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Occupations are an important tool for the family history researcher. They help us to identify the same person when there are others in the same record by the same name. They help us to understand our ancestors life circumstances. <br>
==Online Resources==
*'''1752-1941''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20339/sweden-sailors-seamen%E2%80%99s-house-enrollments?s=275764761 Sweden, Sailors and Seamen’s House Enrollments] at MyHeritage — index ($)


Occupations were also a measure of social status. Some trades were viewed as more prestigious than others. For example, goldsmiths had more prestige than shoemakers. Many trades, such as butchers, tanners, shoemakers, tailors, and others were organized into guilds, which were in charge of training apprentices and regulating a trade's practice in an area. <br>
==Occupations==


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


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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>
|+ '''Sortable table'''
 
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
|
|-
|-
! Occupation
|allmäningskarl
! Short definition
|common farmer, peasant, or man
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|
|-
|-
| accismästare
|amiral
| customs officer
|admiral (military)
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|anförare
| a midwife
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| <br>
|
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|angivare
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|informer (1788)
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|
|-
|-
| adelsman
|anklagare
| nobleman
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| adelssven
|ansättare
| page (youth)  
|(military) rammer
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|service position with ramrods
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|apotekare
| (latin)
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|arbetare
| (latin)
|worker, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|arbetskarl
| (latin)
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|arbetsman
| (latin)
|male worker, workman, laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|arbk.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|  
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|arkebusier
| (latin)  
|(military) member of firing squad
|  
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| aedituus
|arkibiskop
| (latin)  
|(1788) archbishop
|  
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|arklimästare
| evening-service preacher
|(military) gunner
|  
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| aktor
|arrendator
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|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.
|-
|-
| aktris
|artillerist
| actress
|(military) man of the artillery
| female play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| aktör
|artillerikonstapel
| actor
|(military) bombardier
| male play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|assessor
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| ansättare
|assuradör
| (military) rammer
|insurer, underwriter
| service position with ramrods
|
|-
|-
| apotekare
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|auctioneer
|  
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| arbetare
|auktor, autor
| worker, workman, laborer
|author
|
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|avisskrivare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|newswriter
|  
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| arbk.
|avskedad soldat
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|discharged, resigned soldier
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|avskrivare (1788)
| (military) member of firing squad
|transcriber, copier
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|axplockare
| (military) gunner
|gleaner
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| arrendator
|backstuguhjon
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|cottager (1788)
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| artillerist
|backstugusittare
| (military) man of the artillery
|cottager
|  
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|badare
| (military) bombardier
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| assessor
|badaremästare
| assessor
|barber surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| assuradör
|badmästare
| insurer, underwriter
|bath-keeper
|  
|(1889)
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|bagare
| auctioneer
|baker
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|bagaregesäll
| author
|baker's man
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|bagarelärling
| newswriter
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|bagaremästare
| discharged, resigned soldier
|master baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|banérförare
| gleaner
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|banérherre
| cottager
|(military) banneret
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|banér-riddare
| barber surgeon
|(military) knight banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| badmästare
|bankvaktmästare
| bath-keeper
|porter, messenger at a bank
| (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bagare
|banmästare
| baker
|overseer of a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|barberare
| baker's man
|barber, shaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|barberarebiträde
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|barber's assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|barberaregesäll
| master baker
|journeyman barber
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérförare
|barberarelärling
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|barber's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| banérherre
|barkare
| (military) banneret
|tanner
|
|(1829)
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|barnförlossare
| (military) knight banneret
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|barnmorska
| porter, messenger at a bank
|female midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| banmästare
|barnpiga
| overseer of a railway line
|maid for children
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|barnsköterska
| barber, shaver
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|baron
| barber's assistant
|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.
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|basunist
| journeyman barber
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|bataljonsadjuntant
| barber's apprentice
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|bataljonschef
| tanner
|(military) commander of a battalion
| (1829)
|
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|batterikonstapel
| male midwife
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|bedragare
| female midwife
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|befallningshavande
| maid for children
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|befallningsman
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|befallningsman (konungens)
| baron
|county governor
| 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.
