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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances. <br>
==Online Resources==
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Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. <br>
==Occupations==


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


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Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. Many guild records are in the Nordiska Museet collection in Stockholm. Do a search for the word '''Skråarkiv''' in [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad Nationell Arkivdatabas].<br>
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This occupational word list is under construction. As of February 2013 there are over 800 occupations listed. The intention is to improve this list over time. Keep in mind there are some words that do not have a good English translation. See the references at the bottom of the page for all the sources used in building this list. <br>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Occupation
!Short definition
!Full definition
|-
|abbot
|abbot
|
|-
|accismästare
|customs officer
|Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
|-
|ackuschörska
|a midwife
|<br>
|-
|adelsbussar
|(military) soldier of lower rank
|A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
|-
|adelsman
|nobleman
|
|-
|adelssven
|page (youth)
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
|see adjunkt
|-
|adjunkt
|teacher
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|administer, administra
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
|
|-
|administrator
|(latin) administrator
|
|-
|advocat
|lawyer, attorney
|
|-
|advocatus ecclesiae
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|
|-
|aedituus
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|aftonsångspredikant
|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
|
|-
|-
! Occupation
|arbetsman
! Short definition
|male worker, workman, laborer
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|
|-
|-
| accismästare
|arbk.
| customs officer
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|arkebusier
| a midwife
|(military) member of firing squad
| <br>
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|arkibiskop
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|(1788) archbishop
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| adelsman
|arklimästare
| nobleman
|(military) gunner
|  
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| adelssven
|arrendator
| page (youth)
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (''arrendekontrakt''). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|artillerist
| (latin)  
|(military) man of the artillery
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|artillerikonstapel
| (latin)  
|(military) bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|assessor
| (latin)
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|assuradör
| (latin)
|insurer, underwriter
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| (latin)
|auctioneer
|  
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|auktor, autor
| (latin)  
|author
|
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| aedituus
|avisskrivare
| (latin)
|newswriter
|  
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|avskedad soldat
| evening-service preacher
|discharged, resigned soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| aktor
|avskrivare (1788)
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|transcriber, copier
|  
|
|-
|-
| aktris
|axplockare
| actress
|gleaner
| female play actor, performer
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| aktör
|backstuguhjon
| actor
|cottager (1788)
| male play actor, performer
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|backstugusittare
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|cottager
|  
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| ansättare
|badare
| (military) rammer
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
| service position with ramrods
|
|-
|-
| apotekare
|badaremästare
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|barber surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetare
|badmästare
| worker, workman, laborer
|bath-keeper
|  
|(1889)
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|bagare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbk.
|bagaregesäll
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|baker's man
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|bagarelärling
| (military) member of firing squad
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|bagaremästare
| (military) gunner
|master baker
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|
|-
|-
| arrendator
|banérförare
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|
|-
|-
| artillerist
|banérherre
| (military) man of the artillery
|(military) banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|banér-riddare
| (military) bombardier
|(military) knight banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| assessor
|bankvaktmästare
| assessor
|porter, messenger at a bank
|  
|
|-
|-
| assuradör
|banmästare
| insurer, underwriter
|overseer of a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|barberare
| auctioneer
|barber, shaver
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|barberarebiträde
| author
|barber's assistant
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|barberaregesäll
| newswriter
|journeyman barber
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|barberarelärling
| discharged, resigned soldier
|barber's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|barkare
| gleaner
|tanner
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|(1829)
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|barnförlossare
| cottager
|male midwife
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|barnmorska
| barber surgeon
|female midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|barnpiga
| bath-keeper
|maid for children
| (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bagare
|barnsköterska
| baker
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|baron
| baker's man
|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.
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|basunist
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|bataljonsadjuntant
| master baker
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérförare
|bataljonschef
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|(military) commander of a battalion
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérherre
|batterikonstapel
| (military) banneret
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|bedragare
| (military) knight banneret
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|befallningshavande
| porter, messenger at a bank
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| banmästare
|befallningsman
| overseer of a railway line
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|befallningsman (konungens)
| barber, shaver
|county governor
|  
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|befaren båtsman
| barber's assistant
|(military) traveling sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|befordrare
| journeyman barber
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|befällningshavande
| barber's apprentice
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|beherskare
| tanner
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
| (1829)
|
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|bensamlare
| male midwife
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|bergmästare
| female midwife
|minemaster (1829)
|  
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|bergsarbetare
| maid for children
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|bergsbruksidkare
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|bergsfogde
| baron
|bailiff of a mine
| 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.
