
| fältbagare
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| army baker
|alias to arrendator
|  
|-
|-
|förpantare
| fältjägare
|mortgager,
| hunter (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| fältpredikant
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| army chaplin
|also means defenseless
|  
|-
|-
|garnhandlare
| fältskär
|dealer in wools
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|garnisonssoldat
| fältväbel
|soldier in garrison duty
| (military) sergeant major
|
|  
|-
|-
|garvare
| fänrik
|tanner (1829)
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)  
|
| also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
|gaständare
| färgare
|gas lighter
| dyer, stainer
|
|  
|-
|-
|generalbefälhavare
| färgaregesäll
|commanding general of a district
| journeyman dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|generallöjtnant
| färikarl
|lieutenant general
| ferryman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|gesäll
| färsing
|journeyman
| weaver, common weaver
|often abbreviated as gs
|  
|-
|-
|gjutare
| fästebonde
|caster, founder, moulder
| a tenant farmer
|works at a foundry
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
|glasarbetare
| förare
|glass worker
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
|glasblåsare
| föreståndare
|glassblower
| manager
|
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
|glasfabrikant
| förpantare
|glassmaker
| mortgager,
|
|  
|-
|-
|glashandlare
| försvarslös
|glassman
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|
| also means defenseless
|-
|-
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| garnhandlare
|glassmaker
| dealer in wools
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmålare
| garnisonssoldat
|glass painter
| soldier in garrison duty
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasslipare
| garvare
|glass cutter, glass grinder
| tanner (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasögonmakare
| gaständare
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
| gas lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|glättare
| generalbefälhavare
|glosser, glazer, levigator
| commanding general of a district
|
|  
|-
|-
|gratialist
| generallöjtnant
|pensionary (1889)
| lieutenant general
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|  
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| gesäll
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| journeyman
|
| often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
|grosshandlare
| gjutare
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| caster, founder, moulder
|
| works at a foundry
|-
|-
|gruvarbetare
| glasarbetare
|miner
| glass worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvbrytare
| glasblåsare
|miner
| glassblower
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvförvaltare
| glasfabrikant
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| glassmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvkarl
| glashandlare
|see gruvarbetare
| glassman
|
|  
|-
|-
|grönsakshandlare
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|green grocer
| glassmaker
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|  
|-
|-
|gs.
| glasmålare
|
| glass painter
|abbreviation for gesäll
|  
|-
|-
|guldarbetare
| glasslipare
|goldsmith (1829)
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|guldsmed
| glasögonmakare
|goldsmith (1829)
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsbrukare
| glättare
|farmer
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsdräng
| grenadjär
|see dräng
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsfogde
| grosshandlare
|see befallningsman
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| gruvarbetare
|innkeeper
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| gruvbrytare
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarmästare
| gruvförvaltare
|forge master
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| gruvkarl
|forger, hammerman
| see gruvarbetare
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnfogde
| grönsakshandlare
|overseer of a port
| green grocer
|
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
|hamnkapten
| gs.
|harbor master
|  
|
| abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
|handelsidkare
| guldarbetare
|trader, merchandiser
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsman
| guldsmed
|merchant, trader
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|handhavare
| gårdsbrukare
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| gårdsdräng
|glove maker, glover
| see dräng
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| gårdsfogde
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
| see befallningsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverksgesäll
| gästgivare
|journeyman artisian
| innkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|hatmaker
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|hejdriddare
| hammarmästare
|ranger
| forge master
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|  
|-
|-
|hembiträde
| hammarsmed
|servant girl, maid
| forger, hammerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansegare
| hamnfogde
|farm owner
| overseer of a port
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| hamnkapten
|farmer
| harbor master
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| handelsidkare
|farmer, homeowner
| trader, merchandiser
|same as jordegare
|  
|-
|-
|herrgårdstjenst
| handelsman
|service at a manor
| merchant, trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjon
| handhavare
|person (1829, 1889)
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| handskmakare
|wheelwright, wheeler
| glove maker, glover
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakardräng
| hantverkare
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphjon
| hantverksgesäll
|extra hand or helper
| journeyman artisian
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphustru
| hattmakare
|helping woman,
| hatmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbagare (1829)
| hejdriddare
|the kings baker
| ranger
|
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
|hovdam (1829)
| hemmansegare
|lady of the court
| farm owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbetjent (1829)
| hemmansbrukare
|officer of the court
| farmer
|
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
|hovjunkare (1829)
| hemmansägare
|servant to the king
| farmer, homeowner
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
| same as jordegare
|-
|-
|hovkansler
| herrgårdstjenst
|court chancellor
| service at a manor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovman (1829)
| hjon
|courtier
| person (1829, 1889)  
|
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
|hudafdragare (1889)
| hjulmakare
|skinner, flayer
| wheelwright, wheeler
|
|  
|-
|-
|husbonde (1829)
| hjulmakardräng
|master of a family or house
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|
|  
|-
|-
|husdräng (1829)
| hjälphjon
|man servant in a house
| extra hand or helper
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfader
| hjälphustru
|head of household, father
| helping woman,  
|
|  
|-
|-
|husflicka
| hovbagare (1829)
|girl servant in a house
| the kings baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfolk
| hovdam (1829)
|farmers, farm people
| lady of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|hushållare
| hovbetjent (1829)
|housekeeper
| officer of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|husjungfru (1829)
| hovjunkare (1829)  
|see hushållerska
| servant to the king
|
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
|husmamsell
| hovkansler
|housekeeper
| court chancellor
|
|  
|-
|-
|husman
| hovman (1829)
|tenant farmer
| courtier
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|husmoder
| hudafdragare (1889)
|housewife, mistress of a family
| skinner, flayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspiga