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| basunist
|befaren båtsman
| trumpeter
|(military) traveling sailor
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|befordrare
| (military) sergeant-major
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|befällningshavande
| (military) commander of a battalion
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|beherskare
| (military) battalion bombardier
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|bensamlare
| governor, military- commander, chief
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|bergmästare
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|minemaster (1829)
|  
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens),
|bergsarbetare
| county governor
|miner
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|bergsbruksidkare
| (military) traveling sailor
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| befälhavande
|bergsfogde
| officer in command
|bailiff of a mine
|
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|bergshauptman
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|mine inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|bergskarl
| minemaster (1829)
|miner
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|bergslagsman
| miner  
|miner, proprietor of a mine
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|bergsman
| mining man
|miner
|  
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|bergsprångare
| bailiff of a mine
|miner
|  
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|bergsråd
| mine inspector
|
|  
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|beridare
| miner
|horsebreaker, riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|beskattningsman
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsman
|beslagare
| miner
|seizer, confiscator, setter
|  
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| beridare
|beslagskarl
| horsebreaker, riding master
|see beslagare
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|besökare
| taxer, assessor
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|betalare
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|paymaster (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|betjänt
| see beslagare
|servant, civil servant
|  
|
|-
|-
| besökare
|bettlare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|bevaktare
| servant, civil servant
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bettlare
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| beggar
|captain of the watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|bevarare
| guard, keeper
|preserver, saver, conservator
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|beväringskarl
| captain of the watch
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevarare
|beväringsman
| preserver, saver, conservator
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|bibliotekarie
| militia man, conscript
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|bijouterihandlare
| recruit, conscript
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|  
|
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|bildhuggare
| librarian
|sculptor, statuary, carver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|bildskärare
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|se bildsnidare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|bildsnidare
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|biljettförsäljare
| se bildsnidare
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|biljettförsäljerska
| sculptor
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|bilöpare
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|bindare
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|tier, binder, fastener
|  
|for example net making
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|biodlare
| interloper
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|
|-
|-
| bindare
|biskop
| tier, binder, fastener
|bishop
| for example net making
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| biodlare
|biskötare
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| biskop
|biträde
| bishop
|assistant
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|
|-
|-
| biskötare
|bjudare
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| biträde
|bleckslagare
| assistant
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bjudare
|blockmakare
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|block maker, pulley maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|blodigelodlare
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|blomsterhandlare
| block maker, pulley maker
|flower seller (male)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|blomsterhandlerska
| cultivator of leeches
|flower seller (female)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|blomsterodlare
| flower seller (male)
|cultivator of flowers, florist
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|blossbärare
| flower seller (female)
|torch-bearer
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|blyarbetare
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|lead worker, plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|blyfalsare
| torch-bearer
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|blystöpare
| lead worker, plumber  
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|blytäckare
| plumber  
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|bodbetjent
| plumber
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|  
|
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|boddräng
| plumber
|shop hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|bodflicka
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|shop girl, shop maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| boddräng
|bodgosse
| shop hand
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|bodhandlare
| shop girl, shop maid
|shopkeeper, tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|bodmamsell
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|shop girl, shop woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|bokbindare
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|bookbinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|bokförare
| shop girl, shop woman
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|bokhandlare
| bookbinder
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokförare
|bokhållare
| book keeper  
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|bokhäftare
| bookseller
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|bokmakare
| book keeper
|book wright, book maker
| same as bokförare
|
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|bonde
| book stitcher
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|bondedräng
| book wright, book maker
|farm hand
|  
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| bonde
|bondeflicka
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|bondepiga
| farm hand
|peasant's maid
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|borgare
| country girl
|citizen, burgher
|  
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|borgmästare
| peasant's maid
|mayor
|  
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| borgare
|borrare
| citizen, burgher
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|borrmakare
| mayor
|bit forger
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| borrare
|borrsmed
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|bit smith
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
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| borrmakare
|boskapshandlare
| bit forger
|dealer of livestock
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
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| borrsmed
|boskapsherde
| bit smith
|herdsman
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
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| boskapshandlare
|boskapsskötare
| dealer of livestock
|stockman
|  
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| boskapsherde
|boskapsvaktare
| herdsman  
|herdsman
|  
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| boskapsskötare
|boställshavare
| stockman
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
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| boskapsvaktare
|bouppteckningsman
| herdsman
|person who inventories (1889)
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| boställshavare
|boutredningsman
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|administrator
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| bouppteckningsman
|brandmästare
| person who inventories (1889)
|fire warden
|  
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| boutredningsman
|braständare
| administrator
|fire lighter
|  
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| brandmästare
|brevbärare
| fire warden
|letter carrier, postman
|  
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| braständare
|brevdragare
| fire lighter
|see brevbärare
|  
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| brevbärare
|brevskrivare
| letter carrier, postman
|letter writer
|  
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| brevdragare
|brevställare
| see brevbärare
|see brevskrivare
|  
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| brevskrivare
|brobyggare
| letter writer
|bridge builder
|  
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| brevställare
|broderare
| see brevskrivare
|embroiderer
|  
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| brobyggare
|broläggare
| bridge builder  
|bridge builder, paver
|  
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| broderare
|bromästare
| embroiderer
|bridge master
|  
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| broläggare
|bronsarbetare
| bridge builder, paver
|worker in bronze
|  
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| bromästare
|bronsgjutare
| bridge master
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
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| bronsarbetare
|brottmålsdomare
| worker in bronze
|judge criminal
|  
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| bronsgjutare
|brottmålsnoterie
| bronze founder, brazier
|crown clerk
|  
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| brottmålsdomare
|brovaktare
| judge criminal
|guard of a bridge
|  
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| brottmålsnoterie
|brovindare
| crown clerk
|bridge driver
|  
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| brovaktare
|brukare
| guard of a bridge
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
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| brovindare
|bruksarbetare
| bridge driver
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
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| brukare
|bruksegare
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
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| bruksarbetare
|bryggare
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|brewer
|  
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| bruksegare
|brännmästare
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|master distiller
|  
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| bryggare
|brännvinsbrännare
| brewer
|brandy distiller
|  
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| brännmästare
|buntmakare
| master distiller
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
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| brännvinsbrännare
|byfogde
| brandy distiller
|hamlet bailiff
|  
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| byfogde
|byggare, byggkarl
| hamlet bailiff
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
|  
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| byggare, byggkarl
|byggmästare
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|master builder, contractor
|  
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| byggmästare
|bykerska
| master builder, contractor
|washerwoman
|  
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| bykerska
|byskomakare
| washerwoman
|village shoemaker
|  
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| byskomakare
|bågflytt
| village shoemaker
|archer, bowman
|  
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| bågflytt
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| archer, bowman
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
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|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|bälgmakare
| (military) seaman, sailor
|bellows-maker
|  
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| bälgmakare
|bödel
| bellows-maker
|executioner
|  
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| bödel
|bösseskytt
| executioner
|(military)
|  
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| bösseskytt
|bössmed
| (military)
|gunsmith
|  
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| bössmed
|cantor
| gunsmith
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
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|-
| cantor
|curatus
| (latin)  
|(latin)
| see klockare
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| commissarius
|custod
| (latin)  
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
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| curatus
|d., dr.