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| basunist
|bergshauptman
| trumpeter
|mine inspector
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|bergskarl
| (military) sergeant-major
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|bergslagsman
| (military) commander of a battalion
|miner, proprietor of a mine
|  
|
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|bergsman
| (military) battalion bombardier
|miner
|
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|bergsprångare
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|miner
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|bergsråd
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|
|  
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens)
|beridare
| county governor
|horsebreaker, riding master
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|beskattningsman
| (military) traveling sailor
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| befällningshavande
|beslagare
| officer in command
|seizer, confiscator, setter
|  
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|beslagskarl
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|see beslagare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|besökare
| minemaster (1829)  
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|betalare
| miner
|paymaster (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|betjänt
| mining man
|servant, civil servant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|bettlare
| bailiff of a mine
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|bevaktare
| mine inspector
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| miner
|captain of the watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|bevarare
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|preserver, saver, conservator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsman
|beväringskarl
| miner
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| beridare
|beväringsman
| horsebreaker, riding master
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|bibliotekarie
| taxer, assessor
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|bijouterihandlare
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|bildhuggare
| see beslagare
|sculptor, statuary, carver
|  
|
|-
|-
| besökare
|bildskärare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|se bildsnidare
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|bildsnidare
| servant, civil servant
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bettlare
|biljettförsäljare
| beggar
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|biljettförsäljerska
| guard, keeper
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|bilöpare
| captain of the watch
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| bevarare
|bindare
| preserver, saver, conservator
|tier, binder, fastener
|  
|for example net making
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|biodlare
| militia man, conscript
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|biskop
| recruit, conscript
|bishop
|  
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|biskötare
| librarian
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|biträde
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|bjudare
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|bleckslagare
| se bildsnidare
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|blockmakare
| sculptor
|block maker, pulley maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|blodigelodlare
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|blomsterhandlare
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)  
|flower seller (male)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|blomsterhandlerska
| interloper
|flower seller (female)
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| bindare
|blomsterodlare
| tier, binder, fastener
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| for example net making
|
|-
|-
| biodlare
|blossbärare
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|torch-bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| biskop
|blyarbetare
| bishop
|lead worker, plumber
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|
|-
|-
| biskötare
|blyfalsare
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| biträde
|blystöpare
| assistant
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| bjudare
|blytäckare
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|bodbetjent
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|boddräng
| block maker, pulley maker
|shop hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|bodflicka
| cultivator of leeches
|shop girl, shop maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|bodgosse
| flower seller (male)
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|bodhandlare
| flower seller (female)
|shopkeeper, tradesman
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|bodmamsell
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|shop girl, shop woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|bokbindare
| torch-bearer
|bookbinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|bokförare
| lead worker, plumber
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|bokhandlare
| plumber
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|bokhållare
| plumber
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|bokhäftare
| plumber
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|bokmakare
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|book wright, book maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| boddräng
|bonde
| shop hand
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|bondedräng
| shop girl, shop maid
|farm hand
|  
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|bondeflicka
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|bondepiga
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|peasant's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|borgare
| shop girl, shop woman
|citizen, burgher
|  
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|borgmästare
| bookbinder
|mayor
|  
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| bokförare
|borrare
| book keeper
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|borrmakare
| bookseller
|bit forger
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|borrsmed
| book keeper
|bit smith
| same as bokförare
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|boskapshandlare
| book stitcher
|dealer of livestock
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|boskapsherde
| book wright, book maker
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bonde
|boskapsskötare
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|stockman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|boskapsvaktare
| farm hand
|herdsman
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|boställshavare
| country girl
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|bouppteckningsman
| peasant's maid
|person who inventories (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| borgare
|boutredningsman
| citizen, burgher
|administrator
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|brandmästare
| mayor
|fire warden
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|
|-
|-
| borrare
|braständare
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|fire lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| borrmakare
|brevbärare
| bit forger
|letter carrier, postman
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| borrsmed
|brevdragare
| bit smith
|see brevbärare
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| boskapshandlare
|brevskrivare
| dealer of livestock
|letter writer
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsherde
|brevställare
| herdsman
|see brevskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsskötare
|brobyggare
| stockman
|bridge builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsvaktare
|broderare
| herdsman
|embroiderer
|  
|
|-
|-
| boställshavare
|broläggare
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|bridge builder, paver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bouppteckningsman
|bromästare
| person who inventories (1889)
|bridge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| boutredningsman
|bronsarbetare
| administrator
|worker in bronze
|  
|
|-
|-
| brandmästare
|bronsgjutare
| fire warden
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| braständare
|brottmålsdomare
| fire lighter
|judge criminal
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevbärare
|brottmålsnoterie
| letter carrier, postman
|crown clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevdragare
|brovaktare
| see brevbärare
|guard of a bridge
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevskrivare
|brovindare
| letter writer
|bridge driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevställare
|brukare
| see brevskrivare
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
|
|-
|-
| brobyggare
|bruksarbetare
| bridge builder
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| broderare
|bruksegare
| embroiderer
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
|
|-
|-
| broläggare
|bryggare
| bridge builder, paver
|brewer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bromästare
|brännmästare
| bridge master  
|master distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsarbetare
|brännvinsbrännare
| worker in bronze
|brandy distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsgjutare
|buntmakare
| bronze founder, brazier
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsdomare
|byfogde
| judge criminal
|hamlet bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsnoterie
|byggare, byggkarl
| crown clerk
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovaktare
|byggmästare
| guard of a bridge
|master builder, contractor
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovindare
|bykerska
| bridge driver
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| brukare
|byskomakare
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|village shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksarbetare
|bågflytt
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksegare
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bryggare
|bälgmakare
| brewer
|bellows-maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännmästare
|bödel
| master distiller
|executioner
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännvinsbrännare
|bösseskytt
| brandy distiller
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| buntmakare
|bössmed
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|gunsmith
|  
|
|-
|-
| byfogde
|cantor
| hamlet bailiff
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|-
|-
| byggare, byggkarl
|curatus
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|(latin)
|
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|custod
| master builder, contractor
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| bykerska
|d., dr.
