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