|  
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
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| custod
|dagkarl, daglönare
| (latin)
|day laborer
|  
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| d., dr.
|danneman
| abbreviation for dräng
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
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| dagkarl, daglönare
|degn
| day laborer
|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.)
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| danneman
|deja, dejpiga
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
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| degn
|demoiselle
| assistant to the priest
|Miss
| 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.)
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| deja, dejpiga
|d.g.
| maidservant, milkmaid
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|  
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| demoiselle
|disponent
| Miss
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
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| d.g.
|domare
|  
|judge
|  
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| domare
|domesticus
| judge
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
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| domesticus
|domprost
| (latin)
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
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| domestik
|dr.
| (latin)
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
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| domherre
|drabant, dravant
| (latin)  
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|  
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| domprost
|dragon
| see prestman
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
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| dompräst
|dräng, dr.
|  
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
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| dr.
|däga
| abbreviation for dräng
|see deja
|  
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| drabant, dravant
|emigrantagent
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|emigrant agent
|  
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| dragon
|emigrantvärvare
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|emigrant agent
|  
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| dräng, dr.
|extra roteringsmän
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
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|  
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| däga
|fabriksarbetare
| see deja
|factory worker
|  
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| emigrantagent
|famnmätare
| emigrant agent
|corder of wood
|  
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| emigrantvärvare
|fanjunkare
| emigrant agent
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
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| extra roteringsmän
|fatburshustru
|  
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
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| fabriksarbetare
|fatburssven
| factory worker
|storehouse apprentice
|  
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| famnmätare
|fattighjon
| corder of wood
|pauper
|  
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| fanjunkare
|filtare
| standard bearer, guidon
|felter
|  
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| fatburshustru
|finbagare
| wife of a storekeeper
|pastry cook
|  
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| fatburssven
|fiolmakare
| storehouse apprentice
|violen maker
|  
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| fattighjon
|fiskare
| pauper
|fisherman
|  
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| filtare
|fiskarflicka
| felter
|fisher girl
|  
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| finbagare
|fiskargosse
| pastry cook
|fisher boy
|  
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| fiolmakare
|fiskhandlare
| violen maker
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
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| fiskare
|fjerdingsman
| fisherman
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
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| fiskarflicka
|fjäderarbetare
| fisher girl
|feather maker
|  
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| fiskargosse
|fjärdingsman
| fisher boy
|see fjerdingsman
|  
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| fiskhandlare
|flickare
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
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| fjerdingsman
|fogde
| under bailiff of a härad
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
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| fjäderarbetare
|forbonde
| feather maker
|carter, wagoner
|  
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| fjärdingsman
|forman
| see fjerdingsman
|see forbonde
|  
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| flickare
|formare
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|moulder (1829)
|  
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| fogde
|friborgare
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)  
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
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| forbonde
|frihandlare
| carter, wagoner
|free trader
|  
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| forman
|friherre
| see forbonde
|baron
|  
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| formare
|friherrinna
| moulder (1829)
|baroness
|  
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| friborgare
|fru
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|Mrs.
|  
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| frihandlare
|frälse
| free trader
|nobility
|  
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| friherre
|frälsebonde
| baron
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
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| friherrinna
|frälsetorpare
| baroness
|see frälsebonde
|  
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| fru
|fröken
| Mrs.
