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The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary. (See "Additional Resources" below.)  
The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary such as the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]. (Or see "Additional Resources" below.)  


Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br>  
Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of '''Language Characteristics''', '''Key Words''', and '''Additional Resources''' below are designed to help you find the words you need. <br>  


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== Word List ==


== Word List  ==
Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see [[Sweden Occupations|'''Sweden Occupations''']].


The entire Swedish to English word list is available in PDF see [[Image:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf]].<br>
To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: [[Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources]].


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The entire Swedish to English word list is available in a PDF file [[Media:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf|Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011]].
 
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|-
! scope="col" |Swedish
! scope="col" |English
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|accismästare]]
|customs officer
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|-
|[[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|adelsbussar]]
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth); a young nobleman who worked at a royal court
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(Latin) pastorsadjunkt; see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|(civil) teacher of 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt/pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|adlig
|noble
|-
|administer, administra
|(Latin) attendant, assistant
|-
|administrator
|(Latin) administrator
|-
|adopterad
|adopted
|-
|adress
|address
|-
|adressbok
|directory
|-
|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
|-
|afton
|evening
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|evening-service preacher
|-
|agent
|agent, representative
|-
|aktor
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|-
|aktris
|actress, female play actor, performer
|-
|akut luftrörsinflammation
|Bronchitis
|-
|aktör
|actor, male play actor, performer
|-
|aldrig
|never
|-
|alla, allt
|all
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Swedish
|almsveda
! scope="col" | English
|shingles
|-
|-
| adelsman
|alltid
| nobleman
|always
|-
|-
| arton(de)
|allvarlig blodbrist
| eighteen (eighteenth)
|anemia
|-
|-
| adlig
|allmänningsbonde
| noble
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|-
| adopterad
|allmäningskarl
| adopted
|common farmer, peasant, or man
|-
|-
| adress
|ambarn
| address
|nursing child
|-
|-
| adressbok
|amiral
| directory
|admiral (military)
|-
|-
| afton
|ammande kvinna
| evening
|nursing mother
|-
|-
| aldrig
|anasarcha
| never
|anasarca (a form of edema)
|-
|-
| alla, allt
|andra
| all
|second, others
|-
|-
| alltid
|andfåddhet
| always
|respiratory distress
|-
|-
| ambarn
|andnöd
| nursing child
|respiratory distress
|-
|-
| andra
|andtäppa
| second, others
|shortness of breath, asthma
|-
|-
| andtäppa
|anemi
| shortness of breath, asthma
|anemia
|-
|-
| anfall  
|anfall
| seizure(s)
|seizure(s)
|-
|-
| angiven
|anförare
| given, stated
|leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788)
|-
|-
| ankom
|angivare
| came, arrived
|informer (1788)
|-
|-
| anmärkningar
|angiven
| remarks, annotations
|given, stated
|-
|-
| annan
|anklagare
| other
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|-
|-
| antavla
|ankom
| pedigree chart
|came, arrived
|-
|-
| anteckning
|anmärkningar
| note, annotation, remark
|remarks, annotations
|-
|-
| april
|annan
| April
|other
|-
|-
| arbetare
|ansättare
| worker, laborer
|(military) rammer, service position with ramrods
|-
|-
| arkiv
|antavla
| archive
|pedigree chart
|-
|-
| arrendator
|anteckning
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|note, annotation, remark
|-
|-
| arton
|apostem
| eighteen
|swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
|-
|-
| arv
|apotekare
| inheritance
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|-
|-
| arvinge
|april
| heir
|April
|-
|-
| arvskifte
|arbetare
| distribution of an inherited estate
|worker, laborer
|-
|-
| att
|arbetskarl, arbk.
| that (for example: know that he died)
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| attest
|arbetsman
| certificate
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| augusti
|arjeplogsjukan
| August
|porphyria
|-
|-
| av
|arkebusier
| of
|(military) member of firing squad
|-
|-
| avgift
|arkebusera
| fee
|to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| avgång
|arkibiskop
| departure
|(1788) archbishop, |modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| avgått
|arkiv
| moved
|archive
|-
|-
| avgått med döden
|arklimästare
| died (departed through death)
|(military) gunner, |gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| avliden
|aromatisk värk
| deceased, death
|rheumatism
|-
|-
| avskedad
|[[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|arrendator]]
| discharged, resigned
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|-
| avsomna
|artillerist
| die, death
|(military) man of the artillery
|-
|-
| avvittring
|artillerikonstapel
| assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|(military) bombardier
|-
|-
| backe
|arton (artonde)
| hill
|eighteen (eighteenth)
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
| one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
|-
|-
| bagare
|arv
| baker
|inheritance
|-
|-
| bakom
|arvinge
| behind
|heir
|-
|-
| baneman
|arvskifte
| slayer
|distribution of an inherited estate
|-
|-
| baneslag
|arvsot
| death blow, mortal stroke
|hereditary illness
|-
|-
| banesår
|asiatiska influenzan
| death wound, mortal wound
|asian flu
|-
|-
| bann
|assessor
| excommunication
|assessor
|-
|-
| banna
|assuradör
| to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
|insurer, underwriter
|-
|-
| bannlysa
|aterom
| to excommunicate
|atheroma
|-
|-
| baptist
|att
| Baptist
|that (for example: know that he died)
|-
|-
| bar
|attest
| carried
|certificate
|-
|-
| bara
|augusti
| only
|August
|-
|-
| bar barnet
|augustifeber
| carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|malaria
|-
|-
| barn
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| child(ren)
|auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| barnbarn
|auktor, autor
| grandchild(ren)
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| barnbok
|av
| preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
|of
|-
|-
| barnlös
|avgift
| childless
|fee
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|avgång
| midwife
|departure
|-
|-
| barnmördare
|avgått
| murderer of a child
|moved
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|avgått med döden
| maid for children
|died (departed through death)
|-
|-
| barnsbörd, barnsäng
|avig börd
| childbirth
|birthing complications
|-
|-
| barnsjuka
|avliden
| children's disease
|deceased, death
|-
|-
| barnsnöd
|avisskrivare
| complication at childbirth
|newswriter, gazetteer
|-
|-
| barnsäng
|avskedad
| childbirth
|discharged, resigned
|-
|-
| barnsängsfeber
|avskedad soldat
| perpetual complications or sickness at birth
|discharged, resigned soldier
|-
|-
| befolkning
|avskrivare (1788)
| population
|transcriber, copier
|-
|-
| begrava
|avlsag
| bury
|postpartum infection
|-
|-
| begravning
|avsomna
| burial
|die, death
|-
|-
| begravningslängd
|avvittring
| burial record
|assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
|-
|-
| begravningsplats
|axplockare
| cemetery
|gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard
|backe
| taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
|hill
|-
|-
| benröta
|backstuguhjon
| bone-rotting disease
|cottager (1788); see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| benåd
|[[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|backstugusittare]]
| pardon
|cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller
|-
|-
| benämd
|badare
| called
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|-
|-
| berg
|badaremästare
| hill, mountain
|barber surgeon
|-
|-
| bergfolk
|badmästare
| mountain people, highlanders
|bath-keeper (1889)
|-
|-
| bergslag
|bagare
| mining district
|baker
|-
|-
| bergsman
|bagaregesäll
| miner
|baker's man
|-
|-
| beskattning
|bagarelärling
| taxation
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|-
|-
| beskrivning
|bagaremästare
| description
|master baker
|-
|-
| besökare
|bakom
| customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
|behind
|-
|-
| betjänt
|baneman
| servant, civil servant
|slayer
|-
|-
| bettlare
|banérförare
| beggar
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|-
|-
| betyg
|banérherre
| certificate
|(military) banneret
|-
|-
| bevaka
|banér-riddare
| protect
|(military) knight banneret
|-
|-
| bevis
|baneslag
| certificate, proof, evidence
|death blow, mortal stroke
|-
|-
| bevistat läsförhören
|banesår
| present at household examination (clerical survey)
|death wound, mortal wound
|-
|-
| beväring
|bankvaktmästare
| conscript
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|banmästare
| recruit
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|-
| bilaga
|bankvaktmästare
| supplement, enclosure
|porter, messenger at a bank
|-
|-
| biografi
|banmästare
| biography
|overseer of a railway line
|-
|-
| biträde
|bann
| assistant
|excommunication
|-
|-
| blind
|banna
| blind
|to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
|-
|-
| bliva
|bannlysa
| to become
|to excommunicate
|-
|-
| blodsjuka
|baptist
| blood disorder
|Baptist
|-
|-
| blodslag
|bar
| cerebal stroke
|carried
|-
|-
| blodstörtning
|bara
| severe or sudden bleeding
|only
|-
|-
| blödning
|bar barnet
| bleeding
|carried or held the child (at baptism font)
|-
|-
| bo
|barberare
| to live, home, estate
|barber, shaver
|-
|-
| bok
|barberarebiträde
| book
|barber's assistant
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|barberaregesäll
| bookkeeper
|journeyman barber
|-
|-
| bonde
|barberarelärling
| farmer
|barber's apprentice
|-
|-
| borg
|barkare
| castle, fortress
|tanner (1829)
|-
|-
| borgare
|barn
| citizen, burgher
|child(ren)
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|barnafånge
| mayor
|complications at childbirth
|-
|-
| borta
|barnbarn
| absent
|grandchild(ren)
|-
|-
| bortgift
|barnbok
| married elsewhere
|preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
|-
|-
| bostad
|barnbördshus
| domicile
|maternity hospital
|-
|-
| boupptekning
|barnförlossare
| probate, estate inventory
|male midwife
|-
|-
| bredvid
|barnförlämning
| next to
|polio
|-
|-
| bro
|barnkolera
| bridge
|diarrhea
|-
|-
| bror
|barnkoppor
| brother
|smallpox
|-
|-
| brorsdotter
|barnkvävning
| niece, brother\'s daughter
|Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Mother was often blamed for smothering the child. Sometimes the priest held an investigation to determine weather the death was an accident
|-
|-
| brorsson
|barnlös
| nephew, brother\'s son
|childless
|-
|-
| brottfällig
|barnmorska
| epileptic fits
|midwife
|-
|-
| brud
|barnpiga
| bride
|maid for children
|-
|-
| brudfolk
|barnsbörd, barnsäng
| bridal couple
|childbirth
|-
|-
| brudgum
|barnsjuka
| bridegroom
|children's disease
|-
|-
| brudpar
|barnsnöd
| bridal couple
|complication at childbirth
|-
|-
| bruk
|barnsäng
| foundry, mill, iron industry
|childbirth
|-
|-
| brukare
|barnsängsfeber
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|perpetual complications or sickness at birth
|-
|-
| bruksarbetare
|Basedows sjukdom
| foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
|hyperthyroidism
|-
|-
| bryggare
|befolkning
| brewer
|population
|-
|-
| bräcklighet
|begrava
| frailty
|bury
|-
|-
| brännsjuka
|begravning
| feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
|burial
|-
|-
| bröllop
|begravningslängd
| wedding
|burial record
|-
|-
| bröstarvinge
|begravningsplats
| heir
|cemetery
|-
|-
| bröstfeber
|begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard
| pneumonia
|taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
|-
|-
| bröstsjuka
|benröta, benbrand, benetter
| chest illness, pneumonia
|bone-rotting disease
|-
|-
| bröstkov
|benuppmjukning
| shortness of breath
|rickets, caused by vitamin D deficiencies
|-
|-
| bröstkvav
|benåd
| shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
|pardon
|-
|-
| bröstlidande
|benämd
| chest disease
|called
|-
|-
| bröstpassion
|berg
| chest pain
|hill, mountain
|-
|-
| bröstveda
|bergfolk
| chest disease
|mountain people, highlanders
|-
|-
| bröstvärk
|bergslag
| chest pain
|mining district
|-
|-
| bukbet
|bergsman
| abdominal pain
|miner
|-
|-
| brukbrok
|beskattning
| umbilical hernia
|taxation
|-
|-
| bukrev
|beskrivning
| constipation
|description
|-
|-
| bukvred
|besökare
| intestinal blockage
|customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
|-
|-
| by
|beteckning för ägare eller brukare
| village
|indication if owner or renter
|-
|-
| bygd
|betjänt
| countryside, region, area
|servant, civil servant
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|bettlare
| contractor, builder
|beggar
|-
|-
| båda
|betyg
| both
|certificate
|-
|-
| båtsman
|bevaka
| seaman, sailor
|protect
|-
|-
| bägge
|bevis
| both
|certificate, proof, evidence
|-
|-
| bägges barn
|bevistat läsförhören
| child of both parents
|present at household examination (clerical survey)
|-
|-
| bälgslag
|beväring
| colic
|conscript
|-
|-
| böcker
|beväringsman
| books
|recruit
|-
|-
| böld
|bilaga
| abscess, boil
|supplement, enclosure
|-
|-
| böter
|binnikemask
| fee, fine
|tapeworm
|-
|-
| bötfälld
