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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"
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!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>
|-
|-
! Occupation
|adelsbussar
! Short definition
|(military) soldier of lower rank
! class="unsortable" | Full definition
|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.
|-
|-
| accismästare
|adelsman
| customs officer
|nobleman
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Accismästare|Accismästare]]
|
|-
|-
| ackuschörska
|adelssven
| a midwife
|page (youth)
| <br>
|A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|-
|-
| adelsbussar
|adjunctus sacri ministerii
| (military) soldier of lower rank
|(latin) pastorsadjunkt
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Adelsbussar|Adelsbussar]]
|see adjunkt
|-
|-
| adelsman
|adjunkt
| nobleman
|teacher
|  
|(civil) teacher, 2nd level university, higher learning, or seminary; (ecclesiastical) pastorsadjunkt or pastoratsadjunkt
|-
|-
| adelssven
|administer, administra
| page (youth)  
|(latin) attendant, and assistant
| A young nobleman, who worked at a Royal Court.
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus archipraepositi, archipr. adj.
|administrator
| (latin)  
|(latin) administrator
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus ex officio
|advocat
| (latin)
|lawyer, attorney
|  
|
|-
|-
| adjunctus sacri ministerii
|advocatus ecclesiae
| (latin)  
|(latin) lawyer of the assembly
|  
|
|-
|-
| administer, administra
|aedituus
| (latin)  
|(latin) keeper of the sacristy
|  
|person in charge of the sacristy and ceremonial equipment
|-
|-
| administrator, pradii
|aftonsångspredikant
| (latin)
|evening-service preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| advocatus ecclesiae
|agent
| (latin)
|agent, representative
|  
|
|-
|-
| aedituus
|aktor
| (latin)
|accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| aftonsångspredikant
|aktris
| evening-service preacher
|actress
|  
|female play actor, performer
|-
|-
| aktor
|aktör
| accuser, impeacher, prosecutor
|actor
|  
|male play actor, performer
|-
|-
| aktris
|allmänningsbonde
| actress
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| female play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| aktör
|allmäningskarl
| actor
|common farmer, peasant, or man
| male play actor, performer
|
|-
|-
| allmänningsbonde, allmäningskarl
|amiral
| common - farmer, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -peasant, -man
|admiral (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ansättare
|anförare
| (military) rammer
|leader, chief, commander, captain-general, captain (1788)
| service position with ramrods
|
|-
|-
| apotekare
|angivare
| pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
|informer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetare
|anklagare
| worker, workman, laborer
|accuser, impeacher (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| arbetsman
|ansättare
| male worker, workman, laborer
|(military) rammer
|  
|service position with ramrods
|-
|-
| arbk.
|apotekare
| abbreviation for arbetskarl
|pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacist
| male worker, workman, laborer
|
|-
|-
| arkebusier
|arbetare
| (military) member of firing squad
|worker, laborer
| arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|
|-
|-
| arklimästare
|arbetskarl
| (military) gunner
|male worker, workman, laborer
| gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|
|-
|-
| arrendator
|arbetsman
| tenant farmer, leaseholder
|male worker, workman, laborer
| &nbsp;see [[Swedish Occupation: Arrendator|Arrendator]]
|
|-
|-
| artillerist
|arbk.
| (military) man of the artillery
|abbreviation for arbetskarl
|  
|male worker, workman, laborer
|-
|-
| artillerikonstapel
|arkebusier
| (military) bombardier
|(military) member of firing squad
|  
|arkebusera is to shoot by order of the court
|-
|-
| assessor
|arkibiskop
| assessor
|(1788) archbishop
|  
|modern Swedish ärkebiskop
|-
|-
| assuradör
|arklimästare
| insurer, underwriter
|(military) gunner
|  
|gunner's mate, quarter gunner (from 1829)
|-
|-
| auktionist, auktionskommissarie
|arrendator
| auctioneer
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
| one who performs auctions for public sale
|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.