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
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| frälse
|fyrvaktare
| nobility
|lighthouse man
|  
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|-
| frälsebonde
|fyrverkare
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|(military) fire worker
|  
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|-
| frälsetorpare
|fågelfängare
| see frälsebonde
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
|  
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|-
| fröken
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| lady, honorable Miss
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
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| fyrvaktare
|fårherde
| lighthouse man
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
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| fyrverkare
|fårklippare
| (military) fire worker
|sheep shearer
|  
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| fågelfängare
|fädräng
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
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| fårherde
|fäflicka
| sheep tender, shepherd
|female herder, working with cattle
|  
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|-
| fårklippare
|fäktmästare
| sheep shearer
|fencing master, master swordsman
|  
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|-
| fädräng
|fältbagare
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|army baker
|  
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|-
| fäflicka
|fältjägare
| female herder, working with cattle
|army ranger
|  
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|-
| fäktmästare
|fältpredikant
| fencing master, master swordsman
| army chaplain
|  
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| fältbagare
|fältskär
| army baker
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
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| fältjägare
|fältväbel
| hunter (1829)  
|(military) sergeant major
|  
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| fältpredikant
|fänrik
| army chaplin
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| fältskär
|färgare
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|dyer, stainer
|  
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|-
| fältväbel
|färgaregesäll
| (military) sergeant major
|journeyman dyer
|  
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|-
| fänrik
|färikarl
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)  
|ferryman (1829)
| also seen as fändrik
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|-
| färgare
|färsing
| dyer, stainer
|weaver, common weaver
|  
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|-
| färgaregesäll
|fästebonde
| journeyman dyer
|a tenant farmer
|  
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
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|-
| färikarl
|förare
| ferryman (1829)
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
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|-
| färsing
|föreståndare
| weaver, common weaver
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|förpaktare
| a tenant farmer  
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| förare
|förpantare
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|mortgager,
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
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|-
| föreståndare
|försvarslös
| manager
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| förpantare
|garnhandlare
| mortgager,
|dealer in wools
|  
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|-
| försvarslös
|garnisonssoldat
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|soldier in garrison duty
| also means defenseless
|
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|-
| garnhandlare
|garvare
| dealer in wools
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
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|-
| garnisonssoldat
|gaständare
| soldier in garrison duty
|gas lighter
|  
|
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|-
| garvare
|generalbefälhavare
| tanner (1829)
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
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|-
| gaständare
|generallöjtnant
| gas lighter
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|gesäll
| commanding general of a district
|journeyman
|  
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|gjutare
| lieutenant general
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| gesäll
|glasarbetare
| journeyman
|glass worker
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|glasblåsare
| caster, founder, moulder
|glassblower
| works at a foundry
|
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|glasfabrikant
| glass worker
|glassmaker
|  
|
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|-
| glasblåsare
|glashandlare
| glassblower
|glassman
|  
|
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|-
| glasfabrikant
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| glassmaker  
|glassmaker
|  
|
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|-
| glashandlare
|glasmålare
| glassman
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|glasslipare
| glassmaker
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
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|-
| glasmålare
|glasögonmakare
| glass painter
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|glättare
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|gratialist
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| glättare
|grenadjär
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|grosshandlare
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|  
|
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|-
| grosshandlare
|gruvarbetare
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvarbetare
|gruvbrytare
| miner  
|miner
|  
|
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|-
| gruvbrytare
|gruvförvaltare
| miner
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
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|-
| gruvförvaltare
|gruvkarl
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvkarl
|grönsakshandlare
| see gruvarbetare
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| grönsakshandlare
|gs.
| green grocer
|
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| gs.
|guldarbetare
|  
|goldsmith (1829)
| abbreviation for gesäll
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| guldarbetare
|guldsmed
| goldsmith (1829)  
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|gårdsbrukare
| goldsmith (1829)
|farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsbrukare
|gårdsdräng
| farmer
|see dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsdräng
|gårdsfogde
| see dräng
|see befallningsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|gästgivare
| see befallningsman
|innkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| innkeeper
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|hammarmästare
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|forge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarmästare
|hammarsmed
| forge master
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|hamnfogde
| forger, hammerman
|overseer of a port
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogde
|hamnkapten
| overseer of a port
|harbor master
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnkapten
|handelsidkare
| harbor master
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsidkare
|handelsman
| trader, merchandiser
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|handhavare
| merchant, trader
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
|  
|
|-
|-
| handhavare
|handskmakare
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|hantverkare
| glove maker, glover
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|hantverksgesäll
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| hantverksgesäll
|hattmakare
| journeyman artisian
|hatmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|hejdriddare
| hatmaker
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| Hejdriddare
|hembiträde
|  
|servant girl, maid
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of Greater Sweden
|
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|hemmansegare
| farmer
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|hemmansbrukare
| farmer, homeowner
|farmer
|  
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| herredagsman
|hemmansägare
|  
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| hjon
|herrgårdstjenst
| pauper, person receiving social assistance
