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==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==


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


{| class="sortable" border="1"
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!Occupation
!Short definition
! class="unsortable" |Full definition
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|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
|-
|-
! Occupation
|aftonsångspredikant
! Short definition
|evening-service preacher
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|
|-
|-
| abbot
|agent
| abbot
|agent, representative
|  
|
|-
|-
| accismästare
|aktor
| customs officer
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|aktris
| a midwife
|actress
| <br>
|female play actor, performer
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|aktör
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|actor
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|male play actor, performer
|-
|-
| adelsman
|allmänningsbonde
| nobleman
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|  
|
|-
|-
| adelssven
|allmäningskarl
| page (youth)
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|amiral
| (latin) pastorsadjunkt
|admiral (military)
| see adjunkt
|
|-
|-
| adjunkt
|anförare
| teacher
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| (civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|angivare
| (latin) attendant, and assistant
|informer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator
|anklagare
| (latin) administrator
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| advocat
|ansättare
| lawyer, attorney
|(military) rammer
|  
|service position with ramrods
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|apotekare
| (latin) lawyer of the assembly
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|  
|
|-
|-
| aedituus
|arbetare
| (latin) keeper of the sacristy
|worker, laborer
| person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|arbetskarl
| evening-service preacher
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| agent
|arbetsman
| agent, representative
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| aktor
|arbk.
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| aktris
|arkebusier
| actress
|(military) member of firing squad
| female play actor, performer
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| aktör
|arkibiskop
| actor
|(1788) archbishop
| male play actor, performer
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde
|arklimästare
| common farmer, peasant, or man
|(military) gunner
|  
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| allmäningskarl
|arrendator
| common farmer, peasant, or man
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|-
|-
| amiral
|artillerist
| admiral (military)  
|(military) man of the artillery
|  
|
|-
|-
| anförare
|artillerikonstapel
| leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)  
|(military) bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| angivare
|assessor
| informer (1788)
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| anklagare
|assuradör
| accuser, impeacher (1788)
|insurer, underwriter
|  
|
|-
|-
| ansättare
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| (military) rammer
|auctioneer
| service position with ramrods
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| apotekare
|auktor, autor
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|author
|  
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| arbetskarl
|avisskrivare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|newswriter
|  
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|avskedad soldat
| male worker, workman, laborer
|discharged, resigned soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbk.
|avskrivare (1788)
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|transcriber, copier
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|axplockare
| (military) member of firing squad
|gleaner
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| arkibiskop
|backstuguhjon
| (1788) archbishop
|cottager (1788)
| modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|backstugusittare
| (military) gunner
|cottager
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| arrendator
|badare
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|
|-
|-
| artillerist
|badaremästare
| (military) man of the artillery
|barber surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|badmästare
| (military) bombardier
|bath-keeper
|
|(1889)
|-
|-
| assessor
|bagare
| assessor
|baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| assuradör
|bagaregesäll
| insurer, underwriter
|baker's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|bagarelärling
| auctioneer
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|bagaremästare
| author
|master baker
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|banérförare
| newswriter
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|banérherre
| discharged, resigned soldier
|(military) banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| avskrivare (1788)  
|banér-riddare
| transcriber, copier
|(military) knight banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|bankvaktmästare
| gleaner
|porter, messenger at a bank
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstuguhjon
|banmästare
| cottager (1788)
|overseer of a railway line
| see backstugusittare
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|barberare
| cottager
|barber, shaver
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|
|-
|-
| badare
|barberarebiträde
| keeper of a bath house (1788)
|barber's assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|barberaregesäll
| barber surgeon
|journeyman barber
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|barberarelärling
| bath-keeper
|barber's apprentice
| (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bagare
|barkare
| baker
|tanner
|  
|(1829)
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|barnförlossare
| baker's man
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|barnmorska
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|female midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|barnpiga
| master baker
|maid for children
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérförare
|barnsköterska
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérherre
|baron
| (military) banneret
|baron
|
|baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|basunist
| (military) knight banneret
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|bataljonsadjuntant
| porter, messenger at a bank
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| banmästare
|bataljonschef
| overseer of a railway line
|(military) commander of a battalion
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|batterikonstapel
| barber, shaver
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|bedragare
| barber's assistant
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|befallningshavande
| journeyman barber
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|befallningsman
| barber's apprentice
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|befallningsman (konungens)
| tanner
|county governor
| (1829)
|Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|befaren båtsman
| male midwife
|(military) traveling sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|befordrare
| female midwife
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|befällningshavande
| maid for children
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|beherskare
| female nurse (not wet nurse)  
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|bensamlare
| baron
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
| baron is a title used later for friherrar. Between 1626 and 1719 the nobility was divided into three classes. Friherrar belonged to the second class, yet still considered high nobility. After the dismantlement of the classes, the friherrar continued as nobility (some titled, others not) with a coat of arms.