| husbonde (1829)
|housemaid
| master of a family or house
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspredikant
| husdräng (1829)
|private chaplain, house preacher
| man servant in a house  
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustjänare
| husfader
|house servant, domestic
| head of household, father
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustru
| husflicka
|wife, mistress of a family
| girl servant in a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|hyttarbetare
| husfolk
|smelter, works at a foundry
| farmers, farm people
|
|  
|-
|-
|hållkarl
| hushållare
|hostler
| housekeeper
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|  
|-
|-
|hårarbetare
| husjungfru (1829)
|hair worker
| see hushållerska
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsbokhållare
| husmamsell
|see häradsskrivare
| housekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsdomare
| husman
|senior jurate
| tenant farmer
|the oldest of the jury
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
|häradsfogde
| husmoder
|bailiff of a härad (district)
| housewife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradshövding
| huspiga
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
| housemaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsskrivare
| huspredikant
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
| private chaplain, house preacher
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|  
|-
|-
|hövitsman
| hustjänare
|captain
| house servant, domestic
|
|  
|-
|-
|infanterist
| hustru
|foot soldier
| wife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyses
| hyttarbetare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| smelter, works at a foundry
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyseshjon
| hållkarl
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| hostler
|
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
|inspektor
| hårarbetare
|inspector
| hair worker
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|  
|-
|-
|inspektör
| häradsbokhållare
|inspector
| see häradsskrivare
|superior, superintendent
|  
|-
|-
|ishandlare
| häradsdomare
|ice man, dealer of ice
| senior jurate
|
| the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
|jagare
| häradsfogde
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|
|  
|-
|-
|jodgumma (1829)
| häradshövding
|midwife
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|see barnmorska
|  
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| häradsskrivare
|husbandman (1829)
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|jordegare
| hövitsman
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| captain
|
|  
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| infanterist
|midwife (1889)
| foot soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|jungfru
| inhyses
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|junker
| inhyseshjon
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|jurist
| inspektor
|lawyer
| inspector
|
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
|justitieborgmästare
| inspektör
|recorder
| inspector
|
| superior, superintendent
|-
|-
|justitieminister
| ishandlare
|minster of justice
| ice man, dealer of ice
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitiestatsminister
| jagare
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|
|  
|-
|-
|juvelerare
| jodgumma (1829)
|jeweller
| midwife
|
| see barnmorska
|-
|-
|jägare
| jordbrukare
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
| husbandman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägeribetjent
| jordegare
|gamekeeper
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| jordegumma
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
| midwife (1889)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnhandlare
| jungfru
|dealer of iron
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsarbetare
| junker
|worker on a railway
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsbetjening
| jurist
|service on a railway line
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kakelungsmakare
| justitieborgmästare
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
| recorder
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|  
|-
|-
|kammarfru
| justitieminister
|bedchamber woman
| minster of justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjunkare
| justitiestatsminister
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjungfru
| juvelerare
|see kammarpiga
| jeweller
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjägare
| jägare
|rat hunter
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarpiga
| jägeribetjent
|lady's maid
| gamekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| jägmästare
|clerk in a government office
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|
|  
|-
|-
|kamrerare
| järnhandlare
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
| dealer of iron
|
|  
|-
|-
|kanongjutare
| järnvägsarbetare
|cannon founder
| worker on a railway
|founder who makes cannons
|  
|-
|-
|kapellmästare
| järnvägsbetjening
|chapel master
| service on a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapellpredikant
| kakelungsmakare
|preacher at a chapel
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|see kaplan
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
|kaplan, kapellan
| kammarfru
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
| bedchamber woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapten
| kammarjunkare
|(military) captain
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|  
|-
|-
|karduansmakare
| kammarjungfru
|cordwainer, leather dresser
| see kammarpiga
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|  
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| kammarjägare
|(military) cavalryman
| rat hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kedjemakare
| kammarpiga
|chain maker
| lady's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kistmakare
| kammarskrivare
|box maker
| clerk in a government office
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| kamrerare
|tinker
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelslagare
| kanongjutare
|kettle maker
| cannon founder
|
| founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
|klampare
| kapellmästare
|a foreman at a lumberyard
| chapel master
|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
| kapellpredikant
|locksmith, toolmaker
| preacher at a chapel
|
| see kaplan
|-
|-
|klockare, klr.
| kaplan, kapellan
|parish clerk
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|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
| kapten
|bell founder
| (military) captain
|
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
|klr.
| karduansmakare
|
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|abbreviation for klockare
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
|kn.
| kavallerist
|
| (military) cavalryman
|abbreviation for knekt
|  
|-
|-
|klädesfärgare
| kedjemakare
|cloth dyer
| chain maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädeshandlare
| kistmakare
|cloth merchant
| box maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädesvävare
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|cloth weaver
| tinker
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädsömmerska
| kittelslagare
|dressmaker
| kettle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|knalle
| klampare
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
|knappmakare
| klensmed
|button maker
| locksmith, toolmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|knekt
| klockare, klr.
|(military) soldier, man at arms
| parish clerk
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
|knifvässare
| klockgjutare
|knife sharpener, cutler
| bell founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|knifsmed
| klr.
|cutler
|  
|
| abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
|knipare
| kn.