|service at a manor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|hjon
| wheelwright
|person (1829, 1889)
|  
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|hjulmakare
|  
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälpbrytare
|hjulmakardräng
|  
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|hjälphjon
|  
|extra hand or helper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hoveribonde
|hjälphustru
|  
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovfru
|hovbagare (1829)
|  
|the kings baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovman
|hovdam (1829)
|  
|lady of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| huddragare
|hovbetjent (1829)
|  
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| husar
|hovjunkare (1829)
| light cavalryman
|servant to the king
|  
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| husbonde
|hovkansler
| farmer
|court chancellor
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfader
|hovman (1829)
| head of household, father
|courtier
|  
|
|-
|-
| husflicka
|hudafdragare (1889)
|  
|skinner, flayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|husbonde (1829)
| farmers, farm people
|master of a family or house
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfogde
|husdräng (1829)
|  
|man servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfolk
|husfader
|  
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfru
|husflicka
|  
|girl servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| husfröken
|husfolk
|  
|farmers, farm people
|  
|
|-
|-
| huskarl
|hushållare
|  
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|husjungfru (1829)
|  
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|-
|-
| husman
|husmamsell
| farm laborer (owned house but not land)
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|husman
|  
|tenant farmer
|  
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| hyttknekt
|husmoder
| (military)
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållare
|huspiga
|  
|housemaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl, hållmästare
|huspredikant
|  
|private chaplain, house preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|hustjänare
|  
|house servant, domestic
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|hustru
|  
|wife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|hyttarbetare
|  
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|hållkarl
|  
|hostler
|  
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|hårarbetare
|  
|hair worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradstjänare
|häradsbokhållare
|  
|see häradsskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| härbergerare
|häradsdomare
|  
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| härvlare
|häradsfogde
|  
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|-
|-
| hörare
|häradshövding
|  
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| höre
|häradsskrivare
|  
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| hövitsman  
|hövitsman
|  
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| indelningsbåtsman
|infanterist
|  
|foot soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| infanterist
|inhyses
|  
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyses
|inhyseshjon
| lodger, tenant
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhysesbonde
|inspektor
|  
|inspector
|  
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| inspektor
|inspektör
|  
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| inspektör
|ishandlare
|  
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordekvinna, jordemor, jordegumma
|jagare
| midwife
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
|  
|
|-
|-
| jungfru
|jodgumma (1829)
| Miss, maiden, virgin
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| junkare
|jordbrukare
|  
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| jägare
|jordegare
| hunter
|landowner, landholder, landlord
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|jordegumma
| forester
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| jämkare
|jungfru
|  
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägare
|junker
|  
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kalkant
|jurist
|  
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kalkrörare
|justitieborgmästare
|  
|recorder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarfiskal
|justitieminister
|  
|minster of justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|justitiestatsminister
|  
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|juvelerare
|  
|jeweller
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|jägare
|  
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|jägeribetjent
| assistant clerk
|gamekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanik
|jägmästare
|  
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|järnhandlare
|  
|dealer of iron
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanonist
|järnvägsarbetare
|  
|worker on a railway
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapelan, kaplan
|järnvägsbetjening
| assistant minister
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapten
|kakelungsmakare
| (military)
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| kaptenlöjtnant
|kammarfru
| (military)
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|kammarjunkare
|  
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|  
|
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|kammarjungfru
| (military) cavalryman
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjesmed
|kammarjägare
|  
|rat hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjesmedsdräng
|kammarpiga
|  
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kettelsmed
|kammarskrivare
|  
|clerk in a government office
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelbötare, kittelflickare
|kamrerare
|  
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelförare
|kanongjutare
|  
|cannon founder
|  
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| klampare
|kapellmästare
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|chapel master
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|
|-
|-
| klappare
|kapellpredikant
|  
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| klensmed
|kaplan, kapellan
| toolmaker, locksmith
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|-
|-
| klerk
|kapten
|  
|(military) captain
|  
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.
|karduansmakare
| parish clerk
|cordwainer, leather dresser
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| klockarpräst
|kavallerist
|  
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| klr.
|kedjemakare
|  
|chain maker
| abbreviation for klockare
|
|-
|-
| klutgubbe
|kistmakare
|  
|box maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kn.
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|  
|tinker
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| knalle
|kittelslagare
|  
|kettle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knape
|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.
|-
|-
| knekt
|klensmed
| (military)
|locksmith, toolmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knipsmed
|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.
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|klockgjutare
| merchant marine
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|klr.
| charcoal burner
|
|  
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| kollega
|kn.
|  
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| komminister
|klädesfärgare
| assistant minister
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kompastor
|klädeshandlare
|  
|cloth merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| konduktör
|klädesvävare
|  
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| konstapel
|klädsömmerska
|  
|dressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| konterfejare
|knalle
|  
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontorsdräng
|knappmakare
|  
|button maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontraktist
|knekt
|  
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopperska
|knifvässare
|  
|knife sharpener, cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|knifsmed
| coppersmith
|cutler
|  
|
|-
|-
| korherre
|knipare
|  
|nipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| korpral
|knypplare
| (military)
|male lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| korv
|knypplerska
|  
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|koarrendator
|  
|see mjölkarrendator
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|
|-
|-
| krlmn.