| washerwoman
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| byskomakare
|dagkarl, daglönare
| village shoemaker
|day laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bågflytt
|danneman
| archer, bowman
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|degn
| (military) seaman, sailor
|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.)
|-
|-
| bälgmakare
|deja, dejpiga
| bellows-maker
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| bödel
|demoiselle
| executioner
|Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| bösseskytt
|d.g.
| (military)
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| bössmed
|disponent
| gunsmith
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| cantor
|domare
| (latin)
|judge
| see klockare
|
|-
|-
| commissarius
|domesticus
| (latin)  
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|-
|-
| curatus
|domprost
|  
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
|-
|-
| custod
|dr.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
|  
|
|-
|-
| domestik
|fanjunkare
| (latin)  
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| domherre
|fatburshustru
| (latin)
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| domprost
|fatburssven
| see prestman
|storehouse apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| dompräst
|fattighjon
|  
|pauper
|  
|
|-
|-
| dr.
|filtare
| abbreviation for dräng
|felter
|  
|
|-
|-
| drabant, dravant
|finbagare
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragon
|fiolmakare
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|violen maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| dräng, dr.
|fiskare
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|fisherman
|  
|
|-
|-
| däga
|fiskarflicka
| see deja
|fisher girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantagent
|fiskargosse
| emigrant agent
|fisher boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantvärvare
|fiskhandlare
| emigrant agent
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|-
|-
| extra roteringsmän
|fjerdingsman
|  
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|fjäderarbetare
| factory worker
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| famnmätare
|fjärdingsman
| corder of wood
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fanjunkare
|flickare
| (military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburshustru
|fogde
| wife of a storekeeper
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
| fatburssven
|forbonde
| storehouse apprentice
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|forman
| pauper
|see forbonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| filtare
|formare
| felter
|moulder (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| finbagare
|friborgare
| pastry cook
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiolmakare
|frihandlare
| violen maker
|free trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskare
|friherre
| fisherman
|baron
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskarflicka
|friherrinna
| fisher girl
|baroness
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskargosse
|fru
| fisher boy
|Mrs.
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskhandlare
|frälse
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|nobility
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjerdingsman
|frälsebonde
| under bailiff of a härad
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjäderarbetare
|frälsetorpare
| feather maker
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|fröken
| see fjerdingsman
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| flickare
|fyrvaktare
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|lighthouse man
|  
|
|-
|-
| fogde
|fyrverkare
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)  
|(military) fire worker
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|
|-
|-
| forbonde
|fågelfängare
| carter, wagoner
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
|
|-
|-
| forman
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| see forbonde
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
|
|-
|-
| formare
|fårherde
| moulder (1829)
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| friborgare
|fårklippare
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|sheep shearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| frihandlare
|fädräng
| free trader
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherre
|fäflicka
| baron
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherrinna
|fäktmästare
| baroness
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| fru
|fältbagare
| Mrs.
|army baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälse
|fältjägare
| nobility
|army ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsebonde
|fältpredikant
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
| army chaplain
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsetorpare
|fältskär
| see frälsebonde
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| fröken
|fältväbel
| lady, honorable Miss
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrvaktare
|fänrik
| lighthouse man
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| fyrverkare
|färgare
| (military) fire worker
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fågelfängare
|färgaregesäll
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|journeyman dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårherde
|färikarl
| sheep tender, shepherd
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårklippare
|färsing
| sheep shearer
|weaver, common weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| fädräng
|fästebonde
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| fäflicka
|förare
| female herder, working with cattle
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
| fäktmästare
|föreståndare
| fencing master, master swordsman
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| fältbagare
|förpaktare
| army baker
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|förpantare
| hunter (1829)
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältpredikant
|försvarslös
| army chaplin
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|  
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| fältskär
|garnhandlare
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|dealer in wools
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|garnisonssoldat
| (military) sergeant major
|soldier in garrison duty
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|garvare
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)  
|tanner (1829)
| also seen as fändrik
|
|-
|-
| färgare
|gaständare
| dyer, stainer
|gas lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| färgaregesäll
|generalbefälhavare
| journeyman dyer
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|-
|-
| färikarl
|generallöjtnant
| ferryman (1829)
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| färsing
|gesäll
| weaver, common weaver
|journeyman
|  
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|gjutare
| a tenant farmer
|caster, founder, moulder
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| förare
|glasarbetare
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|glass worker
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|
|-
|-
| föreståndare
|glasblåsare
| manager
|glassblower
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|
|-
|-
| förpantare
|glasfabrikant
| mortgager,
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|glashandlare
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|glassman
| also means defenseless
|
|-
|-
| garnhandlare
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| dealer in wools
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|glasmålare
| soldier in garrison duty
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| garvare
|glasslipare
| tanner (1829)
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| gaständare
|glasögonmakare
| gas lighter
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|glättare
| commanding general of a district
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|gratialist
| lieutenant general
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| gesäll
|grenadjär
| journeyman
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|grosshandlare
| caster, founder, moulder
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
| works at a foundry
|
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|gruvarbetare
| glass worker
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasblåsare
|gruvbrytare
| glassblower
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|gruvförvaltare
| glassmaker
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
|
|-
|-
| glashandlare
|gruvkarl
| glassman
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|grönsakshandlare
| glassmaker
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| glasmålare
|gs.
| glass painter
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|guldarbetare
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|guldsmed
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| glättare
|gårdsbrukare
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
|  
|
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|handelsman
| goldsmith (1829)
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
|  
|
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|-
| 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
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
|  
|A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
|-
|-
| kapellpredikant
|klensmed
| preacher at a chapel
|locksmith, toolmaker
| see kaplan
|
|-
|-
| kaplan, kapellan
|klockare, klr.