|nipper
|  
|
| abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
|knypplare
| klädesfärgare
|male lace maker
| cloth dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplerska
| klädeshandlare
|female lace maker
| cloth merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|koarrendator
| klädesvävare
|see mjölkarrendator
| cloth weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| klädsömmerska
|merchant marine
| dressmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdikapten
| knalle
|captain of a merchant ship
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdimatros
| knappmakare
|merchant seaman
| button maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|koffertsnickare
| knekt
|trunk maker
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|
|  
|-
|-
|kokerska
| knifvässare
|female cook, cook maid
| knife sharpener, cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|kogubbe
| knifsmed
|cow feeder, cow keeper
| cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolarbetare
| knipare
|collier
| nipper
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|kolare
| knypplare
|coal man, charcoal burner
| male lace maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolbonde
| knypplerska
|coal carter
| female lace maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolhandlare
| koarrendator
|coal merchant
| see mjölkarrendator
|
|  
|-
|-
|komminister
| kofferdi
|perpetual curate
| merchant marine
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|  
|-
|-
|kommissarie
| kofferdimatros
|commissioner
| merchant seaman
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|  
|-
|-
|konduktor
| koffertsnickare
|conductor, guard with the railways
| trunk maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|konduktör
| kokerska
|sergeant
| female cook, cook maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|konstapel
| kogubbe
|(police) constable
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|  
|-
|-
|konstnär
| kolarbetare
|artist
| collier
|
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|kontorskrivare
| kolare
|clerk
| coal man, charcoal burner
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontraktsprost
| kolbonde
|rural dean
| coal carter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| kolhandlare
|coppersmith
| coal merchant
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|koppartryckare
| komminister
|copper plate printer
| perpetual curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
|korgarbetare
| kommissarie
|basket worker, wicker
| commissioner
|
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
|korgflätare
| konduktor
|basket maker
| conductor, guard with the railways
|
|  
|-
|-
|korherre
| konduktör
|canon
| sergeant
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|  
|-
|-
|korpral
| konstapel
|(military) corporal
| (police) constable
|
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
|kovaktare
| konstnär
|cow keeper
| artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|kreaturshandlare
| kontorskrivare
|see boskapshandlare
| clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| kontraktsprost
|
| rural dean
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|  
|-
|-
|krigsman
| kopparslagare
|soldier
| coppersmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronoarrendator
| koppartryckare
|crown tenant, crown peasant
| copper plate printer
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobefallningsman
| korgarbetare
|see länsman
| basket worker, wicker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobetjäning
| korgflätare
|police
| basket maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobonde
| korherre
|crown peasant
| canon
|
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
|kronofogde
| korpral
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
| (military) corporal
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|  
|-
|-
|kronojägare
| kovaktare
|ranger
| cow keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| kreaturshandlare
|see länsman
| see boskapshandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronouppbördsman
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| krigsman
|potter
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kryddkrämare
| kronoarrendator
|grocer, storekeeper
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|krögare
| kronobefallningsman
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kurir
| kronobetjäning
|courier
| police
|
|  
|-
|-
|kusk, kutsk
| kronobonde
|coachman
| crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kustuppsyningsman
| kronofogde
|an under officer with the coast guard
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnarrendator
| kronojägare
|renter of a mill
| ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnbyggare
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|mill wright
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarndräng
| kronouppbördsman
|mill hand
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnegare
| krukmakare
|mill owner
| potter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarntullsinspektor
| kryddkrämare
|mill toll inspector
| grocer, storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kypare
| krögare
|wine cooper, cooper
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkobetjänare
| kurir
|churchman, clergyman
| courier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoföreståndare
| kusk, kutsk
|churchwarden
| coachman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| kvarnarrendator
|rector, parson, parish minister
| renter of a mill
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| kvarnbyggare
|church guard, sexton
| mill wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkvärd
| kvarndräng
|churchwarden
| mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|käpphandlare
| kvarnegare
|cane seller, caneman
| mill owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökbetjäning
| kvarntullsinspektor
|kitchen staff
| mill toll inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökspiga
| kypare
|kitchen maid
| wine cooper, cooper
|
|  
|-
|-
|köpman
| kyrkobetjänare
|merchant
| churchman, clergyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|körsnär
| kyrkoföreståndare
|fur merchant, furrier
| churchwarden
|see buntmakare
|  
|-
|-
|kötthandlare
| kyrkoherde
|meat salesman, butcher
| rector, parson, parish minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|köttmånglare
| kyrkovaktare
|see kötthandlare
| church guard, sexton
|
|  
|-
|-
|lackerare
| kyrkvärd
|one who applies lacquer
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdsidkare
| käpphandlare
|dairyman
| cane seller, caneman
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdspiga
| kökbetjäning
|dairymaid
| kitchen staff
|
|  
|-
|-
|laggare
| kökspiga
|hooper
| kitchen maid
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|  
|-
|-
|lagkarl
| köpman
|lawyer
| merchant
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|landbo
| körsnär
|tenant farmer
| fur merchant, furrier
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
| see buntmakare
|-
|-
|landshövding
| kötthandlare
|lord lieutenant
| meat salesman, butcher
|see befallningshavande
|  
|-
|-
|landsknekt
| köttmånglare
|(military) landsquenet
| see kötthandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|landskontorist
| ladugårdsidkare
|clerk in receivers office
| dairyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsman
| ladugårdspiga
|fellow countryman, compatriot
| dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|landstrykare
| laggare
|vagrant, tramp
| hooper
|
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
|landsvägsriddare
| lagkarl
|knight of the road
| lawyer
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|  
|-
|-
|landtbo
| landbo
|countryman, person from the country
| person living in the country  
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbrukare
| landshövding
|farmer, gentleman farmer
| lord lieutenant
|
| see befallningshavande
|-
|-
|landtbruksbokhållare
| landsknekt
|under steward
| (military) landsquenet
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksinspektor
| landskontorist
|land steward
| clerk in receivers office
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtflicka
| landsman
|country girl
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthandlare
| landstrykare
|country shopkeeper
| vagrant, tramp
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthushållare
| landsvägsriddare
|husbandman
| knight of the road
|see also jordbrukare
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
|landtjunkare
| landtbo
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| countryman, person from the country  
|
|  
|-
|-
|lantmätare
| landtbrukare