|biografi
| fined
|biography
|-
|-
| circa (ca.) (Latin)
|biträde
| about, approximately
|assistant
|-
|-
| civilregistret
|bleksot
| civil registrar
|anemia
|-
|-
| coopvaerdi
|blind
| merchant marine
|blind
|-
|-
| dag
|Blindtarms inflamation
| day
|appendicitis
|-
|-
| dagkarl
|bliva
| day laborer
|to become
|-
|-
| dal
|blodförgiftning
| valley
|sepsis
|-
|-
| Danmark
|blodkastning
| Denmark
|excessive blood flow to a specific area of the body, leading to a build up of blood in that area
|-
|-
| danneman
|blodkoppor
| farmer, gentleman
|no modern term. Infections or sicknesses that cause blood blisters
|-
|-
| dansk
|blodpropp
| danish
|thrombus
|-
|-
| datum
|blodsjuka
| date
|blood disorder
|-
|-
| de
|blodslag
| they
|cerebal stroke
|-
|-
| december
|blodsot
| December
|presents similar to dysentery but it can refer to several different illnesses
|-
|-
| de där
|blodstörtning
| those
|severe or sudden bleeding
|-
|-
| de här
|blödning
| these
|bleeding
|-
|-
| deja
|blödarsjuka
| maidservant, milkmaid
|hemophilia or inability of the blood to clot, causing excessive bleeding from minor injuries
|-
|-
| demoiselle
|bo
| Miss
|to live, home, estate
|-
|-
| delinqventer
|bok
| delinquent, criminal (old spellling)
|book
|-
|-
| den
|bokhållare
| the, it
|bookkeeper
|-
|-
| den där
|bonde
| that
|farmer
|-
|-
| den här
|borg
| this
|castle, fortress
|-
|-
| deras
|borgare
| their
|citizen, burgher
|-
|-
| dess
|borgmästare
| his, her, its
|mayor
|-
|-
| det
|borta
| the, it
|absent
|-
|-
| det där
|bortgift
| that
|married elsewhere
|-
|-
| det här
|bostad
| this
|domicile
|-
|-
| diarre
|boupptekning
| diarrhea
|probate, estate inventory
|-
|-
| djärv
|bredvid
| bold, daring, venturesome
|next to
|-
|-
| dom
|bro
| sentence, judgment
|bridge
|-
|-
| dom
|bror
| sentence, judgment
|brother
|-
|-
| domare
|brorsdotter
| judge
|niece, brother\'s daughter
|-
|-
| dombok
|brorsson
| court record
|nephew, brother\'s son
|-
|-
| domsaga
|brottfällig
| judicial district
|epileptic fits
|-
|-
| dop
|brud
| baptism, christening
|bride
|-
|-
| doplängd
|brudfolk
| record of baptisms
|bridal couple
|-
|-
| dopnamn
|brudgum
| given name
|bridegroom
|-
|-
| dotter
|brudpar
| daughter
|bridal couple
|-
|-
| dragon
|bruk
| light cavalryman
|foundry, mill, iron industry
|-
|-
| drunknad
|brukare
| drowned
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|-
|-
| dräng
|bruksarbetare
| farmhand, bachelor
|foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
|-
|-
| duplikat
|brukningsdelen
| duplicate record
|farm division
|-
|-
| dygn
|bryggare
| 24 hours, day
|brewer
|-
|-
| då
|bräcklighet
| then
|frailty
|-
|-
| där
|brännsjuka
| there
|feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
|-
|-
| därstädes
|bröllop
| (of) that place
|wedding
|-
|-
| död, döda, döde
|bröstarvinge
| dead, death
|heir
|-
|-
| dödbok
|bröstfeber
| death record
|pneumonia
|-
|-
| dödfödd
|bröstsjuka
| stillborn
|chest illness, pneumonia
|-
|-
| dödslista
|bröstkov
| death record
|shortness of breath
|-
|-
| dödsorsak
|bröstkvav
| cause of death
|shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
|-
|-
| död utan bröstarvinge
|bröstlidande
| died without issue
|chest disease
|-
|-
| döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse
|bröstpassion
| christening
|chest pain
|-
|-
| dött
|bröstveda
| has died
|chest disease
|-
|-
| döv
|bröstvärk
| deaf
|chest pain
|-
|-
| efter
|bukbet
| after
|abdominal pain
|-
|-
| efterkommande
|brukbrok
| descendant(s)
|umbilical hernia
|-
|-
| eftermiddag
|bukrev
| afternoon
|constipation
|-
|-
| efternamn
|bukvred
| surname
|intestinal blockage
|-
|-
| efter sig lämnat
|by
| left behind, survived by
|village
|-
|-
| egendom
|bygd
| property
|countryside, region, area
|-
|-
| ej
|byggmästare
| not
|contractor, builder
|-
|-
| eldsvåda
|båda
| extensive fire
|both
|-
|-
| elfte
|båtsman
| eleventh
|seaman, sailor
|-
|-
| eller
|bägge
| or
|both
|-
|-
| elva
|bägges barn
| eleven
|child of both parents
|-
|-
| emigrerade
|bälgslag
| emigrated
|colic
|-
|-
| en, ett
|böcker
| a, one
|books
|-
|-
| en/ett hundra(de)
|böld
| one hundred (one-hundredth)
|abscess, boil
|-
|-
| en/ett tusen(de)
|böter
| one thousand (one-thousandth)
|fee, fine
|-
|-
| Engelska sjukan
|bötfälld
| ricketts (vitamin deficiency)
|fined
|-
|-
| enligt
|caution
| according to
|security, deposit (as in bondsman)
|-
|-
| epilepsi
|cautionister
| epilepsy
|witness
|-
|-
| ett, en
|choret (koret)
| a, one
|the most eastern part of the church floor plan, usually by the altar
|-
|-
| evangelisk
|Christendom, Kristendom
| evangelical
|Christianity, Christian, religious
|-
|-
| fabrik
|circa (ca.) (Latin)
| factory, mill
|about, approximately
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|civilregistret
| factory worker
|civil registrar
|-
|-
| fadder
|civilstånd
| christening witness, godparent
|marital status
|-
|-
| fader
|coopvaerdi
| father
|merchant marine
|-
|-
| falla
|dag
| fall, to be killed in war
|day
|-
|-
| fallande sot
|dagkarl
| epilepsy
|day laborer
|-
|-
| familj
|dal
| family
|valley
|-
|-
| far
|Danmark
| father
|Denmark
|-
|-
| farbror
|danneman
| paternal uncle
|farmer, gentleman
|-
|-
| farfar
|dansk
| paternal grandfather
|danish
|-
|-
| farmor
|datum
| paternal grandmother
|date
|-
|-
| fasta
|de
| fast, Lent
|they
|-
|-
| faster
|december
| paternal aunt
|December
|-
|-
| fattig
|de där
| poor
|those
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|de här
| pauper
|these
|-
|-
| fattighus
|deja
| poorhouse
|maidservant, milkmaid
|-
|-
| f. d. (före detta)
|demoiselle
| former(ly)
|Miss
|-
|-
| feber
|delinqventer
| fever
|delinquent, criminal (old spellling)
|-
|-
| feberfrossa
|den
| malaria
|the, it
|-
|-
| februari
|den där
| February
|that
|-
|-
| fem(te)
|den här
| five (fifth)
|this
|-
|-
| femtio(nde)
|deras
| fifty (fiftieth)
|their
|-
|-
| femton(de)
|dess
| fifteen (fifteenth)
|his, her, its
|-
|-
| finländare, finne
|det
| Finn
|the, it
|-
|-
| finsk
|det där
| Finnish
|that
|-
|-
| fiskare
|det här
| fisherman
|this
|-
|-
| fjol (i fjol)
|diarre
| last year
|diarrhea
|-
|-
| fjorton(de)
|djärv
| fourteen (fourteenth)
|bold, daring, venturesome
|-
|-
| fjärde
|dog
| fourth
|dead, died
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|dom
| parish constable
|sentence, judgment
|-
|-
| flicka
|dom
| girl
|sentence, judgment
|-
|-
| flicknamn
|domare
| maiden name
|judge
|-
|-
| fluss
|dombok
| any disease related to fluids
|court record
|-
|-
| flytta
|domsaga
| move
|judicial district
|-
|-
| flyttningsbetyg
|dop
| certificate of moving
|baptism, christening
|-
|-
| fogde
|doplängd
| sheriff, bailiff, warden
|record of baptisms
|-
|-
| folio
|dopnamn
| page
|given name
|-
|-
| fortsättning (forts.)
|dotter
| continued
|daughter
|-
|-
| fosterbarn
|dragon
| foster child
|light cavalryman
|-
|-
| fosterland
|drunknad
| native land, fatherland
|drowned
|-
|-
| framför
|dräng
| in front of
|farmhand, bachelor
|-
|-
| fredag
|duplikat
| Friday
|duplicate record
|-
|-
| frejd
|dygn
| a person\'s character, conduct
|24 hours, day
|-
|-
| friherre
|då
| baron
|then
|-
|-
| frilla
|där
| concubine
|there
|-
|-
| frillebarn
|därstädes
| bastard child
|(of) that place
|-
|-
| frossa
|död, döda, döde
| malaria
|dead, death
|-
|-
| fru
|dödbok
| Mrs.
|death record
|-
|-
| från
|dödfödd
| from
|stillborn
|-
|-
| frånskild
|dödslista
| divorced
|death record
|-
|-
| frälse
|dödsorsak
| nobility
|cause of death
|-
|-
| frälsegård, frälsehemman
|död utan bröstarvinge
| tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax)
|died without issue
|-
|-
| främmande
|döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse
| foreign, strange, belonging to another parish
|christening
|-
|-
| fröken
|dött
| Miss
|has died
|-
|-
| fulslag
|döv
| inflammation at the edge of a finger
|deaf
|-
|-
| fylleri
|efter
| drunkenness
|after
|-
|-
| fyra
|efterkommande
| four
|descendant(s)
|-
|-
| fyrtio(nde)
|eftermiddag
| forty (fortieth)
|afternoon
|-
|-
| fältfeber
|efternamn
| typhoid fever
|surname
|-
|-
| fältskär
|efter sig lämnat
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|left behind, survived by
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|egendom
| sergeant major
|property
|-
|-
| fästehjon
|ej
| betrothed couple, engaged pair
|not
|-
|-
| fästekvinna
|ejusdem
| fiancée (female)
|same day/month
|-
|-
| fästman
|eldsvåda
| fiancé (male)
|extensive fire
|-
|-
| fästmö
|elfte
| fiancée (female)
|eleventh
|-
|-
| fästning
|eller
| fortress
|or
|-
|-
| född, födda, födde, födelse
|elva
| born, birth
|eleven
|-
|-
| föddes
|emigrerade
| was born
|emigrated
|-
|-
| födelse
|en, ett
| birth
|a, one
|-
|-
| födelsebok
|en/ett hundra(de)
| birth record
|one hundred (one-hundredth)
|-
|-
| födelsedag
|en/ett tusen(de)
| birthday
|one thousand (one-thousandth)
|-
|-
| födelselängd
|Engelska sjukan
| birth record
|ricketts (vitamin deficiency)
|-
|-
| födelseort
|enligt
| place of birth
|according to
|-
|-
| födorådstagare
|epilepsi
| a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr
|epilepsy
|-
|-
| följande
|ett, en
| following, next
|a, one
|-
|-
| för
|evangelisk
| for
|evangelical
|-
|-
| fördelsman
|fabrik
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|factory, mill
|-
|-
| fördärvad
|fabriksarbetare
| severely crippled
|factory worker
|-
|-
| före
|fadder
| before
|christening witness, godparent
|-
|-
| föregående
|fader
| previous, preceding
|father
|-
|-
| förelyst
|falla
| banns (in Finland)
|fall, to be killed in war
|-
|-
| förening
|fallande sot
| society
|epilepsy
|-
|-
| förfäder
|familj
| forefathers
|family
|-
|-
| förgiftad
|far
| poisoned
|father
|-
|-
| förhör
|farbror
| household examination
|paternal uncle
|-
|-
| förklara
|farfar
| declared, explained
|paternal grandfather
|-
|-
| förkylning
|farmor
| common cold
|paternal grandmother
|-
|-
| förlossning
|fasta
| delivery (childbirth)
|fast, Lent
|-
|-
| förlovad
|faster
| engaged
|paternal aunt
|-
|-
| förlovning
|fattig
| engagement
|poor
|-
|-
| förmiddag
|fattighjon
| morning, forenoon
|pauper
|-
|-
| förmyndare
|fattighus
| guardian
|poorhouse
|-
|-
| förmäla
|f. d. (före detta)
| marry (older term)
|former(ly)
|-
|-
| förnamn
|feber
| given name
|fever
|-
|-
| förra giftet
|feberfrossa
| previous marriage
|malaria
|-
|-
| förre, (den)
|februari
| former
|February
|-
|-
| förrätta
|fem(te)
| perform
|five (fifth)
|-
|-
| församling
|femtio(nde)
| parish, congregation
|fifty (fiftieth)
|-
|-
| församlingsbok
|femton(de)
| clerical survey
|fifteen (fifteenth)
|-
|-
| första
|finländare, finne
| first
|Finn
|-
|-
| första gången
|finsk
| first time
|Finnish
|-
|-
| förstoppning
|fiskare
| constipation
|fisherman
|-
|-
| försumlighet
|fjol (i fjol)
| negligence, neglectfulness
|last year
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|fjorton(de)
| unemployed person, vagrant
|fourteen (fourteenth)
|-
|-
| förteckning
|fjärde
| list
|fourth
|-
|-
| föräldralös
|fjärdingsman
| orphan
|parish constable
|-
|-
| föräldrar
|flicka
| parents
|girl
|-
|-
| gamla
|flicknamn
| old
|maiden name
|-
|-
| gamla boken (G.B.)
|fluss
| old book, previous clerical survey
|any disease related to fluids
|-
|-
| gammal
|flytta
| old
|move
|-
|-
| garvare
|flyttningsbetyg
| tanner
|certificate of moving
|-
|-
| gata
|fogde
| street
|sheriff, bailiff, warden
|-
|-
| genast
|folio
| right away, immediately
|page
|-
|-
| genealogi
|folkskollärare
| genealogy
|public school teacher
|-
|-
| genom
|fortsättning (forts.)
| through
|continued
|-
|-
| gesäll
|fosterbarn
| journeyman
|foster child
|-
|-
| gift
|fosterland
| married
|native land, fatherland
|-
|-
| gifta sig
|framför
| to marry
|in front of
|-
|-
| gifte
|fredag
| marriage
|Friday
|-
|-
| giftermål
|frejd
| marriage ceremony
|a person's character, conduct
|-
|-
| giftoman
|friherre
| bride\'s sponsor
|baron
|-
|-
| gikt
|frilla
| gout
|concubine
|-
|-
| god
|frillebarn
| good
|bastard child
|-
|-
| gosse
|frossa
| boy
|malaria
|-
|-
| granne
|fru
| neighbor
|Mrs.
|-
|-
| gratialist
|från
| receiving a pension or cash from some special fund
|from
|-
|-
| grav
|frånskild
| grave
|divorced
|-
|-
| grekisk katolsk
|frälse
| Eastern Orthodox
|nobility
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|frälsegård, frälsehemman
| infantryman
|tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax)
|-
|-
| greve
|främmande
| count (title of nobility)
|foreign, strange, belonging to another parish
|-
|-
| gruva
|fröken
| mine
|Miss
|-
|-
| gräns
|fulslag
| boundary line, border
|inflammation at the edge of a finger
|-
|-
| gudfader
|fylleri
| godfather
|drunkenness
|-
|-
| gudmoder
|fyra
| godmother
|four
|-
|-
| gulsot
|fyrtio(nde)
| jaundice
|forty (fortieth)
|-
|-
| gång
|fånig
| time
|brainsick, underwitted, idiotic (1889)
|-
|-
| gård
|fältfeber
| farm, house
|typhoid fever
|-
|-
| gåvor
|fältskär
| donations
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|-
|-
| gäll (gäld)
|fältväbel
| clerical district
|sergeant major
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|fästehjon
| innkeeper
|betrothed couple, engaged pair
|-
|-
| gördelmakare
|fästekvinna
| brazier
|fiancée (female)
|-
|-
| halv-
|fästman
| half-, step-
|fiancé (male)
|-
|-
| halvsyskon
|fästmö
| half siblings
|fiancée (female)
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|fästning
| forging smith
|fortress
|-
|-
| han
|född, födda, födde, födelse
| he
|born, birth
|-
|-
| handelsman
|föddes
| merchant
|was born
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|födelse
| glove maker
|birth
|-
|-
| hans
|födelsebok
| his
|birth record
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|födelsedag
| artisan
|birthday
|-
|-
| hastig
|födelselängd
| acute
|birth record
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|födelseort
| hatmaker
|place of birth
|-
|-
| hava
|födorådstagare
| to have
|a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr
|-
|-
| havande
|följande
| pregnant
|following, next
|-
|-
| hederlig
|för
| honorable, honest
