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


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


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


Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
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This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
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|abbot
|abbot
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|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|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
! Occupation
|evening-service preacher
! Short definition
|
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|-
|-
|agent
| accismästare
|agent, representative
| customs officer
|
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|-
|aktor
| ackuschörska
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
| a midwife
|
| <br>
|-
|-
|aktris
| adelsbussar
|actress
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|female play actor, performer
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|-
|-
|aktör
| adelsman
|actor
| nobleman
|male play actor, performer
|  
|-
|-
|allmänningsbonde
| adelssven
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| page (youth)
|
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
|allmäningskarl
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|amiral
| adjunctus ex officio
|admiral (military)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|anförare
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|angivare
| administer, administra
|informer (1788)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|anklagare
| administrator, pradii
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
| (latin)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|ansättare
| advocatus ecclesiae
|(military) rammer
| (latin)  
|service position with ramrods
|  
|-
|-
|apotekare
| aedituus
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetare
| aftonsångspredikant
|worker, laborer
| evening-service preacher
|
|  
|-
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|arbetskarl
| aktor
|male worker, workman, laborer
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|arbetsman
| aktris
|male worker, workman, laborer
| actress
|
| female play actor, performer
|-
|-
|arbk.
| aktör
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
| actor
|male worker, workman, laborer
| male play actor, performer
|-
|-
|arkebusier
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|(military) member of firing squad
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|  
|-
|-
|arkibiskop
| ansättare
|(1788) archbishop
| (military) rammer
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
| service position with ramrods
|-
|-
|arklimästare
| apotekare
|(military) gunner
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|  
|-
|-
|arrendator
| arbetare
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| worker, workman, laborer
|A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (''arrendekontrakt''). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
|  
|-
|-
|artillerist
| arbetsman
|(military) man of the artillery
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|  
|-
|-
|artillerikonstapel
| arbk.
|(military) bombardier
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|
| male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
|assessor
| arkebusier
|assessor
| (military) member of firing squad
|
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
|assuradör
| arklimästare
|insurer, underwriter
| (military) gunner
|
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| arrendator
|auctioneer
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|one who performs auctions for public sale
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
|auktor, autor
| artillerist
|author
| (military) man of the artillery
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|  
|-
|-
|avisskrivare
| artillerikonstapel
|newswriter
| (military) bombardier
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|  
|-
|-
|avskedad soldat
| assessor
|discharged, resigned soldier
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|avskrivare (1788)
| assuradör
|transcriber, copier
| insurer, underwriter
|
|  
|-
|-
|axplockare
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|gleaner
| auctioneer
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
|backstuguhjon
| auktor, autor
|cottager (1788)
| author
|see backstugusittare
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
|backstugusittare
| avisskrivare
|cottager
| newswriter
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
|badare
| avskedad soldat
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| discharged, resigned soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|badaremästare
| axplockare
|barber surgeon
| gleaner
|
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
|badmästare
| backstugusittare
|bath-keeper
| cottager
|(1889)
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|-
|-
|bagare
| badaremästare
|baker
| barber surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaregesäll
| badmästare
|baker's man
| bath-keeper
|
| (1889)
|-
|-
|bagarelärling
| bagare
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| baker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bagaremästare
| bagaregesäll
|master baker
| baker's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérförare
| bagarelärling
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|banérherre
| bagaremästare
|(military) banneret
| master baker
|
|  
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|-
|banér-riddare
| banérförare
|(military) knight banneret
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|bankvaktmästare
| banérherre
|porter, messenger at a bank
| (military) banneret
|
|  
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|banmästare
| banér-riddare
|overseer of a railway line
| (military) knight banneret
|
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|barberare
| bankvaktmästare
|barber, shaver
| porter, messenger at a bank
|
|  
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|barberarebiträde
| banmästare
|barber's assistant
| overseer of a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberaregesäll
| barberare
|journeyman barber
| barber, shaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|barberarelärling
| barberarebiträde
|barber's apprentice
| barber's assistant
|
|  
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|-
|barkare
| barberaregesäll
|tanner
| journeyman barber
|(1829)
|  
|-
|-
|barnförlossare
| barberarelärling
|male midwife
| barber's apprentice
|
|  
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|-
|barnmorska
| barkare
|female midwife
| tanner
|
| (1829)
|-
|-
|barnpiga
| barnförlossare
|maid for children
| male midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|barnsköterska
| barnmorska
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| female midwife
|
|  
|-
|-
|baron
| barnpiga
|baron
| maid for children
|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
| barnsköterska
|trumpeter
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|  
|-
|-
|bataljonsadjuntant
| baron
|(military) sergeant-major
| 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.
|-
|-
|bataljonschef
| basunist
|(military) commander of a battalion
| trumpeter
|
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
|batterikonstapel
| bataljonsadjuntant
|(military) battalion bombardier
| (military) sergeant-major
|
|  
|-
|-
|bedragare
| bataljonschef
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
| (military) commander of a battalion
|
|  
|-
|-
|befallningshavande
| batterikonstapel
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
| (military) battalion bombardier
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|  
|-
|-
|befallningsman
| befallningshavande
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
|befallningsman (konungens)
| befallningsman  
|county governor
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|  
|-
|-
|befaren båtsman
| befallningsman (konungens)
|(military) traveling sailor
| county governor
|
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
|befordrare
| befaren båtsman
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
| (military) traveling sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|befällningshavande
| befällningshavande  
|officer in command
| officer in command  
|
|  
|-
|-
|beherskare
| bensamlare
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|bensamlare
| bergmästare
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| minemaster (1829)
|
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
|bergmästare
| bergsarbetare
|minemaster (1829)
| miner
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsarbetare
| bergsbruksidkare
|miner
| mining man
|
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|-
|bergsbruksidkare
| bergsfogde
|mining man
| bailiff of a mine
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergsfogde
| bergshauptman
|bailiff of a mine
| mine inspector
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|  
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|-
|bergshauptman
| bergskarl
|mine inspector
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bergskarl
| bergslagsman
|miner
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|
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|bergslagsman
| bergsman
|miner, proprietor of a mine
| miner  
|
|  
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|-
|bergsman
| beridare
|miner
| horsebreaker, riding master
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|  
|-
|-
|bergsprångare
| beskattningsman
|miner
| taxer, assessor
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|  
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|-
|bergsråd
| beslagare
|
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|  
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|-
|beridare
| beslagskarl
|horsebreaker, riding master
| see beslagare
|
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|-
|beskattningsman
| besökare
|taxer, assessor
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|
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|-
|beslagare
| betjänt
|seizer, confiscator, setter
| servant, civil servant
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|  
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|-
|beslagskarl
| bettlare
|see beslagare
| beggar
|
|  
|-
|-
|besökare
| bevaktare
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| guard, keeper
|
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|-
|betalare
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|paymaster (1788)
| captain of the watch
|
|  
|-
|-
|betjänt
| bevarare
|servant, civil servant
| preserver, saver, conservator
|
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|bettlare
| beväringskarl
|beggar
| militia man, conscript
|
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|-
|bevaktare
| beväringsman
|guard, keeper
| recruit, conscript
|
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|-
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| bibliotekarie
|captain of the watch
| librarian
|
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|-
|-
|bevarare
| bijouterihandlare
|preserver, saver, conservator
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|
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|-
|beväringskarl
| bildhuggare
|militia man, conscript
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|
|  
|-
|-
|beväringsman
| bildskärare
|militia man, conscript
| se bildsnidare
|
|  
|-
|-
|bibliotekarie
| bildsnidare
|librarian
| sculptor
|
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|-
|bijouterihandlare
| biljettförsäljare
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|
|  
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|-
|bildhuggare
| biljettförsäljerska
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bildskärare
| bilöpare
|se bildsnidare
| interloper
|
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
|bildsnidare
| bindare
|sculptor
| tier, binder, fastener
|
| for example net making
|-
|-
|biljettförsäljare
| biodlare
|ticket seller, booking clerk
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|
|  
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|-
|biljettförsäljerska
| biskop
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
| bishop
|
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
|bilöpare
| biskötare
|interloper
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|  
|-
|-
|bindare
| biträde
|tier, binder, fastener
| assistant
|for example net making
|  
|-
|-
|biodlare
| bjudare
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|
|  
|-
