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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. <br>
==Online Resources==
*'''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 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==


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 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>
 
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>
 
This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>  


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


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=== References ===
===References===


Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
*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]
*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]
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*Widegren, Gustaf, <u>Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon</u>, 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]
*Widegren, Gustaf, <u>Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon</u>, 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]


Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
*Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997


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>  
*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>


Harlock, Walter E., <u>Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga</u>, P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>  
*Harlock, Walter E., <u>Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga</u>, P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>


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Occupations

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. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word Skråarkiv in Nationell Arkivdatabas.

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.

Sortable table
Occupation Short definition Full definition
abbot abbot
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 sacri ministerii (latin) pastorsadjunkt see adjunkt
adjunkt teacher (civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
administer, administra (latin) attendant, and assistant
administrator (latin) administrator
advocat lawyer, attorney
advocatus ecclesiae (latin) lawyer of the assembly
aedituus (latin) keeper of the sacristy person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
aftonsångspredikant evening-service preacher
agent agent, representative
aktor accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
aktris actress female play actor, performer
aktör actor male play actor, performer
allmänningsbonde common farmer, peasant, or man
allmäningskarl common farmer, peasant, or man
amiral admiral (military)
anförare leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
angivare informer (1788)
anklagare accuser, impeacher (1788)
ansättare (military) rammer service position with ramrods
apotekare pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
arbetare worker, laborer
arbetskarl male worker, workman, laborer
arbetsman 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
arkibiskop (1788) archbishop modern Swedish ärkebiskop
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
avskrivare (1788) transcriber, copier
axplockare gleaner gleaning, earing, after gathering
backstuguhjon cottager (1788) see backstugusittare
backstugusittare cottager one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: Backstugusittare
badare keeper of a bath house (1788)
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
bedragare cheat, impostor, deceiver
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
befordrare promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
befällningshavande officer in command
beherskare commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
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 a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
bergshauptman mine inspector
bergskarl miner
bergslagsman miner, proprietor of a mine
bergsman miner part owner of a mine (1788)
bergsprångare miner one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
bergsråd counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
beridare horsebreaker, riding master
beskattningsman taxer, assessor
beslagare seizer, confiscator, setter a kind of bailiff (1788)
beslagskarl see beslagare
besökare customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
betalare paymaster (1788)
betjänt servant, civil servant
bettlare beggar
bevaktare guard, keeper
bevakningsbefälhavare captain of the watch
bevarare preserver, saver, conservator
beväringskarl militia man, conscript
beväringsman militia man, 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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: Smedskivan
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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
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) in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
curatus (latin) kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
custod (latin) guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
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.
disponent manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
domare judge
domesticus (latin) servant, one who serves in a household
domprost dean see also prestman
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
fånggevald, fånggevaldiger A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
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 army ranger
fältpredikant army chaplain
fältskär assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
fältväbel (military) sergeant major
fänrik (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant 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, military: NCO, sergeant 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
förpaktare tenant farmer, leaseholder alias to arrendator
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
gratialist pensionary (1889) person who receives or lives on a pension
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) If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
guldsmed goldsmith (1829) If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
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
hembiträde servant girl, maid
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 compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
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) cultivator, farmer (1889)
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
kofferdikapten captain of a merchant ship
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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
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 See Kronofogden
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
kustuppsyningsman an under officer with the coast guard
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
lackerare one who applies lacquer
ladugårdsidkare dairyman
ladugårdspiga dairymaid
laggare hooper a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
lagkarl lawyer
landbo tenant farmer with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
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
lantmätare a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
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
linvävare linen weaver
livdrabant (military) yeoman of the guard
livdragon (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
livgrenadjär (military) soldier belonging tot the 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. Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
messingssmed brass smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
metallarbetare metal worker
metallgjutare brass founder, brazier
mildsoldat militiaman
mineralgrävare miner
minister government minister
minuthandlare retailer
minör miner (1889)
mjölhandlare flour merchant
mjölkarrendator tenant dairy farmer
mjölkförsäljare milkman
mjölkförsäljerska milkwoman
mjölkhustru milkwoman
mjölkpiga milkmaid, dairymaid
mjöldräng miller's man
mjölnare miller
mjölnarhustru millers wife
mjölnerska miller woman
modehandlare dealer in fancy goods
modesömmerska milliner (1889) a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
modist milliner a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
murare mason bricklayer, stone mason
muraregesäll journeyman mason
murarelärling masons apprentice
murarmästare master mason
mureriarbetare bricklayer
murerihandtlangare hodman a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
musketerare musketeer
målare painter, artist
målargesäll journeyman painter
målarmästare master painter
månads karl a male worker with a 1 month contract
månglerska 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
mölnare (1829) see mjölnare
mönsterherre (military) muster master
mönsterskrivare (military) muster clerk keeping record of the military muster rolls
mössmakare cap maker
nattman night man
nattvaktare night watchman
nipperhandlare milliner, toyman (1829)
nipphandlerska dealer in fancy articles (1889)
nybyggare settler or colonizer
nålmakare needle maker
nämdeman , nm., nman juror kind of juryman/lay judge
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
parmmätare hay measurer
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
pennberedare pen dispenser
pensionsföreståndare master of a boarding school
perukmakare wig maker
p. et. P. (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus parish priest
piga maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
pipare piper
pipsmed see bössmed
piskmakare whip makeer
plogsmed plough wright
plymmakare feather maker
plåtslagare black smith, worker in sheet iron If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
porterbryggare brewer of dark ale
possessionat Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
postförare mail driver
postmästare postmaster
predikant preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
prest priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
principal employer, master
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean, sub dean (1829)
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
ruggare worker in textile manufacturing
rusthållare farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
ryttare (military) cavalryman
ryttmästare captain of a cavalry
rådbisittare city councilman member of the city council whose job was to oversee the guilds in a city. See the Rådbisittare
rådman councilman
rättare overseer (1829)
Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A. (latin) assistant priest
Sacri Ministerii Candidat (latin) priest in training
sadelmakare saddle maker, leather worker
salthandlare dealer of salt, saltman
saltmätare person who measures salt
saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare a boiler or producer of saltpeter see Saltpetersjudare
satinvävare satin weaver
saxmakare maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
segelmakare sail maker
segelsömmare sail maker
sejlare cord maker
sergeant sergeant
sexmän type of parish law enforcement See Sexmän
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
slaktardräng butcher's man
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A. see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
S.M.C., S.M. Cand. see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
smed smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
smedsgesäll journeyman smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
smedsmästare master smith If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
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
speditör forwarding shipping agent agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
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
stickerska knitter, woman who knits
strykerska laundress, ironing woman
strängmakare string maker
studerande student
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)
svarvare turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
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 If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
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
trikotstickerska tricot knitter, a woman who knits tricot fabric
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
vävskedbindare weaver's comb binder also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [1] (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) Another use of the title was the headmaster of a guild. See Ålderman
ämbetsman government official, crown officer
överbefalhavare commander in chief
överkonstapel (military) corporal
överståthållare governor
ölbryggare beer brewer


References

  • 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
  • Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon, Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svenskt och Engelsk Lexicon
  • Family History Dept, Genealogical Word List: Sweden, Salt Lake City, 1997
  • Harlock, Walter E., Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1944
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