|for
|-
|-
| hektisk feber
|fördelsman
| infectious disease accompanying a fever
|person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
|-
| helig
|fördärvad
| holy
|severely crippled
|-
|-
| hem
|före
| home
|before
|-
|-
| hemma
|föregående
| at home
|previous, preceding
|-
|-
| hemman
|förelyst
| farm, homestead
|banns (in Finland)
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|förening
| farmer
|society
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|förfäder
| farmer, homeowner
|forefathers
|-
|-
| hemort
|förgiftad
| residence
|poisoned
|-
|-
| hemvist
|förhör
| domicile
|household examination
|-
|-
| henne
|förklara
| her
|declared, explained
|-
|-
| heraldik
|förklaringen
| heraldry
|explanation
|-
|-
| herr
|förkylning
| Mr.
|common cold
|-
|-
| Herren
|förlossning
| Lord
|delivery (childbirth)
|-
|-
| herrgård
|förlovad
| manorial estate
|engaged
|-
|-
| hetsig feber
|förlovning
| inflammatory fever
|engagement
|-
|-
| hinderlös
|förmiddag
| free, unhindered (to travel, marry)
|morning, forenoon
|-
|-
| hinderlöshetsbetyg
|förmyndare
| certificate of being unhindered
|guardian
|-
|-
| historia
|förmäla
| history
|marry (older term)
|-
|-
| hittebarn
|förnamn
| foundling
|given name
|-
|-
| hjon
|förra giftet
| person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon
|previous marriage
|-
|-
| hjonelag
|förre, (den)
| connubial union (union in the state of marriage)
|former
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|förrätta
| wheelwright
|perform
|-
|-
| hjärnblödning
|församling
| stroke, cerebral hemorrhage
|parish, congregation
|-
|-
| hjärtslag
|församlingsbok
| cardiac arrest
|clerical survey
|-
|-
| hjärtsprång
|första
| heart disease
|first
|-
|-
| hon
|första gången
| she
|first time
|-
|-
| honom
|förstår
| him
|understand
|-
|-
| hos
|förstoppning
| at, in, with
|constipation
|-
|-
| hosta
|försumlighet
| cough
|negligence, neglectfulness
|-
|-
| hovrätt
|försvarslös
| circuit court of appeal
|unemployed person, vagrant
|-
|-
| hur
|förteckning
| how
|list
|-
|-
| hus
|föräldralös
| house
|orphan
|-
|-
| husar
|föräldrar
| light cavalryman
|parents
|-
|-
| husbonde
|gamla
| master of a family or of a house
|old
|-
|-
| husfader
|gamla boken (G.B.)
| head of household, father
|old book, previous clerical survey
|-
|-
| husfolk
|gammal
| farmers, farm people
|old
|-
|-
| husförhör, husförhörslängd
|garvare
| clerical survey, household examination
|tanner
|-
|-
| husman
|gata
| farm laborer (owned house but not land)
|street
|-
|-
| husmoder
|gatehus, gatuhus
| female head of household, mother
|A term used in Southern Sweden for a crofters house similar to a backstuga
|-
|-
| hustru
|genast
| wife
|right away, immediately
|-
|-
| hyresgäst
|genealogi
| lodger
|genealogy
|-
|-
| håll och styng
|genom
| pneumonia
|through
|-
|-
| här
|gesäll
| here
|journeyman
|-
|-
| härad
|gift
| civil district within a county
|married
|-
|-
| häradsrätt
|gifta sig
| district court
|to marry
|-
|-
| härstädes
|gifte
| here, at given location
|marriage
|-
|-
| hög
|giftermål
| high
|marriage ceremony
|-
|-
| höger
|giftoman
| right
|bride\'s sponsor
|-
|-
| höst
|gikt
| autumn
|gout
|-
|-
| i
|god
| in
|good
|-
|-
| icke
|gosse
| not
|boy
|-
|-
| i dag
|granne
| today
|neighbor
|-
|-
| i fjol
|gratialist
| last year
|receiving a pension or cash from some special fund
|-
|-
| ifrån
|grav
| from
|grave
|-
|-
| i går
|gravationer (estate inventories)
| yesterday
|claims against another persons estate
|-
|-
| ihjälslagen
|grekisk katolsk
| beaten to death
|Eastern Orthodox
|-
|-
| i morgon
|grenadjär
| tomorrow
|infantryman
|-
|-
| inflyttning
|greve
| incoming, moving in
|count (title of nobility)
|-
|-
| inflyttningsbetyg
|gruva
| moving in certificate
|mine
|-
|-
| inflyttningslängd
|gräns
| moving in register
|boundary line, border
|-
|-
| ingen
|gudeligen
| no, no one, none
|godly
|-
|-
| inget
|gudfader
| nothing, none
|godfather
|-
|-
| inhyses
|gudmoder
| a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|godmother
|-
|-
| innehåll
|gulsot
| contents
|jaundice
|-
|-
| innevarande
|gång
| current
|time
|-
|-
| inskrivning
|gård
| entry
|farm, house
|-
|-
| invandrare
|gåvor
| immigrant
|donations
|-
|-
| invandring
|gäll (gäld)
| immigration
|clerical district
|-
|-
| januari
|gästgivare
| January
|innkeeper
|-
|-
| jord
|gördelmakare
| earth, soil, land
|brazier
|-
|-
| jordbrukare
|halv-
| farmer
|half-, step-
|-
|-
| jordebok
|halvsyskon
| land record
|half siblings
|-
|-
| jordegumma
|hammarsmed
| midwife
|forging smith
|-
|-
| jordfästning
|han
| funeral, burial service
|he
|-
|-
| jude
|handelsman
| Jew
|merchant
|-
|-
| judisk
|handskmakare
| Jewish
|glove maker
|-
|-
| jul
|hans
| Christmas
|his
|-
|-
| juli
|hantverkare
| July
|artisan
|-
|-
| jungfru
|hastig
| Miss, maiden, virgin
|acute
|-
|-
| juni
|hattmakare
| June
|hatmaker
|-
|-
| jägare
|hava
| hunter
|to have
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|havande
| forester
|pregnant
|-
|-
| jämte
|hederlig
| together with
|honorable, honest
|-
|-
| kallad
|hektisk feber
| called, named
|infectious disease accompanying a fever
|-
|-
| kallbrand
|helgonskyld
| gangrene
|tax or wage to the klockare often a agricultural product
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|helig
| assistant clerk
|holy
|-
|-
| kapellförsamling
|hem
| chapelry, dependent branch of a parish
|home
|-
|-
| kaplan
|hemma
| assistant minister
|at home
|-
|-
| karbunkel
|hemman
| carbuncle
|farm, homestead
|-
|-
| karl
|hemmansbrukare
| man, male
|farmer
|-
|-
| karta
|hemmansägare
| map
|farmer, homeowner
|-
|-
| katalog
|hemort
| directory, catalog
|residence
|-
|-
| katekismilängd
|hemvist
| communion record
|domicile
|-
|-
| katolsk
|henne
| Catholic
|her
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|heraldik
| cavalryman
|heraldry
|-
|-
| kikhosta
|herr
| whooping cough
|Mr.
|-
|-
| klensmed
|Herren
| toolmaker, locksmith
|Lord
|-
|-
| klockare
|herrgård
| parish clerk
|manorial estate
|-
|-
| knekt
|hetsig feber
| soldier
|inflammatory fever
|-
|-
| knektekontrakt
|hinderlös
| agreement of enrollment
|free, unhindered (to travel, marry)
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|hinderlöshetsbetyg
| merchant marine
|certificate of being unhindered
|-
|-
| kolare
|historia
| charcoal burner
|history
|-
|-
| kolera
|hittebarn
| cholera
|foundling
|-
|-
| kolik
|hjon
| colic
|person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon
|-
|-
| kommen ifrån
|hjonelag
| came from
|connubial union (union in the state of marriage)
|-
|-
| komminister
|hjulmakare
| assistant minister
|wheelwright
|-
|-
| kommun
|hjärnblödning
| township, municipality, parish
|stroke, cerebral hemorrhage
|-
|-
| kommunikant
|hjärtslag
| person receiving communion
|cardiac arrest
|-
|-
| kommunionbok
|hjärtsprång
| communion book
|heart disease
|-
|-
| kommunionlängd
|hon
| communion record
|she
|-
|-
| konfirmation
|honom
| confirmation
|him
|-
|-
| konfirmationslängd
|hos
| confirmation record
|at, in, with
|-
|-
| kontrahenterna
|hosta
| marriage applicants
|cough
|-
|-
| kontrakt
|hovrätt
| deanery (clerical district)
|circuit court of appeal
|-
|-
| konung, kung
|hujus
| king
|this month
|-
|-
| konvulsioner
|hur
| convulsions
|how
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|hus
| coppersmith
|house
|-
|-
| koppor
|husar
| smallpox
|light cavalryman
|-
|-
| kov
|husbonde
| shortness of breath
|master of a family or of a house
|-
|-
| kramp
|husfader
| convulsions
|head of household, father
|-
|-
| krank
|husfolk
| illness
|farmers, farm people
|-
|-
| krigsarkiv
|husförhör, husförhörslängd
| war archive, military archive
|clerical survey, household examination
|-
|-
| kristendomskunskap
|husman
| religious knowledge
|farm laborer (owned house but not land)
|-
|-
| kristnad
|husmoder
| christened, baptized
|female head of household, mother
|-
|-
| krono-
|hustru
| belonging to the crown (government)
|wife
|-
|-
| kronohemman
|hyresgäst
| farm owned by the crown (government)
|lodger
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|håll och styng
| potter
|pneumonia
|-
|-
| kräfta
|här
| cancer
|here
|-
|-
| kung, konung
|härad
| king
|civil district within a county
|-
|-
| kungarike
|häradsrätt
| kingdom
|district court
|-
|-
| kunglig
|härstädes
| royal
|here, at given location
|-
|-
| kusin
|hög
| cousin
|high
|-
|-
| kvarlåtenskap
|höger
| possessions left after death
|right
|-
|-
| kvarn
|höst
| mill
|autumn
|-
|-
| kvarter
|i
| block, quarter
|in
|-
|-
| kvinna, kvinnkjön
|icke
| woman, female
|not
|-
|-
| kväll
|i dag
| evening
|today
|-
|-
| kvävning
|i fjol
| suffocation
|last year
|-
|-
| kyrka
|ifrån
| church
|from
|-
|-
| kyrkobok
|i går
| parish register
|yesterday
|-
|-
| kyrkoby
|ihjälslagen
| village in which the parish church is located
|beaten to death
|-
|-
| kyrkogång
|i morgon
| introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|tomorrow
|-
|-
| kyrkogård
|inflyttning
| churchyard, cemetery
|incoming, moving in
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|inflyttningsbetyg
| parish minister
|moving in certificate
|-
|-
| kyrkosocken
|inflyttningslängd
| ecclesiastical parish
|moving in register
|-
|-
| kyrkotagen
|ingen
| introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
|no, no one, none
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|inget
| church officer
|nothing, none
|-
|-
| kyrkovärd
|inhyses
| church or parish warden
|a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|-
|-
| käresta
|innehåll
| loved one, wife
|contents
|-
|-
| kön
|innevarande
| sex, gender
|current
|-
|-
| köpebrev
|inskrivning
| purchase deed, title deed
|entry
|-
|-
| köping
|inskrivningsskyldiga
| small town
|conscription duty
|-
|-
| köpman
|invandrare
| merchant
|immigrant
|-
|-
| körsnär
|invandring
| furrier
|immigration
|-
|-
| lag
|januari
| law
|January
|-
|-
| laga år kommen
|jord
| of legal age
|earth, soil, land
|-
|-
| land
|jordbrukare
| land, country
|farmer
|-
|-
| landsarkiv
|jordebok
| provincial archive
|land record
|-
|-
| landsförsamling
|jordegumma
| rural parish of a city
|midwife
|-
|-
| landskap
|jordfästning
| province
|funeral, burial service
|-
|-
| lapp
|jordregisternamn
| Lapp
|land registry name
|-
|-
| ledig
|jude
| unmarried, free
|Jew
|-
|-
| leva
|judisk
| to live
|Jewish
|-
|-
| levande
|jul
| living
|Christmas
|-
|-
| lik
|juli
| corpse
|July
|-
|-
| lilla
|jungfru
| little, small
|Miss, maiden, virgin
|-
|-
| liten
|juni
| little, small
|June
|-
|-
| lots
|jägare
| sea pilot
|hunter
|-
|-
| lucka
|jägmästare
| gap (missing records)
|forester
|-
|-
| lunginflammation
|jämte
| pneumonia
|together with
|-
|-
| lungsot
|kallad
| consumption, tuberculosis
|called, named
|-
|-
| luteran, lutersk
|kallbrand
| Lutheran
|gangrene
|-
|-
| lysning
|kammarskrivare
| banns
|assistant clerk
|-
|-
| lysningslängd
|kapellförsamling
| banns register
|chapelry, dependent branch of a parish
|-
|-
| lyst
|kaplan
| posted banns
|assistant minister
|-
|-
| låg
|karbunkel
| low
|carbuncle
|-
|-
| lägersmål
|karl
| illicit relations
|man, male
|-
|-
| lägrad kvinna
|karta
| woman who has had illicit relations
|map
|-
|-
| lägre
|katalog
| lower
|directory, catalog
|-
|-
| läkare
|katekismilängd
| doctor
|communion record
|-
|-
| län
|katolsk
| county
|Catholic
|-
|-
| längd
|kavallerist
| roll, record, book
|cavalryman
|-
|-
| länsman
|kikhosta
| sheriff
|whooping cough
|-
|-
| lärare
|klensmed
| teacher
|toolmaker, locksmith
|-
|-
| lärling
|klockare
| apprentice
|parish clerk
|-
|-
| lönskaläge
|knekt
| illicit relations between unmarried persons
|soldier
|-
|-
| löpande
|knektekontrakt
| current
|agreement of enrollment
|-
|-
| lördag
|kofferdi
| Saturday
|merchant marine
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|kolare
| vagrant
|charcoal burner
|-
|-
| magref
|kolera
| colic
|cholera
|-
|-
| magsjukdom
|kolik
| stomach disease
|colic
|-
|-
| magvärk
|kommen ifrån
| stomachache
|came from
|-
|-
| magskärv
|komminister
| painful stomach disease
|assistant minister
|-
|-
| maj
|kommun
| May
|township, municipality, parish
|-
|-
| majestät
|kommunikant
| royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät)
|person receiving communion
|-
|-
| majestätsbrott
|kommunionbok
| treason
|communion book
|-
|-
| maka
|kommunionlängd
| wife
|communion record
|-
|-
| makarnas gemensamma barn
|konfirmation
| child(ren) a couple had together
|confirmation
|-
|-
| make
|konfirmationslängd
| husband
|confirmation record
|-
|-
| mamsell
|kontrahenterna
| Miss
|marriage applicants
|-
|-
| man, mankjön
|kontrakt
| man, male, husband
|deanery (clerical district)
|-
|-
| mantal
|konung, kung
| assessed unit of land
|king
|-
|-
| mantalskriven
|konvulsioner
| registered for tax/census purposes
|convulsions
|-
|-
| mantalslängd
|kopparslagare
| tax/census record
|coppersmith
|-
|-
| marknad
|koppor
| market, fair
|smallpox
|-
|-
| mars
|kov
| March
|shortness of breath
|-
|-
| maskslag
|kramp
| fainting
|convulsions
|-
|-
| maskinist
|krank
| machinist, engineer
|illness
|-
|-
| matros
|krigsarkiv
| sailor, seaman
|war archive, military archive
|-
|-
| med
|kristendom, christendom
| with
|Christianity, Christian, religious
|-
|-
| medborgare
|kristendomskunskap
| citizen
|religious knowledge
|-
|-
| medlem
|kristnad
| member
|christened, baptized
|-
|-
| mellan
|krono-
| between
|belonging to the crown (government)
|-
|-
| men
|kronohemman
| but
|farm owned by the crown (government)
|-
|-
| middag
|krukmakare
| noon
|potter
|-
|-
| midnatt
|kräfta
| midnight
|cancer
|-
|-
| militär
|kung, konung
| military
|king
|-
|-
| minderårig
|kungarike
| underage
|kingdom
|-
|-
| mindre
|kunglig
| lesser, smaller
|royal
|-
|-
| ministerialbok
|kusin
| parish register
|cousin
|-
|-
| minut
|kunskap
| minute
|knowledge
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|kvarlåtenskap
| miller
|possessions left after death
|-
|-
| moder, mor
|kvarn
| mother
|mill
|-
|-
| moderpassion
|kvarter
| hysteric fits
|block, quarter
|-
|-