|
|-
|-
| basunist
|bergmästare
| trumpeter
|minemaster (1829)
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|bergsarbetare
| (military) sergeant-major
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|bergsbruksidkare
| (military) commander of a battalion
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|bergsfogde
| (military) battalion bombardier
|bailiff of a mine
|
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| bedragare
|bergshauptman
| cheat, impostor, deceiver
|mine inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|bergskarl
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|miner
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|bergslagsman
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|miner, proprietor of a mine
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens)
|bergsman
| county governor
|miner
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|bergsprångare
| (military) traveling sailor
|miner
|
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| befordrare
|bergsråd
| promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)  
|
|
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| befällningshavande
|beridare
| officer in command
|horsebreaker, riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| beherskare
|beskattningsman
| commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|beslagare
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|seizer, confiscator, setter
|  
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|beslagskarl
| minemaster (1829)
|see beslagare
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|besökare
| miner
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|betalare
| mining man
|paymaster (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|betjänt
| bailiff of a mine
|servant, civil servant
| a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|bettlare
| mine inspector
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|bevaktare
| miner
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|captain of the watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsman
|bevarare
| miner
|preserver, saver, conservator
| part owner of a mine (1788)
|
|-
|-
| bergsprångare
|beväringskarl
| miner
|militia man, conscript
| one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|
|-
|-
| bergsråd
|beväringsman
|  
|militia man, conscript
| counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|
|-
|-
| beridare
|bibliotekarie
| horsebreaker, riding master
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|bijouterihandlare
| taxer, assessor
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|bildhuggare
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|sculptor, statuary, carver
| a kind of bailiff (1788)
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|bildskärare
| see beslagare
|se bildsnidare
|  
|
|-
|-
| besökare
|bildsnidare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| betalare
|biljettförsäljare
| paymaster (1788)
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|biljettförsäljerska
| servant, civil servant
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bettlare
|bilöpare
| beggar
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|bindare
| guard, keeper
|tier, binder, fastener
|  
|for example net making
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|biodlare
| captain of the watch
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevarare
|biskop
| preserver, saver, conservator
|bishop
|  
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|biskötare
| militia man, conscript
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|biträde
| militia man, conscript
|assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|bjudare
| librarian
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|bleckslagare
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|blockmakare
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|block maker, pulley maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|blodigelodlare
| se bildsnidare
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|blomsterhandlare
| sculptor
|flower seller (male)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|blomsterhandlerska
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|flower seller (female)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|blomsterodlare
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|cultivator of flowers, florist
|  
|
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|blossbärare
| interloper
|torch-bearer
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|
|-
|-
| bindare
|blyarbetare
| tier, binder, fastener
|lead worker, plumber
| for example net making
|
|-
|-
| biodlare
|blyfalsare
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| biskop
|blystöpare
| bishop
|plumber
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|
|-
|-
| biskötare
|blytäckare
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| biträde
|bodbetjent
| assistant
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bjudare
|boddräng
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|shop hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|bodflicka
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|shop girl, shop maid
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith:&nbsp;see:&nbsp;[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|bodgosse
| block maker, pulley maker
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|bodhandlare
| cultivator of leeches
|shopkeeper, tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|bodmamsell
| flower seller (male)
|shop girl, shop woman
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|bokbindare
| flower seller (female)
|bookbinder
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|bokförare
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|bokhandlare
| torch-bearer
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|bokhållare
| lead worker, plumber
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|bokhäftare
| plumber
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|bokmakare
| plumber
|book wright, book maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|bonde
| plumber
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|bondedräng
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|farm hand
|
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| boddräng
|bondeflicka
| shop hand
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|bondepiga
| shop girl, shop maid  
|peasant's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|borgare
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|citizen, burgher
|  
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|borgmästare
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|mayor
|  
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|borrare
| shop girl, shop woman
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|borrmakare
| bookbinder
|bit forger
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| bokförare
|borrsmed
| book keeper
|bit smith
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|boskapshandlare
| bookseller
|dealer of livestock
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|boskapsherde
| book keeper
|herdsman
| same as bokförare
|
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|boskapsskötare
| book stitcher
|stockman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|boskapsvaktare
| book wright, book maker
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bonde
|boställshavare
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|bouppteckningsman
| farm hand
|person who inventories (1889)
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|boutredningsman
| country girl
|administrator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|brandmästare
| peasant's maid
|fire warden
|  
|
|-
|-
| borgare
|braständare
| citizen, burgher
|fire lighter
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|brevbärare
| mayor
|letter carrier, postman
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|
|-
|-
| borrare
|brevdragare
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|see brevbärare
|  
|
|-
|-
| borrmakare
|brevskrivare
| bit forger
|letter writer
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| borrsmed
|brevställare
| bit smith
|see brevskrivare
| 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
|brobyggare
| dealer of livestock
|bridge builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsherde
|broderare
| herdsman
|embroiderer
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsskötare
|broläggare
| stockman
|bridge builder, paver
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsvaktare
|bromästare
| herdsman
|bridge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| boställshavare
|bronsarbetare
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|worker in bronze
|  
|
|-
|-
| bouppteckningsman
|bronsgjutare
| person who inventories (1889)
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| boutredningsman
|brottmålsdomare
| administrator
|judge criminal
|  
|
|-
|-
| brandmästare
|brottmålsnoterie
| fire warden
|crown clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| braständare
|brovaktare
| fire lighter
|guard of a bridge
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevbärare
|brovindare
| letter carrier, postman
|bridge driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevdragare
|brukare
| see brevbärare
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevskrivare
|bruksarbetare
| letter writer
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevställare
|bruksegare
| see brevskrivare
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
|
|-
|-
| brobyggare
|bryggare
| bridge builder
|brewer
|  
|
|-
|-
| broderare
|brännmästare
| embroiderer
|master distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| broläggare
|brännvinsbrännare
| bridge builder, paver
|brandy distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| bromästare
|buntmakare
| bridge master
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsarbetare
|byfogde
| worker in bronze
|hamlet bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsgjutare
|byggare, byggkarl
| bronze founder, brazier
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsdomare
|byggmästare
| judge criminal
|master builder, contractor
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsnoterie
|bykerska
| crown clerk
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovaktare
|byskomakare
| guard of a bridge
|village shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovindare
|bågflytt
| bridge driver
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|-
|-
| brukare
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksarbetare
|bälgmakare
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|bellows-maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksegare
|bödel
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|executioner
|  
|
|-
|-
| bryggare
|bösseskytt
| brewer
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännmästare
|bössmed
| master distiller
|gunsmith
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännvinsbrännare
|cantor
| brandy distiller
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|-
|-
| buntmakare
|curatus
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|(latin)
|
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| byfogde
|custod
| hamlet bailiff
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| byggare, byggkarl
|d., dr.
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|dagkarl, daglönare
| master builder, contractor
|day laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bykerska
|danneman
| washerwoman
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| byskomakare
|degn
| village shoemaker
|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.)
|-
|-
| bågflytt
|deja, dejpiga
| archer, bowman
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|demoiselle
| (military) seaman, sailor
|Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| bälgmakare
|d.g.
| bellows-maker
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| bödel
|disponent
| executioner
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| bösseskytt
|domare
| (military)
|judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| bössmed
|domesticus
| gunsmith
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|-
|-
| cantor
|domprost
| (latin)
|dean
| in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|see also prestman
|-
|-
| curatus
|dr.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for dräng
| kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|
|-
|-
| custod
|drabant, dravant
| (latin)  
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
| guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|
|-
|-
| d., dr.
|dragon
| abbreviation for dräng
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| dagkarl, daglönare
|dräng, dr.
| day laborer
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
|
|-
|-
| danneman
|däga
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|see deja
|  
|
|-
|-
| degn
|emigrantagent
| assistant to the priest
|emigrant agent
| The term "degn" is a Danish title for an assistant to the parish priest. The term can be found in the records for areas of modern Sweden that have Danish roots (Skåne, Halland, etc.)