|kofferdi
|  
|merchant marine
|  
|
|-
|-
| krokare
|kofferdikapten
|  
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|kofferdimatros
|  
|merchant seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|koffertsnickare
|  
|trunk maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|kokerska
|  
|female cook, cook maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|kogubbe
|  
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofänrik
|kolarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kolare
|  
|coal man, charcoal burner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronorättare
|kolbonde
|  
|coal carter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|kolhandlare
|  
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|komminister
| potter
|perpetual curate
|  
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| krypare, kypare
|kommissarie
|  
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| kuerdare
|konduktor
|  
|conductor, guard with the railways
|  
|
|-
|-
| Kungl. Maj:ts fullmäktige
|konduktör
|  
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kuper
|konstapel
|  
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| kursmed
|konstnär
|  
|artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|kontorskrivare
|  
|clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnfogde
|kontraktsprost
|  
|rural dean
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnskrivare
|kopparslagare
|  
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor
|koppartryckare
|  
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvinnohjon
|korgarbetare
|  
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkdräng
|korgflätare
|  
|basket maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoadjunkt
|korherre
|  
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjäning, kyrkobetjänt
|korpral
|  
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobonde
|kovaktare
|  
|cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkofogde
|kreaturshandlare
|  
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkogubbe
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|  
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| kyrkogömmare
|krigsman
|  
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|kronoarrendator
| parish minister
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|kronobefallningsman
| church officer
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvaktmästare, kyrkväktare
|kronobetjäning
|  
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd
|kronobonde
|  
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare
|kronofogde
|  
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| kåtkarl
|kronojägare
|  
|ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpdräng
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
|  
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpman
|kronouppbördsman
| merchant
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| körsnär
|krukmakare
| furrier
|potter
|  
|
|-
|-
| laggare
|kryddkrämare
|  
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| lagman, lagsagoman
|krögare
|  
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|-
|-
| landbo, landbonde
|kurir
|  
|courier
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsfiskal
|kusk, kutsk
|  
|coachman
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsfogde
|kustuppsyningsman
|  
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsherre
|kvarnarrendator
|  
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|-
|-
| landshövitsman
|kvarnbyggare
|  
|mill wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsknekt
|kvarndräng
| (military)
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|kvarnegare
|  
|mill owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsryttare
|kvarntullsinspektor
|  
|mill toll inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappare
|kypare
|  
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|kyrkobetjänare
|  
|churchman, clergyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| legoknekt
|kyrkoföreståndare
| (military)
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| lejdebonde
|kyrkoherde
|  
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| lekare
|kyrkovaktare
|  
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|-
|-
| liggare
|kyrkvärd
|  
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| likare
|käpphandlare
|  
|cane seller, caneman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lineslagare
|kökbetjäning
|  
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| liusmoder
|kökspiga
|  
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| livgrenadjär
|köpman
| (military)
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| livjägare
|körsnär
| (military)
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| losbagare
|kötthandlare
|  
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| lots
|köttmånglare
| sea pilot
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumpsamlare
|lackerare
|  
|one who applies lacquer
|  
|
|-
|-
| läkare
|ladugårdsidkare
| doctor
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|ladugårdspiga
| sheriff
|dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsåklagare
|laggare
|  
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| lärare
|lagkarl
| teacher
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| lärling
|landbo
| apprentice
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|landshövding
|  
|lord lieutenant
|  
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|landsknekt
| vagrant
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|landskontorist
|  
|clerk in receivers office
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinskarl
|landsman
|  
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
|-
|-
| major
|landstrykare
| (military)
|vagrant, tramp
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinist
|landsvägsriddare
| machinist, engineer
|knight of the road
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| matros
|landtbo
| sailor, seaman
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|-
|-
| ministrant
|landtbrukare
|  
|farmer, gentleman farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkdeja
|landtbruksbokhållare
|  
|under steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|landtbruksinspektor
| miller
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| mottagare
|landtflicka
|  
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| murare
|landthandlare
| mason
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| måkare
|landthushållare
|  
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
| målakarl
|landtjunkare
|  
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| målningsman
|lantmätare
|  
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mångare
|lappare
|  
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|lappbonde
| master
|Lapp peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästerman
|lappskarvare
|  
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästermansbetjänt
|lappskräddare
|  
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästerska
|lastningsbokhållare
|  
|shipping clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästersven
|legoknekt
|  
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|likörare
|  
|hearse driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|liktarskeppare
| (military)
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattman
|limkokare
|  
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattväktare
|linberedare
|  
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| navarsmed
|linhandlare
|  
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|linhäcklare
| settler
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålhandlare
|linvävare
|  
|linen weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålslipare
|livdrabant
|  
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|livdragon
| juryman
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| nötakarl
|livgrenadjär
|  
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|-
|-
| oftamolog
|livhussar
|  
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| okulist
|ljusfabrikör
|  
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ombudsråd
|logarvare
|  
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| omfärdsman
|lokomotivförare
|  
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|lots
|  
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| oppsnappare
|lumphandlare
|  
|rag dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|lumpsamlare
|  
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| ostiarius
|lånförmedlare
| (latin)
|negotiator of loans, broker
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|läkare
|  
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|länsbokhållare
|  
|sheriff clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| pallbrytare
|länsinnehavare
|  
|tenant of a feud
|  
|
|-
|-
| paltekvinna
|länsman
|  
|sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| panttorpare
|länsåklagare
|  
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastor
|lärare
| parish minister
|teacher
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|lärling
| (latin) parish priest
|apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|löjtnant
|  
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| paysagist
|lösdrivare
|  
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| paysagist
|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.)