| morbror
|kvinna, kvinnkjön
| maternal uncle
|woman, female
|-
|-
| morfar
|kvinnoklinik
| maternal grandfather
|maternity hospital/clinic
|-
|-
| morgon
|kväll
| morning
|evening
|-
|-
| morgongåva
|kvävning
| morning gift, dowry
|suffocation
|-
|-
| mormor
|kyrka
| maternal grandmother
|church
|-
|-
| mosaisk
|kyrkobok
| Jewish
|parish register
|-
|-
| moster
|kyrkoby
| maternal aunt
|village in which the parish church is located
|-
|-
| mot
|kyrkogång
| against, toward
|[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth
|-
|-
| murare
|kyrkogård
| mason
|churchyard, cemetery
|-
|-
| mycket
|kyrkoherde
| very, much
|parish minister
|-
|-
| myndig
|kyrkosocken
| of legal age
|ecclesiastical parish
|-
|-
| myndling
|kyrkotagen
| pupil or ward
|[[Scandinavia Introductions|introduction]] of mother into congregation after childbirth
|-
|-
| måg
|kyrkovaktare
| son-in-law
|church officer
|-
|-
| målsman
|kyrkovärd
| guardian
|church or parish warden
|-
|-
| månad
|käresta
| month
|loved one, wife
|-
|-
| måndag
|kön
| Monday
|sex, gender
|-
|-
| mässling
|köpebrev
| measles
|purchase deed, title deed
|-
|-
| mästare
|köping
| master
|small town
|-
|-
| mördad
|köpman
| murdered
|merchant
|-
|-
| namn
|körsnär
| name
|furrier
|-
|-
| nationalitet
|lag
| nationality
|law
|-
|-
| natt
|laga år kommen
| night
|of legal age
|-
|-
| nattvard
|land
| communion
|land, country
|-
|-
| nedan(för)
|landsarkiv
| below
|provincial archive
|-
|-
| nedkomst
|landsförsamling
| birth
|rural parish of a city
|-
|-
| nedre
|landskap
| lower
|province
|-
|-
| nervfeber
|lapp
| typhoid fever
|Lapp
|-
|-
| nervslag
|ledig
| sudden paralysis
|unmarried, free
|-
|-
| nio(nde)
|leva
| nine (ninth)
|to live
|-
|-
| nittio(nde)
|levande
| ninety (nintieth)
|living
|-
|-
| nitton(de)
|lik
| nineteen (nineteenth)
|corpse
|-
|-
| njurpassion
|lilla
| kidney stone disease
|little, small
|-
|-
| noll
|liten
| zero
|little, small
|-
|-
| nord
|lots
| north
|sea pilot
|-
|-
| Norge
|lucka
| Norway
|gap (missing records)
|-
|-
| norr(a)
|lunginflammation
| north, northern
|pneumonia
|-
|-
| norsk
|lungsot
| Norwegian
|consumption, tuberculosis
|-
|-
| november
|luteran, lutersk
| November
|Lutheran
|-
|-
| nu
|lysning
| now
|banns
|-
|-
| nummer
|lysningslängd
| number
|banns register
|-
|-
| ny (a)
|lyst
| new
|posted banns
|-
|-
| nya boken (N.B.)
|låg
| new book, next clerical survey
|low
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|lägenhets
| settler
|apartment
|-
|-
| nyfödd
|lägersmål
| newborn
|illicit relations
|-
|-
| nytt
|lägrad kvinna
| new
|woman who has had illicit relations
|-
|-
| någon
|lägre
| someone, anyone
|lower
|-
|-
| något
|läkare
| something, somewhat
|doctor
|-
|-
| nämdeman
|län
| juryman
|county
|-
|-
| när
|längd
| when
|roll, record, book
|-
|-
| nära
|länsman
| near
|sheriff
|-
|-
| näringsfång
|lärare
| source of livelihood, business, industry
|teacher
|-
|-
| närvarande
|lärling
| present
|apprentice
|-
|-
| närvaro
|lönskaläge
| presence
|illicit relations between unmarried persons
|-
|-
| nöddop
|löpande
| emergency baptism
|current
|-
|-
| oangiven
|lördag
| not given
|Saturday
|-
|-
| obefintliga
|lösdrivare
| persons whose residence is not known
|vagrant
|-
|-
| och
|magref
| and
|colic
|-
|-
| också
|magsjukdom
| also
|stomach disease
|-
|-
| odaterad
|magvärk
| not dated
|stomachache
|-
|-
| odöpt
|magskärv
| not christened
|painful stomach disease
|-
|-
| ofta
|maj
| often
|May
|-
|-
| ofärdig
|majestät
| lame, crippled
|royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät)
|-
|-
| ogift
|majestätsbrott
| unmarried
|treason
|-
|-
| oktober
|maka
| October
|spouse, mate, husband, or wife
|-
|-
| okänd
|makarnas gemensamma barn
| unknown
|child(ren) a couple had together
|-
|-
| olycka
|make
| accident, misfortune
|spouse, mate, husband, or wife
|-
|-
| om
|mamsell
| if, about
|Miss
|-
|-
| omkommen
|man, mankjön
| died accidentally, drowned
|man, male, husband
|-
|-
| omkring
|mantal
| about
|assessed unit of land
|-
|-
| omvändelse
|mantalskriven
| conversion
|registered for tax/census purposes
|-
|-
| omyndig
|mantalslängd
| minor
|tax/census record
|-
|-
| onsdag
|marasmus
| Wednesday
|malnutrition
|-
|-
| ondslag
|marknad
| syphilis
|market, fair
|-
|-
| ordbok
|mars
| dictionary
|March
|-
|-
| ormbett
|maskslag
| bitten by a snake
|fainting
|-
|-
| orsak
|maskinist
| cause, reason
|machinist, engineer
|-
|-
| ort
|massel
| place
|small rash, similar to measles
|-
|-
| ortförteckning
|matros
| locality list, gazetteer
|sailor, seaman
|-
|-
| ortodox
|med
| (Eastern) Orthodox
|with
|-
|-
| otidigt sängelag
|medborgare
| fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged)
|citizen
|-
|-
| ovan, ovanför
|medlem
| above
|member
|-
|-
| oxel
|mellan
| tumour
|between
|-
|-
| oäkta
|men
| illegitimate (child)
|but
|-
|-
| passion
|middag
| suffering
|noon
|-
|-
| pastor
|midnatt
| parish minister
|midnight
|-
|-
| pastorat
|militär
| parish
|military
|-
|-
| pastorsexpedition
|minderårig
| parish office
|underage
|-
|-
| personernas
|mindre
| the person\'s
|lesser, smaller
|-
|-
| pest
|ministerialbok
| plague
|parish register
|-
|-
| piga
|minut
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|minute
|-
|-
| pilt(ebarn)
|mjölnare
| boy, male child
|miller
|-
|-
| pingst
|moder, mor
| Pentecost, Whitsunday
|mother
|-
|-
| pliktad
|moderpassion
| fined
|hysteric fits
|-
|-
| plåga
|morbror
| pain
|maternal uncle
|-
|-
| podager
|morfar
| gout
|maternal grandfather
|-
|-
| pojke
|morgon
| boy
|morning
|-
|-
| profoss
|morgongåva
| flogmaster (military)
|morning gift, dowry
|-
|-
| prost
|mormor
| dean
|maternal grandmother
|-
|-
| prosteri
|mosaisk
| deanery
|Jewish
|-
|-
| präst
|moster
| minister
|maternal aunt
|-
|-
| prästgård
|mot
| parsonage
|against, toward
|-
|-
| på
|murare
| on, upon, at (some place), in (about time)
|mason
|-
|-
| påsk
|mycket
| Easter
|very, much
|-
|-
| påssjuka
|myndig
| mumps
|of legal age
|-
|-
| regemente
|myndling
| regiment
|pupil or ward
|-
|-
| register
|måg
| register, index
|son-in-law
|-
|-
| repslagare
|målsman
| rope maker
|guardian
|-
|-
| Riddarhuset
|månad
| house of nobility
|month
|-
|-
| rike
|måndag
| state, realm
|Monday
|-
|-
| riksarkiv
|mässling
| national archives, state archives
|measles
|-
|-
| rote
|mästare
| district within a parish
|master
|-
|-
| rotehjon
|mördad
| person supported by a parish district
|murdered
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|mördare
| soldier for a district in a parish
|murderer
|-
|-
| rulla
|namn
| record, roll
|name
|-
|-
| rusthåll
|nationalitet
| farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier
|nationality
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|natt
| owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier
|night
|-
|-
| rymt, rymd
|nattvard
| runaway
|communion
|-
|-
| rysk, ryss
|nedan(för)
| Russian
|below
|-
|-
| Ryssland
|nedkomst
| Russia
|birth
|-
|-
| ryttare
|nedre
| cavalryman
|lower
|-
|-
| rådhusrätt
|nervfeber
| city court
|typhoid fever
|-
|-
| rådman
|nervslag
| councilman
|sudden paralysis
|-
|-
| rådstu(gu)rätt
|nio(nde)
| city court
|nine (ninth)
|-
|-
| räkenskapslängd
|nittio(nde)
| records of accounts
|ninety (nintieth)
|-
|-
| rätt
|nitton(de)
| court, right, correct
|nineteen (nineteenth)
|-
|-
| rättare
|njurpassion
| farm foreman
|kidney stone disease
|-
|-
| rödsot
|noll
| dysentery
|zero
|-
|-
| röta
|nord
| gangrene
|north
|-
|-
| rötfeber
|Norge
| gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever
|Norway
|-
|-
| sakna(s)  
|norr(a)
| miss, missing
|north, northern
|-
|-
| salig
|norsk
| the deceased, blessed
|Norwegian
|-
|-
| samhälle
|november
| community
|November
|-
|-
| samma
|nu
| (the) same
|now
|-
|-
| sammanavla
|nummer
| beget, conceive
|number
|-
|-
| sammanviga
|ny (a)
| marry
|new
|-
|-
| samma städes
|nya boken (N.B.)
| (of) the same place
|new book, next clerical survey
|-
|-
| samt
|nybyggare
| and, together with
|settler
|-
|-
| samtycke
|nyfödd
| permission, consent (to)
|newborn
|-
|-
| scharlakansfeber
|nytt
| scarlet fever
|new
|-
|-
| sedan
|någon
| since
|someone, anyone
|-
|-
| sekel
|något
| century
|something, somewhat
|-
|-
| senare, (den)
|nämdeman
| later, the latter
|juryman
|-
|-
| sent
|när
| late
|when
|-
|-
| september
|nära
| September
|near
|-
|-
| sex
|näringsfång
| six
|source of livelihood, business, industry
|-
|-
| sexman
|närvarande
| parish caretaker
|present
|-
|-
| sextio(nde)
|närvaro
| sixty (sixtieth)
|presence
|-
|-
| sexton(de)
|nöddop
| sixteen (sixteenth)
|emergency baptism
|-
|-
| sida
|oangiven
| page
|not given
|-
|-
| sig
|obefintliga
| himself, herself, itself
|persons whose residence is not known
|-
|-
| sin, sitt, sina
|och
| his, her, its (own)
|and
|-
|-
| sinnessvag
|också
| feebleminded
|also
|-
|-
| sjelfspillan
|odaterad
| one who committed suicide (old spelling)
|not dated
|-
|-
| sju
|odöpt
| seven
|not christened
|-
|-
| sjuk
|ofta
| sick
|often
|-
|-
| sjukdom
|ofärdig
| sickness
|lame, crippled
|-
|-
| sjuklig
|ogift
| sickly
|unmarried
|-
|-
| sjunde
|oktober
| seventh
|October
|-
|-
| sjuttio(nde)
|okänd
| seventy (seventieth)
|unknown
|-
|-
| sjutton(de)
|olycka
| seventeen (seventeenth)
|accident, misfortune
|-
|-
| självmord
|om
| suicide
|if, about
|-
|-
| sjätte
|omkommen
| sixth
|died accidentally, drowned
|-
|-
| sjö
|omkring
| lake
|about
|-
|-
| sjöman
|omvändelse
| sailor, seaman
|conversion
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|omyndig
| executioner, hangman
|minor
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|onsdag
| sharpshooter
|Wednesday
|-
|-
| skatt
|ondslag
| tax
|syphilis
|-
|-
| skattehemman
|ordbok
| farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)
|dictionary
|-
|-
| skeppare
|ormbett
| skipper
|bitten by a snake
|-
|-
| skerfva
|orsak
| rickets or malnutrition
|cause, reason
|-
|-
| skilsmässa
|ort
| divorce
|place
|-
|-
| skog
|ortförteckning
| forest
|locality list, gazetteer
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|ortodox
| forester
|(Eastern) Orthodox
|-
|-
| skola
|otidigt sängelag
| school
|fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged)
|-
|-
| skollärare
|ovan, ovanför
| schoolteacher
|above
|-
|-
| skomakare
|oxel
| shoemaker
|tumour
|-
|-
| skorstensfejare
|oäkta
| chimney-sweep
|illegitimate (child)
|-
|-
| skottår
|passion
| leap year
|suffering
|-
|-
| skrud
|pastor
| gown (bridal)
|parish minister
|-
|-
| skräddare
|pastorat
| tailor
|parish
|-
|-
| skörbjugg
|pastorsexpedition
| scurvy
|parish office
|-
|-
| slag(anfall)
|personernas
| stroke
|the person\'s
|-
|-
| slagen af åskan
|pest
| hit by lightning
|plague
|-
|-
| slagsmål
|piga
| fight
|maid, maiden, servant girl
|-
|-
| slaktare
|pilt(ebarn)
| meat cutter, butcher
|boy, male child
|-
|-
| slot
|pingst
| castle
|Pentecost, Whitsunday
|-
|-
| slut
|pliktad
| end
|fined
|-
|-
| släkt
|plåga
| family, clan
|pain
|-
|-
| släktbok
|podager
| lineage book
|gout
|-
|-
| släktforskning
|pojke
| genealogy
|boy
|-
|-
| släkting
|postaddress
| relative
|mailing address
|-
|-
| släktled
|profoss
| generation
|flogmaster (military)
|-
|-
| smed
|prost
| blacksmith
|dean
|-
|-
| smittkoppor
|prosteri
| smallpox
|deanery
|-
|-
| smärta
|präst
| pain
|minister
|-
|-
| små (plural)
|prästgård
| little, small
|parsonage
|-
|-
| snatteri
|på
| pilfering
|on, upon, at (some place), in (about time)
|-
|-
| snickare
|påsk
| carpenter
|Easter
|-
|-
| socken
|påssjuka
| parish
|mumps
|-
|-
| soldat
|regemente
| soldier
|regiment
|-
|-
| som
|register
| who, which, that
|register, index
|-
|-
| sommar
|repslagare
| summer
|rope maker
|-
|-
| son
|Riddarhuset
| son
|house of nobility
|-
|-
| sondotter
|rike
| son\'s daughter, granddaughter
|state, realm
|-
|-
| sonhustru
|riksarkiv
| son\'s wife, daughter-in-law
|national archives, state archives
|-
|-
| sonson
|rote
| son\'s son, grandson
|district within a parish
|-
|-
| sotdöd
|rotehjon
| old age
|person supported by a parish district
|-
|-
| sotsäng
|rotesoldat
| sickbed
|soldier for a district in a parish
|-
|-
| spannmålstorpare
|rulla
| tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain
|record, roll
|-
|-
| spinnare
|rusthåll
| spinner
|farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier
|-
|-
| spridda år
|rusthållare
| intermittent years
|owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier
|-
|-
| stad
|rymt, rymd
| city
|runaway
|-
|-
| stadsarkiv
|rysk, ryss
| city archives
|Russian
|-
|-
| stadsförsamling
|Ryssland
| city parish
|Russia
|-
|-
| stamfader
|ryttare
| progenitor
|cavalryman
|-
|-
| stamtavla
|rådhusrätt
| descendancy chart
|city court
|-
|-
| statare, statdräng
|rådman
| farm laborer
|councilman
|-
|-
| stattorpare
|rådstu(gu)rätt
| farm laborer, usually married
|city court
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|räkenskapslängd
| stonecutter
|records of accounts
|-
|-
| stenpassion
|rätt
| gallbladder disease
|court, right, correct
|-
|-
| sterbhus
|rättare
| a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead
|farm foreman
|-
|-
| stift
|rödsot
| diocese
|dysentery
|-
|-
| stoft
|röta
| mortal remains, or ashes
|gangrene
|-
|-
| stor, stort, stora
|rötfeber
| large, big, great
|gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever
|-
|-
| straff
|sakna(s)
| punishment
|miss, missing
|-
|-
| straffarbete
|salig
| hard labor
|the deceased, blessed
|-
|-
| strax
|samhälle
| right away, immediately
|community
|-
|-
| strypsjuka
|samma
| diptheria
|(the) same
|-
|-
| stuga
|sammanavla
| cottage, house
|beget, conceive
|-
|-
| stum
|sammanviga
| dumb, mute
|marry
|-
|-
| stupa
|samma städes
| to be killed in war
|(of) the same place
|-
|-
| styrman
|samt
| mate, on ship
|and, together with
|-
|-
| styv-
|samtycke
| step-
|permission, consent (to)
|-
|-
| styvson
|sangliggande
| stepson
|bedridden
|-
|-
| stånd
|scharlakansfeber
| status, condition
|scarlet fever
|-
|-
| ståndsperson
|sedan
| person of social standing
|since
|-
|-
| ställe
|sekel
| place
|century