|-
|-
| auktor, autor
|artillerist
| author
|(military) man of the artillery
| author, penman, writer (1829)
|
|-
|-
| avisskrivare
|artillerikonstapel
| newswriter
|(military) bombardier
| gazetteer, or newswriter
|
|-
|-
| avskedad soldat
|assessor
| discharged, resigned soldier
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| axplockare
|assuradör
| gleaner
|insurer, underwriter
| gleaning, earing, after gathering
|
|-
|-
| backstugusittare
|auktionist, auktionskommissarie
| cottager
|auctioneer
| one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut
|one who performs auctions for public sale
|-
|-
| badaremästare
|auktor, autor
| barber surgeon
|author
|  
|author, penman, writer (1829)
|-
|-
| badmästare
|avisskrivare
| bath-keeper
|newswriter
| (1889)
|gazetteer, or newswriter
|-
|-
| bagare
|avskedad soldat
| baker
|discharged, resigned soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagaregesäll
|avskrivare (1788)
| baker's man
|transcriber, copier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bagarelärling
|axplockare
| baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|gleaner
|
|gleaning, earing, after gathering
|-
|-
| bagaremästare
|backstuguhjon
| master baker
|cottager (1788)
|  
|see backstugusittare
|-
|-
| banérförare
|backstugusittare
| (military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|cottager
|  
|one who lived in a small cottage, dugout, or hut. See: [[Swedish Occupation: Backstugusittare|Backstugusittare]]
|-
|-
| banérherre
|badare
| (military) banneret
|keeper of a bath house (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| banér-riddare
|badaremästare
| (military) knight banneret
|barber surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| bankvaktmästare
|badmästare
| porter, messenger at a bank
|bath-keeper
|  
|(1889)
|-
|-
| banmästare
|bagare
| overseer of a railway line
|baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberare
|bagaregesäll
| barber, shaver
|baker's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarebiträde
|bagarelärling
| barber's assistant
|baker's apprentice, baker's boy, bread chipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberaregesäll
|bagaremästare
| journeyman barber
|master baker
|  
|
|-
|-
| barberarelärling
|banérförare
| barber's apprentice
|(military) standard bearer, ensign bearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| barkare
|banérherre
| tanner
|(military) banneret
| (1829)
|
|-
|-
| barnförlossare
|banér-riddare
| male midwife
|(military) knight banneret
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnmorska
|bankvaktmästare
| female midwife
|porter, messenger at a bank
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnpiga
|banmästare
| maid for children
|overseer of a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| barnsköterska
|barberare
| female nurse (not wet nurse)
|barber, shaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| baron
|barberarebiträde
| baron
|barber's assistant
| 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
|barberaregesäll
| trumpeter
|journeyman barber
| performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|
|-
|-
| bataljonsadjuntant
|barberarelärling
| (military) sergeant-major
|barber's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| bataljonschef
|barkare
| (military) commander of a battalion
|tanner
|
|(1829)
|-
|-
| batterikonstapel
|barnförlossare
| (military) battalion bombardier
|male midwife
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningshavande
|barnmorska
| governor, magistrate, officer in command
|female midwife
| Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman
|barnpiga
| bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|maid for children
|  
|
|-
|-
| befallningsman (konungens)  
|barnsköterska
| county governor
|female nurse (not wet nurse)
| Also seen as abbreviation befalm.
|
|-
|-
| befaren båtsman
|baron
| (military) traveling sailor
|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.
|-
|-
| befällningshavande
|basunist
| officer in command
|trumpeter
|  
|performer on the trumpet, or trombone
|-
|-
| bensamlare
|bataljonsadjuntant
| rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|(military) sergeant-major
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergmästare
|bataljonschef
| minemaster (1829)  
|(military) commander of a battalion
| mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|
|-
|-
| bergsarbetare
|batterikonstapel
| miner
|(military) battalion bombardier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsbruksidkare
|bedragare
| mining man
|cheat, impostor, deceiver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsfogde
|befallningshavande
| bailiff of a mine
|governor, magistrate, officer in command
|  
|Kungens ...His Majesties county government board, high sheriff
|-
|-
| bergshauptman
|befallningsman
| mine inspector
|bailiff, husbandry, overseer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergskarl
|befallningsman (konungens)
| miner
|county governor
|  
|Also seen as abbreviation ''befalm''.