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|parish clerk
|  
|During the Middle Ages the klockare was responsible for maintaining and ringing the church bells. Over time, the klockare was given additional duties to assist the parish priest.
|-
|-
| 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
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| landbo
|landtbo
| person living in the country  
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|-
|-
| 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
|  
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| landtflicka
|lappskarvare
| country girl
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
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| landthandlare
|lappskräddare
| country shopkeeper
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
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|-
| landthushållare
|lastningsbokhållare
| husbandman
|shipping clerk
| see also jordbrukare
|
|-
|-
| landtjunkare
|legoknekt
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
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| lappare
|likörare
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|hearse driver
|  
|
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|-
| lappbonde
|liktarskeppare
| Lapp peasant
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskarvare
|limkokare
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|linberedare
| patch tailor, botcher
|flax dresser
|  
|
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|-
| lastningsbokhållare
|linhandlare
| shipping clerk
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
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| legoknekt
|linhäcklare
| (military) mercenary
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| likörare
|linvävare
| hearse driver
|linen weaver
|  
|
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|-
| liktarskeppare
|livdrabant
| lighterman, bargeman
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| limkokare
|livdragon
| glue boiler
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| linberedare
|livgrenadjär
| flax dresser
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
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|-
| linhandlare
|livhussar
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| linhäcklare
|ljusfabrikör
| flax dresser
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdrabant
|logarvare
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdragon
|lokomotivförare
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| livgrenadjär
|lots
| (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| livhussar
|lumphandlare
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|rag dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ljusfabrikör
|lumpsamlare
| candlemaker
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| logarvare
|lånförmedlare
| tanner
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
|-
|-
| lokomotivförare
|läkare
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| lots
|länsbokhållare
| sea pilot
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumphandlare
|länsinnehavare
| rag dealer
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumpsamlare
|länsman
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| lånförmedlare
|länsåklagare
| negotiator of loans, broker
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| läkare
|lärare
| doctor
|teacher
| healer, curer, physician
|
|-
|-
| länsbokhållare
|lärling
| sheriff clerk
|apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsinnehavare
|löjtnant
| tenant of a feud
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|lösdrivare
| sheriff
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsåklagare
|madam
| county prosecutor
|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.)
|-
|-
| lärare
|madrassmakare
| teacher
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärling
|magasinbokhållare
| apprentice
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|magasinsförvaltare
| lieutenant
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|magistratsperson
| vagrant
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| madam
|magistratssekreterare
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|major
| mattressmaker
|(military) army major
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinbokhållare
|majorska
| warehouse clerk
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinsförvaltare
|malmbrytare
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratsperson
|malthandlare
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratssekreterare
|mamsell
| town clerk
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| major
|mantalskommissarie
| (military) army major
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| majorska
|manufakturhandlare
| wife of a major
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| malmbrytare
|marketentare
| mine digger, miner
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| malthandlare
|marketenterska
| dealer in malt, maltman
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mamsell
|marmorarbetare
| miss
|marble cutter
| comparable to fröken
|
|-
|-
| mantalskommissarie
|maskinarbetare
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| manufakturhandlare
|maskinist
| haberdasher
|machinist
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|
|-
|-
| marketentare
|masmästare
| sutler
|smelting master
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|
|-
|-
| marketenterska
|materialförvaltare
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|store keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| marmorarbetare
|matlagerska
| marble cutter
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinarbetare
|matmoder
| mechanic, machinist
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinist
|matros
| machinist
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| masmästare
|mattbindare
| smelting master
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| materialförvaltare
|matvaruhandlare
| store keeper
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
|
|-
|-
| matlagerska
|mejerska
| female cook
|dairy maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| matmoder
|messingsslagare
| housewife, mistress of a house
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| matros
|messingssmed
| sailor, seaman
|brass smith
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| mattbindare
|metallarbetare
| mat maker, straw platter
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| matvaruhandlare
|metallgjutare
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| mejerska
|mildsoldat
| dairy maid
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingsslagare
|mineralgrävare
| brass smith, brazier
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingssmed
|minister
| brass smith
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallarbetare
|minuthandlare
| metal worker
|retailer
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallgjutare
|minör
| brass founder, brazier
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mildsoldat
|mjölhandlare
| militiaman
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mineralgrävare
|mjölkarrendator
| miner
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| minister
|mjölkförsäljare
| government minister
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| minuthandlare
|mjölkförsäljerska
| retailer
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| minör
|mjölkhustru
| miner (1889)
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölhandlare
|mjölkpiga
| flour merchant
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkarrendator
|mjöldräng
| tenant dairy farmer
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljare
|mjölnare
| milkman
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljerska
|mjölnarhustru
| milkwoman
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkhustru
|mjölnerska
| milkwoman
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkpiga
|modehandlare
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjöldräng
|modesömmerska
| miller's man
|milliner (1889)
|
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|modist
| miller
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| mjölnarhustru
|murare
| millers wife
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| mjölnerska
|muraregesäll
| miller woman
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| modehandlare
|murarelärling
| dealer in fancy goods
|masons apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| modesömmerska
|murarmästare
| milliner (1889)
|master mason
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| modist
|mureriarbetare
| milliner
|bricklayer
| a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|
|-
|-
| murare
|murerihandtlangare
| mason
|hodman
| bricklayer, stone mason
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| muraregesäll
|musketerare
| journeyman mason
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| murarelärling
|målare
| masons apprentice
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| murarmästare
|målargesäll
| master mason
|journeyman painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mureriarbetare
|målarmästare
| bricklayer
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| murerihandtlangare
|månads karl
| hodman
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
| a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|
|-
|-
| musketerare
|månglerska
| musketeer
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| målare
|månglare
| painter, artist
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| målargesäll
|mältare
| journeyman painter
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| målarmästare
|mästare
| master painter
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| mångelska
|mästergesäll
| market woman
|master journeyman
| could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|
|-
|-
| månglare
|möbelhandlare
| retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| mältare
|möbelmakare
| maltman, maltster
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|möbelsnickare
| master
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästergesäll