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappare
| landtbruksbokhållare
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
| under steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappbonde
| landtbruksinspektor
|Lapp peasant
| land steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|lappskarvare
| landtflicka
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| country girl
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|lappskräddare
| landthandlare
|patch tailor, botcher
| country shopkeeper
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|lastningsbokhållare
| landthushållare
|shipping clerk
| husbandman
|
| see also jordbrukare
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|legoknekt
| landtjunkare
|(military) mercenary
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
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|likörare
| lappare
|hearse driver
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|
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|liktarskeppare
| lappbonde
|lighterman, bargeman
| Lapp peasant
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|limkokare
| lappskarvare
|glue boiler
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
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|linberedare
| lappskräddare
|flax dresser
| patch tailor, botcher
|
|  
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|linhandlare
| lastningsbokhållare
|dealer in flax, flaxman
| shipping clerk
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|linhäcklare
| legoknekt
|flax dresser
| (military) mercenary
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|linvävare
| likörare
|linen weaver
| hearse driver
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|livdrabant
| liktarskeppare
|(military) yeoman of the guard
| lighterman, bargeman
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|livdragon
| limkokare
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
| glue boiler
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|livgrenadjär
| linberedare
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
| flax dresser
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|livhussar
| linhandlare
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
| dealer in flax, flaxman
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|ljusfabrikör
| linhäcklare
|candlemaker
| flax dresser
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|logarvare
| livdrabant
|tanner
| (military) yeoman of the guard
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|lokomotivförare
| livdragon
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
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|lots
| livgrenadjär
|sea pilot
| (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
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|lumphandlare
| livhussar
|rag dealer
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
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|lumpsamlare
| ljusfabrikör
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
| candlemaker
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|lånförmedlare
| logarvare
|negotiator of loans, broker
| tanner
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|läkare
| lokomotivförare
|doctor
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|healer, curer, physician
|  
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|länsbokhållare
| lots
|sheriff clerk
| sea pilot
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|länsinnehavare
| lumphandlare
|tenant of a feud
| rag dealer
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|länsman
| lumpsamlare
|sheriff
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
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|länsåklagare
| lånförmedlare
|county prosecutor
| negotiator of loans, broker
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|lärare
| läkare
|teacher
| doctor
|
| healer, curer, physician
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|-
|lärling
| länsbokhållare
|apprentice
| sheriff clerk
|
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|löjtnant
| länsinnehavare
|lieutenant
| tenant of a feud
|
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|lösdrivare
| länsman
|vagrant
| sheriff
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|  
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|madam
| länsåklagare
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
| county prosecutor
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|  
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|madrassmakare
| lärare
|mattressmaker
| teacher
|
|  
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|magasinbokhållare
| lärling
|warehouse clerk
| apprentice
|
|  
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|magasinsförvaltare
| löjtnant
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
| lieutenant
|
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|magistratsperson
| lösdrivare
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
| vagrant
|
|  
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|magistratssekreterare
| madam
|town clerk
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|
|  
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|major
| madrassmakare
|(military) army major
| mattressmaker
|
|  
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|majorska
| magasinbokhållare
|wife of a major
| warehouse clerk
|
|  
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|malmbrytare
| magasinsförvaltare
|mine digger, miner
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|
|  
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|malthandlare
| magistratsperson
|dealer in malt, maltman
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|
|  
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|mamsell
| magistratssekreterare
|miss
| town clerk
|comparable to fröken
|  
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|mantalskommissarie
| major
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
| (military) army major
|
|  
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|manufakturhandlare
| majorska
|haberdasher
| wife of a major
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|  
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|-
|marketentare
| malmbrytare
|sutler
| mine digger, miner
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|  
|-
|-
|marketenterska
| malthandlare
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
| dealer in malt, maltman
|
|  
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|marmorarbetare
| mamsell
|marble cutter
| miss
|
| comparable to fröken
|-
|-
|maskinarbetare
| mantalskommissarie
|mechanic, machinist
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|
|  
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|-
|maskinist
| manufakturhandlare
|machinist
| haberdasher
|
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
|masmästare
| marketentare
|smelting master
| sutler
|
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
|materialförvaltare
| marketenterska
|store keeper
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|
|  
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|matlagerska
| marmorarbetare
|female cook
| marble cutter
|
|  
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|matmoder
| maskinarbetare
|housewife, mistress of a house
| mechanic, machinist
|
|  
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|matros
| maskinist
|sailor, seaman
| machinist
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|  
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|mattbindare
| masmästare
|mat maker, straw platter
| smelting master
|
|  
|-
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|matvaruhandlare
| materialförvaltare
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| store keeper
|
|  
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|-
|mejerska
| matlagerska
|dairy maid
| female cook
|
|  
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|-
|messingsslagare
| matmoder
|brass smith, brazier
| housewife, mistress of a house
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|messingssmed
| matros
|brass smith
| sailor, seaman
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
|metallarbetare
| mattbindare
|metal worker
| mat maker, straw platter
|
|  
|-
|-
|metallgjutare
| matvaruhandlare
|brass founder, brazier
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|
|  
|-
|-
|mildsoldat
| mejerska
|militiaman
| dairy maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|mineralgrävare
| messingsslagare
|miner
| brass smith, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|minister
| messingssmed
|government minister
| brass smith
|
|  