|-
|-
| peppardräng
|madrassmakare
|  
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pestgubbe
|magasinbokhållare
|  
|warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.
|magasinsförvaltare
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
| parish priest
|
|-
|-
| pickare
|magistratsperson
|  
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| piga
|magistratssekreterare
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipare
|major
|  
|(military) army major
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipplockare
|majorska
|  
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| piprensare
|malmbrytare
|  
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| plikthuggare
|malthandlare
|  
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| pockläkare
|mamsell
|  
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| polsterer
|mantalskommissarie
|  
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| portenär
|manufakturhandlare
|  
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| postförare
|marketentare
|  
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| postkommissarie
|marketenterska
|  
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|marmorarbetare
|  
|marble cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| preceptor
|maskinarbetare
|  
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|maskinist
|  
|machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| principal
|masmästare
|  
|smelting master
|  
|
|-
|-
|  
|materialförvaltare
| procurator
|store keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| profoss
|matlagerska
| flogmaster (military)
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|matmoder
| dean
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|matros
|  
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| präst
|mattbindare
| minister
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| puke
|matvaruhandlare
|  
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
|
|-
|-
| pulsator campanae
|mejerska
| (latin)
|dairy maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| pulsator organi
|messingsslagare
| (latin)
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|messingssmed
|  
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| puppmakare
|metallarbetare
|  
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pälsare, pälsmakare
|metallgjutare
|  
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|mildsoldat
|  
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| rammakare
|mineralgrävare
|  
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| ramsnickare
|minister
|  
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| raskpassare
|minuthandlare
|  
|retailer
|  
|
|-
|-
| rectrix
|minör
| (latin)  
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| redsven
|mjölhandlare
|  
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|mjölkarrendator
| (military)
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|mjölkförsäljare
| (military)
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| reglerare
|mjölkförsäljerska
|  
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|mjölkhustru
|  
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| resehandlare
|mjölkpiga
|  
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| reuter
|mjöldräng
|  
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|mjölnare
|  
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| ridfogde
|mjölnarhustru
|  
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| rostvändare
|mjölnerska
|  
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteman
|modehandlare
|  
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|modesömmerska
|  
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| roteringsbåtsman
|modist
|  
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|murare
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| rullerska
|muraregesäll
|  
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|murarelärling
|  
|masons apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttare
|murarmästare
| (military) cavalryman
|master mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|mureriarbetare
|  
|bricklayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| räckare
|murerihandtlangare
|  
|hodman
|  
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| rådman
|musketerare
| councilman
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| rättare
|målare
| farm foreman
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| sacellanus
|målargesäll
| (latin)
|journeyman painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| sacerdos
|målarmästare
| (latin)
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|månads karl
| (latin)
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| sadelmakare
|månglerska
|  
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|månglare
|  
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
|  
|
|-
|-
| sartor
|mältare
|  
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| satinatär
|mästare
|  
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|mästergesäll
|  
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|möbelhandlare
|  
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|möbelmakare
|  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare
|möbelsnickare
|  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|mölnare (1829)
|  
|see mjölnare
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexman, siäxman
|mönsterherre
|  
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillbärare
|mönsterskrivare
|  
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| sexman
|mössmakare
| parish caretaker
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjättedomare
|nattman
|  
|night man
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|nattvaktare
| sailor, seaman
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skallman
|nipperhandlare
|  
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|nipphandlerska
| executioner, hangman
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|nybyggare
| (military) sharpshooter
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| skattearrendator
|nålmakare
|  
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebergsman
|nämdeman , nm., nman
|  
|juror
|  
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|näringsidkare
|  
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattelapp
|nätbindare
|  
|net maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattningsman
|officer
|  
|officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppare
|okulist
| skipper
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|ombudsman
|  
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| skiftare
|opperstyrman
|  
|captain's mate
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoflickare
|organist
|  
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogman
|orgelbyggare
|  
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogskommissarie
|orgelnist
|  
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogstorpare
|orgelspelare
|  
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|orgeltrampare
| forester
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| skollärare
|osthandlare
| schoolteacher
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare
|ostronhandlare
| shoemaker
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| skottman
|oxhandlare
|  
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråfader
|oxslagtare
|  
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|packhusinspektor
| tailor
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skrädtigare
|packhuskarl
|  
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skuvare
|pansarsmed
|  
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| skärsant
|pantaregare
|  
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| skörare
|pantgivare
|  
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| skörvakt
|papparbetare
|  
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköttare
|pappersfabrikör
|  
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|pappershandlare
| meat cutter, butcher
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| slubbare, slubberska
|pappersskärare
|  
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|pappmakare
|  
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|parfymfabrikant
|  
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|parfymhandlare
| blacksmith
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| smeddräng
|parmmätare
|  
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsven
|pastor
|  
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| smältare
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|  
|(latin) parish priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältardräng
|pastorsadjunkt
|  
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| smältarmästare
|pelshandlare
|  
|furrier
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickare
|pennberedare
| carpenter
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|pensionsföreståndare
|  
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenrättare
|perukmakare
|  
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskomakare
|p. et. P.