|
|-
|-
| deja, dejpiga
|emigrantvärvare
| maidservant, milkmaid
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| demoiselle
|extra roteringsmän
| Miss
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| d.g.
|fabriksarbetare
|  
|factory worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| domare
|famnmätare
| judge
|corder of wood
|  
|
|-
|-
| domesticus
|fanjunkare
| (latin)  
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
| servant, one who serves in a household
|
|-
|-
| domprost
|fatburshustru
| dean
|wife of a storekeeper
| see also prestman
|
|-
|-
| dr.
|fatburssven
| abbreviation for dräng
|storehouse apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| drabant, dravant
|fattighjon
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|pauper
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragon
|filtare
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|felter
|  
|
|-
|-
| dräng, dr.
|finbagare
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| däga
|fiolmakare
| see deja
|violen maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantagent
|fiskare
| emigrant agent
|fisherman
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantvärvare
|fiskarflicka
| emigrant agent
|fisher girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| extra roteringsmän
|fiskargosse
|  
|fisher boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|fiskhandlare
| factory worker
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|-
|-
| famnmätare
|fjerdingsman
| corder of wood
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|-
|-
| fanjunkare
|fjäderarbetare
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburshustru
|fjärdingsman
| wife of a storekeeper
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburssven
|flickare
| storehouse apprentice
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|fogde
| pauper
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
| filtare
|forbonde
| felter
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|-
|-
| finbagare
|forman
| pastry cook
|see forbonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiolmakare
|formare
| violen maker
|moulder (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskare
|friborgare
| fisherman
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskarflicka
|frihandlare
| fisher girl
|free trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskargosse
|friherre
| fisher boy
|baron
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskhandlare
|friherrinna
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|baroness
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjerdingsman
|fru
| under bailiff of a härad
|Mrs.
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjäderarbetare
|frälse
| feather maker
|nobility
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|frälsebonde
| see fjerdingsman
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| flickare
|frälsetorpare
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fogde
|fröken
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|lady, honorable Miss
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|
|-
|-
| forbonde
|fyrvaktare
| carter, wagoner
|lighthouse man
|  
|
|-
|-
| forman
|fyrverkare
| see forbonde
|(military) fire worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| formare
|fågelfängare
| moulder (1829)
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
|
|-
|-
| friborgare
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
|
|-
|-
| frihandlare
|fårherde
| free trader
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherre
|fårklippare
| baron
|sheep shearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherrinna
|fädräng
| baroness
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| fru
|fäflicka
| Mrs.
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälse
|fäktmästare
| nobility
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsebonde
|fältbagare
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|army baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsetorpare
|fältjägare
| see frälsebonde
|army ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| fröken
|fältpredikant
| lady, honorable Miss
| army chaplain
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrvaktare
|fältskär
| lighthouse man
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrverkare
|fältväbel
| (military) fire worker
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| fågelfängare
|fänrik
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
|färgare
| A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårherde
|färgaregesäll
| sheep tender, shepherd
|journeyman dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårklippare
|färikarl
| sheep shearer
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fädräng
|färsing
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäflicka
|fästebonde
| female herder, working with cattle
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| fäktmästare
|förare
| fencing master, master swordsman
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
| fältbagare
|föreståndare
| army baker
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|förpaktare
| army ranger&nbsp;
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| fältpredikant
|förpantare
| &nbsp;army chaplain&nbsp;
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältskär
|försvarslös
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|  
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|garnhandlare
| (military) sergeant major
|dealer in wools
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|garnisonssoldat
| &nbsp;(military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant&nbsp;
|soldier in garrison duty
| also seen as fändrik
|
|-
|-
| färgare
|garvare
| dyer, stainer
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| färgaregesäll
|gaständare
| journeyman dyer
|gas lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| färikarl
|generalbefälhavare
| ferryman (1829)
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|-
|-
| färsing
|generallöjtnant
| weaver, common weaver
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|gesäll
| a tenant farmer
|journeyman
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| förare
|gjutare
| carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|caster, founder, moulder
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| föreståndare
|glasarbetare
| manager
|glass worker
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|
|-
|-
| förpaktare
|glasblåsare
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|glassblower
| alias to arrendator
|
|-
|-
| förpantare
|glasfabrikant
| mortgager,
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|glashandlare
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|glassman
| also means defenseless
|
|-
|-
| garnhandlare
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| dealer in wools
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|glasmålare
| soldier in garrison duty
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| garvare
|glasslipare
| tanner (1829)
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| gaständare
|glasögonmakare
| gas lighter
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|glättare
| commanding general of a district
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|gratialist
| lieutenant general
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| gesäll
|grenadjär
| journeyman
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|grosshandlare
| caster, founder, moulder
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| works at a foundry
|
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|gruvarbetare
| glass worker
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasblåsare
|gruvbrytare
| glassblower
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|gruvförvaltare
| glassmaker
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
|
|-
|-
| glashandlare
|gruvkarl
| glassman
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|grönsakshandlare
| glassmaker
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| glasmålare
|gs.
| glass painter
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|guldarbetare
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|guldsmed
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| glättare
|gårdsbrukare
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| gratialist
|gårdsdräng
| pensionary (1889)
|see dräng
| person who receives or lives on a pension
|
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|gårdsfogde
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|see befallningsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| grosshandlare
|gästgivare
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|innkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvarbetare
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| miner
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvbrytare
|hammarmästare
| miner
|forge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvförvaltare
|hammarsmed
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvkarl
|hamnfogde
| see gruvarbetare
|overseer of a port
|  
|
|-
|-
| grönsakshandlare
|hamnkapten
| green grocer
|harbor master
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|
|-
|-
| gs.