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|minuthandlare
| metallarbetare
|retailer
| metal worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|minör
| metallgjutare
|miner (1889)
| brass founder, brazier
|
|  
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|-
|mjölhandlare
| mildsoldat
|flour merchant
| militiaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkarrendator
| mineralgrävare
|tenant dairy farmer
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljare
| minister
|milkman
| government minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljerska
| minuthandlare
|milkwoman
| retailer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkhustru
| minör
|milkwoman
| miner (1889)
|
|  
|-
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|mjölkpiga
| mjölhandlare
|milkmaid, dairymaid
| flour merchant
|
|  
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|-
|mjöldräng
| mjölkarrendator
|miller's man
| tenant dairy farmer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnare
| mjölkförsäljare
|miller
| milkman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnarhustru
| mjölkförsäljerska
|millers wife
| milkwoman
|
|  
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|-
|mjölnerska
| mjölkhustru
|miller woman
| milkwoman
|
|  
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|-
|modehandlare
| mjölkpiga
|dealer in fancy goods
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|modesömmerska
| mjöldräng
|milliner (1889)
| miller's man
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|modist
| mjölnare
|milliner
| miller
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
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|murare
| mjölnarhustru
|mason
| millers wife
|bricklayer, stone mason
|  
|-
|-
|muraregesäll
| mjölnerska
|journeyman mason
| miller woman
|
|  
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|murarelärling
| modehandlare
|masons apprentice
| dealer in fancy goods
|
|  
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|-
|murarmästare
| modesömmerska
|master mason
| milliner (1889)
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|mureriarbetare
| modist
|bricklayer
| milliner
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|murerihandtlangare
| murare
|hodman
| mason
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
| bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
|musketerare
| muraregesäll
|musketeer
| journeyman mason
|
|  
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|-
|målare
| murarelärling
|painter, artist
| masons apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|målargesäll
| murarmästare
|journeyman painter
| master mason
|
|  
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|-
|målarmästare
| mureriarbetare
|master painter
| bricklayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|månads karl
| murerihandtlangare
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
| hodman
|
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
|månglerska
| musketerare
|market woman
| musketeer
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|  
|-
|-
|månglare
| målare
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
| painter, artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|mältare
| målargesäll
|maltman, maltster
| journeyman painter
|
|  
|-
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|mästare
| målarmästare
|master
| master painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästergesäll
| mångelska
|master journeyman
| market woman
|
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
|möbelhandlare
| månglare
|dealer in furniture
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelmakare
| mältare
|cabinet maker
| maltman, maltster
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelsnickare
| mästare
|cabinet maker
| master
|
|  
|-
|-
|mölnare (1829)
| mästergesäll
|see mjölnare
| master journeyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterherre
| möbelhandlare
|(military) muster master
| dealer in furniture
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterskrivare
| möbelmakare
|(military) muster clerk
| cabinet maker
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|  
|-
|-
|mössmakare
| möbelsnickare
|cap maker
| cabinet maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattman
| mönsterherre
|night man
| (military) muster master
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattvaktare
| mönsterskrivare
|night watchman
| (military) muster clerk
|
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
|nipperhandlare
| mössmakare
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| cap maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipphandlerska
| nattman
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| night man
|
|  
|-
|-
|nybyggare
| nattväktare
|settler
| night watchman
|or colonizer
|  
|-
|-
|nålmakare
| nipphandlerska
|needle maker
| dealer in fancy articles
|
|  
|-
|-
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| nybyggare
|juror
| settler
| kind of juryman/lay judge
| or colonizer
|-
|-
|näringsidkare
| nålmakare
|tradesman
| needle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|nätbindare
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|net maker
| juror
|
| kind of juryman
|-
|-
|officer
| näringsidkare
|officer
| tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|okulist
| nätbindare
|oculist
| net maker
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|  
|-
|-
|ombudsman
| officer
|attorney, proctor
| officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|opperstyrman
| okulist
|captain's mate
| oculist
|
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
|organist
| ombudsman
|organist
| attorney, proctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelbyggare
| opperstyrman
|organ builder
| captain's mate
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelnist
| organist
|organist
| organist  
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelspelare
| orgelbyggare
|organ player
| organ builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgeltrampare
| orgelnist
|organ blower
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|osthandlare
| orgelspelare
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| organ player
|
|  
|-
|-
|ostronhandlare
| orgeltrampare
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
| organ blower
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxhandlare
| osthandlare
|cattle dealer
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxslagtare
| ostronhandlare
|beef butcher
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhusinspektor
| oxhandlare
|pack officer
| cattle dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhuskarl
| oxslagtare
|packer
| beef butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|pansarsmed
| packhusinspektor
|armourer
| pack officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantaregare
| packhuskarl
|owner of a pawn
| packer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantgivare
| pansarsmed
|mortgager
| armourer
|
|  
|-
|-
|papparbetare
| pantaregare
|paste board worker
| owner of a pawn
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersfabrikör
| pantgivare
|paper maker
| mortgager
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappershandlare
| papparbetare
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
| paste board worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersskärare
| pappersfabrikör
|paper cutter
| paper maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappmakare
| pappershandlare
|cardboard
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymfabrikant
| pappersskärare
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
| paper cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymhandlare
| pappmakare
|perfumer, perfume dealer
| cardboard
|
|  
|-
|-
|parmmätare
| parfymfabrikant
|hay measurer
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastor
| parfymhandlare
|parish minister, pastor
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|  
|-
|-
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| pastor  
|(latin) parish priest
| parish minister, pastor
|
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
|pastorsadjunkt
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|stipendiary curate
| (latin) parish priest
|clergyman receiving pay
|  
|-
|-
|pelshandlare
| pastorsadjunkt
|furrier
| stipendiary curate
|
| clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
|pennberedare
| pelshandlare
|pen dispenser
| furrier
|
|  
|-
|-
|pensionsföreståndare
| pensionsföreståndare  
|master of a boarding school
| master of a boarding school  
|
|  
|-
|-
|perukmakare
| perukmakare  
|wig maker
| wig maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|p. et. P.
| p. et. P.  