|  
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|piga
|  
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| sockenstugubetjänt
|pipare
|  
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknare
|pipsmed
|  
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknebödare
|piskmakare
|  
|whip makeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknelapp
|plogsmed
|  
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| soldat
|plymmakare
| soldier
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| speckhök
|plåtslagare
|  
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| spetsmakare
|porterbryggare
|  
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetssmed
|possessionat
|  
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| spikdräng
|postförare
|  
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|postmästare
|  
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|predikant
| spinner
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsbetjänt
|prest
|  
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|principal
|  
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| stallare
|profoss
|  
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stampare
|prost
|  
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| statare, statdräng
|provinsialläkare
| farm laborer
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| statman
|präst
|  
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| statsfru
|pungmakare
|  
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stattorpare
|rackare
| farm laborer, usually married
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| stavhuggare
|reesig
|  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stekare
|regementsknekt
|  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|repslagare
|  
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|resandefolk
| stonecutter
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| strandsittare
|resepredikant
|  
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| stupagreve
|riddare
|  
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|ridlärare
|  
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|roddare
| (military)
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| styreman
|rorgängare
|  
|helmsman, steersman
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|roteman
| (military)
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| surveillant
|rotemästare
|  
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|rotesoldat
| (latin) shoemaker
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|rotmästare
|  
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| sysslepåg
|ruggare
|  
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|rusthållare
| saw setter
|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
|-
|-
| säckguldsmed
|ryttare
|  
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| säjarekarl, säjarmakare
|ryttmästare
|  
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| sängvaktare
|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.
|-
|-
| sättare
|rådman
|  
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| sökare
|rättare
|  
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| taffelsmed
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|  
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetmakare
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
|  
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| tappare
|sadelmakare
|  
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tavernare
|salthandlare
|  
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringsassistent
|saltmätare
|  
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringskommissarie
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|  
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|satinvävare
| brickmaker, tiler
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|saxmakare
| brickmoulder, tiler
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|segelmakare
| tiler
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|segelsömmare
| beggar
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tillsierska
|sejlare
|  
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|sergeant
| carpenter, builder
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| tinghörer
|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.
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|silkhandlare
|  
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjuv
|sillpackare
| thief
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|sjöman
| servant
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|skarprättare
|  
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|skarpskytt
|  
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tolvman
|skattebonde
|  
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|skatteindrivare
|  
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|skeppare
| crofter, cottager
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| tredjen, tredjer
|skeppsbyggmästare
|  
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| tremänningssoldat
|skeppsgosse
| (military)
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| trumslagare
|skoarbetare
| drummer
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tråggesäll
|skogshuggare
|  
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|skogvaktare
| gardener
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| tröjekäring
|skollärare
|  
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|skomakare
| barrelmaker
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnjunkare
|skomakaregesäll
|  
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsgesäll
|skomakaremästare
|  
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsmockare
|skråmästare
|  
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullmelerare
|skräddare, skrädkarl
|  
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlagman
|skräddaregesäll
|  
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|skräddarelärling
|  
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnmästare
|skulptör
|  
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| uppblåsare
|skutskeppare
|  
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| utbrukare
|skådespelare
|  
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| utsittare
|skärslippare
|  
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagndrivare
|skördeman
|  
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnkarl
|sköterska
|  
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnman
|slaktardräng
|  
|butcher's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|slaktare
| cartwright
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
| (military)
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| vagnsåkare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|  
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| vaktare
|smed
|  
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|smedsgesäll
| caretaker
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| valackare
|smedsmästare
|  
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| valkare
|småkrämare
|  
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|smältare
|
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallsmed
|smältarsmed
|  
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsarbete
|smörhandlare
|  
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| vandringsrättare
|snickare
|  
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| vantmakare
|snickarmästare
|  
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vasall
|snörmakare
|  
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| verkgesäll
|sockenpräst
|  
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|sockenskrivare
|  
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice korpral
|sockerbagare
|  
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|sockerbruksarbetare
|  
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| vinman
|soldat
|  
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| voltigör
|speditör
|  
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|spetshandlare
|  
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdskrivare
|spetsknypplerska
|  
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| väpnare
|spiksmed
|  
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|spinnare
| weaver
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävlagare
|spinnerska
|  
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävpiga
|spinnhushjon
|  
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| växlare
|stadsfogde
|  
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkare
|stadskamrer
|  
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|stadsläkare
| profession, occupation
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| åbo
|statare, statsdräng
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|see statkarl
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|statkarl
|  
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|statman
|  
|statesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| änglamakerska
|statsfru
|  
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärendesman
|stenarbetare
|  
|stone worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärlingsman
|stenbrytare
|  
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| ödegårdsman
|stenhuggare
|  
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| överman
|stenkolsarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| överståthållare
|stickerska
|  
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| 12man
|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 [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|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: [https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024263316/vavsked] (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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=== 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>
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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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