|handelsidkare
|  
|trader, merchandiser
| abbreviation for gesäll
|
|-
|-
| guldarbetare
|handelsman
| goldsmith (1829)
|merchant, trader
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|handhavare
| goldsmith (1829)
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| gårdsbrukare
|handskmakare
| farmer
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsdräng
|hantverkare
| see dräng
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|hantverksgesäll
| see befallningsman
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|hattmakare
| innkeeper
|hatmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|hejdriddare
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| hammarmästare
|hembiträde
| forge master
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|hemmansegare
| forger, hammerman
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogde
|hemmansbrukare
| overseer of a port
|farmer
|  
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| hamnkapten
|hemmansägare
| harbor master
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| handelsidkare
|herrgårdstjenst
| trader, merchandiser
|service at a manor
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|hjon
| merchant, trader
|person (1829, 1889)
|  
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| handhavare
|hjulmakare
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|hjulmakardräng
| glove maker, glover
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|hjälphjon
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|extra hand or helper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hantverksgesäll
|hjälphustru
| journeyman artisian
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|hovbagare (1829)
| hatmaker
|the kings baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hejdriddare
|hovdam (1829)
| ranger
|lady of the court
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|
|-
|-
| hemmansegare
|hovbetjent (1829)
| farm owner
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|hovjunkare (1829)
| farmer
|servant to the king
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|hovkansler
| farmer, homeowner
|court chancellor
| same as jordegare
|
|-
|-
| herrgårdstjenst
|hovman (1829)
| service at a manor
|courtier
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjon
|hudafdragare (1889)
| person (1829, 1889)  
|skinner, flayer
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|husbonde (1829)
| wheelwright, wheeler
|master of a family or house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|husdräng (1829)
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|man servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphjon
|husfader
| extra hand or helper
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|husflicka
| helping woman,
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbagare (1829)
|husfolk
| the kings baker
|farmers, farm people
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovdam (1829)
|hushållare
| lady of the court
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbetjent (1829)  
|husjungfru (1829)
| officer of the court
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovjunkare (1829)
|husmamsell
| servant to the king
|housekeeper
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|
|-
|-
| hovkansler
|husman
| court chancellor
|tenant farmer
|  
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| hovman (1829)
|husmoder
| courtier
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| hudafdragare (1889)
|huspiga
| skinner, flayer
|housemaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| husbonde (1829)
|huspredikant
| master of a family or house  
|private chaplain, house preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| husdräng (1829)
|hustjänare
| man servant in a house
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfader
|hustru
| head of household, father
|wife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| husflicka
|hyttarbetare
| girl servant in a house
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|hållkarl
| farmers, farm people
|hostler
|  
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| hushållare
|hårarbetare
| housekeeper
|hair worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| husjungfru (1829)
|häradsbokhållare
| see hushållerska
|see häradsskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|häradsdomare
| housekeeper
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| husman
|häradsfogde
| tenant farmer
|bailiff of a härad (district)
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|
|-
|-
| husmoder
|häradshövding
| housewife, mistress of a family
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspiga
|häradsskrivare
| housemaid
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|hövitsman
| private chaplain, house preacher
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustjänare
|infanterist
| house servant, domestic
|foot soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustru
|inhyses
| wife, mistress of a family
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| hyttarbetare
|inhyseshjon
| smelter, works at a foundry
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl
|inspektor
| hostler
|inspector
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|inspektör
| hair worker
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| häradsbokhållare
|ishandlare
| see häradsskrivare
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|jagare
| senior jurate
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
| the oldest of the jury
|
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|jodgumma (1829)
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|jordbrukare
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|jordegare
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|landowner, landholder, landlord
|  
|
|-
|-
| hövitsman
|jordegumma
| captain
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| infanterist
|jungfru
| foot soldier
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyses
|junker
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyseshjon
|jurist
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| inspektor
|justitieborgmästare
| inspector
|recorder
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|
|-
|-
| inspektör
|justitieminister
| inspector
|minster of justice
| superior, superintendent
|
|-
|-
| ishandlare
|justitiestatsminister
| ice man, dealer of ice
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| jagare
|juvelerare
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|jeweller
|  
|
|-
|-
| jodgumma (1829)
|jägare
| midwife
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
| see barnmorska
|
|-
|-
| jordbrukare
|jägeribetjent
| husbandman (1829)
|gamekeeper
| cultivator, farmer (1889)
|
|-
|-
| jordegare
|jägmästare
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordegumma
|järnhandlare
| midwife (1889)
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|-
|-
| jungfru
|järnvägsarbetare
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|-
|-
| junker
|järnvägsbetjening
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| jurist
|kakelungsmakare
| lawyer
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| justitieborgmästare
|kammarfru
| recorder
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieminister
|kammarjunkare
| minster of justice
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitiestatsminister
|kammarjungfru
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| juvelerare
|kammarjägare
| jeweller
|rat hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägare
|kammarpiga
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägeribetjent
|kammarskrivare
| gamekeeper
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|kamrerare
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnhandlare
|kanongjutare
| dealer of iron
|cannon founder
|  
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| järnvägsarbetare
|kapellmästare
| worker on a railway
|chapel master
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägsbetjening
|kapellpredikant
| service on a railway line
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| kakelungsmakare
|kaplan, kapellan
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|kapten
| bedchamber woman
|(military) captain
|  
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|karduansmakare
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|  
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| kammarjungfru
|kavallerist
| see kammarpiga
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|kedjemakare
| rat hunter
|chain maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarpiga
|kistmakare
| lady's maid
|box maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| clerk in a government office
|tinker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kamrerare
|kittelslagare
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|kettle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|klampare
| cannon founder
|a foreman at a lumberyard
| founder who makes cannons
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|-
|-
| kapellmästare
|klensmed
| chapel master
|locksmith, toolmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapellpredikant
|klockare, klr.
| preacher at a chapel
|parish clerk
| see kaplan
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|-
|-
| kaplan, kapellan
|klockgjutare
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapten
|klr.
| (military) captain
|
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|kn.
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|klädesfärgare
| (military) cavalryman
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjemakare
|klädeshandlare
| chain maker
|cloth merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kistmakare
|klädesvävare
| box maker
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|klädsömmerska
| tinker
|dressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelslagare
|knalle
| kettle maker
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|-
|-
| klampare
|knappmakare
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|button maker
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|
|-
|-
| klensmed
|knekt
| locksmith, toolmaker
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.
|knifvässare
| parish clerk
|knife sharpener, cutler
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|
|-
|-
| klockgjutare
|knifsmed
| bell founder
|cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| klr.
|knipare
|  
|nipper
| abbreviation for klockare
|
|-
|-
| kn.