|-
|-
| bergslagsman
|befaren båtsman
| miner, proprietor of a mine
|(military) traveling sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bergsman
|befordrare
| miner
|promoter, advancer, forwarder, furtherer (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| beridare
|befällningshavande
| horsebreaker, riding master
|officer in command
|  
|
|-
|-
| beskattningsman
|beherskare
| taxer, assessor
|commander (1788), ruler, master, monarch, overruler, controller (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagare
|bensamlare
| seizer, confiscator, setter
|rag and bone seller, bone hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| beslagskarl
|bergmästare
| see beslagare
|minemaster (1829)
|  
|mineral surveyor as a government official (1889)
|-
|-
| besökare
|bergsarbetare
| customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| betjänt
|bergsbruksidkare
| servant, civil servant
|mining man
|  
|
|-
|-
| bettlare
|bergsfogde
| beggar
|bailiff of a mine
|  
|a subordinate officer whose business lies in affairs relating to the mines (1788)
|-
|-
| bevaktare
|bergshauptman
| guard, keeper
|mine inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevakningsbefälhavare
|bergskarl
| captain of the watch
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| bevarare
|bergslagsman
| preserver, saver, conservator
|miner, proprietor of a mine
|  
|
|-
|-
| beväringskarl
|bergsman
| militia man, conscript
|miner
|  
|part owner of a mine (1788)
|-
|-
| beväringsman
|bergsprångare
| recruit, conscript
|miner
|  
|one who blows up rocks with gunpowder, miner (1788)
|-
|-
| bibliotekarie
|bergsråd
| librarian
|
|  
|counsellor in the board relating to mineral affairs (1788)
|-
|-
| bijouterihandlare
|beridare
| dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|horsebreaker, riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildhuggare
|beskattningsman
| sculptor, statuary, carver
|taxer, assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| bildskärare
|beslagare
| se bildsnidare
|seizer, confiscator, setter
|  
|a kind of bailiff (1788)
|-
|-
| bildsnidare
|beslagskarl
| sculptor
|see beslagare
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljare
|besökare
| ticket seller, booking clerk
|customs official (1889), visitor (modern)
|  
|
|-
|-
| biljettförsäljerska
|betalare
| ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)  
|paymaster (1788)
|  
|
|-
|-
| bilöpare
|betjänt
| interloper
|servant, civil servant
| a illegal or unlicensed trader
|
|-
|-
| bindare
|bettlare
| tier, binder, fastener
|beggar
| for example net making
|
|-
|-
| biodlare
|bevaktare
| bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|guard, keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| biskop
|bevakningsbefälhavare
| bishop
|captain of the watch
| sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|
|-
|-
| biskötare
|bevarare
| bee-keeper, bee-master
|preserver, saver, conservator
|  
|
|-
|-
| biträde
|beväringskarl
| assistant
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| bjudare
|beväringsman
| inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|militia man, conscript
|  
|
|-
|-
| bleckslagare
|bibliotekarie
| tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|librarian
|  
|
|-
|-
| blockmakare
|bijouterihandlare
| block maker, pulley maker
|dealer in jewelry, trinkets
|  
|
|-
|-
| blodigelodlare
|bildhuggare
| cultivator of leeches
|sculptor, statuary, carver
|  
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlare
|bildskärare
| flower seller (male)
|se bildsnidare
| also known as blomstermånglare
|
|-
|-
| blomsterhandlerska
|bildsnidare
| flower seller (female)
|sculptor
| also known as blomstermånglerska
|
|-
|-
| blomsterodlare
|biljettförsäljare
| cultivator of flowers, florist
|ticket seller, booking clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| blossbärare
|biljettförsäljerska
| torch-bearer
|ticket seller, booking clerk (woman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| blyarbetare
|bilöpare
| lead worker, plumber
|interloper
|  
|a illegal or unlicensed trader
|-
|-
| blyfalsare
|bindare
| plumber
|tier, binder, fastener
|  
|for example net making
|-
|-
| blystöpare
|biodlare
| plumber
|bee-keeper, bee-master, apiarist
|  
|
|-
|-
| blytäckare
|biskop
| plumber
|bishop
|  
|sometimes abbreviated as bisp.