|-
|biskop
| bleckslagare
|bishop
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|  
|-
|-
|biskötare
| blockmakare
|bee-keeper, bee-master
| block maker, pulley maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|biträde
| blodigelodlare
|assistant
| cultivator of leeches
|
|  
|-
|-
|bjudare
| blomsterhandlare
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
| flower seller (male)
|
| also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
|bleckslagare
| blomsterhandlerska
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
| flower seller (female)
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
|blockmakare
| blomsterodlare
|block maker, pulley maker
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|
|  
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|-
|blodigelodlare
| blossbärare
|cultivator of leeches
| torch-bearer
|
|  
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|-
|blomsterhandlare
| blyarbetare
|flower seller (male)
| lead worker, plumber
|also known as blomstermånglare
|  
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|-
|blomsterhandlerska
| blyfalsare
|flower seller (female)
| plumber
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|  
|-
|-
|blomsterodlare
| blystöpare
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| plumber
|
|  
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|-
|blossbärare
| blytäckare
|torch-bearer
| plumber
|
|  
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|blyarbetare
| bodbetjent
|lead worker, plumber
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|
|  
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|blyfalsare
| boddräng
|plumber
| shop hand
|
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|blystöpare
| bodflicka
|plumber
| shop girl, shop maid
|
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|blytäckare
| bodgosse
|plumber
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|
|  
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|bodbetjent
| bodhandlare
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|
|  
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|boddräng
| bodmamsell
|shop hand
| shop girl, shop woman
|
|  
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|bodflicka
| bokbindare
|shop girl, shop maid
| bookbinder
|
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|bodgosse
| bokförare
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| book keeper
|
|  
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|bodhandlare
| bokhandlare
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| bookseller
|
|  
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|-
|bodmamsell
| bokhållare
|shop girl, shop woman
| book keeper
|
| same as bokförare
|-
|-
|bokbindare
| bokhäftare
|bookbinder
| book stitcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokförare
| bokmakare
|book keeper
| book wright, book maker
|
|  
|-
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|bokhandlare
| bonde
|bookseller
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokhållare
| bondedräng
|book keeper
| farm hand
|same as bokförare
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
|bokhäftare
| bondeflicka
|book stitcher
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|bokmakare
| bondepiga
|book wright, book maker
| peasant's maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|bonde
| borgare
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
| citizen, burgher
|
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
|bondedräng
| borgmästare
|farm hand
| mayor
|a farmer's man, young peasant
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
|bondeflicka
| borrare
|country girl
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|
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|bondepiga
| borrmakare
|peasant's maid
| bit forger
|
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|borgare
| borrsmed
|citizen, burgher
| bit smith
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
|borgmästare
| boskapshandlare
|mayor
| dealer of livestock
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|  
|-
|-
|borrare
| boskapsherde
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| herdsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|borrmakare
| boskapsskötare
|bit forger
| stockman
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|  
|-
|-
|borrsmed
| boskapsvaktare
|bit smith
| herdsman
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|boskapshandlare
| boställshavare
|dealer of livestock
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsherde
| bouppteckningsman
|herdsman
| person who inventories (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsskötare
| boutredningsman
|stockman
| administrator
|
|  
|-
|-
|boskapsvaktare
| brandmästare
|herdsman
| fire warden
|
|  
|-
|-
|boställshavare
| braständare
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
| fire lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|bouppteckningsman
| brevbärare
|person who inventories (1889)
| letter carrier, postman
|
|  
|-
|-
|boutredningsman
| brevdragare
|administrator
| see brevbärare
|
|  
|-
|-
|brandmästare
| brevskrivare
|fire warden
| letter writer
|
|  
|-
|-
|braständare
| brevställare
|fire lighter
| see brevskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevbärare
| brobyggare
|letter carrier, postman
| bridge builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevdragare
| broderare
|see brevbärare
| embroiderer
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevskrivare
| broläggare
|letter writer
| bridge builder, paver
|
|  
|-
|-
|brevställare
| bromästare
|see brevskrivare
| bridge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|brobyggare
| bronsarbetare
|bridge builder
| worker in bronze
|
|  
|-
|-
|broderare
| bronsgjutare
|embroiderer
| bronze founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|broläggare
| brottmålsdomare
|bridge builder, paver
| judge criminal
|
|  
|-
|-
|bromästare
| brottmålsnoterie
|bridge master
| crown clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsarbetare
| brovaktare
|worker in bronze
| guard of a bridge
|
|  
|-
|-
|bronsgjutare
| brovindare
|bronze founder, brazier
| bridge driver
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsdomare
| brukare
|judge criminal
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|
|  
|-
|-
|brottmålsnoterie
| bruksarbetare
|crown clerk
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovaktare
| bruksegare
|guard of a bridge
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|
|  
|-
|-
|brovindare
| bryggare
|bridge driver
| brewer
|
|  
|-
|-
|brukare
| brännmästare
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
| master distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksarbetare
| brännvinsbrännare
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
| brandy distiller
|
|  
|-
|-
|bruksegare
| buntmakare
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|
|  
|-
|-
|bryggare
| byfogde
|brewer
| hamlet bailiff
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännmästare
| byggare, byggkarl
|master distiller
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|brännvinsbrännare
| byggmästare
|brandy distiller
| master builder, contractor
|
|  
|-
|-
|buntmakare
| bykerska
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
| washerwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|byfogde
| byskomakare
|hamlet bailiff
| village shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggare, byggkarl
| bågflytt
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
| archer, bowman
|
|  
|-
|-
|byggmästare
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|master builder, contractor
| (military) seaman, sailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|bykerska
| bälgmakare
|washerwoman
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|byskomakare
| bödel
|village shoemaker
| executioner
|
|  
|-
|-
|bågflytt
| bösseskytt
|archer, bowman
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| bössmed
|(military) seaman, sailor
| gunsmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|bälgmakare
| cantor
|bellows-maker
| (latin)
|
| see klockare
|-
|-
|bödel
| commissarius
|executioner
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|bösseskytt
| curatus
|(military)
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|bössmed
| custod
|gunsmith
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|cantor
| d., dr.
|(latin)
| abbreviation for dräng
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|  
|-
|-
|curatus
| dagkarl, daglönare
|(latin)
| day laborer
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|  
|-
|-
|custod
| danneman
|(latin)
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|  
|-
|-
|d., dr.
| degn
|abbreviation for dräng
| 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.)
|-
|-
|dagkarl, daglönare
| deja, dejpiga
|day laborer
| maidservant, milkmaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|danneman
| demoiselle
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
| Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|degn
| d.g.
|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
| domare
|maidservant, milkmaid
| judge
|
|  
|-
|-
|demoiselle
| domesticus
|Miss
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|d.g.
| domestik
|
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|disponent
| domherre
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|domare
| domprost
|judge
| see prestman
|
|  
|-
|-
|domesticus
| dompräst
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|  
|-
|-
|domprost
| dr.
|dean
| abbreviation for dräng
|see also prestman
|  
|-
|-
|dr.
| drabant, dravant
|abbreviation for dräng
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|
|  
|-
|-
|drabant, dravant
| dragon
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|dragon
| dräng, dr.
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|
|  
|-
|-
|dräng, dr.
| däga
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
| see deja
|
|  
|-
|-
|däga
| emigrantagent
|see deja
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantagent
| emigrantvärvare
|emigrant agent
| emigrant agent  
|
|  
|-
|-
|emigrantvärvare
| extra roteringsmän
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|extra roteringsmän
| fabriksarbetare
|
| factory worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fabriksarbetare
| famnmätare
|factory worker
| corder of wood
|
|  
|-
|-
|famnmätare
| fanjunkare
|corder of wood
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fanjunkare
| fatburshustru
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| wife of a storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburshustru
| fatburssven
|wife of a storekeeper
| storehouse apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|fatburssven
| fattighjon
|storehouse apprentice
| pauper
|
|  
|-
|-
|fattighjon
| filtare
|pauper
| felter
|
|  
|-
|-
|filtare
| finbagare
|felter
| pastry cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|finbagare
| fiolmakare
|pastry cook
| violen maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiolmakare
| fiskare
|violen maker
| fisherman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskare
| fiskarflicka
|fisherman
| fisher girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskarflicka
| fiskargosse
|fisher girl
| fisher boy
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskargosse
| fiskhandlare
|fisher boy
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fiskhandlare
| fjerdingsman
|fish salesman, fish hawker
| under bailiff of a härad
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjerdingsman
| fjäderarbetare
|under bailiff of a härad
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjäderarbetare
| fjärdingsman
|feather maker
| see fjerdingsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fjärdingsman
| flickare
|see fjerdingsman
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|flickare
| fogde
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
|fogde
| forbonde
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
| carter, wagoner
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|  
|-
|-
|forbonde
| forman
|carter, wagoner
| see forbonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|forman
| formare
|see forbonde
| moulder (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|formare
| friborgare
|moulder (1829)
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|friborgare
| frihandlare
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| free trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|frihandlare
| friherre
|free trader
| baron
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherre
| friherrinna
|baron
| baroness
|
|  
|-
|-
|friherrinna
| fru
|baroness
| Mrs.