|knypplare
|  
|male lace maker
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| klädesfärgare
|knypplerska
| cloth dyer
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädeshandlare
|koarrendator
| cloth merchant
|see mjölkarrendator
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädesvävare
|kofferdi
| cloth weaver
|merchant marine
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädsömmerska
|kofferdikapten
| dressmaker
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| knalle
|kofferdimatros
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|merchant seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| knappmakare
|koffertsnickare
| button maker  
|trunk maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knekt
|kokerska
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|female cook, cook maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifvässare
|kogubbe
| knife sharpener, cutler
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifsmed
|kolarbetare
| cutler
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| knipare
|kolare
| nipper
|coal man, charcoal burner
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplare
|kolbonde
| male lace maker
|coal carter
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplerska
|kolhandlare
| female lace maker
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| koarrendator
|komminister
| see mjölkarrendator
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|kommissarie
| merchant marine
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| kofferdimatros
|konduktor
| merchant seaman
|conductor, guard with the railways
|  
|
|-
|-
| koffertsnickare
|konduktör
| trunk maker
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kokerska
|konstapel
| female cook, cook maid
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| kogubbe
|konstnär
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolarbetare
|kontorskrivare
| collier
|clerk
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|kontraktsprost
| coal man, charcoal burner
|rural dean
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolbonde
|kopparslagare
| coal carter
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| kolhandlare
|koppartryckare
| coal merchant
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| komminister
|korgarbetare
| perpetual curate
|basket worker, wicker
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|
|-
|-
| kommissarie
|korgflätare
| commissioner
|basket maker
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|
|-
|-
| konduktor
|korherre
| conductor, guard with the railways
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| konduktör
|korpral
| sergeant
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|-
|-
| konstapel
|kovaktare
| (police) constable
|cow keeper
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|
|-
|-
| konstnär
|kreaturshandlare
| artist
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontorskrivare
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| clerk
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| kontraktsprost
|krigsman
| rural dean
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|kronoarrendator
| coppersmith
|crown tenant, crown peasant
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| koppartryckare
|kronobefallningsman
| copper plate printer
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgarbetare
|kronobetjäning
| basket worker, wicker
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgflätare
|kronobonde
| basket maker
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| korherre
|kronofogde
| canon
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| korpral
|kronojägare
| (military) corporal
|ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| kovaktare
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| cow keeper
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kreaturshandlare
|kronouppbördsman
| see boskapshandlare
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|krukmakare
|  
|potter
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|
|-
|-
| krigsman
|kryddkrämare
| soldier
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronoarrendator
|krögare
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|kurir
| see länsman
|courier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|kusk, kutsk
| police
|coachman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|kustuppsyningsman
| crown peasant
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|kvarnarrendator
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|renter of a mill
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|
|-
|-
| kronojägare
|kvarnbyggare
| ranger
|mill wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kvarndräng
| see länsman
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|kvarnegare
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|mill owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|kvarntullsinspektor
| potter
|mill toll inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| kryddkrämare
|kypare
| grocer, storekeeper
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| krögare
|kyrkobetjänare
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kurir
|kyrkoföreståndare
| courier
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|kyrkoherde
| coachman
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnarrendator
|kyrkovaktare
| renter of a mill
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnbyggare
|kyrkvärd
| mill wright
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarndräng
|käpphandlare
| mill hand
|cane seller, caneman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnegare
|kökbetjäning
| mill owner
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor
|kökspiga
| mill toll inspector
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare
|köpman
| wine cooper, cooper
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjänare
|körsnär
| churchman, clergyman
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| kyrkoföreståndare
|kötthandlare
| churchwarden
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|köttmånglare
| rector, parson, parish minister
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|lackerare
| church guard, sexton
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd
|ladugårdsidkare
| churchwarden
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| käpphandlare
|ladugårdspiga
| cane seller, caneman
|dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökbetjäning
|laggare
| kitchen staff
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| kökspiga
|lagkarl
| kitchen maid
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| köpman
|landbo
| merchant
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| körsnär
|landshövding
| fur merchant, furrier
|lord lieutenant
| see buntmakare
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| kötthandlare
|landsknekt
| meat salesman, butcher
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| köttmånglare
|landskontorist
| see kötthandlare
|clerk in receivers office
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdsidkare
|landsman
| dairyman
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdspiga
|landstrykare
| dairymaid
|vagrant, tramp
|  
|
|-
|-
| laggare
|landsvägsriddare
| hooper
|knight of the road
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| lagkarl
|landtbo
| lawyer
|countryman, person from the country
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| landbo
|landtbrukare
| tenant farmer&nbsp;
|farmer, gentleman farmer
| with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|
|-
|-
| landshövding
|landtbruksbokhållare
| lord lieutenant
|under steward
| see befallningshavande
|
|-
|-
| landsknekt
|landtbruksinspektor
| (military) landsquenet
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| landskontorist
|landtflicka
| clerk in receivers office
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|landthandlare
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| landstrykare
|landthushållare
| vagrant, tramp
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
| landsvägsriddare
|landtjunkare
| knight of the road
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|
|-
|-
| landtbo
|lantmätare
| countryman, person from the country
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbrukare
|lappare
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksbokhållare
|lappbonde
| under steward
|Lapp peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksinspektor
|lappskarvare
| land steward
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtflicka
|lappskräddare
| country girl
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthandlare
|lastningsbokhållare
| country shopkeeper
|shipping clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthushållare
|legoknekt
| husbandman
|(military) mercenary
| see also jordbrukare
|
|-
|-
| landtjunkare
|likörare
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|hearse driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappare
|liktarskeppare
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappbonde
|limkokare
| Lapp peasant
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskarvare
|linberedare
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|linhandlare
| patch tailor, botcher
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lastningsbokhållare
|linhäcklare
| shipping clerk
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| legoknekt
|linvävare
| (military) mercenary
|linen weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| likörare
|livdrabant
| hearse driver
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| liktarskeppare
|livdragon
| lighterman, bargeman
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| limkokare
|livgrenadjär
| glue boiler
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|-
|-
| linberedare
|livhussar
| flax dresser
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| linhandlare
|ljusfabrikör
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| linhäcklare
|logarvare
| flax dresser
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdrabant
|lokomotivförare
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdragon
|lots
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| livgrenadjär
|lumphandlare
| &nbsp;(military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers&nbsp;
|rag dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| livhussar
|lumpsamlare
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| ljusfabrikör
|lånförmedlare
| candlemaker
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
|-
|-
| logarvare
|läkare
| tanner
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| lokomotivförare
|länsbokhållare
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| lots
|länsinnehavare
| sea pilot
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumphandlare
|länsman
| rag dealer
|sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumpsamlare
|länsåklagare
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| lånförmedlare
|lärare
| negotiator of loans, broker
|teacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| läkare
|lärling
| doctor
|apprentice
| healer, curer, physician
|
|-
|-
| länsbokhållare
|löjtnant
| sheriff clerk
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsinnehavare
|lösdrivare
| tenant of a feud
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|madam
| sheriff
|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.)
|-
|-
| länsåklagare
|madrassmakare
| county prosecutor
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärare
|magasinbokhållare
| teacher
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärling
|magasinsförvaltare
| apprentice
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|magistratsperson
| lieutenant
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|magistratssekreterare
| vagrant
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| madam
|major
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|(military) army major
| Earlier a title with status between "hustru" (farmers, etc.) and "fru" (noblit, priests, etc.)