|-
|-
| bodbetjent
|biskötare
| shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|bee-keeper, bee-master
|  
|
|-
|-
| boddräng
|biträde
| shop hand
|assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodflicka
|bjudare
| shop girl, shop maid
|inviter, asker, offerer, bidder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodgosse
|bleckslagare
| shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
|tin smith, white smith, tinner, tinman
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith: see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| bodhandlare
|blockmakare
| shopkeeper, tradesman
|block maker, pulley maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bodmamsell
|blodigelodlare
| shop girl, shop woman
|cultivator of leeches
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokbindare
|blomsterhandlare
| bookbinder
|flower seller (male)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglare
|-
|-
| bokförare
|blomsterhandlerska
| book keeper
|flower seller (female)
|  
|also known as blomstermånglerska
|-
|-
| bokhandlare
|blomsterodlare
| bookseller
|cultivator of flowers, florist
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokhållare
|blossbärare
| book keeper
|torch-bearer
| same as bokförare
|
|-
|-
| bokhäftare
|blyarbetare
| book stitcher
|lead worker, plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| bokmakare
|blyfalsare
| book wright, book maker
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| bonde
|blystöpare
| farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|plumber
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondedräng
|blytäckare
| farm hand
|plumber
| a farmer's man, young peasant
|
|-
|-
| bondeflicka
|bodbetjent
| country girl
|shopkeeper's clerk, shopman, counterman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bondepiga
|boddräng
| peasant's maid
|shop hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| borgare
|bodflicka
| citizen, burgher
|shop girl, shop maid
| member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|
|-
|-
| borgmästare
|bodgosse
| mayor
|shop boy, shop keepers apprentice
| in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|
|-
|-
| borrare
|bodhandlare
| borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|shopkeeper, tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| borrmakare
|bodmamsell
| bit forger
|shop girl, shop woman
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| borrsmed
|bokbindare
| bit smith
|bookbinder
| a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|
|-
|-
| boskapshandlare
|bokförare
| dealer of livestock
|book keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsherde
|bokhandlare
| herdsman
|bookseller
|  
|
|-
|-
| boskapsskötare
|bokhållare
| stockman
|book keeper
|  
|same as bokförare
|-
|-
| boskapsvaktare
|bokhäftare
| herdsman
|book stitcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| boställshavare
|bokmakare
| holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|book wright, book maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| bouppteckningsman
|bonde
| person who inventories (1889)
|farmer, peasant, countryman, husbandman
|  
|
|-
|-
| boutredningsman
|bondedräng
| administrator
|farm hand
|  
|a farmer's man, young peasant
|-
|-
| brandmästare
|bondeflicka
| fire warden
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| braständare
|bondepiga
| fire lighter
|peasant's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevbärare
|borgare
| letter carrier, postman
|citizen, burgher
|  
|member of the bourgeois, townsman, tradesman, citizen of a city (meaning certain rights within the city)
|-
|-
| brevdragare
|borgmästare
| see brevbärare
|mayor
|  
|in England and North America.. mayor, in Scotland.. provost, in Holland, Belgium, Flanders, and Germany.. burgomaster.
|-
|-
| brevskrivare
|borrare
| letter writer
|borer, driller, piercer, perforator
|  
|
|-
|-
| brevställare
|borrmakare
| see brevskrivare
|bit forger
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits
|-
|-
| brobyggare
|borrsmed
| bridge builder
|bit smith
|  
|a smith that makes drilling and chiseling bits  If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| broderare
|boskapshandlare
| embroiderer
|dealer of livestock
|  
|
|-
|-
| broläggare
|boskapsherde
| bridge builder, paver
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bromästare
|boskapsskötare
| bridge master
|stockman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsarbetare
|boskapsvaktare
| worker in bronze
|herdsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bronsgjutare
|boställshavare
| bronze founder, brazier
|holder (occupier) of (an official) residence
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsdomare
|bouppteckningsman
| judge criminal
|person who inventories (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| brottmålsnoterie
|boutredningsman
| crown clerk
|administrator
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovaktare
|brandmästare
| guard of a bridge
|fire warden
|  
|
|-
|-
| brovindare
|braständare
| bridge driver
|fire lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| brukare
|brevbärare
| user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|letter carrier, postman
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksarbetare
|brevdragare
| factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|see brevbärare
|  
|
|-
|-
| bruksegare
|brevskrivare
| proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|letter writer
|  
|
|-
|-
| bryggare
|brevställare
| brewer
|see brevskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännmästare
|brobyggare
| master distiller
|bridge builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| brännvinsbrännare
|broderare
| brandy distiller
|embroiderer
|  
|
|-
|-
| buntmakare
|broläggare
| fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|bridge builder, paver
|  
|
|-
|-
| byfogde
|bromästare
| hamlet bailiff
|bridge master
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggare, byggkarl
|bronsarbetare
| builder, architect, constructor, founder
|worker in bronze
|  
|
|-
|-
| byggmästare
|bronsgjutare
| master builder, contractor
|bronze founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| bykerska
|brottmålsdomare
| washerwoman
|judge criminal
|  
|
|-
|-
| byskomakare
|brottmålsnoterie
| village shoemaker
|crown clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| bågflytt
|brovaktare
| archer, bowman
|guard of a bridge
|  
|
|-
|-
| båtsman, b.m., B.m.
|brovindare
| (military) seaman, sailor
|bridge driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| bälgmakare
|brukare
| bellows-maker
|user, employer, (in the case of arrendator) a tenant, leaseholder
|  
|
|-
|-
| bödel
|bruksarbetare
| executioner
|factoryman, workman employed on a manufacturing estate; workman in the employment of the iron works, foundryman, mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| bösseskytt
|bruksegare
| (military)
|proprietor of a manufacturing estate
|  
|
|-
|-
| bössmed
|bryggare
| gunsmith
|brewer
|  
|
|-
|-
| cantor
|brännmästare
| (latin)
|master distiller
| see klockare
|
|-
|-
| commissarius
|brännvinsbrännare
| (latin)
|brandy distiller
|  
|
|-
|-
| curatus
|buntmakare
|  
|fur merchant, furrier, fellmonger
|  
|
|-
|-
| custod
|byfogde
| (latin)
|hamlet bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| d., dr.