|
|  
|-
|-
|fru
| frälse
|Mrs.
| nobility
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälse
| frälsebonde
|nobility
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsebonde
| frälsetorpare
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| see frälsebonde
|
|  
|-
|-
|frälsetorpare
| fröken
|see frälsebonde
| lady, honorable Miss
|
|  
|-
|-
|fröken
| fyrvaktare
|lady, honorable Miss
| lighthouse man
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrvaktare
| fyrverkare
|lighthouse man
| (military) fire worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fyrverkare
| fågelfängare
|(military) fire worker
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fågelfängare
| fårherde
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| sheep tender, shepherd
|
|  
|-
|-
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| fårklippare
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
| sheep shearer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårherde
| fädräng
|sheep tender, shepherd
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|fårklippare
| fäflicka
|sheep shearer
| female herder, working with cattle
|
|  
|-
|-
|fädräng
| fäktmästare
|male herdsman, working with cattle
| fencing master, master swordsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäflicka
| fältbagare
|female herder, working with cattle
| army baker
|
|  
|-
|-
|fäktmästare
| fältjägare
|fencing master, master swordsman
| hunter (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältbagare
| fältpredikant
|army baker
| army chaplin
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältjägare
| fältskär
|army ranger
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältpredikant
| fältväbel
| army chaplain
| (military) sergeant major
|
|  
|-
|-
|fältskär
| fänrik
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|
| also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
|fältväbel
| färgare
|(military) sergeant major
| dyer, stainer
|
|  
|-
|-
|fänrik
| färgaregesäll
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
| journeyman dyer
|also seen as fändrik
|  
|-
|-
|färgare
| färikarl
|dyer, stainer
| ferryman (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|färgaregesäll
| färsing
|journeyman dyer
| weaver, common weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|färikarl
| fästebonde
|ferryman (1829)
| a tenant farmer
|
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
|färsing
| förare
|weaver, common weaver
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
|fästebonde
| föreståndare
|a tenant farmer
| manager
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
|förare
| förpantare
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
| mortgager,  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|  
|-
|-
|föreståndare
| försvarslös
|manager
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
| also means defenseless
|-
|-
|förpaktare
| garnhandlare
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| dealer in wools
|alias to arrendator
|  
|-
|-
|förpantare
| garnisonssoldat
|mortgager,
| soldier in garrison duty
|
|  
|-
|-
|försvarslös
| garvare
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| tanner (1829)
|also means defenseless
|  
|-
|-
|garnhandlare
| gaständare
|dealer in wools
| gas lighter
|
|  
|-
|-
|garnisonssoldat
| generalbefälhavare
|soldier in garrison duty
| commanding general of a district
|
|  
|-
|-
|garvare
| generallöjtnant
|tanner (1829)
| lieutenant general
|
|  
|-
|-
|gaständare
| gesäll
|gas lighter
| journeyman
|
| often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
|generalbefälhavare
| gjutare
|commanding general of a district
| caster, founder, moulder
|
| works at a foundry
|-
|-
|generallöjtnant
| glasarbetare
|lieutenant general
| glass worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|gesäll
| glasblåsare
|journeyman
| glassblower
|often abbreviated as gs
|  
|-
|-
|gjutare
| glasfabrikant
|caster, founder, moulder
| glassmaker
|works at a foundry
|  
|-
|-
|glasarbetare
| glashandlare
|glass worker
| glassman
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasblåsare
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|glassblower
| glassmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasfabrikant
| glasmålare
|glassmaker
| glass painter
|
|  
|-
|-
|glashandlare
| glasslipare
|glassman
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| glasögonmakare
|glassmaker
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasmålare
| glättare
|glass painter
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasslipare
| grenadjär
|glass cutter, glass grinder
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|glasögonmakare
| grosshandlare
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|glättare
| gruvarbetare
|glosser, glazer, levigator
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|gratialist
| gruvbrytare
|pensionary (1889)
| miner
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|  
|-
|-
|grenadjär
| gruvförvaltare
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|
|  
|-
|-
|grosshandlare
| gruvkarl
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| see gruvarbetare
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvarbetare
| grönsakshandlare
|miner
| green grocer
|
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
|gruvbrytare
| gs.
|miner
|  
|
| abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
|gruvförvaltare
| guldarbetare
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|gruvkarl
| guldsmed
|see gruvarbetare
| goldsmith (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|grönsakshandlare
| gårdsbrukare
|green grocer
| farmer
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|  
|-
|-
|gs.
| gårdsdräng
|
| see dräng
|abbreviation for gesäll
|  
|-
|-
|guldarbetare
| gårdsfogde
|goldsmith (1829)
| see befallningsman
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|guldsmed
| gästgivare
|goldsmith (1829)
| innkeeper
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsbrukare
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|farmer
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsdräng
| hammarmästare
|see dräng
| forge master
|
|  
|-
|-
|gårdsfogde
| hammarsmed
|see befallningsman
| forger, hammerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|gästgivare
| hamnfogde
|innkeeper
| overseer of a port
|
|  
|-
|-
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| hamnkapten
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
| harbor master
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarmästare
| handelsidkare
|forge master
| trader, merchandiser
|
|  
|-
|-
|hammarsmed
| handelsman
|forger, hammerman
| merchant, trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnfogde
| handhavare
|overseer of a port
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hamnkapten
| handskmakare
|harbor master
| glove maker, glover
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsidkare
| hantverkare
|trader, merchandiser
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|handelsman
| hantverksgesäll
|merchant, trader
| journeyman artisian
|
|  
|-
|-
|handhavare
| hattmakare
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| hatmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|handskmakare
| hejdriddare
|glove maker, glover
| ranger
|
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
|hantverkare
| hemmansegare
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
| farm owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|hantverksgesäll
| hemmansbrukare
|journeyman artisian
| farmer
|
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
|hattmakare
| hemmansägare
|hatmaker
| farmer, homeowner
|
| same as jordegare
|-
|-
|hejdriddare
| herrgårdstjenst
|ranger
| service at a manor
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|  
|-
|-
|hembiträde
| hjon
|servant girl, maid
| person (1829, 1889)
|
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
|hemmansegare
| hjulmakare
|farm owner
| wheelwright, wheeler
|
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansbrukare
| hjulmakardräng
|farmer
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|  
|-
|-
|hemmansägare
| hjälphjon
|farmer, homeowner
| extra hand or helper
|same as jordegare
|  
|-
|-
|herrgårdstjenst
| hjälphustru
|service at a manor
| helping woman,
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjon
| hovbagare (1829)  
|person (1829, 1889)
| the kings baker
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|
|-
|-
|hjulmakare
| hovdam (1829)
|wheelwright, wheeler
| lady of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjulmakardräng
| hovbetjent (1829)
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
| officer of the court
|
|  
|-
|-
|hjälphjon
| hovjunkare (1829)
|extra hand or helper
| servant to the king
|
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
|hjälphustru
| hovkansler
|helping woman,
| court chancellor
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbagare (1829)
| hovman (1829)  
|the kings baker
| courtier
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovdam (1829)
| hudafdragare (1889)  
|lady of the court
| skinner, flayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovbetjent (1829)
| husbonde (1829)  
|officer of the court
| master of a family or house
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovjunkare (1829)
| husdräng (1829)  
|servant to the king
| man servant in a house
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|  
|-
|-
|hovkansler
| husfader
|court chancellor
| head of household, father
|
|  
|-
|-
|hovman (1829)
| husflicka
|courtier
| girl servant in a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|hudafdragare (1889)
| husfolk
|skinner, flayer
| farmers, farm people
|
|  
|-
|-
|husbonde (1829)
| hushållare
|master of a family or house
| housekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|husdräng (1829)
| husjungfru (1829)  
|man servant in a house
| see hushållerska
|
|  
|-
|-
|husfader
| husmamsell
|head of household, father
| housekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|husflicka
| husman
|girl servant in a house
| tenant farmer
|
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
|husfolk
| husmoder
|farmers, farm people
| housewife, mistress of a family
|
|  
|-
|-
|hushållare
| huspiga
|housekeeper
| housemaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|husjungfru (1829)
| huspredikant
|see hushållerska
| private chaplain, house preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|husmamsell
| hustjänare
|housekeeper
| house servant, domestic
|
|  
