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==Online Resources==
*'''1752-1941''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20339/sweden-sailors-seamen%E2%80%99s-house-enrollments?s=275764761 Sweden, Sailors and Seamen’s House Enrollments] at MyHeritage — index ($)
==Occupations==


Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors’ life circumstances. <br>  
Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors’ life circumstances. <br>  


Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. <br>  
Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>  


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


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


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


*Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
*Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
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*Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997
*Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997


*Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>
*Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok] <br>


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


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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors’ life circumstances.

Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word Skråarkiv in Nationell Arkivdatabas.

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

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


References[edit | edit source]

  • Anderson, Kent & Anderö, Henrik, Ordbok för släktforskare, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006
  • Björkman, Carl Gustaf, Svensk engelsk ordbok, P.A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svensk engelsk ordbok
  • Widegren, Gustaf, Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon, Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at Svenskt och Engelsk Lexicon
  • Family History Dept, Genealogical Word List: Sweden, Salt Lake City, 1997
  • Harlock, Walter E., Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1944

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