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|majorska
| mattressmaker
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinbokhållare
|malmbrytare
| warehouse clerk
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinsförvaltare
|malthandlare
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratsperson
|mamsell
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| magistratssekreterare
|mantalskommissarie
| town clerk
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| major
|manufakturhandlare
| (military) army major
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| majorska
|marketentare
| wife of a major
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| malmbrytare
|marketenterska
| mine digger, miner
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| malthandlare
|marmorarbetare
| dealer in malt, maltman
|marble cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mamsell
|maskinarbetare
| miss
|mechanic, machinist
| comparable to fröken
|
|-
|-
| mantalskommissarie
|maskinist
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| manufakturhandlare
|masmästare
| haberdasher
|smelting master
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|
|-
|-
| marketentare
|materialförvaltare
| sutler
|store keeper
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|
|-
|-
| marketenterska
|matlagerska
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| marmorarbetare
|matmoder
| marble cutter
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinarbetare
|matros
| mechanic, machinist
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| maskinist
|mattbindare
| machinist
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| masmästare
|matvaruhandlare
| smelting master
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
|
|-
|-
| materialförvaltare
|mejerska
| store keeper
|dairy maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| matlagerska
|messingsslagare
| female cook
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| matmoder
|messingssmed
| housewife, mistress of a house
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| matros
|metallarbetare
| sailor, seaman
|metal worker
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|
|-
|-
| mattbindare
|metallgjutare
| mat maker, straw platter
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| matvaruhandlare
|mildsoldat
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mejerska
|mineralgrävare
| dairy maid
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingsslagare
|minister
| brass smith, brazier
|government minister
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| messingssmed
|minuthandlare
| brass smith
|retailer
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| metallarbetare
|minör
| metal worker
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallgjutare
|mjölhandlare
| brass founder, brazier
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mildsoldat
|mjölkarrendator
| militiaman
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mineralgrävare
|mjölkförsäljare
| miner
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| minister
|mjölkförsäljerska
| government minister
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| minuthandlare
|mjölkhustru
| retailer
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| minör
|mjölkpiga
| miner (1889)
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölhandlare
|mjöldräng
| flour merchant
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkarrendator
|mjölnare
| tenant dairy farmer
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljare
|mjölnarhustru
| milkman
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljerska
|mjölnerska
| milkwoman
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkhustru
|modehandlare
| milkwoman
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkpiga
|modesömmerska
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| mjöldräng
|modist
| miller's man
|milliner
|
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|murare
| miller
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| mjölnarhustru
|muraregesäll
| millers wife
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnerska
|murarelärling
| miller woman
|masons apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| modehandlare
|murarmästare
| dealer in fancy goods
|master mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| modesömmerska
|mureriarbetare
| milliner (1889)
|bricklayer
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| modist
|murerihandtlangare
| milliner
|hodman
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| murare
|musketerare
| mason
|musketeer
| bricklayer, stone mason
|
|-
|-
| muraregesäll
|målare
| journeyman mason
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| murarelärling
|målargesäll
| masons apprentice
|journeyman painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| murarmästare
|målarmästare
| master mason
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mureriarbetare
|månads karl
| bricklayer
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| murerihandtlangare
|månglerska
| hodman
|market woman
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| musketerare
|månglare
| musketeer
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| målare
|mältare
| painter, artist
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| målargesäll
|mästare
| journeyman painter
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| målarmästare
|mästergesäll
| master painter
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| månglerska&nbsp;
|möbelhandlare
| market woman
|dealer in furniture
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|
|-
|-
| månglare
|möbelmakare
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mältare
|möbelsnickare
| maltman, maltster
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|mölnare (1829)
| master
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästergesäll
|mönsterherre
| master journeyman
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelhandlare
|mönsterskrivare
| dealer in furniture
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| möbelmakare
|mössmakare
| cabinet maker  
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelsnickare
|nattman
| cabinet maker
|night man
|  
|
|-
|-
| mölnare (1829)
|nattvaktare
| see mjölnare
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|nipperhandlare
| (military) muster master
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|nipphandlerska
| (military) muster clerk
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|
|-
|-
| mössmakare
|nybyggare
| cap maker
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| nattman
|nålmakare
| night man
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattvaktare
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| night watchman
|juror
|  
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| nipperhandlare
|näringsidkare
| milliner, toyman (1829)
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nipphandlerska
|nätbindare
| dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|net maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|officer
| settler
|officer
| or colonizer
|
|-
|-
| nålmakare
|okulist
| needle maker
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|ombudsman
| juror
|attorney, proctor
| &nbsp;kind of juryman/lay judge&nbsp;
|
|-
|-
| näringsidkare
|opperstyrman
| tradesman
|captain's mate
|  
|
|-
|-
| nätbindare
|organist
| net maker
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| officer
|orgelbyggare
| officer
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|orgelnist
| oculist
|organist
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|
|-
|-
| ombudsman
|orgelspelare
| attorney, proctor
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| opperstyrman
|orgeltrampare
| captain's mate
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|osthandlare
| organist
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelbyggare
|ostronhandlare
| organ builder
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelnist
|oxhandlare
| organist
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelspelare
|oxslagtare
| organ player
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|packhusinspektor
| organ blower
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| osthandlare
|packhuskarl
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ostronhandlare
|pansarsmed
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxhandlare
|pantaregare
| cattle dealer
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxslagtare
|pantgivare
| beef butcher
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|papparbetare
| pack officer
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|pappersfabrikör
| packer
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pansarsmed
|pappershandlare
| armourer
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantaregare
|pappersskärare
| owner of a pawn
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantgivare
|pappmakare
| mortgager
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| papparbetare
|parfymfabrikant
| paste board worker
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersfabrikör
|parfymhandlare
| paper maker
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappershandlare
|parmmätare
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersskärare
|pastor
| paper cutter
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| pappmakare
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| cardboard
|(latin) parish priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymfabrikant
|pastorsadjunkt
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| parfymhandlare
|pelshandlare
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|furrier
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastor
|pennberedare
| parish minister, pastor
|pen dispenser
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|pensionsföreståndare
| (latin) parish priest
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|perukmakare
| stipendiary curate
|wig maker
| clergyman receiving pay
|
|-
|-
| pelshandlare
|p. et. P.