|-
|-
| stärbhus
|senare, (den)
| death estate
|later, the latter
|-
|-
| stöld
|sent
| theft
|late
|-
|-
| svaghet
|september
| weakness, feebleness
|September
|-
|-
| svagsint
|sex
| feebleminded
|six
|-
|-
| sven
|sexman
| young man, apprentice
|parish caretaker
|-
|-
| svensk
|sextio(nde)
| Swedish
|sixty (sixtieth)
|-
|-
| Sverige
|sexton(de)
| Sweden
|sixteen (sixteenth)
|-
|-
| svullnad
|sida
| swelling, bloating
|page
|-
|-
| svulst
|sig
| tumor
|himself, herself, itself
|-
|-
| svåger
|sin, sitt, sina
| brother-in-law
|his, her, its (own)
|-
|-
| svägerska
|sinnesrubbad
| sister-in-law
|deranged
|-
|-
| svärfar
|sinnessjuk
| father-in-law
|insane
|-
|-
| svärmor
|sinnessvag
| mother-in-law
|feebleminded
|-
|-
| svärson
|sjelfspillan
| son-in-law
|one who committed suicide (old spelling)
|-
|-
| syd
|sju
| south
|seven
|-
|-
| syskon
|sjuk
| siblings
|sick
|-
|-
| syskonbarn
|sjukdom
| nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)
|sickness
|-
|-
| syssling
|sjuklig
| second cousin, tremänning
|sickly
|-
|-
| syster
|sjunde
| sister
|seventh
|-
|-
| systerdotter
|sjuttio(nde)
| niece, sister\'s daughter
|seventy (seventieth)
|-
|-
| systerson
|sjutton(de)
| nephew, sister\'s son
|seventeen (seventeenth)
|-
|-
| syting
|självmord
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|suicide
|-
|-
| såg
|sjätte
| saw, sawmill
|sixth
|-
|-
| sågställare
|sjö
| saw setter
|lake
|-
|-
| sängliggande
|sjöman
| bed-ridden
|sailor, seaman
|-
|-
| särskilda
|skarprättare
| special
|executioner, hangman
|-
|-
| säteri
|skarpskytt
| freehold estate
|sharpshooter
|-
|-
| söder (södra)
|skatt
| south (southern)
|tax
|-
|-
| söndag
|skattehemman
| Sunday
|farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)
|-
|-
| testamente
|skeppare
| will
|skipper
|-
|-
| tid
|skerfva
| time
|rickets or malnutrition
|-
|-
| tidskrift
|skilsmässa
| periodical
|divorce
|-
|-
| tiggare
|skog
| beggar
|forest
|-
|-
| till
|skogvaktare
| to
|forester
|-
|-
| tillsammans
|skola
| together
|school
|-
|-
| tillstånd
|skollärare
| dispensation, permission
|schoolteacher
|-
|-
| timma
|skomakare
| hour
|shoemaker
|-
|-
| timmerman
|skorstensfejare
| carpenter, builder
|chimney-sweep
|-
|-
| ting
|skottår
| court
|leap year
|-
|-
| tingslag
|skrud
| judicial district, assize division
|gown (bridal)
|-
|-
| tio(nde)
|skräddare
| ten (tenth)
|tailor
|-
|-
| tionde
|skörbjugg
| tenth, tithing
|scurvy
|-
|-
| tiondebok
|slag(anfall)
| tithing record
|stroke
|-
|-
| tisdag
|slagen af åskan
| Tuesday
|hit by lightning
|-
|-
| tjugo
|slagsmål
| twenty
|fight
|-
|-
| tjugoandra
|slaktare
| twenty-second
|meat cutter, butcher
|-
|-
| tjugoen, tjugoett
|slot
| twenty-one
|castle
|-
|-
| tjugofem(te)
|slut
| twenty-five (twenty-fifth)
|end
|-
|-
| tjugofjärde
|släkt
| twenty-fourth
|family, clan
|-
|-
| tjugofyra
|släktbok
| twenty-four
|lineage book
|-
|-
| tjugoförsta
|släktforskning
| twenty-first
|genealogy
|-
|-
| tjugonde
|släkting
| twentieth
|relative
|-
|-
| tjugonio (nde)
|släktled
| twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
|generation
|-
|-
| tjugosex
|smed
| twenty-six
|blacksmith
|-
|-
| tjugosju(nde)
|smittkoppor
| twenty-seven (twenty-seventh)
|smallpox
|-
|-
| tjugosjätte
|smärta
| twenty-sixth
|pain
|-
|-
| tjugotre
|små (plural)
| twenty-three
|little, small
|-
|-
| tjugotredje
|snatteri
| twenty-third
|pilfering
|-
|-
| tjugotvå
|snickare
| twenty-two
|carpenter
|-
|-
| tjugoåtta
|socken
| twenty-eight
|parish
|-
|-
| tjugoåttonde
|soldat
| twenty-eighth
|soldier
|-
|-
| tjuv
|som
| thief
|who, which, that
|-
|-
| tjänar
|sommar
| serves
|summer
|-
|-
| tjänare
|son
| servant
|son
|-
|-
| tjänst
|sondotter
| service, employment
|son\'s daughter, granddaughter
|-
|-
| tolfte
|sonhustru
| twelfth
|son\'s wife, daughter-in-law
|-
|-
| tolv
|sonson
| twelve
|son\'s son, grandson
|-
|-
| torpare
|sotdöd
| crofter, cottager
|old age
|-
|-
| torsdag
|sotsäng
| Thursday
|sickbed
|-
|-
| tre (tredje)
|spannmålstorpare
| three (third)
|tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain
|-
|-
| tremänning
|spinnare
| second cousin
|spinner
|-
|-
| trettio
|spridda år
| thirty
|intermittent years
|-
|-
| trettioen, trettioett
|späd
| thirty-one
|infant
|-
|-
| trettioförsta
|stad
| thirty-first
|city
|-
|-
| trettionde
|stadsarkiv
| thirtieth
|city archives
|-
|-
| tretton(de)
|stadsförsamling
| thirteen (thirteenth)
|city parish
|-
|-
| trillingar
|stamfader
| triplets
|progenitor
|-
|-
| trolovade
|stamtavla
| betrothed, engaged
|descendancy chart
|-
|-
| trosbekännelse
|statare, statdräng
| declaration of faith (religion)
|farm laborer
|-
|-
| trumslagare
|stattorpare
| drummer
|farm laborer, usually married
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|stenhuggare
| gardener
|stonecutter
|-
|-
| tuberkulos
|stenpassion
| tuberculosis
|gallbladder disease
|-
|-
| tumör
|sterbhus
| tumor
|a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|stiefson
| barrelmaker
|stepson
|-
|-
| tvillingar
|stifson
| twins
|stepson
|-
|-
| tvinsot
|stift
| withering from multiple causes
|diocese
|-
|-
| två
|stoft
| two
|mortal remains, or ashes
|-
|-
| två hundra(de)
|stor, stort, stora
| two hundred (two-hundredth)
|large, big, great
|-
|-
| tyfus
|straff
| typhoid
|punishment
|-
|-
| tysk
|straffarbete
| German
|hard labor
|-
|-
| Tyskland
|strax
| Germany
|right away, immediately
|-
|-
| tärande sjukdom
|strypsjuka
| pneumonia, consumption
|diptheria
|-
|-
| undantag
|studerande
| support after giving up an estate
|student
|-
|-
| undantagsman kvinna
|stuga
| person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|cottage, house
|-
|-
| under
|stum
| under
|dumb, mute
|-
|-
| underskrift
|stupa
| signature
|to be killed in war
|-
|-
| undertecknad
|styrman
| the undersigned
|mate, on ship
|-
|-
| ung
|styv-
| young
|step-
|-
|-
| ungkarl
|styvson
| bachelor
|stepson
|-
|-
| uppgavs
|stånd
| stated, given, declared
|status, condition
|-
|-
| ut
|ståndsperson
| out
|person of social standing
|-
|-
| utan
|ställe
| without
|place
|-
|-
| utanför
|stärbhus
| outside
|death estate
|-
|-
| utdrag
|stöld
| extract
|theft
|-
|-
| utesluten
|summa
| excommunicated
|total
|-
|-
| utflyttning
|svaghet
| moving out
|weakness, feebleness
|-
|-
| utflyttningsbetyg
|svagsint
| moving out certificates
|feebleminded
|-
|-
| utflyttningslängd
|sven
| moving out register
|young man, apprentice
|-
|-
| utländsk
|svensk
| foreign
|Swedish
|-
|-
| utsot
|Sverige
| diarrhea
|Sweden
|-
|-
| utvandrare
|svullnad
| emigrant
|swelling, bloating
|-
|-
| utvandring
|svulst
| emigration
|tumor
|-
|-
| vad
|svåger
| what
|brother-in-law
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|svägerska
| cartwright
|sister-in-law
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|svärfar
| caretaker
|father-in-law
|-
|-
| vallon
|svärmor
| Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]]
|mother-in-law
|-
|-
| vandel
|svärson
| conduct, habits, way of life
|son-in-law
|-
|-
| vapen
|syd
| coat of arms, weapon
|south
|-
|-
| var
|syskon
| each, everyone
|siblings
|-
|-
| var
|syskonbarn
| was, where
|nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)
|-
|-
| vara
|syssling
| to be
|second cousin, tremänning
|-
|-
| varför
|syster
| why
|sister
|-
|-
| vattenkoppor
|systerdotter
| chicken pox
|niece, sister\'s daughter
|-
|-
| vattusot, vattensot
|systerson
| edema, dropsy
|nephew, sister\'s son
|-
|-
| vecka
|syting
| week
|person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
|-
| vem
|såg
| who
|saw, sawmill
|-
|-
| venerisk sjukdom
|sågställare
| venereal disease
|saw setter
|-
|-
| verk
|sängliggande
| factory, mill
|bed-ridden
|-
|-
| vid
|särskilda
| at, on, close to, by
|special
|-
|-
| vigd, vigda, vigde
|säteri
| married
|freehold estate
|-
|-
| vigsel
|söder (södra)
| marriage ceremony
|south (southern)
|-
|-
| vigselbok
|söndag
| marriage book
|Sunday
|-
|-
| vigsellängd
|testamente
| marriage record
|will
|-
|-
| vilja
|tid
| to want, will
|time
|-
|-
| vilken, vilket, vilka
|tidskrift
| who, which, that
|periodical
|-
|-
| vinter
|tiggare
| winter
|beggar
|-
|-
| vittne
|till
| witness
|to
|-
|-
| volym
|tillsammans
| volume
|together
|-
|-
| våda
|tillstånd
| accident
|dispensation, permission
|-
|-
| vådeligen
|timma
| violently (usually an accidental death)
|hour
|-
|-
| vår
|timmerman
| our, spring
|carpenter, builder
|-
|-
| välboren
|ting
| of noble birth
|court
|-
|-
| välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.)
|tingslag
| of good reputation
|judicial district, assize division
|-
|-
| vänster
|tio(nde)
| left
|ten (tenth)
|-
|-
| värk
|tionde
| ache, dull pain
|tenth, tithing
|-
|-
| värnplikt
|tiondebok
| military service
|tithing record
|-
|-
| väster (västra)
|tisdag
| west (western)
|Tuesday
|-
|-
| vävare
|titel
| weaver
|title/occupation
|-
|-
| yngling
|tjugo
| young man, boy
|twenty
|-
|-
| yrke
|tjugoandra
| profession, occupation
|twenty-second
|-
|-
| å
|tjugoen, tjugoett
| at, on, to
|twenty-one
|-
|-
| å
|tjugofem(te)
| river
|twenty-five (twenty-fifth)
|-
|-
| åbo
|tjugofjärde
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|twenty-fourth
|-
|-
| åkomma
|tjugofyra
| ailment
|twenty-four
|-
|-
| ålder
|tjugoförsta
| age
|twenty-first
|-
|-
| ålderdom
|tjugonde
| old age
|twentieth
|-
|-
| år
|tjugonio (nde)
| year
|twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
|-
|-
| århundrade
|tjugosex
| century
|twenty-six
|-
|-
| årlig
|tjugosju(nde)
| annual, yearly
|twenty-seven (twenty-seventh)
|-
|-
| årtionde
|tjugosjätte
| decade
|twenty-sixth
|-
|-
| åt
|tjugotre
| to
|twenty-three
|-
|-
| återvänd
|tjugotredje
| returned
|twenty-third
|-
|-
| åtta
|tjugotvå
| eight
|twenty-two
|-
|-
| åttio(nde)
|tjugoåtta
| eighty (eightieth)
|twenty-eight
|-
|-
| åttonde
|tjugoåttonde
| eighth
|twenty-eighth
|-
|-
| äga
|tjuv
| own
|thief
|-
|-
| ägare
|tjänar
| owner
|serves
|-
|-
| ägor
|tjänare
| land, property
|servant
|-
|-
| äkta
|tjänst
| legitimate
|service, employment
|-
|-
| äktenskap
|tolfte
| marriage
|twelfth
|-
|-
| äldre
|tolv
| older, elder
|twelve
|-
|-
| äldste
|torpare
| oldest, eldest, elder
|crofter, cottager
|-
|-
| ämbete
|torsdag
| office
|Thursday
|-
|-
| änka
|tre (tredje)
| widow
|three (third)
|-
|-
| änkeman, änkling
|tremänning
| widower
|second cousin
|-
|-
| ännu
|trettio
| yet, still
|thirty
|-
|-
| är
|trettioen, trettioett
| are, is, am
|thirty-one
|-
|-
| ärlig
|trettioförsta
| honest
|thirty-first
|-
|-
| ätt
|trettionde
| family
|thirtieth
|-
|-
| ö
|tretton(de)
| island
|thirteen (thirteenth)
|-
|-
| öde
|trillingar
| vacant, fate
|triplets
|-
|-
| öga
|trolovade
| eye
|betrothed, engaged
|-
|-
| öra
|trosbekännelse
| ear
|declaration of faith (religion)
|-
|-
| öster (östra)
|trumslagare
| east (eastern)
|drummer
|-
|-
| över
|trädgårdsmästare
| over
|gardener
|-
|-
| överlevande
|tuberkulos
| survivor(s)
|tuberculosis
|-
|-
| övre  
|tumör
| upper
|tumor
|}
|-
|tunnbindare
|barrelmaker
|-
|tvillingar
|twins
|-
|tvinsot
|withering from multiple causes
|-
|två
|two
|-
|två hundra(de)
|two hundred (two-hundredth)
|-
|tyfus
|typhoid
|-
|tysk
|German
|-
|Tyskland
|Germany
|-
|tärande sjukdom
|pneumonia, consumption
|-
|undantag
|support after giving up an estate
|-
|undantagsman kvinna
|person receiving support after giving his estate to another
|-
|under
|under
|-
|underskrift
|signature
|-
|undertecknad
|the undersigned
|-
|ung
|young
|-
|ungkarl
|bachelor
|-
|uppgavs
|stated, given, declared
|-
|uppgiftsnummer
|information number
|-
|ut
|out
|-
|utan
|without
|-
|utanför
|outside
|-
|utdrag
|extract
|-
|utesluten
|excommunicated
|-
|utflyttning
|moving out
|-
|utflyttningsbetyg
|moving out certificates
|-
|utflyttningslängd
|moving out register
|-
|utländsk
|foreign
|-
|utsot
|diarrhea
|-
|utvandrare
|emigrant
|-
|utvandring
|emigration
|-
|vad
|what
|-
|vagnmakare
|cartwright
|-
|vaktmästare
|caretaker
|-
|vallon
|Walloon, for more see: [[Vallons in Sweden|Vallons in Sweden]]
|-
|vandel
|conduct, habits, way of life
|-
|vapen
|coat of arms, weapon
|-
|var
|each, everyone
|-
|var
|was, where
|-
|vara
|to be
|-
|varför
|why
|-
|vattenkoppor
|chicken pox
|-
|vattusot, vattensot
|edema, dropsy
|-
|vecka
|week
|-
|vem
|who
|-
|venerisk sjukdom
|venereal disease
|-
|verk
|factory, mill
|-
|vid
|at, on, close to, by
|-
|vigd, vigda, vigde
|married
|-
|vigsel
|marriage ceremony
|-
|vigselbok
|marriage book
|-
|vigsellängd
|marriage record
|-
|vilja
|to want, will
|-
|vilken, vilket, vilka
|who, which, that
|-
|vinter
|winter
|-
|vittne
|witness
|-
|volym
|volume
|-
|våda
|accident
|-
|vådeligen
|violently (usually an accidental death)
|-
|vår
|our, spring
|-
|välboren
|of noble birth
|-
|välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.)
|of good reputation
|-
|vänster
|left
|-
|värk
|ache, dull pain
|-
|värnplikt
|military service
|-
|väster (västra)
|west (western)
|-
|vävare
|weaver
|-
|yngling
|young man, boy
|-
|yrke
|profession, occupation
|-
|å
|at, on, to
|-
|å
|river
|-
|åbo
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|-
|åkomma
|ailment
|-
|ålder
|age
|-
|ålderdom
|old age
|-
|ålderdomskrämpor
|old age ailments
|-
|åldersdomssvaghet
|old age weakness or feebleness
|-
|år
|year
|-
|århundrade
|century
|-
|årlig
|annual, yearly
|-
|årtionde
|decade
|-
|åt
|to
|-
|återvänd
|returned
|-
|åtta
|eight
|-
|åttio(nde)
|eighty (eightieth)
|-
|åttonde
|eighth
|-
|äga
|own
|-
|ägare
|owner
|-
|ägor
|land, property
|-
|äkta
|legitimate
|-
|äktenskap
|marriage
|-
|äldre
|older, elder
|-
|äldste
|oldest, eldest, elder
|-
|ämbete
|office
|-
|änka
|widow
|-
|änkeman, änkling
|widower
|-
|ännu
|yet, still
|-
|är
|are, is, am
|-
|ärlig
|honest
|-
|ätt
|family
|-
|ö
|island
|-
|öde
|vacant, fate
|-
|öga
|eye
|-
|öra
|ear
|-
|öster (östra)
|east (eastern)
|-
|över
|over
|-
|överlevande
|survivor(s)
|-
|övre
|upper
|}<ref>FamilySearch. <u>Genealogical Word List, Swedish</u>. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997</ref><ref>Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889</ref>