|byggare, byggkarl
| abbreviation for dräng
|builder, architect, constructor, founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| dagkarl, daglönare
|byggmästare
| day laborer
|master builder, contractor
|  
|
|-
|-
| danneman
|bykerska
| yeoman, countryman, farmer
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| degn
|byskomakare
| assistant to the priest
|village shoemaker
| 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
|bågflytt
| maidservant, milkmaid
|archer, bowman
|  
|
|-
|-
| demoiselle
|båtsman, b.m., B.m.
| Miss
|(military) seaman, sailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| d.g.
|bälgmakare
|  
|bellows-maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| domare
|bödel
| judge
|executioner
|  
|
|-
|-
| domesticus
|bösseskytt
| (latin)  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| domestik
|bössmed
| (latin)
|gunsmith
|  
|
|-
|-
| domherre
|cantor
| (latin)  
|(latin)
|  
|in latin refers to singing or music, in the church records see klockare
|-
|-
| domprost
|curatus
| see prestman
|(latin)
|  
|kyrkopräst, kyrkoherde, kapellan
|-
|-
| dompräst
|custod
|  
|(latin)
|  
|guardian, watchman, keeper, attendant
|-
|-
| dr.  
|d., dr.
| abbreviation for dräng  
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| drabant, dravant
|dagkarl, daglönare
| (military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|day laborer
|  
|
|-
|-
| dragon
|danneman
| (military) heavy and light cavalryman
|yeoman, countryman, farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| dräng, dr.
|degn
| farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|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.)
|-
|-
| däga
|deja, dejpiga
| see deja
|maidservant, milkmaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantagent
|demoiselle
| emigrant agent
|Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| emigrantvärvare
|d.g.
| emigrant agent
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| extra roteringsmän
|disponent
|  
|manager, gerant, agent, managing clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| fabriksarbetare
|domare
| factory worker
|judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| famnmätare
|domesticus
| corder of wood
|(latin)
|  
|servant, one who serves in a household
|-
|-
| fanjunkare
|domprost
| standard bearer, guidon
|dean
|  
|see also prestman
|-
|-
| fatburshustru
|dr.
| wife of a storekeeper
|abbreviation for dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| fatburssven
|drabant, dravant
| storehouse apprentice
|(military) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
|  
|
|-
|-
| fattighjon
|dragon
| pauper
|(military) heavy and light cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| filtare
|dräng, dr.
| felter
|farmhand, man servant, bachelor
|  
|
|-
|-
| finbagare
|däga
| pastry cook
|see deja
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiolmakare
|emigrantagent
| violen maker
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskare
|emigrantvärvare
| fisherman
|emigrant agent
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskarflicka
|extra roteringsmän
| fisher girl
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskargosse
|fabriksarbetare
| fisher boy
|factory worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fiskhandlare
|famnmätare
| fish salesman, fish hawker
|corder of wood
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjerdingsman
|fanjunkare
| under bailiff of a härad
|(military) sergeant major, staff sergeant, quartermaster sergeant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjäderarbetare
|fatburshustru
| feather maker
|wife of a storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| fjärdingsman
|fatburssven
| see fjerdingsman
|storehouse apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| flickare
|fattighjon
| cobbler, botcher, patcher
|pauper
|  
|
|-
|-
| fogde
|filtare
| governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|felter
| also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|
|-
|-
| forbonde
|finbagare
| carter, wagoner
|pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| forman
|fiolmakare
| see forbonde
|violen maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| formare
|fiskare
| moulder (1829)
|fisherman
|  
|
|-
|-
| friborgare
|fiskarflicka
| freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|fisher girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| frihandlare
|fiskargosse
| free trader
|fisher boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherre
|fiskhandlare
| baron
|fish salesman, fish hawker
|  
|
|-
|-
| friherrinna
|fjerdingsman
| baroness
|under bailiff of a härad
|  
|
|-
|-
| fru
|fjäderarbetare
| Mrs.