|-
|-
|husman
| hustru
|tenant farmer
| wife, mistress of a family
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|husmoder
| hyttarbetare
|housewife, mistress of a family
| smelter, works at a foundry
|
|  
|-
|-
|huspiga
| hållkarl
|housemaid
| hostler
|
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
|huspredikant
| hårarbetare
|private chaplain, house preacher
| hair worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustjänare
| häradsbokhållare
|house servant, domestic
| see häradsskrivare
|
|  
|-
|-
|hustru
| häradsdomare
|wife, mistress of a family
| senior jurate
|
| the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
|hyttarbetare
| häradsfogde
|smelter, works at a foundry
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|
|  
|-
|-
|hållkarl
| häradshövding
|hostler
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|  
|-
|-
|hårarbetare
| häradsskrivare
|hair worker
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsbokhållare
| hövitsman
|see häradsskrivare
| captain
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsdomare
| infanterist
|senior jurate
| foot soldier
|the oldest of the jury
|  
|-
|-
|häradsfogde
| inhyses
|bailiff of a härad (district)
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradshövding
| inhyseshjon
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|
|  
|-
|-
|häradsskrivare
| inspektor
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
| inspector
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
|hövitsman
| inspektör
|captain
| inspector
|
| superior, superintendent
|-
|-
|infanterist
| ishandlare
|foot soldier
| ice man, dealer of ice
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyses
| jagare
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|
|  
|-
|-
|inhyseshjon
| jodgumma (1829)
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
| midwife
|
| see barnmorska
|-
|-
|inspektor
| jordbrukare
|inspector
| husbandman (1829)
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|  
|-
|-
|inspektör
| jordegare
|inspector
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|superior, superintendent
|  
|-
|-
|ishandlare
| jordegumma
|ice man, dealer of ice
| midwife (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|jagare
| jungfru
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|
|  
|-
|-
|jodgumma (1829)
| junker
|midwife
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|see barnmorska
|  
|-
|-
|jordbrukare
| jurist
|husbandman (1829)
| lawyer
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|jordegare
| justitieborgmästare
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| recorder
|
|  
|-
|-
|jordegumma
| justitieminister
|midwife (1889)
| minster of justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|jungfru
| justitiestatsminister
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|
|  
|-
|-
|junker
| juvelerare
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
| jeweller
|
|  
|-
|-
|jurist
| jägare
|lawyer
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieborgmästare
| jägeribetjent
|recorder
| gamekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitieminister
| jägmästare
|minster of justice
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|
|  
|-
|-
|justitiestatsminister
| järnhandlare
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
| dealer of iron
|
|  
|-
|-
|juvelerare
| järnvägsarbetare
|jeweller
| worker on a railway
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägare
| järnvägsbetjening
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
| service on a railway line
|
|  
|-
|-
|jägeribetjent
| kakelungsmakare
|gamekeeper
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
|jägmästare
| kammarfru
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
| bedchamber woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnhandlare
| kammarjunkare
|dealer of iron
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsarbetare
| kammarjungfru
|worker on a railway
| see kammarpiga
|
|  
|-
|-
|järnvägsbetjening
| kammarjägare
|service on a railway line
| rat hunter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kakelungsmakare
| kammarpiga
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
| lady's maid
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|  
|-
|-
|kammarfru
| kammarskrivare
|bedchamber woman
| clerk in a government office
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjunkare
| kamrerare
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarjungfru
| kanongjutare
|see kammarpiga
| cannon founder
|
| founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
|kammarjägare
| kapellmästare
|rat hunter
| chapel master
|
|  
|-
|-
|kammarpiga
| kapellpredikant
|lady's maid
| preacher at a chapel
|
| see kaplan
|-
|-
|kammarskrivare
| kaplan, kapellan
|clerk in a government office
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|
|  
|-
|-
|kamrerare
| kapten
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
| (military) captain
|
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
|kanongjutare
| karduansmakare
|cannon founder
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|founder who makes cannons
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
|kapellmästare
| kavallerist
|chapel master
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapellpredikant
| kedjemakare
|preacher at a chapel
| chain maker
|see kaplan
|  
|-
|-
|kaplan, kapellan
| kistmakare
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
| box maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kapten
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|(military) captain
| tinker
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|  
|-
|-
|karduansmakare
| kittelslagare
|cordwainer, leather dresser
| kettle maker
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|  
|-
|-
|kavallerist
| klampare
|(military) cavalryman
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
|kedjemakare
| klensmed
|chain maker
| locksmith, toolmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kistmakare
| klockare, klr.
|box maker
| parish clerk
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| klockgjutare
|tinker
| bell founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|kittelslagare
| klr.
|kettle maker
|  
|
| abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
|klampare
| kn.
|a foreman at a lumberyard
|  
|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.
| abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
|klensmed
| klädesfärgare
|locksmith, toolmaker
| cloth dyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|klockare, klr.
| klädeshandlare
|parish clerk
| cloth merchant
|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
| klädesvävare
|bell founder
| cloth weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|klr.
| klädsömmerska
|
| dressmaker
|abbreviation for klockare
|  
|-
|-
|kn.
| knalle
|
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|abbreviation for knekt
|  
|-
|-
|klädesfärgare
| knappmakare
|cloth dyer
| button maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädeshandlare
| knekt
|cloth merchant
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädesvävare
| knifvässare
|cloth weaver
| knife sharpener, cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|klädsömmerska
| knifsmed
|dressmaker
| cutler
|
|  
|-
|-
|knalle
| knipare
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
| nipper
|
|  
|-
|-
|knappmakare
| knypplare
|button maker
| male lace maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|knekt
| knypplerska
|(military) soldier, man at arms
| female lace maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|knifvässare
| koarrendator
|knife sharpener, cutler
| see mjölkarrendator
|
|  
|-
|-
|knifsmed
| kofferdi
|cutler
| merchant marine
|
|  
|-
|-
|knipare
| kofferdimatros
|nipper
| merchant seaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplare
| koffertsnickare
|male lace maker
| trunk maker  
|
|  
|-
|-
|knypplerska
| kokerska
|female lace maker
| female cook, cook maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|koarrendator
| kogubbe
|see mjölkarrendator
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdi
| kolarbetare
|merchant marine
| collier
|
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|kofferdikapten
| kolare
|captain of a merchant ship
| coal man, charcoal burner
|
|  
|-
|-
|kofferdimatros
| kolbonde
|merchant seaman
| coal carter
|
|  
|-
|-
|koffertsnickare
| kolhandlare
|trunk maker
| coal merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kokerska
| komminister
|female cook, cook maid
| perpetual curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
|kogubbe
| kommissarie
|cow feeder, cow keeper
| commissioner
|
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
|kolarbetare
| konduktor
|collier
| conductor, guard with the railways
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|kolare
| konduktör
|coal man, charcoal burner
| sergeant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kolbonde
| konstapel
|coal carter
| (police) constable
|
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
|kolhandlare
| konstnär
|coal merchant
| artist
|
|  
|-
|-
|komminister
| kontorskrivare
|perpetual curate
| clerk
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|  
|-
|-
|kommissarie
| kontraktsprost
|commissioner
| rural dean
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|  
|-
|-
|konduktor
| kopparslagare
|conductor, guard with the railways
| coppersmith
|
|  
|-
|-
|konduktör
| koppartryckare
|sergeant
| copper plate printer
|
|  
|-
|-
|konstapel
| korgarbetare
|(police) constable
| basket worker, wicker
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|  
|-
|-
|konstnär
| korgflätare
|artist
| basket maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|kontorskrivare
| korherre
|clerk
| canon
|
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
|kontraktsprost
| korpral
|rural dean
| (military) corporal
|
|  
|-
|-
|kopparslagare
| kovaktare
|coppersmith
| cow keeper
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|koppartryckare
| kreaturshandlare
|copper plate printer
| see boskapshandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|korgarbetare
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
|korgflätare
| krigsman
|basket maker
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|korherre
| kronoarrendator
|canon
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|  
|-
|-
|korpral
| kronobefallningsman
|(military) corporal
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kovaktare
| kronobetjäning