|mölnare (1829)
| master journeyman
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelhandlare
|mönsterherre
| dealer in furniture
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| möbelmakare
|mönsterskrivare
| cabinet maker
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| möbelsnickare
|mössmakare
| cabinet maker  
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|nattman
| (military) muster master
|night man
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|nattvaktare
| (military) muster clerk
|night watchman
| keeping record of the military muster rolls
|
|-
|-
| mössmakare
|nipperhandlare
| cap maker
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattman
|nipphandlerska
| night man
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattväktare
|nybyggare
| night watchman
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| nipphandlerska
|nålmakare
| dealer in fancy articles
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|nämdeman , nm., nman
| settler
|juror
| or colonizer
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| nålmakare
|näringsidkare
| needle maker
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|nätbindare
| juror
|net maker
| kind of juryman
|
|-
|-
| näringsidkare
|officer
| tradesman
|officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| nätbindare
|okulist
| net maker
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| officer
|ombudsman
| officer
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|opperstyrman
| oculist
|captain's mate
| could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|
|-
|-
| ombudsman
|organist
| attorney, proctor
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| opperstyrman
|orgelbyggare
| captain's mate
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|orgelnist
| organist  
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelbyggare
|orgelspelare
| organ builder
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelnist
|orgeltrampare
| organist
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgelspelare
|osthandlare
| organ player
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|ostronhandlare
| organ blower
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| osthandlare
|oxhandlare
| cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ostronhandlare
|oxslagtare
| oysterman, dealer of oysters
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxhandlare
|packhusinspektor
| cattle dealer
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| oxslagtare
|packhuskarl
| beef butcher
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|pansarsmed
| pack officer
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|pantaregare
| packer
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| pansarsmed
|pantgivare
| armourer
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantaregare
|papparbetare
| owner of a pawn
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pantgivare
|pappersfabrikör
| mortgager
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| papparbetare
|pappershandlare
| paste board worker
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersfabrikör
|pappersskärare
| paper maker
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappershandlare
|pappmakare
| stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappersskärare
|parfymfabrikant
| paper cutter
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pappmakare
|parfymhandlare
| cardboard
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymfabrikant
|parmmätare
| perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| parfymhandlare
|pastor
| perfumer, perfume dealer
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| pastor  
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
| parish minister, pastor
|(latin) parish priest
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|pastorsadjunkt
| (latin) parish priest
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|pelshandlare
| stipendiary curate
|furrier
| clergyman receiving pay
|
|-
|-
| pelshandlare
|pennberedare
| furrier
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| pensionsföreståndare  
|pensionsföreståndare
| master of a boarding school  
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| perukmakare  
|perukmakare
| wig maker  
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.  
|p. et. P.
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus  
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
| parish priest
|parish priest
|-
|-
| piga  
|piga
| maid, maiden, servant girl  
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| pipare  
|pipare
| piper  
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipsmed  
|pipsmed
| see bössmed  
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| piskmakare  
|piskmakare
| whip makeer  
|whip makeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| plogsmed  
|plogsmed
| plough wright  
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| plymmakare  
|plymmakare
| feather maker  
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| plåtslagare  
|plåtslagare
| black smith, worker in sheet iron  
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| porterbryggare  
|porterbryggare
| brewer of dark ale  
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|possessionat
| mail driver
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|postförare
| postmaster
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|postmästare
| preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|predikant
| employer, master
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| profoss
|prest
| flogmaster (military)  
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|principal
| dean
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|profoss
| district physician, country doctor
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|prost
| minister
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|provinsialläkare
| pouch maker
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|präst
| deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|minister
| in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|pungmakare
| (military)
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|rackare
| (military)
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| repslagare
|reesig
| rope maker
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|regementsknekt
| itinerant, or migratory people
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| resepredikant
|repslagare
| itinerant preacher
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|resandefolk
| knight
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridlärare
|resepredikant
| riding master
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| roddare
|riddare
| rower, boatsman, oar's man
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| rorgängare
|ridlärare
| helmsman, steersman
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteman
|roddare
| assistant overseer
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
| in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|rorgängare
| see rotmästare
|helmsman, steersman
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|roteman
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|assistant overseer
|
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| rotmästare
|rotemästare
| (military) leader
|see rotmästare
| it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|rotesoldat
| owner of land which is obligated to provide for soldiers
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttare
|rotmästare
| (military) cavalryman
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|ruggare
| captain of a cavalry
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| rådman
|rusthållare
| councilman
|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
|-
|-
| rättare
|ryttare
| overseer (1829)  
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|ryttmästare
| (latin)
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| sadelmakare
|rådbisittare
| master saddler
|city councilman
|  
|The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
|-
|-
| salthandlare
|rådman
| dealer of salt, saltman
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|rättare
| person who measures salt
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| satinvävare
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| satin weaver
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
| maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|sadelmakare
| sail maker  
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|salthandlare
| sail maker
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare
|saltmätare
| cord maker
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
| sergeant
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| silkhandlare
|satinvävare
| silk merchant
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillpackare
|saxmakare
| herring packer
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|segelmakare
| sailor, seaman
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|segelsömmare
| executioner, hangman
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|sejlare
| (military) sharpshooter
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|sergeant
|  
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skatteindrivare
|sexmän
| tax collector
|type of parish law enforcement
|  
|In older times the sexmän were a type of police authority for the discipline and order within a parish. The sexmän fined people for being disruptive during church services, sleeping during church services, drunkenness at banquets, or even sexual offenses. They expressed their charges at the parish council in turn, or according to turn based on the commons of each rote. The number of sexmän varied according to the size of the parish. The purpose of sexmän in a parish was deminished after the municipal reforms of 1862. After 1862 the sexmän were occasionally used to support municipal or church councils by delivering notifications or summons to appear before the respective councils (mostly from church councils.) By the early 1900’s the function of the sexmän was given to the fjärdingsman or village patrolmen.