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälse
|fjärdingsman
| nobility
|see fjerdingsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsebonde
|flickare
| a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|cobbler, botcher, patcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| frälsetorpare
|fogde
| see frälsebonde
|governor (of a castle), or steward of a manor (1829 and 1889)
|  
|also means sheriff, bailiff, marshall (1944)
|-
|-
| fröken
|forbonde
| lady, honorable Miss
|carter, wagoner
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrvaktare
|forman
| lighthouse man
|see forbonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fyrverkare
|formare
| (military) fire worker
|moulder (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fågelfängare
|friborgare
| bird catcher, birder, birdman
|freeman, citizen of a freetown (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårherde
|frihandlare
| sheep tender, shepherd
|free trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| fårklippare
|friherre
| sheep shearer
|baron
|  
|
|-
|-
| fädräng
|friherrinna
| male herdsman, working with cattle
|baroness
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäflicka
|fru
| female herder, working with cattle
|Mrs.
|  
|
|-
|-
| fäktmästare
|frälse
| fencing master, master swordsman
|nobility
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältbagare
|frälsebonde
| army baker
|a farmer who holds his land of a nobleman, chief tenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältjägare
|frälsetorpare
| hunter (1829)
|see frälsebonde
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältpredikant
|fröken
| army chaplin
|lady, honorable Miss
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältskär
|fyrvaktare
| assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|lighthouse man
|  
|
|-
|-
| fältväbel
|fyrverkare
| (military) sergeant major
|(military) fire worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| fänrik
|fågelfängare
| (military) ensign (carries a banner)
|bird catcher, birder, birdman
| also seen as fändrik
|
|-
|-
| färgare
|fånggevald, fånggevaldiger
| dyer, stainer
|A person who guards prisoners during transporting of prisoners
|  
|
|-
|-
| färgaregesäll
|fårherde
| journeyman dyer
|sheep tender, shepherd
|  
|
|-
|-
| färikarl
|fårklippare
| ferryman (1829)
|sheep shearer
|  
|
|-
|-
| färsing
|fädräng
| weaver, common weaver
|male herdsman, working with cattle
|  
|
|-
|-
| fästebonde
|fäflicka
| a tenant farmer
|female herder, working with cattle
| This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|
|-
|-
| förare
|fäktmästare
| carrier, transporter, conductor
|fencing master, master swordsman
| meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|
|-
|-
| föreståndare
|fältbagare
| manager
|army baker
| manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|
|-
|-
| förpantare
|fältjägare
| mortgager,
|army ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| försvarslös
|fältpredikant
| unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
| army chaplain
| also means defenseless
|
|-
|-
| garnhandlare
|fältskär
| dealer in wools
|assistant army surgeon, barber- surgeon
|  
|
|-
|-
| garnisonssoldat
|fältväbel
| soldier in garrison duty
|(military) sergeant major
|  
|
|-
|-
| garvare
|fänrik
| tanner (1829)  
| (military) ensign (carries a banner), junior lietutenant
|  
|also seen as fändrik
|-
|-
| gaständare
|färgare
| gas lighter
|dyer, stainer
|  
|
|-
|-
| generalbefälhavare
|färgaregesäll
| commanding general of a district
|journeyman dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| generallöjtnant
|färikarl
| lieutenant general
|ferryman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| gesäll
|färsing
| journeyman
|weaver, common weaver
| often abbreviated as gs
|
|-
|-
| gjutare
|fästebonde
| caster, founder, moulder
|a tenant farmer
| works at a foundry
|This farmer works a farm under contract (fästebrev) from a main farm
|-
|-
| glasarbetare
|förare
| glass worker
|carrier, transporter, conductor, military: NCO, sergeant
|  
|meaning varies with context: profession- conductor, railroad- guard, guider, travel- guide, leader, navigator, escort
|-
|-
| glasblåsare
|föreståndare
| glassblower
|manager
|  
|manager of a school, or poor house, can also mean warden of a hospital
|-
|-
| glasfabrikant
|förpaktare
| glassmaker
|tenant farmer, leaseholder
|  
|alias to arrendator
|-
|-
| glashandlare
|förpantare
| glassman
|mortgager,
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasmakare, glasverkare
|försvarslös
| glassmaker
|unemployed person, vagrant, vagabond
|  
|also means defenseless
|-
|-
| glasmålare
|garnhandlare
| glass painter
|dealer in wools
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasslipare
|garnisonssoldat
| glass cutter, glass grinder
|soldier in garrison duty
|  
|
|-
|-
| glasögonmakare
|garvare
| maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|tanner (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| glättare
|gaständare
| glosser, glazer, levigator
|gas lighter
|  
|
|-
|-
| grenadjär
|generalbefälhavare
| (military) grenadier, infantryman
|commanding general of a district
|  
|
|-
|-
| grosshandlare
|generallöjtnant
| merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|lieutenant general
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvarbetare
|gesäll
| miner
|journeyman
|  
|often abbreviated as gs
|-
|-
| gruvbrytare
|gjutare
| miner
|caster, founder, moulder
|  
|works at a foundry
|-
|-
| gruvförvaltare
|glasarbetare
| mine owner, puser to a mining company
|glass worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gruvkarl
|glasblåsare
| see gruvarbetare
|glassblower
|  
|
|-
|-
| grönsakshandlare
|glasfabrikant
| green grocer
|glassmaker
| also known as grönsaksmånglare
|
|-
|-
| gs.