|cow keeper
| police
|
|  
|-
|-
|kreaturshandlare
| kronobonde
|see boskapshandlare
| crown peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| kronofogde
|
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|  
|-
|-
|krigsman
| kronojägare
|soldier
| ranger
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronoarrendator
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|crown tenant, crown peasant
| see länsman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobefallningsman
| kronouppbördsman
|see länsman
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobetjäning
| krukmakare
|police
| potter
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronobonde
| kryddkrämare
|crown peasant
| grocer, storekeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronofogde
| krögare
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|  
|-
|-
|kronojägare
| kurir
|ranger
| courier
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| kusk, kutsk
|see länsman
| coachman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kronouppbördsman
| kvarnarrendator
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
| renter of a mill
|
|  
|-
|-
|krukmakare
| kvarnbyggare
|potter
| mill wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|kryddkrämare
| kvarndräng
|grocer, storekeeper
| mill hand
|
|  
|-
|-
|krögare
| kvarnegare
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
| mill owner
|
|  
|-
|-
|kurir
| kvarntullsinspektor
|courier
| mill toll inspector
|
|  
|-
|-
|kusk, kutsk
| kypare
|coachman
| wine cooper, cooper
|
|  
|-
|-
|kustuppsyningsman
| kyrkobetjänare
|an under officer with the coast guard
| churchman, clergyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnarrendator
| kyrkoföreståndare
|renter of a mill
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnbyggare
| kyrkoherde
|mill wright
| rector, parson, parish minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarndräng
| kyrkovaktare
|mill hand
| church guard, sexton
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarnegare
| kyrkvärd
|mill owner
| churchwarden
|
|  
|-
|-
|kvarntullsinspektor
| käpphandlare
|mill toll inspector
| cane seller, caneman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kypare
| kökbetjäning
|wine cooper, cooper
| kitchen staff
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkobetjänare
| kökspiga
|churchman, clergyman
| kitchen maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoföreståndare
| köpman
|churchwarden
| merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkoherde
| körsnär
|rector, parson, parish minister
| fur merchant, furrier
|
| see buntmakare
|-
|-
|kyrkovaktare
| kötthandlare
|church guard, sexton
| meat salesman, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|kyrkvärd
| köttmånglare
|churchwarden
| see kötthandlare
|
|  
|-
|-
|käpphandlare
| ladugårdsidkare
|cane seller, caneman
| dairyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökbetjäning
| ladugårdspiga
|kitchen staff
| dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|kökspiga
| laggare
|kitchen maid
| hooper
|
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
|köpman
| lagkarl
|merchant
| lawyer
|
|  
|-
|-
|körsnär
| landbo
|fur merchant, furrier
| person living in the country
|see buntmakare
|  
|-
|-
|kötthandlare
| landshövding
|meat salesman, butcher
| lord lieutenant
|
| see befallningshavande
|-
|-
|köttmånglare
| landsknekt
|see kötthandlare
| (military) landsquenet
|
|  
|-
|-
|lackerare
| landskontorist
|one who applies lacquer
| clerk in receivers office
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdsidkare
| landsman
|dairyman
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|
|  
|-
|-
|ladugårdspiga
| landstrykare
|dairymaid
| vagrant, tramp
|
|  
|-
|-
|laggare
| landsvägsriddare
|hooper
| knight of the road
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
|lagkarl
| landtbo
|lawyer
| countryman, person from the country
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|landbo
| landtbrukare
|tenant farmer  
| farmer, gentleman farmer  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|  
|-
|-
|landshövding
| landtbruksbokhållare
|lord lieutenant
| under steward
|see befallningshavande
|  
|-
|-
|landsknekt
| landtbruksinspektor
|(military) landsquenet
| land steward
|
|  
|-
|-
|landskontorist
| landtflicka
|clerk in receivers office
| country girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|landsman
| landthandlare
|fellow countryman, compatriot
| country shopkeeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|landstrykare
| landthushållare
|vagrant, tramp
| husbandman
|
| see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
|landsvägsriddare
| landtjunkare
|knight of the road
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|  
|-
|-
|landtbo
| lappare
|countryman, person from the country
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbrukare
| lappbonde
|farmer, gentleman farmer
| Lapp peasant
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksbokhållare
| lappskarvare
|under steward
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|landtbruksinspektor
| lappskräddare
|land steward
| patch tailor, botcher
|
|  
|-
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|landtflicka
| lastningsbokhållare
|country girl
| shipping clerk
|
|  
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|-
|landthandlare
| legoknekt
|country shopkeeper
| (military) mercenary
|
|  
|-
|-
|landthushållare
| likörare
|husbandman
| hearse driver
|see also jordbrukare
|  
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|landtjunkare
| liktarskeppare
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| lighterman, bargeman
|
|  
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|lantmätare
| limkokare
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
| glue boiler
|
|  
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|lappare
| linberedare
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
| flax dresser
|
|  
|-
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|lappbonde
| linhandlare
|Lapp peasant
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|
|  
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|lappskarvare
| linhäcklare
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
| flax dresser
|
|  
|-
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|lappskräddare
| livdrabant
|patch tailor, botcher
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|
|  
|-
|-
|lastningsbokhållare
| livdragon
|shipping clerk
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|
|  
|-
|-
|legoknekt
| livgrenadjär
|(military) mercenary
| (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
|
|  
|-
|-
|likörare
| livhussar
|hearse driver
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|
|  
|-
|-
|liktarskeppare
| ljusfabrikör
|lighterman, bargeman
| candlemaker
|
|  
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|limkokare
| logarvare
|glue boiler
| tanner
|
|  
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|linberedare
| lokomotivförare
|flax dresser
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|
|  
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|linhandlare
| lots
|dealer in flax, flaxman
| sea pilot
|
|  
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|linhäcklare
| lumphandlare
|flax dresser
| rag dealer
|
|  
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|linvävare
| lumpsamlare
|linen weaver
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|
|  
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|-
|livdrabant
| lånförmedlare
|(military) yeoman of the guard
| negotiator of loans, broker
|
|  
|-
|-
|livdragon
| läkare
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
| doctor
|
| healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
|livgrenadjär
| länsbokhållare
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
| sheriff clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|livhussar
| länsinnehavare
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
| tenant of a feud
|
|  
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|-
|ljusfabrikör
| länsman
|candlemaker
| sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|logarvare
| länsåklagare
|tanner
| county prosecutor
|
|  
|-
|-
|lokomotivförare
| lärare
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
| teacher
|
|  
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|-
|lots
| lärling
|sea pilot
| apprentice
|
|  
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|-
|lumphandlare
| löjtnant
|rag dealer
| lieutenant
|
|  
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|-
|lumpsamlare
| lösdrivare
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
| vagrant
|
|  
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|-
|lånförmedlare
| madam
|negotiator of loans, broker
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|
|  
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|läkare
| madrassmakare
|doctor
| mattressmaker
|healer, curer, physician
|  
|-
|-
|länsbokhållare
| magasinbokhållare
|sheriff clerk
| warehouse clerk  
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsinnehavare
| magasinsförvaltare
|tenant of a feud
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsman
| magistratsperson
|sheriff
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|
|  
|-
|-
|länsåklagare
| magistratssekreterare
|county prosecutor
| town clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärare
| major
|teacher
| (military) army major
|
|  
|-
|-
|lärling
| majorska
|apprentice
| wife of a major
|
|  
|-
|-
|löjtnant
| malmbrytare
|lieutenant
| mine digger, miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|lösdrivare
| malthandlare
|vagrant
| dealer in malt, maltman
|
|  
|-
|-
|madam
| mamsell
|title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
| miss
|Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
| comparable to fröken
|-
|-
|madrassmakare
| mantalskommissarie
|mattressmaker
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|
|  
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|-
|magasinbokhållare
| manufakturhandlare
|warehouse clerk
| haberdasher
|
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
|magasinsförvaltare
| marketentare
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
| sutler
|
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
|magistratsperson
| marketenterska
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|magistratssekreterare
| marmorarbetare
|town clerk
| marble cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|major
| maskinarbetare