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== Language Characteristics ==
==Language Characteristics==


Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.  
Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.  


==== Variant Forms of Words ====
====Variant Forms of Words====


In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:  
In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:  


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==== Alphabetical Order ====
====Alphabetical Order====
 
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''''Z'''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order: ''


A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö&nbsp;
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''Z'''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Before 2006 the letter '''W''' was considered a variation of '''V''' and not a letter. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order (after 2006):


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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö


==== Spelling ====
====Spelling====


Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.  
Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.  


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Examples:  


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== Key Words ==
==Key Words==
 
To find and use specific types of Swedish records, you will need to know some key words in Swedish. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Swedish words with the same or similar meanings.  
To find and use specific types of Swedish records, you will need to know some key words in Swedish. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Swedish words with the same or similar meanings.  


For example, in the first column you will find the English word ''marriage''. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as ''marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,''and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.  
For example, in the first column you will find the English word ''marriage''. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as ''marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,''and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.  


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English <br>banns <br>birth <br>burial <br>child <br>christening <br>clerical survey <br>confirmation <br>death <br>father <br>female <br>household, examination roll <br>husband <br>index <br>male <br>marriage  
English <br>banns <br>birth <br>burial <br>child <br>christening <br>clerical survey <br>confirmation <br>death <br>father <br>female <br>household, examination roll <br>husband <br>index <br>male <br>marriage  


military <br>mother <br>moving in <br>moving out <br>name, given <br>name, surname <br>parents <br>parish <br>probate <br>wife <br>year  
military <br>mother <br>moving in <br>moving out <br>name, given <br>name, surname <br>parents <br>parish <br>probate <br>wife <br>year  


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Swedish <br>lysning <br>födda, födde, född, födelse <br>begravning <br>barn <br>döpta, döpte, döpt, döpelse, dop <br>husförhörslängd <br>konfirmation <br>döda, döde, död, avliden, avsomna <br>far, fader <br>kvinnkön, kvinna <br>husförhörslängd, förhör <br>  
Swedish <br>lysning <br>födda, födde, född, födelse <br>begravning <br>barn <br>döpta, döpte, döpt, döpelse, dop <br>husförhörslängd <br>konfirmation <br>döda, döde, död, avliden, avsomna <br>far, fader <br>kvinnkön, kvinna <br>husförhörslängd, förhör <br>  


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==Numbers==
Translations for numbers are found on the [[English to Swedish Numbers in Word Form|English to Swedish Numbers in Word Form]] Wiki page.
==Additional Resources==


== Additional Resources  ==
This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  
This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  


The following dictionary is also available on microfilm for use in[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]]:  
The following dictionaries are also available:  


*Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FHL|16042|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,124,531 item 12}}).  
*Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, efter kongl. Secreteraren Sahlstedts Svenska ordbok, Stockholm 1788, available through [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/1788-swedish-english-dictionary 1788 Swedish English Dictionary]
*Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FHL|549532|title-id|disp=FHL film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906.
*Wahrman, Sven Niclas. Svenskt och Tyskt - Franskt - Engelskt Hand-lexicon, Örebro 1814, available through the [http://swedishgenealogyguide.com/dictionaries/swedish-historical-dictionary-database-shdd Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD]
*Ernolv, Carl. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23578493&referer=brief_results Svensk-Engelsk Ordbok [Swedish-English Dictionary]]''. Stockholm: Svenska Bokförlaget Norstedts, 1947. ({{FSC|16042|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,124,531 item 12}}).
*Björkman, C.G. ''Svensk-Englesk Ordbok [Swedish- English Dictionary]''. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt, 1889. ({{FSC|549532|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1,224,734}}). Swedish spelling was reformed in 1906. Since this dictionary was written in 1889, it shows words as they were spelled before 1906.
*For death records: See a list of causes of death in the [http://www.ddss.nu/statistics/deathInfo Demographic Database of Southern Sweden (DDSS)].
*For various online Swedish-related dictionaries, see [http://runeberg.org/tema/dict.html Projekt Runeberg].


Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[Family History Library Catalog Subject Search|Subject&nbsp;Search]] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] under {{FHL|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the&nbsp;[[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Place Search]]&nbsp;under {{FHL|346068|subject-id|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}.  
Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Subject Search|Subject Search]] of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] under {{FSC|318796|subject-id|disp=SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES}} or in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search]] under {{FSC|346068|subject-id|disp=SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES}}.  


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The Swedish Genealogical Word List shows Swedish words and their English translations for many words that are found in documents used to research Swedish ancestors. If the word you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Swedish-English dictionary such as the Swedish Historical Dictionary Database, SHDD. (Or see "Additional Resources" below.)

Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The sections of Language Characteristics, Key Words, and Additional Resources below are designed to help you find the words you need.

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Click on the little box next to the word Swedish or English to sort the list by that language. Or, hold down the "ctrl" and "f" keys on your keyboard to search for a specific word. If you are looking for an occupation see Sweden Occupations.

To get help with common abbreviations in Swedish records see: Sweden Abbreviations in Family History Sources.

The entire Swedish to English word list is available in a PDF file Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.