|-
|-
| skeppare
|silkhandlare
| skipper
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsbyggmästare
|sillpackare
| master ship builder
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|sjöman
| ship boy
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoarbetare
|skarprättare
| shoe maker
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogshuggare
|skarpskytt
| wood cutter, lumberer
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|skattebonde
| forester
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare
|skatteindrivare
| schoolteacher
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare
|skeppare
| shoemaker
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaregesäll
|skeppsbyggmästare
| journeyman shoemaker
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakaremästare
|skeppsgosse
| master shoemaker
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråmästare
|skoarbetare
| master of a guild
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|skogshuggare
| tailor
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddaregesäll
|skogvaktare
| journeyman tailor
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddarelärling
|skollärare
| tailor's apprentice
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| skulptör
|skomakare
| sculptor
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skutskeppare
|skomakaregesäll
| master of a billy boy, hoyman
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skådespelare
|skomakaremästare
| stage player, actor
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärslippare
|skråmästare
| tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| skördeman
|skräddare, skrädkarl
| harvestman, harvester, reaper
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköterska
|skräddaregesäll
| nurse
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|skräddarelärling
| meat cutter, butcher
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|skulptör
|  
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|skutskeppare
|  
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|skådespelare
| smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsgesäll
|skärslippare
| journeyman smith
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsmästare
|skördeman
| master smith
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| småkrämare
|sköterska
| dealer in small wares
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältare
|slaktardräng
| smelter, melter, fuser
|butcher's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältarsmed
|slaktare
| shingler
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| smörhandlare
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| butterman, butter merchant
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| snickare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| joiner, cabinetmaker
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| snickarmästare
|smed
| master jointer
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|smedsgesäll
| fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| sockenpräst
|smedsmästare
| parish priest, parson (1829)
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|småkrämare
| parish clerk, vestry clerk
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbagare
|smältare
| confectioner, pastry cook
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockerbruksarbetare
|smältarsmed
| sugar refiner (workman)
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| soldat
|smörhandlare
| soldier
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetshandlare
|snickare
| dealer in lace, lace merchant
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetsknypplerska
|snickarmästare
| female lace maker
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|snörmakare
| nailer, person who makes nails
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|sockenpräst
| spinner
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnerska
|sockenskrivare
| female spinner, spinstress
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnhushjon
|sockerbagare
| inmate of a house of correction
|confectioner, pastry cook
| it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|
|-
|-
| stadsfogde
|sockerbruksarbetare
| town bailiff
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadskamrer
|soldat
| town clerk
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|speditör
| physician to the town, town doctor
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| statare, statsdräng
|spetshandlare
| see statkarl
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| statkarl
|spetsknypplerska
| farm hand
|female lace maker
| farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|
|-
|-
| statman
|spiksmed
| statesman
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| statsfru
|spinnare
| lady of state
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenarbetare
|spinnerska
| stone worker
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|spinnhushjon
| quarrier, quarryman
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|stadsfogde
| stonecutter
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenkolsarbetare
|stadskamrer
| collier
|town clerk
| one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| strykerska
|stadsläkare
| laundress, ironing woman
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| strängmakare
|statare, statsdräng
| string maker
|see statkarl
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|statkarl
| gun founder
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|statman
| (military) artillery staff sergeant
|statesman
| see fanjunkare
|
|-
|-
| styresman
|statsfru
| governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|stenarbetare
| (military) steersman
|stone worker
| helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|
|-
|-
| stålarbetare
|stenbrytare
| steel worker
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålsmed
|stenhuggare
| steel smith
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| stålmångelska
|stenkolsarbetare
| stall woman
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| sutor
|stickerska
| (latin) shoemaker
|knitter, woman who knits
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svamphandlare
|strykerska
| dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|strängmakare
| sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| symamsell
|studerande
| seamstress
|student
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|styckgjutare
| saw setter
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| sämskmakare