| furrier
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|-
|-
| pensionsföreståndare
|piga
| master of a boarding school
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| perukmakare
|pipare
| wig maker
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.
|pipsmed
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|see bössmed
| parish priest
|
|-
|-
| piga
|piskmakare
| maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand&nbsp;
|whip makeer
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| pipare
|plogsmed
| piper
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipsmed
|plymmakare
| see bössmed
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| piskmakare
|plåtslagare
| whip makeer
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| plogsmed
|porterbryggare
| plough wright
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| plymmakare
|possessionat
| feather maker
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| plåtslagare
|postförare
| black smith, worker in sheet iron
|mail driver
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|
|-
|-
| porterbryggare
|postmästare
| brewer of dark ale
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|predikant
| mail driver
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|prest
| postmaster
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|principal
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| prest
|profoss
| priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)  
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|prost
| employer, master
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| profoss
|provinsialläkare
| flogmaster (military)
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|präst
| dean, sub dean (1829)
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|pungmakare
| district physician, country doctor
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|rackare
| minister
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|reesig
| pouch maker
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|regementsknekt
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|(military)
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|repslagare
| (military)
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|resandefolk
| (military)
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| repslagare
|resepredikant
| rope maker
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|riddare
| itinerant, or migratory people
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| resepredikant
|ridlärare
| itinerant preacher
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|roddare
| knight
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridlärare
|rorgängare
| riding master
|helmsman, steersman
|  
|
|-
|-
| roddare
|roteman
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| rorgängare
|rotemästare
| helmsman, steersman
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteman
|rotesoldat
| assistant overseer
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|rotmästare
| see rotmästare
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|ruggare
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotmästare&nbsp;
|rusthållare
| (military) leader
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier  
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|ryttare
| farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army&nbsp;
|(military) cavalryman
| a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier&nbsp;
|
|-
|-
| ryttare
|ryttmästare
| (military) cavalryman
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|rådbisittare
| captain of a cavalry
|city councilman
| <br>
|member of the city council whose job was to oversee the guilds in a city. See the [[Swedish Occupation: Rådbisittare|Rådbisittare]]
|-
|-
| rådman  
|rådman
| councilman  
|councilman
| <br>
|<br>
|-
|-
| rättare  
|rättare
| overseer (1829)  
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.  
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| (latin) assistant priest  
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii Candidat  
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| (latin) priest in training  
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| sadelmakare  
|sadelmakare
| saddle maker, leather worker  
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| salthandlare  
|salthandlare
| dealer of salt, saltman  
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltmätare  
|saltmätare
| person who measures salt  
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare  
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| a boiler or producer of saltpeter  
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| satinvävare  
|satinvävare
| satin weaver  
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare  
|saxmakare
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers  
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare  
|segelmakare
| sail maker  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare  
|segelsömmare
| sail maker  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare  
|sejlare
| cord maker  
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant  
|sergeant
| sergeant  
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexmän  
|sexmän
| type of parish law enforcement  
|type of parish law enforcement
| See [[Swedish Occupation: Sexmän|Sexmän.]]
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Sexmän|Sexmän]]
|-
|-
| silkhandlare  
|silkhandlare
| silk merchant  
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillpackare  
|sillpackare
| herring packer  
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman  
|sjöman
| sailor, seaman  
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare  
|skarprättare
| executioner, hangman  
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarpskytt  
|skarpskytt
| (military) sharpshooter  
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde  
|skattebonde
|  
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| skatteindrivare  
|skatteindrivare
| tax collector  
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppare  
|skeppare
| skipper  
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsbyggmästare  
|skeppsbyggmästare
| master ship builder  
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse  
|skeppsgosse
| ship boy  
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoarbetare  
|skoarbetare
| shoe maker  
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogshuggare  
|skogshuggare
| wood cutter, lumberer  
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare  
|skogvaktare
| forester  
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare  
|skollärare
| schoolteacher  
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare  
|skomakare
| shoemaker  
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaregesäll  
|skomakaregesäll
| journeyman shoemaker  
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaremästare  
|skomakaremästare
| master shoemaker  
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråmästare  
|skråmästare
| master of a guild  
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl  
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| tailor  
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddaregesäll  
|skräddaregesäll
| journeyman tailor  
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddarelärling  
|skräddarelärling
| tailor's apprentice  
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| skulptör  
|skulptör
| sculptor  
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| skutskeppare  
|skutskeppare
| master of a billy boy, hoyman  
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skådespelare  
|skådespelare
| stage player, actor  
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärslippare  
|skärslippare
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)  
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| skördeman  
|skördeman
| harvestman, harvester, reaper  
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköterska  
|sköterska
| nurse  
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|slaktardräng
| meat cutter, butcher  
|butcher's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|slaktare
|  
|meat cutter, butcher
| see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.  