|glashandlare
|  
|glassman
| abbreviation for gesäll
|
|-
|-
| guldarbetare
|glasmakare, glasverkare
| goldsmith (1829)
|glassmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| guldsmed
|glasmålare
| goldsmith (1829)
|glass painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsbrukare
|glasslipare
| farmer
|glass cutter, glass grinder
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsdräng
|glasögonmakare
| see dräng
|maker of glasses, spectacle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| gårdsfogde
|glättare
| see befallningsman
|glosser, glazer, levigator
|  
|
|-
|-
| gästgivare
|gratialist
| innkeeper
|pensionary (1889)
|  
|person who receives or lives on a pension
|-
|-
| gördelmakare, götlemakare
|grenadjär
| brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
|(military) grenadier, infantryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarmästare
|grosshandlare
| forge master
|merchant, wholesale merchant, dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hammarsmed
|gruvarbetare
| forger, hammerman
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnfogde
|gruvbrytare
| overseer of a port
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| hamnkapten
|gruvförvaltare
| harbor master
|mine owner, puser to a mining company
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsidkare
|gruvkarl
| trader, merchandiser
|see gruvarbetare
|  
|
|-
|-
| handelsman
|grönsakshandlare
| merchant, trader
|green grocer
|  
|also known as grönsaksmånglare
|-
|-
| handhavare
|gs.
| dispenser, administrator, distributor
|
|  
|abbreviation for gesäll
|-
|-
| handskmakare
|guldarbetare
| glove maker, glover
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| hantverkare
|guldsmed
| artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|goldsmith (1829)
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| hantverksgesäll
|gårdsbrukare
| journeyman artisian
|farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hattmakare
|gårdsdräng
| hatmaker
|see dräng
|  
|
|-
|-
| hejdriddare
|gårdsfogde
| ranger
|see befallningsman
| governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|
|-
|-
| hemmansegare
|gästgivare
| farm owner
|innkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| hemmansbrukare
|gördelmakare, götlemakare
| farmer
|brazier, girdler (1829, 1889)
| husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|
|-
|-
| hemmansägare
|hammarmästare
| farmer, homeowner
|forge master
| same as jordegare
|
|-
|-
| herrgårdstjenst
|hammarsmed
| service at a manor
|forger, hammerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjon
|hamnfogde
| person (1829, 1889)
|overseer of a port
| person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakare
|hamnkapten
| wheelwright, wheeler
|harbor master
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjulmakardräng
|handelsidkare
| wheelwrights servant or assistant
|trader, merchandiser
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphjon
|handelsman
| extra hand or helper
|merchant, trader
|  
|
|-
|-
| hjälphustru
|handhavare
| helping woman,  
|dispenser, administrator, distributor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbagare (1829)
|handskmakare
| the kings baker
|glove maker, glover
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovdam (1829)
|hantverkare
| lady of the court
|artisan, tradesman, craftsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovbetjent (1829)
|hantverksgesäll
| officer of the court
|journeyman artisian
|  
|
|-
|-
| hovjunkare (1829)
|hattmakare
| servant to the king
|hatmaker
| an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|
|-
|-
| hovkansler
|hejdriddare
| court chancellor
|ranger
|  
|governmental official of the forest and hunting system of greater Sweden
|-
|-
| hovman (1829)
|hembiträde
| courtier
|servant girl, maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| hudafdragare (1889)
|hemmansegare
| skinner, flayer
|farm owner
|  
|
|-
|-
| husbonde (1829)  
|hemmansbrukare
| master of a family or house
|farmer
|
|husbandman (1829) referring to head of household
|-
|-
| husdräng (1829)
|hemmansägare
| man servant in a house
|farmer, homeowner
|  
|same as jordegare
|-
|-
| husfader
|herrgårdstjenst
| head of household, father
|service at a manor
|  
|
|-
|-
| husflicka
|hjon
| girl servant in a house
|person (1829, 1889)
|
|person who belongs to a group for example: tjänstehjon (a servant), inhyseshjon (a tenant), fattighjon (a pauper)
|-
|-
| husfolk
|hjulmakare
| farmers, farm people
|wheelwright, wheeler