Swedish English
abbot abbot
accismästare customs officer
ackuschörska a midwife
adelsbussar (military) soldier of lower rank
adelsman nobleman
adelssven page (youth); a young nobleman who worked at a royal court
adjunctus sacri ministerii (Latin) pastorsadjunkt; see adjunkt
adjunkt (civil) teacher of 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt/pastoratsadjunkt
adlig noble
administer, administra (Latin) attendant, assistant
administrator (Latin) administrator
adopterad adopted
adress address
adressbok directory
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
afton evening
aftonsångspredikant evening-service preacher
agent agent, representative
aktor accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
aktris actress, female play actor, performer
akut luftrörsinflammation Bronchitis
aktör actor, male play actor, performer
aldrig never
alla, allt all
almsveda shingles
alltid always
allvarlig blodbrist anemia
allmänningsbonde common farmer, peasant, or man
allmäningskarl common farmer, peasant, or man
ambarn nursing child
amiral admiral (military)
ammande kvinna nursing mother
anasarcha anasarca (a form of edema)
andra second, others
andfåddhet respiratory distress
andnöd respiratory distress
andtäppa shortness of breath, asthma
anemi anemia
anfall seizure(s)
anförare leader, chief, commander, captain general, captain (1788)
angivare informer (1788)
angiven given, stated
anklagare accuser, impeacher (1788)
ankom came, arrived
anmärkningar remarks, annotations
annan other
ansättare (military) rammer, service position with ramrods
antavla pedigree chart
anteckning note, annotation, remark
apostem swelling, boils, or growths of some sort
apotekare pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
april April
arbetare worker, laborer
arbetskarl, arbk. male worker, workman, laborer
arbetsman male worker, workman, laborer
arjeplogsjukan porphyria
arkebusier (military) member of firing squad
arkebusera to shoot by order of the court
arkibiskop modern Swedish ärkebiskop
arkiv archive
arklimästare gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
aromatisk värk rheumatism
arrendator tenant farmer, leaseholder
artillerist (military) man of the artillery
artillerikonstapel (military) bombardier
arton (artonde) eighteen (eighteenth)
arv inheritance
arvinge heir
arvskifte distribution of an inherited estate
arvsot hereditary illness
asiatiska influenzan asian flu
assessor assessor
assuradör insurer, underwriter
aterom atheroma
att that (for example: know that he died)
attest certificate
augusti August
augustifeber malaria
auktionist, auktionskommissarie auctioneer, one who performs auctions for public sale
auktor, autor author, penman, writer (1829)
av of
avgift fee
avgång departure
avgått moved
avgått med döden died (departed through death)
avig börd birthing complications
avliden deceased, death
avisskrivare newswriter, gazetteer
avskedad discharged, resigned
avskedad soldat discharged, resigned soldier
avskrivare (1788) transcriber, copier
avlsag postpartum infection
avsomna die, death
avvittring assignment of an inheritance to children of first marriage
axplockare gleaner, gleaning, earing, after gathering
backe hill
backstuguhjon cottager (1788); see backstugusittare
backstugusittare cottager, one who owned a small cottage, dugout, or hut; dugout dweller
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
bakom behind
baneman slayer
banérförare (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
banérherre (military) banneret
banér-riddare (military) knight banneret
baneslag death blow, mortal stroke
banesår death wound, mortal wound
bankvaktmästare porter, messenger at a bank
banmästare overseer of a railway line
bankvaktmästare porter, messenger at a bank
banmästare overseer of a railway line
bann excommunication
banna to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove
bannlysa to excommunicate
baptist Baptist
bar carried
bara only
bar barnet carried or held the child (at baptism font)
barberare barber, shaver
barberarebiträde barber's assistant
barberaregesäll journeyman barber
barberarelärling barber's apprentice
barkare tanner (1829)
barn child(ren)
barnafånge complications at childbirth
barnbarn grandchild(ren)
barnbok preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
barnbördshus maternity hospital
barnförlossare male midwife
barnförlämning polio
barnkolera diarrhea
barnkoppor smallpox
barnkvävning Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), Mother was often blamed for smothering the child. Sometimes the priest held an investigation to determine weather the death was an accident
barnlös childless
barnmorska midwife
barnpiga maid for children
barnsbörd, barnsäng childbirth
barnsjuka children's disease
barnsnöd complication at childbirth
barnsäng childbirth
barnsängsfeber perpetual complications or sickness at birth
Basedows sjukdom hyperthyroidism
befolkning population
begrava bury
begravning burial
begravningslängd burial record
begravningsplats cemetery
begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion
benröta, benbrand, benetter bone-rotting disease
benuppmjukning rickets, caused by vitamin D deficiencies
benåd pardon
benämd called
berg hill, mountain
bergfolk mountain people, highlanders
bergslag mining district
bergsman miner
beskattning taxation
beskrivning description
besökare customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
beteckning för ägare eller brukare indication if owner or renter
betjänt servant, civil servant
bettlare beggar
betyg certificate
bevaka protect
bevis certificate, proof, evidence
bevistat läsförhören present at household examination (clerical survey)
beväring conscript
beväringsman recruit
bilaga supplement, enclosure
binnikemask tapeworm
biografi biography
biträde assistant
bleksot anemia
blind blind
Blindtarms inflamation appendicitis
bliva to become
blodförgiftning sepsis
blodkastning excessive blood flow to a specific area of the body, leading to a build up of blood in that area
blodkoppor no modern term. Infections or sicknesses that cause blood blisters
blodpropp thrombus
blodsjuka blood disorder
blodslag cerebal stroke
blodsot presents similar to dysentery but it can refer to several different illnesses
blodstörtning severe or sudden bleeding
blödning bleeding
blödarsjuka hemophilia or inability of the blood to clot, causing excessive bleeding from minor injuries
bo to live, home, estate
bok book
bokhållare bookkeeper
bonde farmer
borg castle, fortress
borgare citizen, burgher
borgmästare mayor
borta absent
bortgift married elsewhere
bostad domicile
boupptekning probate, estate inventory
bredvid next to
bro bridge
bror brother
brorsdotter niece, brother\'s daughter
brorsson nephew, brother\'s son
brottfällig epileptic fits
brud bride
brudfolk bridal couple
brudgum bridegroom
brudpar bridal couple
bruk foundry, mill, iron industry
brukare tenant farmer, leaseholder
bruksarbetare foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
brukningsdelen farm division
bryggare brewer
bräcklighet frailty
brännsjuka feber disease, literally a "burning disease"
bröllop wedding
bröstarvinge heir
bröstfeber pneumonia
bröstsjuka chest illness, pneumonia
bröstkov shortness of breath
bröstkvav shortness of breath, can mean suffocation
bröstlidande chest disease
bröstpassion chest pain
bröstveda chest disease
bröstvärk chest pain
bukbet abdominal pain
brukbrok umbilical hernia
bukrev constipation
bukvred intestinal blockage
by village
bygd countryside, region, area
byggmästare contractor, builder
båda both
båtsman seaman, sailor
bägge both
bägges barn child of both parents
bälgslag colic
böcker books
böld abscess, boil
böter fee, fine
bötfälld fined
caution security, deposit (as in bondsman)
cautionister witness
choret (koret) the most eastern part of the church floor plan, usually by the altar
Christendom, Kristendom Christianity, Christian, religious
circa (ca.) (Latin) about, approximately
civilregistret civil registrar
civilstånd marital status
coopvaerdi merchant marine
dag day
dagkarl day laborer
dal valley
Danmark Denmark
danneman farmer, gentleman
dansk danish
datum date
de they
december December
de där those
de här these
deja maidservant, milkmaid
demoiselle Miss
delinqventer delinquent, criminal (old spellling)
den the, it
den där that
den här this
deras their
dess his, her, its
det the, it
det där that
det här this
diarre diarrhea
djärv bold, daring, venturesome
dog dead, died
dom sentence, judgment
dom sentence, judgment
domare judge
dombok court record
domsaga judicial district
dop baptism, christening
doplängd record of baptisms
dopnamn given name
dotter daughter
dragon light cavalryman
drunknad drowned
dräng farmhand, bachelor
duplikat duplicate record
dygn 24 hours, day
då then
där there
därstädes (of) that place
död, döda, döde dead, death
dödbok death record
dödfödd stillborn
dödslista death record
dödsorsak cause of death
död utan bröstarvinge died without issue
döpt, döpta, döpte, döpelse christening
dött has died
döv deaf
efter after
efterkommande descendant(s)
eftermiddag afternoon
efternamn surname
efter sig lämnat left behind, survived by
egendom property
ej not
ejusdem same day/month
eldsvåda extensive fire
elfte eleventh
eller or
elva eleven
emigrerade emigrated
en, ett a, one
en/ett hundra(de) one hundred (one-hundredth)
en/ett tusen(de) one thousand (one-thousandth)
Engelska sjukan ricketts (vitamin deficiency)
enligt according to
epilepsi epilepsy
ett, en a, one
evangelisk evangelical
fabrik factory, mill
fabriksarbetare factory worker
fadder christening witness, godparent
fader father
falla fall, to be killed in war
fallande sot epilepsy
familj family
far father
farbror paternal uncle
farfar paternal grandfather
farmor paternal grandmother
fasta fast, Lent
faster paternal aunt
fattig poor
fattighjon pauper
fattighus poorhouse
f. d. (före detta) former(ly)
feber fever
feberfrossa malaria
februari February
fem(te) five (fifth)
femtio(nde) fifty (fiftieth)
femton(de) fifteen (fifteenth)
finländare, finne Finn
finsk Finnish
fiskare fisherman
fjol (i fjol) last year
fjorton(de) fourteen (fourteenth)
fjärde fourth
fjärdingsman parish constable
flicka girl
flicknamn maiden name
fluss any disease related to fluids
flytta move
flyttningsbetyg certificate of moving
fogde sheriff, bailiff, warden
folio page
folkskollärare public school teacher
fortsättning (forts.) continued
fosterbarn foster child
fosterland native land, fatherland
framför in front of
fredag Friday
frejd a person's character, conduct
friherre baron
frilla concubine
frillebarn bastard child
frossa malaria
fru Mrs.
från from
frånskild divorced
frälse nobility
frälsegård, frälsehemman tax-exempt farm (farm owned by a nobleman who collected the tax)
främmande foreign, strange, belonging to another parish
fröken Miss
fulslag inflammation at the edge of a finger
fylleri drunkenness
fyra four
fyrtio(nde) forty (fortieth)
fånig brainsick, underwitted, idiotic (1889)
fältfeber typhoid fever
fältskär assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
fältväbel sergeant major
fästehjon betrothed couple, engaged pair
fästekvinna fiancée (female)
fästman fiancé (male)
fästmö fiancée (female)
fästning fortress
född, födda, födde, födelse born, birth
föddes was born
födelse birth
födelsebok birth record
födelsedag birthday
födelselängd birth record
födelseort place of birth
födorådstagare a person supported by another after giving up their estate. For example, residing for free, tax exemption, and receiving other fringe benefits. May be abbreviated as: Ftgr
följande following, next
för for
fördelsman person receiving support after giving his estate to another
fördärvad severely crippled
före before
föregående previous, preceding
förelyst banns (in Finland)
förening society
förfäder forefathers
förgiftad poisoned
förhör household examination
förklara declared, explained
förklaringen explanation
förkylning common cold
förlossning delivery (childbirth)
förlovad engaged
förlovning engagement
förmiddag morning, forenoon
förmyndare guardian
förmäla marry (older term)
förnamn given name
förra giftet previous marriage
förre, (den) former
förrätta perform
församling parish, congregation
församlingsbok clerical survey
första first
första gången first time
förstår understand
förstoppning constipation
försumlighet negligence, neglectfulness
försvarslös unemployed person, vagrant
förteckning list
föräldralös orphan
föräldrar parents
gamla old
gamla boken (G.B.) old book, previous clerical survey
gammal old
garvare tanner
gata street
gatehus, gatuhus A term used in Southern Sweden for a crofters house similar to a backstuga
genast right away, immediately
genealogi genealogy
genom through
gesäll journeyman
gift married
gifta sig to marry
gifte marriage
giftermål marriage ceremony
giftoman bride\'s sponsor
gikt gout
god good
gosse boy
granne neighbor
gratialist receiving a pension or cash from some special fund
grav grave
gravationer (estate inventories) claims against another persons estate
grekisk katolsk Eastern Orthodox
grenadjär infantryman
greve count (title of nobility)
gruva mine
gräns boundary line, border
gudeligen godly
gudfader godfather
gudmoder godmother
gulsot jaundice
gång time
gård farm, house
gåvor donations
gäll (gäld) clerical district
gästgivare innkeeper
gördelmakare brazier
halv- half-, step-
halvsyskon half siblings
hammarsmed forging smith
han he
handelsman merchant
handskmakare glove maker
hans his
hantverkare artisan
hastig acute
hattmakare hatmaker
hava to have
havande pregnant
hederlig honorable, honest
hektisk feber infectious disease accompanying a fever
helgonskyld tax or wage to the klockare often a agricultural product
helig holy
hem home
hemma at home
hemman farm, homestead
hemmansbrukare farmer
hemmansägare farmer, homeowner
hemort residence
hemvist domicile
henne her
heraldik heraldry
herr Mr.
Herren Lord
herrgård manorial estate
hetsig feber inflammatory fever
hinderlös free, unhindered (to travel, marry)
hinderlöshetsbetyg certificate of being unhindered
historia history
hittebarn foundling
hjon person belonging to a group, for example tjänstehjon, inhysseshjon, fattighjon
hjonelag connubial union (union in the state of marriage)
hjulmakare wheelwright
hjärnblödning stroke, cerebral hemorrhage
hjärtslag cardiac arrest
hjärtsprång heart disease
hon she
honom him
hos at, in, with
hosta cough
hovrätt circuit court of appeal
hujus this month
hur how
hus house
husar light cavalryman
husbonde master of a family or of a house
husfader head of household, father
husfolk farmers, farm people
husförhör, husförhörslängd clerical survey, household examination
husman farm laborer (owned house but not land)
husmoder female head of household, mother
hustru wife
hyresgäst lodger
håll och styng pneumonia
här here
härad civil district within a county
häradsrätt district court
härstädes here, at given location
hög high
höger right
höst autumn
i in
icke not
i dag today
i fjol last year
ifrån from
i går yesterday
ihjälslagen beaten to death
i morgon tomorrow
inflyttning incoming, moving in
inflyttningsbetyg moving in certificate
inflyttningslängd moving in register
ingen no, no one, none
inget nothing, none
inhyses a person living gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
innehåll contents
innevarande current
inskrivning entry
inskrivningsskyldiga conscription duty
invandrare immigrant
invandring immigration
januari January
jord earth, soil, land
jordbrukare farmer
jordebok land record
jordegumma midwife
jordfästning funeral, burial service
jordregisternamn land registry name
jude Jew
judisk Jewish
jul Christmas
juli July
jungfru Miss, maiden, virgin
juni June
jägare hunter
jägmästare forester
jämte together with
kallad called, named
kallbrand gangrene
kammarskrivare assistant clerk
kapellförsamling chapelry, dependent branch of a parish
kaplan assistant minister
karbunkel carbuncle
karl man, male
karta map
katalog directory, catalog
katekismilängd communion record
katolsk Catholic
kavallerist cavalryman
kikhosta whooping cough
klensmed toolmaker, locksmith
klockare parish clerk
knekt soldier
knektekontrakt agreement of enrollment
kofferdi merchant marine
kolare charcoal burner
kolera cholera
kolik colic
kommen ifrån came from
komminister assistant minister
kommun township, municipality, parish
kommunikant person receiving communion
kommunionbok communion book
kommunionlängd communion record
konfirmation confirmation
konfirmationslängd confirmation record
kontrahenterna marriage applicants
kontrakt deanery (clerical district)
konung, kung king
konvulsioner convulsions
kopparslagare coppersmith
koppor smallpox
kov shortness of breath
kramp convulsions
krank illness
krigsarkiv war archive, military archive
kristendom, christendom Christianity, Christian, religious
kristendomskunskap religious knowledge
kristnad christened, baptized
krono- belonging to the crown (government)
kronohemman farm owned by the crown (government)
krukmakare potter
kräfta cancer
kung, konung king
kungarike kingdom
kunglig royal
kusin cousin
kunskap knowledge
kvarlåtenskap possessions left after death
kvarn mill
kvarter block, quarter
kvinna, kvinnkjön woman, female
kvinnoklinik maternity hospital/clinic
kväll evening
kvävning suffocation
kyrka church
kyrkobok parish register
kyrkoby village in which the parish church is located
kyrkogång introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
kyrkogård churchyard, cemetery
kyrkoherde parish minister
kyrkosocken ecclesiastical parish
kyrkotagen introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth
kyrkovaktare church officer
kyrkovärd church or parish warden
käresta loved one, wife
kön sex, gender
köpebrev purchase deed, title deed
köping small town
köpman merchant
körsnär furrier
lag law
laga år kommen of legal age
land land, country
landsarkiv provincial archive
landsförsamling rural parish of a city
landskap province
lapp Lapp
ledig unmarried, free
leva to live
levande living
lik corpse
lilla little, small
liten little, small
lots sea pilot
lucka gap (missing records)
lunginflammation pneumonia
lungsot consumption, tuberculosis
luteran, lutersk Lutheran
lysning banns
lysningslängd banns register
lyst posted banns
låg low
lägenhets apartment
lägersmål illicit relations
lägrad kvinna woman who has had illicit relations
lägre lower
läkare doctor
län county
längd roll, record, book
länsman sheriff
lärare teacher
lärling apprentice
lönskaläge illicit relations between unmarried persons
löpande current
lördag Saturday
lösdrivare vagrant
magref colic
magsjukdom stomach disease
magvärk stomachache
magskärv painful stomach disease
maj May
majestät royal majesty (as in Kunglig Majestät)
majestätsbrott treason
maka spouse, mate, husband, or wife
makarnas gemensamma barn child(ren) a couple had together
make spouse, mate, husband, or wife
mamsell Miss
man, mankjön man, male, husband
mantal assessed unit of land
mantalskriven registered for tax/census purposes
mantalslängd tax/census record
marasmus malnutrition
marknad market, fair
mars March
maskslag fainting
maskinist machinist, engineer
massel small rash, similar to measles
matros sailor, seaman
med with
medborgare citizen
medlem member
mellan between
men but
middag noon
midnatt midnight
militär military
minderårig underage
mindre lesser, smaller
ministerialbok parish register
minut minute
mjölnare miller
moder, mor mother
moderpassion hysteric fits
morbror maternal uncle
morfar maternal grandfather
morgon morning
morgongåva morning gift, dowry
mormor maternal grandmother
mosaisk Jewish
moster maternal aunt
mot against, toward
murare mason
mycket very, much
myndig of legal age
myndling pupil or ward
måg son-in-law
målsman guardian
månad month
måndag Monday
mässling measles
mästare master
mördad murdered
mördare murderer
namn name
nationalitet nationality
natt night
nattvard communion
nedan(för) below
nedkomst birth
nedre lower
nervfeber typhoid fever
nervslag sudden paralysis
nio(nde) nine (ninth)
nittio(nde) ninety (nintieth)
nitton(de) nineteen (nineteenth)
njurpassion kidney stone disease
noll zero
nord north
Norge Norway
norr(a) north, northern
norsk Norwegian
november November
nu now
nummer number
ny (a) new
nya boken (N.B.) new book, next clerical survey
nybyggare settler
nyfödd newborn
nytt new
någon someone, anyone
något something, somewhat
nämdeman juryman
när when
nära near
näringsfång source of livelihood, business, industry
närvarande present
närvaro presence
nöddop emergency baptism
oangiven not given
obefintliga persons whose residence is not known
och and
också also
odaterad not dated
odöpt not christened
ofta often
ofärdig lame, crippled
ogift unmarried
oktober October
okänd unknown
olycka accident, misfortune
om if, about
omkommen died accidentally, drowned
omkring about
omvändelse conversion
omyndig minor
onsdag Wednesday
ondslag syphilis
ordbok dictionary
ormbett bitten by a snake
orsak cause, reason
ort place
ortförteckning locality list, gazetteer
ortodox (Eastern) Orthodox
otidigt sängelag fornication betweeen a couple who intends to marry (who are not engaged)
ovan, ovanför above
oxel tumour
oäkta illegitimate (child)
passion suffering
pastor parish minister
pastorat parish
pastorsexpedition parish office
personernas the person\'s
pest plague
piga maid, maiden, servant girl
pilt(ebarn) boy, male child
pingst Pentecost, Whitsunday
pliktad fined
plåga pain
podager gout
pojke boy
postaddress mailing address
profoss flogmaster (military)
prost dean
prosteri deanery
präst minister
prästgård parsonage
på on, upon, at (some place), in (about time)
påsk Easter
påssjuka mumps
regemente regiment
register register, index
repslagare rope maker
Riddarhuset house of nobility
rike state, realm
riksarkiv national archives, state archives
rote district within a parish
rotehjon person supported by a parish district
rotesoldat soldier for a district in a parish
rulla record, roll
rusthåll farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier
rusthållare owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier
rymt, rymd runaway
rysk, ryss Russian
Ryssland Russia
ryttare cavalryman
rådhusrätt city court
rådman councilman
rådstu(gu)rätt city court
räkenskapslängd records of accounts
rätt court, right, correct
rättare farm foreman
rödsot dysentery
röta gangrene
rötfeber gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever
sakna(s) miss, missing
salig the deceased, blessed
samhälle community
samma (the) same
sammanavla beget, conceive
sammanviga marry
samma städes (of) the same place
samt and, together with
samtycke permission, consent (to)
sangliggande bedridden
scharlakansfeber scarlet fever
sedan since
sekel century
senare, (den) later, the latter
sent late
september September
sex six
sexman parish caretaker
sextio(nde) sixty (sixtieth)
sexton(de) sixteen (sixteenth)
sida page
sig himself, herself, itself
sin, sitt, sina his, her, its (own)
sinnesrubbad deranged
sinnessjuk insane
sinnessvag feebleminded
sjelfspillan one who committed suicide (old spelling)
sju seven
sjuk sick
sjukdom sickness
sjuklig sickly
sjunde seventh
sjuttio(nde) seventy (seventieth)
sjutton(de) seventeen (seventeenth)
självmord suicide
sjätte sixth
sjö lake
sjöman sailor, seaman
skarprättare executioner, hangman
skarpskytt sharpshooter
skatt tax
skattehemman farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)
skeppare skipper
skerfva rickets or malnutrition
skilsmässa divorce
skog forest
skogvaktare forester
skola school
skollärare schoolteacher
skomakare shoemaker
skorstensfejare chimney-sweep
skottår leap year
skrud gown (bridal)
skräddare tailor
skörbjugg scurvy
slag(anfall) stroke
slagen af åskan hit by lightning
slagsmål fight
slaktare meat cutter, butcher
slot castle
slut end
släkt family, clan
släktbok lineage book
släktforskning genealogy
släkting relative
släktled generation
smed blacksmith
smittkoppor smallpox
smärta pain
små (plural) little, small
snatteri pilfering
snickare carpenter
socken parish
soldat soldier
som who, which, that
sommar summer
son son
sondotter son\'s daughter, granddaughter
sonhustru son\'s wife, daughter-in-law
sonson son\'s son, grandson
sotdöd old age
sotsäng sickbed
spannmålstorpare tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain
spinnare spinner
spridda år intermittent years
späd infant
stad city
stadsarkiv city archives
stadsförsamling city parish
stamfader progenitor
stamtavla descendancy chart
statare, statdräng farm laborer
stattorpare farm laborer, usually married
stenhuggare stonecutter
stenpassion gallbladder disease
sterbhus a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead
stiefson stepson
stifson stepson
stift diocese
stoft mortal remains, or ashes
stor, stort, stora large, big, great
straff punishment
straffarbete hard labor
strax right away, immediately
strypsjuka diptheria
studerande student
stuga cottage, house
stum dumb, mute
stupa to be killed in war
styrman mate, on ship
styv- step-
styvson stepson
stånd status, condition
ståndsperson person of social standing
ställe place
stärbhus death estate
stöld theft
summa total
svaghet weakness, feebleness
svagsint feebleminded
sven young man, apprentice
svensk Swedish
Sverige Sweden
svullnad swelling, bloating
svulst tumor
svåger brother-in-law
svägerska sister-in-law
svärfar father-in-law
svärmor mother-in-law
svärson son-in-law
syd south
syskon siblings
syskonbarn nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)
syssling second cousin, tremänning
syster sister
systerdotter niece, sister\'s daughter
systerson nephew, sister\'s son
syting person receiving support after giving his estate to another
såg saw, sawmill
sågställare saw setter
sängliggande bed-ridden
särskilda special
säteri freehold estate
söder (södra) south (southern)
söndag Sunday
testamente will
tid time
tidskrift periodical
tiggare beggar
till to
tillsammans together
tillstånd dispensation, permission
timma hour
timmerman carpenter, builder
ting court
tingslag judicial district, assize division
tio(nde) ten (tenth)
tionde tenth, tithing
tiondebok tithing record
tisdag Tuesday
titel title/occupation
tjugo twenty
tjugoandra twenty-second
tjugoen, tjugoett twenty-one
tjugofem(te) twenty-five (twenty-fifth)
tjugofjärde twenty-fourth
tjugofyra twenty-four
tjugoförsta twenty-first
tjugonde twentieth
tjugonio (nde) twenty-nine (twenty-ninth)
tjugosex twenty-six
tjugosju(nde) twenty-seven (twenty-seventh)
tjugosjätte twenty-sixth
tjugotre twenty-three
tjugotredje twenty-third
tjugotvå twenty-two
tjugoåtta twenty-eight
tjugoåttonde twenty-eighth
tjuv thief
tjänar serves
tjänare servant
tjänst service, employment
tolfte twelfth
tolv twelve
torpare crofter, cottager
torsdag Thursday
tre (tredje) three (third)
tremänning second cousin
trettio thirty
trettioen, trettioett thirty-one
trettioförsta thirty-first
trettionde thirtieth
tretton(de) thirteen (thirteenth)
trillingar triplets
trolovade betrothed, engaged
trosbekännelse declaration of faith (religion)
trumslagare drummer
trädgårdsmästare gardener
tuberkulos tuberculosis
tumör tumor
tunnbindare barrelmaker
tvillingar twins
tvinsot withering from multiple causes
två two
två hundra(de) two hundred (two-hundredth)
tyfus typhoid
tysk German
Tyskland Germany
tärande sjukdom pneumonia, consumption
undantag support after giving up an estate
undantagsman kvinna person receiving support after giving his estate to another
under under
underskrift signature
undertecknad the undersigned
ung young
ungkarl bachelor
uppgavs stated, given, declared
uppgiftsnummer information number
ut out
utan without
utanför outside
utdrag extract
utesluten excommunicated
utflyttning moving out
utflyttningsbetyg moving out certificates
utflyttningslängd moving out register
utländsk foreign
utsot diarrhea
utvandrare emigrant
utvandring emigration
vad what
vagnmakare cartwright
vaktmästare caretaker
vallon Walloon, for more see: Vallons in Sweden
vandel conduct, habits, way of life
vapen coat of arms, weapon
var each, everyone
var was, where
vara to be
varför why
vattenkoppor chicken pox
vattusot, vattensot edema, dropsy
vecka week
vem who
venerisk sjukdom venereal disease
verk factory, mill
vid at, on, close to, by
vigd, vigda, vigde married
vigsel marriage ceremony
vigselbok marriage book
vigsellängd marriage record
vilja to want, will
vilken, vilket, vilka who, which, that
vinter winter
vittne witness
volym volume
våda accident
vådeligen violently (usually an accidental death)
vår our, spring
välboren of noble birth
välfrejdad (abbrev. v.fr.) of good reputation
vänster left
värk ache, dull pain
värnplikt military service
väster (västra) west (western)
vävare weaver
yngling young man, boy
yrke profession, occupation
å at, on, to
å river
åbo tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
åkomma ailment
ålder age
ålderdom old age
ålderdomskrämpor old age ailments
åldersdomssvaghet old age weakness or feebleness
år year
århundrade century
årlig annual, yearly
årtionde decade
åt to
återvänd returned
åtta eight
åttio(nde) eighty (eightieth)
åttonde eighth
äga own
ägare owner
ägor land, property
äkta legitimate
äktenskap marriage
äldre older, elder
äldste oldest, eldest, elder
ämbete office
änka widow
änkeman, änkling widower
ännu yet, still
är are, is, am
ärlig honest
ätt family
ö island
öde vacant, fate
öga eye
öra ear
öster (östra) east (eastern)
över over
överlevande survivor(s)
övre upper