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus  
|parish priest
| parish priest
|-
|-
|piga
| piga  
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
| maid, maiden, servant girl  
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|  
|-
|-
|pipare
| pipare  
|piper
| piper  
|
|  
|-
|-
|pipsmed
| pipsmed  
|see bössmed
| see bössmed  
|
|  
|-
|-
|piskmakare
| piskmakare  
|whip makeer
| whip makeer  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plogsmed
| plogsmed  
|plough wright
| plough wright  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plymmakare
| plymmakare  
|feather maker
| feather maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|plåtslagare
| plåtslagare  
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
| black smith, worker in sheet iron  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|porterbryggare
| porterbryggare  
|brewer of dark ale
| brewer of dark ale  
|
|  
|-
|-
|possessionat
| postförare
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
| mail driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|postförare
| postmästare
|mail driver
| postmaster
|
|  
|-
|-
|postmästare
| predikant
|postmaster
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|
|  
|-
|-
|predikant
| principal
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
| employer, master
|
|  
|-
|-
|prest
| profoss
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
| flogmaster (military)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|principal
| prost
|employer, master
| dean
|
|  
|-
|-
|profoss
| provinsialläkare
|flogmaster (military)
| district physician, country doctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|prost
| präst
|dean, sub dean (1829)
| minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|provinsialläkare
| pungmakare
|district physician, country doctor
| pouch maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|präst
| rackare
|minister
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
|pungmakare
| reesig
|pouch maker
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|rackare
| regementsknekt
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
| (military)
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|  
|-
|-
|reesig
| repslagare
|(military)
| rope maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|regementsknekt
| resandefolk
|(military)
| itinerant, or migratory people
|
|  
|-
|-
|repslagare
| resepredikant
|rope maker
| itinerant preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|resandefolk
| riddare
|itinerant, or migratory people
| knight
|
|  
|-
|-
|resepredikant
| ridlärare
|itinerant preacher
| riding master
|
|  
|-
|-
|riddare
| roddare
|knight
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|ridlärare
| rorgängare
|riding master
| helmsman, steersman
|
|  
|-
|-
|roddare
| roteman
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
| assistant overseer
|
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
|rorgängare
| rotemästare
|helmsman, steersman
| see rotmästare
|
|  
|-
|-
|roteman
| rotesoldat
|assistant overseer
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|  
|-
|-
|rotemästare
| rotmästare
|see rotmästare
| (military) leader
|
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
|rotesoldat
| rusthållare
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| owner of land which is obligated to provide for soldiers
|
|  
|-
|-
|rotmästare
| ryttare
|(military) leader
| (military) cavalryman
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|  
|-
|-
|ruggare
| ryttmästare
|worker in textile manufacturing
| captain of a cavalry
|
|  
|-
|-
|rusthållare
| rådman
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
| councilman
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
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|ryttare
| rättare
|(military) cavalryman
| overseer (1829)  
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|ryttmästare
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|captain of a cavalry
| (latin)
|<br>
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|rådbisittare
| sadelmakare
|city councilman
| master saddler
|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
| salthandlare
|councilman
| dealer of salt, saltman
|<br>
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|rättare
| saltmätare
|overseer (1829)
| person who measures salt
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|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| satinvävare
|(latin) assistant priest
| satin weaver
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|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| saxmakare
|(latin) priest in training
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
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|sadelmakare
| segelmakare
|saddle maker, leather worker
| sail maker  
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|salthandlare
| segelsömmare
|dealer of salt, saltman
| sail maker
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|saltmätare
| sejlare
|person who measures salt
| cord maker
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|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| sergeant
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
| sergeant
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
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|satinvävare
| silkhandlare
|satin weaver
| silk merchant
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|saxmakare
| sillpackare
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
| herring packer
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|segelmakare
| sjöman
|sail maker
| sailor, seaman
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|segelsömmare
| skarprättare
|sail maker
| executioner, hangman
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|sejlare
| skarpskytt
|cord maker
| (military) sharpshooter
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|sergeant
| skattebonde
|sergeant
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|sexmän
| skatteindrivare
|type of parish law enforcement
| tax collector
|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
| skeppare
|silk merchant
| skipper
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|sillpackare
| skeppsbyggmästare
|herring packer
| master ship builder
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|sjöman
| skeppsgosse
|sailor, seaman
| ship boy
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|skarprättare
| skoarbetare
|executioner, hangman
| shoe maker
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|skarpskytt
| skogshuggare
|(military) sharpshooter
| wood cutter, lumberer
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|skattebonde
| skogvaktare
|
| forester
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|skatteindrivare
| skollärare
|tax collector
| schoolteacher
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|skeppare
| skomakare
|skipper
| shoemaker
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|-
|skeppsbyggmästare
| skomakaregesäll
|master ship builder
| journeyman shoemaker
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|skeppsgosse
| skomakaremästare
|ship boy
| master shoemaker
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|skoarbetare
| skråmästare
|shoe maker
| master of a guild
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|skogshuggare
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|wood cutter, lumberer
| tailor
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|skogvaktare
| skräddaregesäll
|forester
| journeyman tailor
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|skollärare
| skräddarelärling
|schoolteacher
| tailor's apprentice
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|skomakare
| skulptör
|shoemaker
| sculptor
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|-
|skomakaregesäll
| skutskeppare
|journeyman shoemaker
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
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|skomakaremästare
| skådespelare
|master shoemaker
| stage player, actor
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|skråmästare
| skärslippare
|master of a guild
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
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|-
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| skördeman
|tailor