|styckjunkare
| see garvare
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| sättare
|styresman
| type setter, or (military) rammer
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|-
|-
| taktäckare
|styrman
| roofer
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| tandläkare
|stålarbetare
| dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetserare
|stålsmed
| upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|steel smith
|  
|
|-
|-
| tappare
|stålmångelska
| tapster, bottler (1889)
|stall woman
| tapster is another title for bartender
|
|-
|-
| tattare
|sutor
| gipsy (1829)  
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| taxeringsman
|svamphandlare
| assessor
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelformare
|svarvare
| brick moulder
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|svärdfejare
| brickmaker, tiler
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|symamsell
| brickmoulder, tiler
|seamstress
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|sågställare
| tiler
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tehandlare
|sämskmakare
| dealer in tea, tea dealer
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| tenngjutare
|sättare
| pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|taktäckare
| beggar
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerhuggare
|tandläkare
| timber cutter
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|tapetserare
| carpenter, builder
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|tappare
| copyist of court cases
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| tjuv
|tattare
| thief
|gipsy (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|taxeringsman
| servant
|assessor
| also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|tegelformare
| servant, menial work
|brick moulder
| see tjänare
|
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|tegelbrännare
|  
|brickmaker, tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| tolvman
|tegelslagare
|  
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|tegeltäckare
|  
|tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|tehandlare
| crofter, cottager
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tredjen, tredjer
|tenngjutare
|  
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
| tremänningssoldat
|tiggare
| (military)
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| trumslagare
|timmerhuggare
| drummer
|timber cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tråggesäll
|timmerman
|  
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|tingsskrivare
| gardener
|copyist of court cases
|  
|
|-
|-
| tröjekäring
|tjuv
|  
|thief
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|tjänare
| barrelmaker
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
| tunnjunkare
|tjänstehjon
|  
|servant, menial work
|  
|see tjänare
|-
|-
| ugnsgesäll
|tobakshandlare
|  
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsmockare
|tobaksspinnare
|  
|tobacco spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullmelerare
|tolvman
|  
|se nämdeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlagman
|tornväktare
|  
|tower watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|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.
|-
|-
| ugnmästare
|tresserska
|  
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| uppblåsare
|trikotstickerska
|  
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|-
| utbrukare
|trummare
|  
|drummer
|  
|
|-
|-
| utsittare
|tryckare
|  
|printer, pressman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagndrivare
|trädgårdsmästare
|  
|gardener
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnkarl
|tullbetjänt
|  
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnman
|tulltjänsteman
|  
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|tullvaktmästare
| cartwright
|landing waiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|tunnbindare
| (military)
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnsåkare
|tunnelarbetare
|  
|tunneller
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktare
|tvättare
|  
|male launderer, washerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|tvätterska
| caretaker
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| valackare
|tvättgumma
|
|washerwoman
|  
|-
|-
| valkare
|tältmakare
|  
|tent maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|ullfärgare
|  
|wool dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallsmed
|ullhandlare
|  
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsarbete
|underlöjtnant
|  
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsrättare
|underofficer
|  
|non comissioned officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vantmakare
|underståtthållare
|  
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| vasall
|urmakare
|  
|watch and clockmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| verkgesäll
|vagnmakare
|  
|cartwright, carriage maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|vagnmästare
|  
|wagon master
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice korpral
|vaktare
|  
|keeper, warder, guard, watcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|vaktmästare
|  
|caretaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vinman
|vallflicka
|  
|shepherd girl, girl tending cattle, shepherdess
|  
|
|-
|-
| voltigör
|valkare
|  
|fuller, miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|vallhjon
|  
|a person tending cattle in the field
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdskrivare
|vandrare
|  
|wanderer, rambler, stroller, tramper
|  
|
|-
|-
| väpnare
|vapendragare
|  
|squire, esquire
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|vedhuggare
| weaver
|wood cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävlagare
|vice häradshövding
|  
|see häradshövding
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävpiga
|vicepastor
|  
|curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or an assistant to the clergyman in charge of a parish
|-
|-
| växlare
|vinodlare
|  
|wine grower
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkare
|vårdarinna
|  
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|väglagare
| profession, occupation
|repairer of roads
|  
|
|-
|-
| åbo
|vävare
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|vävskedbindare
|  
|weaver's comb binder
|  
|also spelled as Skedbindare or skibindare. See pictures at: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (click through pictures).