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Language Characteristics

Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.

Variant Forms of Words

In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom or marry—marries— married are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:

man
mannen
män
männen

man
the man
men
the men





yrke
yrket
yrken
yrkena

profession
the profession
professions
the professions

Alphabetical Order

Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: Å (å), Ä (ä), and Ö (ö). Alphabetically, these letters come after Z. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Before 2006 the letter W was considered a variation of V and not a letter. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog, and this word list use the following alphabetical order (after 2006):

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö

Spelling

Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.

b used for p
c used for k
ch used for k
d used for t
e used for ä
f used for v
g used for k
i used for j
j used for g, gj, hj, lj, dj
k used for ck, ch,g, gg, c
o for å








q used for k
s used for skj, sch, sj, stj, ss, c, z
sk used for k, kj, ch
t used for q
tj used for ki
u used for v
v seen as hv
w used for v
x used for ks
z used for s
å used for o
ä used for e

Examples:

kvinna seen as qvinna
kärr seen as tjärr
mjölnare seen as miölnare






skov seen as schov
vilken seen as hvilken
änka seen as enka

Key Words

To find and use specific types of Swedish records, you will need to know some key words in Swedish. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Swedish words with the same or similar meanings.

For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.

English
banns
birth
burial
child
christening
clerical survey
confirmation
death
father
female
household, examination roll
husband
index
male
marriage

military
mother
moving in
moving out
name, given
name, surname
parents
parish
probate
wife
year

Swedish
lysning
födda, födde, född, födelse
begravning
barn
döpta, döpte, döpt, döpelse, dop
husförhörslängd
konfirmation
döda, döde, död, avliden, avsomna
far, fader
kvinnkön, kvinna
husförhörslängd, förhör

man, make
register
mankön, man
vigda, vigde, vigd, vigsel, gift, gifte, giftermål, bröllop, brudfolk
militär, soldat
mor, moder
inflyttning
utflyttning
förnamn
efternamn
föräldrar
socken, församling, kommun
boupptekning
hustru, maka
år

Numbers

Translations for numbers are found on the English to Swedish Numbers in Word Form Wiki page.

Additional Resources

This word list includes only words most commonly found in genealogical sources. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the FamilySearch Library. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.

The following dictionaries are also available:

Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES or in the Place Search under SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES.

  1. ↑ FamilySearch. Genealogical Word List, Swedish. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997
  2. ↑ Björkman, C. G. Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok. P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1889
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