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|
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|skräddaregesäll
| sköterska
|journeyman tailor
| nurse
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|skräddarelärling
| slaktare
|tailor's apprentice
| meat cutter, butcher
|
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|-
|skulptör
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|sculptor
|  
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|skutskeppare
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
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|skådespelare
| smed
|stage player, actor
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|
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|-
|skärslippare
| smedsgesäll
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
| journeyman smith
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|skördeman
| smedsmästare
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
| master smith
|
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|sköterska
| småkrämare
|nurse
| dealer in small wares
|
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|-
|slaktardräng
| smältare
|butcher's man
| smelter, melter, fuser
|
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|-
|slaktare
| smältarsmed
|meat cutter, butcher
| shingler
|
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|-
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| smörhandlare
|
| butterman, butter merchant
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
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|-
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| snickare
|
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
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|-
|smed
| snickarmästare
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| master jointer
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|-
|smedsgesäll
| snörmakare
|journeyman smith
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|-
|smedsmästare
| sockenpräst
|master smith
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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|-
|småkrämare
| sockenskrivare
|dealer in small wares
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|
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|-
|smältare
| sockerbagare
|smelter, melter, fuser
| confectioner, pastry cook
|
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|-
|smältarsmed
| sockerbruksarbetare
|shingler
| sugar refiner (workman)
|
|  
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|-
|smörhandlare
| soldat
|butterman, butter merchant
| soldier
|
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|-
|snickare
| spetshandlare
|joiner, cabinetmaker
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|
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|-
|snickarmästare
| spetsknypplerska
|master jointer
| female lace maker
|
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|-
|snörmakare
| spiksmed
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
| nailer, person who makes nails
|
|  
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|-
|sockenpräst
| spinnare
|parish priest, parson (1829)
| spinner
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|-
|sockenskrivare
| spinnerska
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
| female spinner, spinstress
|
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|-
|sockerbagare
| spinnhushjon
|confectioner, pastry cook
| 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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|-
|sockerbruksarbetare
| stadsfogde
|sugar refiner (workman)
| town bailiff
|
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|-
|soldat
| stadskamrer
|soldier
| town clerk
|
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|-
|-
|speditör
| stadsläkare
|forwarding shipping agent
| physician to the town, town doctor
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|  
|-
|-
|spetshandlare
| statare, statsdräng
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| see statkarl
|
|  
|-
|-
|spetsknypplerska
| statkarl
|female lace maker
| farm hand
|
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
|spiksmed
| statman
|nailer, person who makes nails
| statesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnare
| statsfru
|spinner
| lady of state
|
|  
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|-
|spinnerska
| stenarbetare
|female spinner, spinstress
| stone worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnhushjon
| stenbrytare
|inmate of a house of correction
| quarrier, quarryman
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
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|-
|-
|stadsfogde
| stenhuggare
|town bailiff
| stonecutter
|
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|-
|stadskamrer
| stenkolsarbetare
|town clerk
| collier
|
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|stadsläkare
| strykerska
|physician to the town, town doctor
| laundress, ironing woman
|
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|-
|-
|statare, statsdräng
| strängmakare
|see statkarl
| string maker
|
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|-
|-
|statkarl
| styckgjutare
|farm hand
| gun founder
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
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|-
|-
|statman
| styckjunkare
|statesman
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|
| see fanjunkare
|-
|-
|statsfru
| styresman
|lady of state
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|
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|-
|-
|stenarbetare
| styrman
|stone worker
| (military) steersman
|
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
|stenbrytare
| stålarbetare
|quarrier, quarryman
| steel worker
|
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|-
|-
|stenhuggare
| stålsmed
|stonecutter
| steel smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenkolsarbetare
| stålmångelska
|collier
| stall woman
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
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|-
|-
|stickerska
| sutor
|knitter, woman who knits
| (latin) shoemaker
|
| see skomakare
|-
|-
|strykerska
| svamphandlare
|laundress, ironing woman
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|strängmakare
| svärdfejare
|string maker
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|
|  
|-
|-
|studerande
| symamsell
|student
| seamstress
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckgjutare
| sågställare
|gun founder
| saw setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckjunkare
| sämskmakare
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
| see garvare
|see fanjunkare
|  
|-
|-
|styresman
| sättare
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|
|  
|-
|-
|styrman
| taktäckare
|(military) steersman
| roofer
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|  
|-
|-
|stålarbetare
| tandläkare
|steel worker
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålsmed
| tapetserare
|steel smith
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|
|  
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|-
|stålmångelska
| tappare
|stall woman
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|
| tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
|sutor
| tattare
|(latin) shoemaker
| gipsy (1829)  
|see skomakare
|  
|-
|-
|svamphandlare
| taxeringsman
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|svarvare
| tegelformare
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
| brick moulder
|
|  
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|-
|svärdfejare
| tegelbrännare
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
| brickmaker, tiler
|
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|-
|-
|symamsell
| tegelslagare
|seamstress
| brickmoulder, tiler
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
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|-
|sågställare
| tegeltäckare
|saw setter
| tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|sämskmakare
| tehandlare
|see garvare
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|sättare
| tenngjutare
|type setter, or (military) rammer
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|taktäckare
| tiggare
|roofer
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|tandläkare