|(military) army major
| mechanic, machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|majorska
| maskinist
|wife of a major
| machinist
|
|  
|-
|-
|malmbrytare
| masmästare
|mine digger, miner
| smelting master
|
|  
|-
|-
|malthandlare
| materialförvaltare
|dealer in malt, maltman
| store keeper
|
|  
|-
|-
|mamsell
| matlagerska
|miss
| female cook
|comparable to fröken
|  
|-
|-
|mantalskommissarie
| matmoder
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
| housewife, mistress of a house
|
|  
|-
|-
|manufakturhandlare
| matros
|haberdasher
| sailor, seaman
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
|marketentare
| mattbindare
|sutler
| mat maker, straw platter
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|  
|-
|-
|marketenterska
| matvaruhandlare
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|
|  
|-
|-
|marmorarbetare
| mejerska
|marble cutter
| dairy maid
|
|  
|-
|-
|maskinarbetare
| messingsslagare
|mechanic, machinist
| brass smith, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|maskinist
| messingssmed
|machinist
| brass smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|masmästare
| metallarbetare
|smelting master
| metal worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|materialförvaltare
| metallgjutare
|store keeper
| brass founder, brazier
|
|  
|-
|-
|matlagerska
| mildsoldat
|female cook
| militiaman
|
|  
|-
|-
|matmoder
| mineralgrävare
|housewife, mistress of a house
| miner
|
|  
|-
|-
|matros
| minister
|sailor, seaman
| government minister
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|  
|-
|-
|mattbindare
| minuthandlare
|mat maker, straw platter
| retailer
|
|  
|-
|-
|matvaruhandlare
| minör
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
| miner (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|mejerska
| mjölhandlare
|dairy maid
| flour merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|messingsslagare
| mjölkarrendator
|brass smith, brazier
| tenant dairy farmer
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|messingssmed
| mjölkförsäljare
|brass smith
| milkman
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|metallarbetare
| mjölkförsäljerska
|metal worker
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|metallgjutare
| mjölkhustru
|brass founder, brazier
| milkwoman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mildsoldat
| mjölkpiga
|militiaman
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|
|  
|-
|-
|mineralgrävare
| mjöldräng
|miner
| miller's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|minister
| mjölnare
|government minister
| miller
|
|  
|-
|-
|minuthandlare
| mjölnarhustru
|retailer
| millers wife
|
|  
|-
|-
|minör
| mjölnerska
|miner (1889)
| miller woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölhandlare
| modehandlare
|flour merchant
| dealer in fancy goods
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkarrendator
| modesömmerska
|tenant dairy farmer
| milliner (1889)
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljare
| modist
|milkman
| milliner
|
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
|mjölkförsäljerska
| murare
|milkwoman
| mason
|
| bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
|mjölkhustru
| muraregesäll
|milkwoman
| journeyman mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölkpiga
| murarelärling
|milkmaid, dairymaid
| masons apprentice
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjöldräng
| murarmästare
|miller's man
| master mason
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnare
| mureriarbetare
|miller
| bricklayer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mjölnarhustru
| murerihandtlangare
|millers wife
| hodman
|
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
|mjölnerska
| musketerare
|miller woman
| musketeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|modehandlare
| mölnare (1829)
|dealer in fancy goods
| see mjölnare
|
|  
|-
|-
|modesömmerska
| målare
|milliner (1889)
| painter, artist
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|modist
| målargesäll
|milliner
| journeyman painter
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|  
|-
|-
|murare
| målarmästare
|mason
| master painter
|bricklayer, stone mason
|  
|-
|-
|muraregesäll
| mångelska
|journeyman mason
| market woman
|
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
|murarelärling
| månglare
|masons apprentice
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|
|  
|-
|-
|murarmästare
| mältare
|master mason
| maltman, maltster
|
|  
|-
|-
|mureriarbetare
| mästare
|bricklayer
| master
|
|  
|-
|-
|murerihandtlangare
| mästergesäll
|hodman
| master journeyman
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|  
|-
|-
|musketerare
| möbelhandlare
|musketeer
| dealer in furniture
|
|  
|-
|-
|målare
| möbelmakare
|painter, artist
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|målargesäll
| möbelsnickare
|journeyman painter
| cabinet maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|målarmästare
| mönsterherre
|master painter
| (military) muster master  
|
|  
|-
|-
|månads karl
| mönsterskrivare
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
| (military) muster clerk
|
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
|månglerska
| mössmakare
|market woman
| cap maker
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|  
|-
|-
|månglare
| nattman
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
| night man
|
|  
|-
|-
|mältare
| nattväktare
|maltman, maltster
| night watchman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästare
| nipphandlerska
|master
| dealer in fancy articles
|
|  
|-
|-
|mästergesäll
| nybyggare
|master journeyman
| settler
|
| or colonizer
|-
|-
|möbelhandlare
| nålmakare
|dealer in furniture
| needle maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|möbelmakare
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|cabinet maker
| juror
|
| kind of juryman
|-
|-
|möbelsnickare
| näringsidkare
|cabinet maker
| tradesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|mölnare (1829)
| nätbindare
|see mjölnare
| net maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterherre
| officer
|(military) muster master
| officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|mönsterskrivare
| okulist
|(military) muster clerk
| oculist
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
|mössmakare
| ombudsman
|cap maker
| attorney, proctor
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattman
| opperstyrman
|night man
| captain's mate
|
|  
|-
|-
|nattvaktare
| organist
|night watchman
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipperhandlare
| orgelbyggare
|milliner, toyman (1829)
| organ builder
|
|  
|-
|-
|nipphandlerska
| orgelnist
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| organist
|
|  
|-
|-
|nybyggare
| orgelspelare
|settler
| organ player
|or colonizer
|  
|-
|-
|nålmakare
| orgeltrampare
|needle maker
| organ blower
|
|  
|-
|-
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| osthandlare
|juror
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|  
|-
|-
|näringsidkare
| ostronhandlare
|tradesman
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|
|  
|-
|-
|nätbindare
| oxhandlare
|net maker
| cattle dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|officer
| oxslagtare
|officer
| beef butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|okulist
| packhusinspektor
|oculist
| pack officer
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|  
|-
|-
|ombudsman
| packhuskarl
|attorney, proctor
| packer
|
|  
|-
|-
|opperstyrman
| pansarsmed
|captain's mate
| armourer
|
|  
|-
|-
|organist
| pantaregare
|organist
| owner of a pawn
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelbyggare
| pantgivare
|organ builder
| mortgager
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelnist
| papparbetare
|organist
| paste board worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgelspelare
| pappersfabrikör
|organ player
| paper maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|orgeltrampare
| pappershandlare
|organ blower
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|osthandlare
| pappersskärare
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
| paper cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|ostronhandlare
| pappmakare
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
| cardboard
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxhandlare
| parfymfabrikant
|cattle dealer
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|oxslagtare
| parfymhandlare
|beef butcher
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|
|  
|-
|-
|packhusinspektor
| pastor
|pack officer
| parish minister, pastor
|
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
|packhuskarl
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|packer
| (latin) parish priest
|
|  
|-
|-
|pansarsmed
| pastorsadjunkt
|armourer
| stipendiary curate
|
| clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
|pantaregare
| pelshandlare
|owner of a pawn
| furrier
|
|  
|-
|-
|pantgivare
| pensionsföreståndare
|mortgager
| master of a boarding school
|
|  
|-
|-
|papparbetare
| perukmakare
|paste board worker
| wig maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersfabrikör
| p. et. P.
|paper maker
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|
| parish priest
|-
|-
|pappershandlare
| piga
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappersskärare
| pipare
|paper cutter
| piper
|
|  
|-
|-
|pappmakare
| pipsmed
|cardboard
| see bössmed
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymfabrikant
| piskmakare
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
| whip makeer
|
|  
|-
|-
|parfymhandlare
| plogsmed
|perfumer, perfume dealer
| plough wright
|
|  
|-
|-
|parmmätare
| plymmakare
|hay measurer
| feather maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastor
| plåtslagare
|parish minister, pastor
| black smith, worker in sheet iron
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|  
|-
|-
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| porterbryggare
|(latin) parish priest
| brewer of dark ale
|
|  
|-
|-
|pastorsadjunkt
| postförare
|stipendiary curate
| mail driver
|clergyman receiving pay
|  
|-
|-
|pelshandlare
| postmästare
|furrier
| postmaster
|
|  
|-
|-
|pennberedare
| predikant
|pen dispenser
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|
|  
|-
|-
|pensionsföreståndare
| principal
|master of a boarding school
| employer, master  
|
|  
|-
|-
|perukmakare
| profoss
|wig maker
| flogmaster (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|p. et. P.