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|  
|
| see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| smed
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| smedsgesäll
|smed
| journeyman smith  
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| smedsmästare
|smedsgesäll
| master smith  
|journeyman smith
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Smedskivan Smedskivan]
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| småkrämare
|smedsmästare
| dealer in small wares
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| smältare
|småkrämare
| smelter, melter, fuser
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältarsmed
|smältare
| shingler
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| smörhandlare
|smältarsmed
| butterman, butter merchant
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickare
|smörhandlare
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickarmästare
|snickare
| master jointer
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|snickarmästare
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenpräst
|snörmakare
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|sockenpräst
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbagare
|sockenskrivare
| confectioner, pastry cook
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbruksarbetare
|sockerbagare
| sugar refiner (workman)
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| soldat
|sockerbruksarbetare
| soldier
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| speditör
|soldat
| forwarding shipping agent
|soldier
| agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|
|-
|-
| spetshandlare
|speditör
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| spetsknypplerska
|spetshandlare
| female lace maker
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|spetsknypplerska
| nailer, person who makes nails
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|spiksmed
| spinner
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnerska
|spinnare
| female spinner, spinstress
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnhushjon
|spinnerska
| inmate of a house of correction
|female spinner, spinstress
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|
|-
|-
| stadsfogde
|spinnhushjon
| town bailiff
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| stadskamrer
|stadsfogde
| town clerk
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|stadskamrer
| physician to the town, town doctor
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| statare, statsdräng
|stadsläkare
| see statkarl
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| statkarl
|statare, statsdräng
| farm hand
|see statkarl
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|
|-
|-
| statman
|statkarl
| statesman
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| statsfru
|statman
| lady of state
|statesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenarbetare
|statsfru
| stone worker
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|stenarbetare
| quarrier, quarryman
|stone worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|stenbrytare
| stonecutter
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenkolsarbetare
|stenhuggare
| collier
|stonecutter
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| stickerska
|stenkolsarbetare
| knitter, woman who knits
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| strykerska
|stickerska
| laundress, ironing woman  
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| strängmakare
|strykerska
| string maker
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|strängmakare
| gun founder
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|studerande
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|student
| see fanjunkare
|
|-
|-
| styresman
|styckgjutare
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|styckjunkare
| (military) steersman
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| stålarbetare
|styresman
| steel worker
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålsmed
|styrman
| steel smith
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| stålmångelska
|stålarbetare
| stall woman
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|stålsmed
| (latin) shoemaker
|steel smith
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svamphandlare
|stålmångelska
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|stall woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| svarvare
|sutor
| turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )  
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|svamphandlare
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| symamsell
|svarvare
| seamstress
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|svärdfejare
| saw setter
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sämskmakare
|symamsell
| see garvare
|seamstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| sättare
|sågställare
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| taktäckare
|sämskmakare
| roofer
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| tandläkare
|sättare
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)  
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetserare
|taktäckare
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tappare
|tandläkare
| tapster, bottler (1889)  
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
| tapster is another title for bartender
|
|-
|-
| tattare
|tapetserare
| gipsy (1829)
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringsman
|tappare
| assessor
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| tegelformare
|tattare
| brick moulder
|gipsy (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|taxeringsman
| brickmaker, tiler
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|tegelformare
| brickmoulder, tiler
|brick moulder
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|tegelbrännare
| tiler  
|brickmaker, tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| tehandlare
|tegelslagare
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
| tenngjutare
|tegeltäckare
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|tiler
| If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|tehandlare
| beggar
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerhuggare
|tenngjutare
| timber cutter
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
| timmerman
|tiggare
| carpenter, builder
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|timmerhuggare
| copyist of court cases
|timber cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjuv
|timmerman
| thief
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|tingsskrivare
| servant
|copyist of court cases
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|tjuv
| servant, menial work
|thief
| see tjänare
|
|-
|-
| tobakshandlare
|tjänare
| tobacco merchant
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|tjänstehjon
| tobacco spinner
|servant, menial work
|  
|see tjänare
|-
|-
| tolvman
|tobakshandlare
| se nämdeman
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|tobaksspinnare
| tower watch
|tobacco spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|tolvman
| cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
|se nämdeman
| 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
|tornväktare
| braider, plaiter
|tower watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| trikotstickerska
|torpare
| tricot knitter,  
|cottager, tenant farmer, peasant
| a woman who knits tricot fabric
|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.
|-
|-
| trummare
|tresserska
| drummer
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tryckare
|trikotstickerska
| printer, pressman
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|trummare
| gardener
|drummer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tullbetjänt
|tryckare
| customs officer
|printer, pressman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tulltjänsteman
|trädgårdsmästare
| customs officer
|gardener
|  
|
|-
|-
| tullvaktmästare
|tullbetjänt
| landing waiter
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|tulltjänsteman
| barrelmaker, cooper
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnelarbetare
|tullvaktmästare
| tunneller
|landing waiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tvättare
|tunnbindare
| male launderer, washerman
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| tvätterska
|tunnelarbetare
| washerwoman
|tunneller
|  
|
|-
|-
| tvättgumma
|tvättare
| washerwoman
|male launderer, washerman
|
|-
|-
| tältmakare
|tvätterska
| tent maker
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullfärgare
|tvättgumma
| wool dyer
|washerwoman
|  
|-
|-
| ullhandlare
|tältmakare
| wool merchant, trader in wool
|tent maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlöjtnant
|ullfärgare
| sub lieutenant
|wool dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| underofficer
|ullhandlare
| non comissioned officer
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|underlöjtnant
| sub governor, deputy sheriff
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| urmakare
|underofficer
| watch and clockmaker
|non comissioned officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|underståtthållare
| cartwright, carriage maker
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|urmakare
| wagon master
|watch and clockmaker
|  
|
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| vaktare
|vagnmakare
| keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|cartwright, carriage maker
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|-
| vaktmästare
|vagnmästare
| caretaker
|wagon master
|  
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|-
| vallflicka
|vaktare
| shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|  
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|-
| valkare
|vaktmästare
| fuller, miller
|caretaker
|  
|
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|-
| vallhjon
|vallflicka
| a person tending cattle in the field
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|  
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|-
| vandrare
|valkare
| wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|fuller, miller
|  
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|-
| vapendragare
|vallhjon
| squire, esquire
|a person tending cattle in the field
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|-
| vedhuggare
|vandrare
| wood cutter
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|  
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|-
| vice häradshövding
|vapendragare
| see häradshövding
|squire, esquire
|  
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|-
|-
| vicepastor
|vedhuggare
| curate
|wood cutter
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
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|-
|-
| vinodlare
|vice häradshövding
| wine grower
|see häradshövding
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdarinna
|vicepastor
| nurse
|curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|-
| väglagare
|vinodlare
| repairer of roads
|wine grower
|  
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|-
| vävare
|vårdarinna
| weaver
|nurse
|  
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|-
| yllehandlare
|väglagare
| dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|repairer of roads
|  
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|-
| yrke
|vävare
| occupation, profession
|weaver
|  
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|-
|-
| yrkesidkare
|vävskedbindare
| trader
|weaver's comb binder
|  
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
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|-
| yrkesman
|yllehandlare
| craftsman
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|  
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|-
|-
| åbo
|yrke
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|occupation, profession
|  
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|-
| ålderman
|yrkesidkare
| head man of a company, headmaster (1829), alderman (1889)
|trader
|  
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|-
| ämbetsman
|yrkesman
| government official, crown officer
|craftsman
|  
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|-
| överbefalhavare
|åbo
| commander in chief
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|  
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|-
| överkonstapel
|ålderman
| (military) corporal
|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]]
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|-
| överståthållare
|ämbetsman
| governor
|government official, crown officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ölbryggare  
|överbefalhavare
| beer brewer  
|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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*Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997
*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 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[edit | edit source]

  • Anderson, Kent & Anderö, Henrik, Ordbok för släktforskare, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006
  • Björkman, Carl Gustaf, Svensk engelsk ordbok, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svensk engelsk ordbok
  • 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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