| timmerhuggare
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| timber cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|tapetserare
| timmerman
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
| carpenter, builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|tappare
| tingsskrivare
|tapster, bottler (1889)
| copyist of court cases
|tapster is another title for bartender
|  
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|-
|tattare
| tjuv
|gipsy (1829)
| thief
|
|  
|-
|-
|taxeringsman
| tjänare
|assessor
| servant
|
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
|tegelformare
| tjänstehjon
|brick moulder
| servant, menial work
|
| see tjänare
|-
|-
|tegelbrännare
| tobaksspinnare
|brickmaker, tiler
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelslagare
| tolvman
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|  
|-
|-
|tegeltäckare
| tornväktare
|tiler
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tehandlare
| torpare
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
| crofter, cottager
|
|  
|-
|-
|tenngjutare
| tredjen, tredjer
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
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|-
|tiggare
| tremänningssoldat
|beggar
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerhuggare
| trumslagare
|timber cutter
| drummer
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerman
| tråggesäll
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tingsskrivare
| trädgårdsmästare
|copyist of court cases
| gardener
|
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|-
|tjuv
| tröjekäring
|thief
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjänare
| tunnbindare
|servant
| barrelmaker
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|  
|-
|-
|tjänstehjon
| tunnjunkare
|servant, menial work
|  
|see tjänare
|  
|-
|-
|tobakshandlare
| ugnsgesäll
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
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|-
|-
|tobaksspinnare
| ugnsmockare
|tobacco spinner
|  
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|tolvman
| ullmelerare
|se nämdeman
|  
|
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|tornväktare
| underlagman
|tower watch
|  
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|-
|torpare
| underståtthållare
|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
| ugnmästare
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
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|trikotstickerska
| uppblåsare
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|  
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|trummare
| utbrukare
|drummer
|  
|
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|-
|tryckare
| utsittare
|printer, pressman
|  
|
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|-
|trädgårdsmästare
| vagndrivare
|gardener
|  
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|tullbetjänt
| vagnkarl
|customs officer
|  
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|-
|tulltjänsteman
| vagnman
|customs officer
|  
|
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|-
|-
|tullvaktmästare
| vagnmakare
|landing waiter
| cartwright
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnbindare
| vagnmästare
|barrelmaker, cooper
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnelarbetare
| vagnsåkare
|tunneller
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättare
| vaktare
|male launderer, washerman
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvätterska
| vaktmästare
|washerwoman
| caretaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättgumma
| valackare
|washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tältmakare
| valkare
|tent maker
|  
|
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|-
|-
|ullfärgare
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|wool dyer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullhandlare
| vallsmed
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|underlöjtnant
| vandringsarbete
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|underofficer
| vandringsrättare
|non comissioned officer
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|underståtthållare
| vantmakare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|  
|
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|-
|-
|urmakare
| vasall
|watch and clockmaker
|  
|
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|-
|-
|vagnmakare
| verkgesäll
|cartwright, carriage maker
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vagnmästare
| vice häradshövding
|wagon master
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vaktare
| vice korpral
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|  
|
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|-
|-
|vaktmästare
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|caretaker
|  
|
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|-
|vallflicka
| vinman
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|  
|
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|-
|-
|valkare
| voltigör
|fuller, miller
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vallhjon
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|a person tending cattle in the field
|  
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|-
|vandrare
| vårdskrivare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vapendragare
| väpnare
|squire, esquire
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vedhuggare
| vävare
|wood cutter
| weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|vice häradshövding
| vävlagare
|see häradshövding
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|vicepastor
| vävpiga
|curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|  
|-
|-
|vinodlare
| växlare
|wine grower
|  
|
|  
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|-
|vårdarinna
| yrkare
|nurse
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|väglagare
| yrke
|repairer of roads
| profession, occupation
|
|  
|-
|-
|vävare
| åbo
|weaver
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|  
|-
|-
|vävskedbindare
| ålderman
|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
| ämbetsman
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|  
|
|  
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|-
|yrke
| änglamakerska
|occupation, profession
|  
|
|  
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|-
|yrkesidkare
| ärendesman
|trader
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|yrkesman
| ärlingsman
|craftsman
|  
|
|  
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|-
|åbo
| ödegårdsman
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ålderman
| överman
|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
| överståthållare
|government official, crown officer
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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>
Deleen, Carl. ''Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey''. N.M. Lindh, Örebro 1829. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BMEDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Swedish%20and%20English%20Pocket%20Dictionary&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary]<br>
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Department. ''Genealogical Word List: Swedish''. Salt Lake City, 1989. {{FSDL|250107}}<br>
Gernandt, C. E. ''Nordisk Familjebok''. 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>
Harlock, Walter E. ''Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga''. P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>
Stockholm Stadsarkiv. "Rådbisittare", ''Källhandbok till Skråarkiven''. Stockholm, 2010<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)
taxeringsman assessor
tegelformare brick moulder
tegelbrännare brickmaker, tiler
tegelslagare brickmoulder, tiler see tegelslagare
tegeltäckare tiler
tehandlare dealer in tea, tea dealer
tenngjutare pewterer, tinman, tin smith
tiggare beggar
timmerhuggare timber cutter
timmerman carpenter, builder
tingsskrivare copyist of court cases
tjuv thief
tjänare servant also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
tjänstehjon servant, menial work see tjänare
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

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

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

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