| prost
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
| dean
|parish priest
|  
|-
|-
|piga
| provinsialläkare
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
| district physician, country doctor
|<br>
|  
|-
|-
|pipare
| präst
|piper
| minister
|
|  
|-
|-
|pipsmed
| pungmakare
|see bössmed
| pouch maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|piskmakare
| rackare
|whip makeer
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
|plogsmed
| reesig
|plough wright
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|plymmakare
| regementsknekt
|feather maker
| (military)
|
|  
|-
|-
|plåtslagare
| repslagare
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
| rope maker
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|porterbryggare
| resandefolk
|brewer of dark ale
| itinerant, or migratory people
|
|  
|-
|-
|possessionat
| resepredikant
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
| itinerant preacher
|
|  
|-
|-
|postförare
| riddare
|mail driver
| knight
|
|  
|-
|-
|postmästare
| ridlärare
|postmaster
| riding master
|
|  
|-
|-
|predikant
| roddare
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|
|  
|-
|-
|prest
| rorgängare
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
| helmsman, steersman
|
|  
|-
|-
|principal
| roteman
|employer, master
| assistant overseer
|
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
|profoss
| rotemästare
|flogmaster (military)
| see rotmästare
|
|  
|-
|-
|prost
| rotesoldat
|dean, sub dean (1829)
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|
|  
|-
|-
|provinsialläkare
| rotmästare
|district physician, country doctor
| (military) leader
|
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
|präst
| rusthållare
|minister
| owner of land which is obligated to provide for soldiers
|
|  
|-
|-
|pungmakare
| ryttare
|pouch maker
| (military) cavalryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|rackare
| ryttmästare
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
| captain of a cavalry
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|  
|-
|-
|reesig
| rådman
|(military)
| councilman
|
|  
|-
|-
|regementsknekt
| rättare
|(military)
| overseer (1829)  
|
|  
|-
|-
|repslagare
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|rope maker
| (latin)
|
|  
|-
|-
|resandefolk
| sadelmakare
|itinerant, or migratory people
| master saddler
|
|  
|-
|-
|resepredikant
| salthandlare
|itinerant preacher
| dealer of salt, saltman
|
|  
|-
|-
|riddare
| saltmätare
|knight
| person who measures salt
|
|  
|-
|-
|ridlärare
| satinvävare
|riding master
| satin weaver
|
|  
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|roddare
| saxmakare
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|
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|-
|rorgängare
| segelmakare
|helmsman, steersman
| sail maker
|
|  
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|-
|roteman
| segelsömmare
|assistant overseer
| sail maker
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
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|rotemästare
| sejlare
|see rotmästare
| cord maker
|
|  
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|-
|rotesoldat
| sergeant
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| sergeant
|
|  
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|-
|rotmästare
| silkhandlare
|(military) leader
| silk merchant
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|  
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|-
|ruggare
| sillpackare
|worker in textile manufacturing
| herring packer
|
|  
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|-
|rusthållare
| sjöman
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
| sailor, seaman
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|  
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|ryttare
| skarprättare
|(military) cavalryman
| executioner, hangman
|
|  
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|-
|ryttmästare
| skarpskytt
|captain of a cavalry
| (military) sharpshooter
|<br>
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|-
|rådbisittare
| skattebonde
|city councilman
|  
|The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
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|-
|rådman
| skatteindrivare
|councilman
| tax collector
|<br>
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|-
|rättare
| skeppare
|overseer (1829)
| skipper
|
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|-
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| skeppsbyggmästare
|(latin) assistant priest
| master ship builder
|
|  
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|-
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| skeppsgosse
|(latin) priest in training
| ship boy
|
|  
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|sadelmakare
| skoarbetare
|saddle maker, leather worker
| shoe maker  
|
|  
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|salthandlare
| skogshuggare
|dealer of salt, saltman
| wood cutter, lumberer
|
|  
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|-
|saltmätare
| skogvaktare
|person who measures salt
| forester
|
|  
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|-
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| skollärare
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
| schoolteacher
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
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|satinvävare
| skomakare
|satin weaver
| shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|saxmakare
| skomakaregesäll
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
| journeyman shoemaker
|
|  
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|-
|segelmakare
| skomakaremästare
|sail maker
| master shoemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|segelsömmare
| skråmästare
|sail maker
| master of a guild
|
|  
|-
|-
|sejlare
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|cord maker
| tailor
|
|  
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|-
|sergeant
| skräddaregesäll
|sergeant
| journeyman tailor
|
|  
|-
|-
|sexmän
| skräddarelärling
|type of parish law enforcement
| tailor's apprentice
|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
| skulptör
|silk merchant
| sculptor
|
|  
|-
|-
|sillpackare
| skutskeppare
|herring packer
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
|
|  
|-
|-
|sjöman
| skådespelare
|sailor, seaman
| stage player, actor
|
|  
|-
|-
|skarprättare
| skärslippare
|executioner, hangman
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|
|  
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|-
|skarpskytt
| skördeman
|(military) sharpshooter
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|
|  
|-
|-
|skattebonde
| sköterska
|
| nurse
|
|  
|-
|-
|skatteindrivare
| slaktare
|tax collector
| meat cutter, butcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppare
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|skipper
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsbyggmästare
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|master ship builder
|  
|
|  
|-
|-
|skeppsgosse
| smed
|ship boy
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|
|  
|-
|-
|skoarbetare
| smedsgesäll
|shoe maker
| journeyman smith
|
|  
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|-
|skogshuggare
| smedsmästare
|wood cutter, lumberer
| master smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|skogvaktare
| småkrämare
|forester
| dealer in small wares
|
|  
|-
|-
|skollärare
| smältare
|schoolteacher
| smelter, melter, fuser
|
|  
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|-
|skomakare
| smältarsmed
|shoemaker
| shingler
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaregesäll
| smörhandlare
|journeyman shoemaker
| butterman, butter merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|skomakaremästare
| snickare
|master shoemaker
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skråmästare
| snickarmästare
|master of a guild
| master jointer
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| snörmakare
|tailor
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddaregesäll
| sockenpräst
|journeyman tailor
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|
|  
|-
|-
|skräddarelärling
| sockenskrivare
|tailor's apprentice
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|
|  
|-
|-
|skulptör
| sockerbagare
|sculptor
| confectioner, pastry cook
|
|  
|-
|-
|skutskeppare
| sockerbruksarbetare
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
| sugar refiner (workman)
|
|  
|-
|-
|skådespelare
| soldat
|stage player, actor
| soldier
|
|  
|-
|-
|skärslippare
| spetshandlare
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|
|  
|-
|-
|skördeman
| spetsknypplerska
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
| female lace maker
|
|  
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|-
|sköterska
| spiksmed
|nurse
| nailer, person who makes nails
|
|  
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|-
|slaktardräng
| spinnare
|butcher's man
| spinner
|
|  
|-
|-
|slaktare
| spinnerska
|meat cutter, butcher
| female spinner, spinstress
|
|  
|-
|-
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| spinnhushjon
|
| inmate of a house of correction
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| stadsfogde
|
| town bailiff
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|  
|-
|-
|smed
| stadskamrer
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| town clerk
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|smedsgesäll
| stadsläkare
|journeyman smith
| physician to the town, town doctor
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|smedsmästare
| statare, statsdräng
|master smith
| see statkarl
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|  
|-
|-
|småkrämare
| statkarl
|dealer in small wares
| farm hand
|
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
|smältare
| statman
|smelter, melter, fuser
| statesman
|
|  
|-
|-
|smältarsmed
| statsfru
|shingler
| lady of state
|
|  
|-
|-
|smörhandlare
| stenarbetare
|butterman, butter merchant
| stone worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|snickare
| stenbrytare
|joiner, cabinetmaker
| quarrier, quarryman
|
|  
|-
|-
|snickarmästare
| stenhuggare
|master jointer
| stonecutter
|
|  
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|-
|snörmakare
| stenkolsarbetare
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
| collier
|
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
|sockenpräst
| strykerska
|parish priest, parson (1829)
| laundress, ironing woman
|
|  
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|-
|sockenskrivare
| strängmakare
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
| string maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockerbagare
| styckgjutare
|confectioner, pastry cook
| gun founder
|
|  
|-
|-
|sockerbruksarbetare
| styckjunkare
|sugar refiner (workman)
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|
| see fanjunkare
|-
|-
|soldat
| styresman
|soldier
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|
|  
|-
|-
|speditör
| styrman
|forwarding shipping agent
| (military) steersman
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
|spetshandlare
| stålarbetare
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
| steel worker
|
|  
|-
|-
|spetsknypplerska
| stålsmed
|female lace maker
| steel smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|spiksmed
| stålmångelska
|nailer, person who makes nails
| stall woman
|
|  
|-
|-
|spinnare
| sutor
|spinner
| (latin) shoemaker
|
| see skomakare
|-
|-
|spinnerska
| svamphandlare
|female spinner, spinstress
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|
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|-
|-
|spinnhushjon
| svärdfejare
|inmate of a house of correction
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|  
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|-
|stadsfogde
| symamsell
|town bailiff
| seamstress
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadskamrer
| sågställare
|town clerk
| saw setter
|
|  
|-
|-
|stadsläkare
| sämskmakare
|physician to the town, town doctor
| see garvare
|
|  
|-
|-
|statare, statsdräng
| sättare
|see statkarl
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|
|  
|-
|-
|statkarl
| taktäckare
|farm hand
| roofer
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|  
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|-
|statman
| tandläkare
|statesman
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|
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|-
|statsfru
| tapetserare
|lady of state
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|
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|-
|stenarbetare
| tappare
|stone worker
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|
| tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
|stenbrytare
| tattare
|quarrier, quarryman
| gipsy (1829)
|
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|-
|-
|stenhuggare
| taxeringsman
|stonecutter
| assessor
|
|  
|-
|-
|stenkolsarbetare
| tegelformare
|collier
| brick moulder
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|  
|-
|-
|stickerska
| tegelbrännare
|knitter, woman who knits
| brickmaker, tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|strykerska
| tegelslagare
|laundress, ironing woman
| brickmoulder, tiler
|
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
|strängmakare
| tegeltäckare
|string maker
| tiler
|
|  
|-
|-
|studerande
| tehandlare
|student
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|
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|-
|-
|styckgjutare
| tenngjutare
|gun founder
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|
|  
|-
|-
|styckjunkare
| tiggare
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
| beggar
|see fanjunkare
|  
|-
|-
|styresman
| timmerhuggare
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
| timber cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|styrman
| timmerman
|(military) steersman
| carpenter, builder
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|  
|-
|-
|stålarbetare
| tingsskrivare
|steel worker
| copyist of court cases
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålsmed
| tjuv
|steel smith
| thief
|
|  
|-
|-
|stålmångelska
| tjänare
|stall woman
| servant
|
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
|sutor
| tjänstehjon
|(latin) shoemaker
| servant, menial work
|see skomakare
| see tjänare
|-
|-
|svamphandlare
| tobakshandlare
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
| tobacco merchant  
|
|  
|-
|-
|svarvare
| tobaksspinnare
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
| tobacco spinner
|
|  
|-
|-
|svärdfejare
| tolvman
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
| se nämdeman
|
|  
|-
|-
|symamsell
| tornväktare
|seamstress
| tower watch
|
|  
|-
|-
|sågställare
| torpare
|saw setter
| 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.