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|yllehandlare
|  
|dealer of woolen cloth, woolman
|  
|
|-
|-
| änglamakerska
|yrke
|  
|occupation, profession
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärendesman
|yrkesidkare
|  
|trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärlingsman
|yrkesman
|  
|craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ödegårdsman
|åbo
|  
|tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|  
|
|-
|-
| överman
|ålderman
|  
|head man of a company, headmaster (1829), ålderman (1889)
|  
|An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
|-
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| överståthållare
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=== References  ===
 
Anderson, Kent &amp; Anderö, Henrik, <u>Ordbok för släktforskare</u>, ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
 
Björkman, C. G. <u>Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok.</u> P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1889
 
Deleen, Carl. <u>Swedish and English Pocket -Dictionary eller Swenskt och Engelskt Hand-Lexikon.</u> N. M. Lindh, Örebro 1829
 
Family History Dept, <u>Genealogical Word List: Sweden</u>, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br>
 
Gernandt,C. E., <u>Nordisk Familjebok</u>, Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg] , Feb. 2011 See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok ]<br>  


Harlock, Walter E., <u>Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga</u>, P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>  
== References ==
Anderson, Kent &amp; Henrik Anderö.''Ordbok för släktforskare''. ICA Bokfölag, Västerås 2006 <br>
Björkman, Carl Gustaf. ''Svensk engelsk ordbok''. P.A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockhholm 1889. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXstAAAAYAAJ&dq=Svensk%20Engelsk%20Ordbok&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Svensk engelsk ordbok]<br>
Deleen, Carl. ''Swedish and English Pocket Dictionarey''. N.M. Lindh, Örebro 1829. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=BMEDAAAAQAAJ&dq=Swedish%20and%20English%20Pocket%20Dictionary&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false Swedish and English Pocket Dictionary]<br>
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Department. ''Genealogical Word List: Swedish''. Salt Lake City, 1989. {{FSDL|250107}}<br>
Gernandt, C. E. ''Nordisk Familjebok''. Halmstad, 1876 - 1899 (1st ed.): 1904 - 1926 (2nd ed.) published online through [http://runeberg.org/admin/ Projekt Runeberg], Feb. 2011. See [http://runeberg.org/nf/ Nordisk Familjebok]<br>
Harlock, Walter E. ''Svensk - Engelsk Ordbok: Skolupplaga''. P. A. Norstedt &amp; Söner, Stockholm 1944<br>
Stockholm Stadsarkiv. "Rådbisittare", ''Källhandbok till Skråarkiven''. Stockholm, 2010<br>
Widegren, Gustaf. ''Svenskt och Engelskt Lexicon''. Johan A. Carlbohm, Stockholm 1788. Available as a PDF for free through Google Books at [http://books.google.com/books?id=hIECAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Svenskt+och+Engelsk+Lexikon+1788&source=bl&ots=hqFS9d0VjN&sig=gF2ZdkoIoOtAMTSEDZbL8kr3MNs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H4wFUK_IM8KOrAHAsajJCA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Svenskt%20och%20Engelsk%20Lexikon%201788&f=false Svenskt och Engelsk Lexicon]<br>


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Occupations

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.

Occupation Short definition Full definition
abbot abbot
accismästare customs officer Customs officer, who collected duty on goods at the entrance of a city (Lilla landtullen). He also made sure the merchants and the tradesmen paid duty on their goods they had in stock.
ackuschörska a midwife
adelsbussar (military) soldier of lower rank A soldier of lower rank and less pay than a non-commissioned officer but with higher pay than the enlisted soldier. Often a young nobleman, who joined the army as a volunteer.
adelsman nobleman
adelssven page (youth) A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
adjunctus sacri ministerii (latin) pastorsadjunkt see adjunkt
adjunkt teacher (civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
administer, administra (latin) attendant, and assistant
administrator (latin) administrator
advocat lawyer, attorney
advocatus ecclesiae (latin) lawyer of the assembly
aedituus (latin) keeper of the sacristy person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
aftonsångspredikant 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 A person whose occupation is based upon a lease agreement (arrendekontrakt). This contract could be for the usage of land, hunting rights, or the use of outbuildings in exchange for an agreed amount of money, commodities, or land products. The contract was subject to specific conditions of usage and dates of validity that were agreed upon between the lessor and lessee.
artillerist (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 A foreman or supervisor at a lumberyard whose task it is to oversee the sorting of wood that is left over from the saw mill. This sorting was organized into six classifications. The classifications vary according to the production.
klensmed locksmith, toolmaker
klockare, klr. parish clerk During the Middle Ages the klockare was responsible for maintaining and ringing the church bells. Over time, the klockare was given additional duties to assist the parish priest.
klockgjutare 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 The primary purpose of a rådbisittare was to oversee the guilds in a city. The rådbisittare was a member of the city council under the mayor (borgmästare) or magistrate. The assignment of a rådbisittare was to watch over the guilds by attending guild meetings. He also worked with the ålderman to take care of economic matters. The position of rådbisittare was for life.
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 In older times the sexmän were a type of police authority for the discipline and order within a parish. The sexmän fined people for being disruptive during church services, sleeping during church services, drunkenness at banquets, or even sexual offenses. They expressed their charges at the parish council in turn, or according to turn based on the commons of each rote. The number of sexmän varied according to the size of the parish. The purpose of sexmän in a parish was deminished after the municipal reforms of 1862. After 1862 the sexmän were occasionally used to support municipal or church councils by delivering notifications or summons to appear before the respective councils (mostly from church councils.) By the early 1900’s the function of the sexmän was given to the fjärdingsman or village patrolmen.
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) An Ålderman (also called Verkmästare) was a master who was designated as the chairman of the guild. Guild members would decide who would be the ålderman. He represented the guild to outside groups, monitored the apprentice contracts, and the placement of both apprentices and journeymen to masters. He issued the travel papers for the journeymen, controlled the journeyman society, and exercised opinion on judicial matters to the guild court in cases of misconduct. He monitored control of the master’s products, and gave permission to the widows of masters to continue their deceased husbands work. Together with the Rådbisittare, the Ålderman represented the guild to the city magistrate. The position of Ålderman was for life.
ämbetsman government official, crown officer
överbefalhavare commander in chief
överkonstapel (military) corporal
överståthållare governor
ölbryggare beer brewer


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