|-
|-
|sämskmakare
| tresserska
|see garvare
| braider, plaiter
|
|  
|-
|-
|sättare
| trummare
|type setter, or (military) rammer
| drummer
|
|  
|-
|-
|taktäckare
| tryckare
|roofer
| printer, pressman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tandläkare
| trädgårdsmästare
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| gardener
|
|  
|-
|-
|tapetserare
| tullbetjänt
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
| customs officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tappare
| tulltjänsteman
|tapster, bottler (1889)
| customs officer
|tapster is another title for bartender
|  
|-
|-
|tattare
| tullvaktmästare
|gipsy (1829)
| landing waiter
|
|  
|-
|-
|taxeringsman
| tunnbindare
|assessor
| barrelmaker, cooper
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelformare
| tunnelarbetare
|brick moulder
| tunneller
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelbrännare
| tvättare
|brickmaker, tiler
| male launderer, washerman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tegelslagare
| tvätterska
|brickmoulder, tiler
| washerwoman
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|  
|-
|-
|tegeltäckare
| tvättgumma
|tiler
| washerwoman
|
|-
|-
|tehandlare
| tältmakare
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
| tent maker
|
|  
|-
|-
|tenngjutare
| ullfärgare
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
| wool dyer
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|  
|-
|-
|tiggare
| ullhandlare
|beggar
| wool merchant, trader in wool
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerhuggare
| underlöjtnant
|timber cutter
| sub lieutenant
|
|  
|-
|-
|timmerman
| underofficer
|carpenter, builder
| non comissioned officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|tingsskrivare
| underståtthållare
|copyist of court cases
| sub governor, deputy sheriff
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjuv
| urmakare
|thief
| watch and clockmaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|tjänare
| vagnmakare
|servant
| cartwright, carriage maker
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|  
|-
|-
|tjänstehjon
| vagnmästare
|servant, menial work
| wagon master
|see tjänare
|  
|-
|-
|tobakshandlare
| vaktare
|tobacco merchant
| keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|  
|-
|-
|tobaksspinnare
| vaktmästare
|tobacco spinner
| caretaker
|
|  
|-
|-
|tolvman
| vallflicka
|se nämdeman
| shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|  
|-
|-
|tornväktare
| valkare
|tower watch
| fuller, miller
|
|  
|-
|-
|torpare
| vallhjon
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
| a person tending cattle in the field
|This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
|  
|-
|-
|tresserska
| vandrare
|braider, plaiter
| wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|  
|-
|-
|trikotstickerska
| vapendragare
|tricot knitter,
| squire, esquire
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|  
|-
|-
|trummare
| vedhuggare
|drummer
| wood cutter
|
|  
|-
|-
|tryckare
| vice häradshövding
|printer, pressman
| see häradshövding
|
|  
|-
|-
|trädgårdsmästare
| vicepastor
|gardener
| curate
|
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|-
|tullbetjänt
| vinodlare
|customs officer
| wine grower
|
|  
|-
|-
|tulltjänsteman
| vårdarinna
|customs officer
| nurse
|
|  
|-
|-
|tullvaktmästare
| väglagare
|landing waiter
| repairer of roads
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnbindare
| vävare
|barrelmaker, cooper
| weaver
|
|  
|-
|-
|tunnelarbetare
| yllehandlare
|tunneller
| dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättare
| yrke
|male launderer, washerman
| occupation, profession
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvätterska
| yrkesidkare
|washerwoman
| trader
|
|  
|-
|-
|tvättgumma
| yrkesman
|washerwoman
| craftsman
|  
|-
|-
|tältmakare
| åbo
|tent maker
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullfärgare
| ålderman
|wool dyer
| head man of a company, headmaster (1829), alderman (1889)
|
|  
|-
|-
|ullhandlare
| ämbetsman
|wool merchant, trader in wool
| government official, crown officer
|
|  
|-
|-
|underlöjtnant
| överbefalhavare
|sub lieutenant
| commander in chief
|
|  
|-
|-
|underofficer
| överkonstapel
|non comissioned officer
| (military) corporal
|
|  
|-
|-
|underståtthållare
| överståthållare
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
| governor  
|
|  
|-
|-
|urmakare
| ölbryggare  
|watch and clockmaker
| beer brewer  
|
|  
|-
|vagnmakare
|cartwright, carriage maker
|
|-
|vagnmästare
|wagon master
|
|-
|vaktare
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|
|-
|vallflicka
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|
|-
|valkare
|fuller, miller
|
|-
|vallhjon
|a person tending cattle in the field
|
|-
|vandrare
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|
|-
|vapendragare
|squire, esquire
|
|-
|vedhuggare
|wood cutter
|
|-
|vice häradshövding
|see häradshövding
|
|-
|vicepastor
|curate
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|vinodlare
|wine grower
|
|-
|vårdarinna
|nurse
|
|-
|väglagare
|repairer of roads
|
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|
|-
|vävskedbindare
|weaver's comb binder
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|yllehandlare
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|
|-
|yrke
|occupation, profession
|
|-
|yrkesidkare
|trader
|
|-
|yrkesman
|craftsman
|
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|
|-
|ålderman
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
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|ämbetsman
|government official, crown officer
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|överbefalhavare
|commander in chief
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|överkonstapel
|(military) corporal
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|överståthållare
|governor
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|ölbryggare
|beer brewer
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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
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*Björkman, Carl Gustaf, <u>Svensk engelsk ordbok</u>, 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]
 
*Deleen, Carl, <u>Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey</u>, 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]
 
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>
Widegren, Gustaf. ''Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon''. Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=hIECAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Svenskt+och+Engelsk+Lexikon+1788&source=bl&ots=hqFS9d0VjN&sig=gF2ZdkoIoOtAMTSEDZbL8kr3MNs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H4wFUK_IM8KOrAHAsajJCA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Svenskt%20och%20Engelsk%20Lexikon%201788&f=false Svenskt och Engelsk Lexicon]<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
mölnare (1829) see mjölnare
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
tobakshandlare tobacco merchant
tobaksspinnare tobacco spinner
tolvman se nämdeman
tornväktare tower watch
torpare cottager, tenant farmer, peasant This term can have different meanings according to where you are in the country. In southern Sweden it means a farmer who is dependent on another farm (like a tenant farmer.) In northern Sweden it is more likely that the torpare owned his little farm.
tresserska braider, plaiter
trummare drummer
tryckare printer, pressman
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tullbetjänt customs officer
tulltjänsteman customs officer
tullvaktmästare landing waiter
tunnbindare barrelmaker, cooper
tunnelarbetare tunneller
tvättare male launderer, washerman
tvätterska washerwoman
tvättgumma washerwoman
tältmakare tent maker
ullfärgare wool dyer
ullhandlare wool merchant, trader in wool
underlöjtnant sub lieutenant
underofficer non comissioned officer
underståtthållare sub governor, deputy sheriff
urmakare watch and clockmaker
vagnmakare cartwright, carriage maker
vagnmästare wagon master
vaktare keeper, warder, guard, watcher
vaktmästare caretaker
vallflicka shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
valkare fuller, miller
vallhjon a person tending cattle in the field
vandrare wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
vapendragare squire, esquire
vedhuggare wood cutter
vice häradshövding see häradshövding
vicepastor curate a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
vinodlare wine grower
vårdarinna nurse
väglagare repairer of roads
vävare weaver
yllehandlare dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
yrke occupation, profession
yrkesidkare trader
yrkesman craftsman
åbo tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
ålderman head man of a company, headmaster (1829), alderman (1889)
ämbetsman government official, crown officer
överbefalhavare commander in chief
överkonstapel (military) corporal
överståthållare governor
ölbryggare beer brewer


References[edit | edit source]

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


  • Björkman, Carl Gustaf, Svensk engelsk ordbok, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svensk engelsk ordbok

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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