|  
|
|-
|-
| hushållare
|hjulmakardräng
| housekeeper
|wheelwrights servant or assistant
|  
|
|-
|-
| husjungfru (1829)
|hjälphjon
| see hushållerska
|extra hand or helper
|  
|
|-
|-
| husmamsell
|hjälphustru
| housekeeper
|helping woman,
|  
|
|-
|-
| husman
|hovbagare (1829)
| tenant farmer
|the kings baker
| see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|
|-
|-
| husmoder
|hovdam (1829)
| housewife, mistress of a family
|lady of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspiga
|hovbetjent (1829)
| housemaid
|officer of the court
|  
|
|-
|-
| huspredikant
|hovjunkare (1829)
| private chaplain, house preacher
|servant to the king
|  
|an officer who on court days sets the dishes on the kings table and carves the meat
|-
|-
| hustjänare
|hovkansler
| house servant, domestic
|court chancellor
|  
|
|-
|-
| hustru
|hovman (1829)
| wife, mistress of a family
|courtier
|  
|
|-
|-
| hyttarbetare
|hudafdragare (1889)
| smelter, works at a foundry
|skinner, flayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| hållkarl
|husbonde (1829)
| hostler
|master of a family or house
| one who takes care of horses or mules
|
|-
|-
| hårarbetare
|husdräng (1829)
| hair worker
|man servant in a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsbokhållare
|husfader
| see häradsskrivare
|head of household, father
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsdomare
|husflicka
| senior jurate
|girl servant in a house
| the oldest of the jury
|
|-
|-
| häradsfogde
|husfolk
| bailiff of a härad (district)
|farmers, farm people
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradshövding
|hushållare
| judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| häradsskrivare
|husjungfru (1829)
| clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|see hushållerska
|  
|
|-
|-
| hövitsman
|husmamsell
| captain
|housekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| infanterist
|husman
| foot soldier
|tenant farmer
|  
|see inhysseshjon, backstuguhjon (1829), see torpare (1889)
|-
|-
| inhyses
|husmoder
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|housewife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| inhyseshjon
|huspiga
| to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|housemaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| inspektor
|huspredikant
| inspector
|private chaplain, house preacher
| inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|
|-
|-
| inspektör
|hustjänare
| inspector
|house servant, domestic
| superior, superintendent
|
|-
|-
| ishandlare
|hustru
| ice man, dealer of ice
|wife, mistress of a family
|  
|
|-
|-
| jagare
|hyttarbetare
| hunter, chaser, pursuer
|smelter, works at a foundry
|  
|
|-
|-
| jodgumma (1829)
|hållkarl
| midwife
|hostler
| see barnmorska
|one who takes care of horses or mules
|-
|-
| jordbrukare
|hårarbetare
| husbandman (1829)
|hair worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordegare
|häradsbokhållare
| landowner, landholder, landlord
|see häradsskrivare
|  
|
|-
|-
| jordegumma
|häradsdomare
| midwife (1889)
|senior jurate
|  
|the oldest of the jury
|-
|-
| jungfru
|häradsfogde
| maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|bailiff of a härad (district)
|  
|
|-
|-
| junker
|häradshövding
| young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|judge of a härad (distirct), circuit judge
|  
|
|-
|-
| jurist
|häradsskrivare
| lawyer
|clerk to assize, deputy clerk
|  
|compiled various tax records for their taxation district (fögderi)
|-
|-
| justitieborgmästare
|hövitsman
| recorder
|captain
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitieminister
|infanterist
| minster of justice
|foot soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| justitiestatsminister
|inhyses
| lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| juvelerare
|inhyseshjon
| jeweller
|to live gratis (costless, free) at another persons house, lodger
|  
|
|-
|-
| jägare
|inspektor
| hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|inspector
|
|inspector of a school, or steward. comparable to befallningsman, rättare
|-
|-
| jägeribetjent
|inspektör
| gamekeeper
|inspector
|  
|superior, superintendent
|-
|-
| jägmästare
|ishandlare
| master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|ice man, dealer of ice
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnhandlare
|jagare
| dealer of iron
|hunter, chaser, pursuer
|  
|
|-
|-
| järnvägsarbetare
|jodgumma (1829)
| worker on a railway
|midwife
|  
|see barnmorska
|-
|-
| järnvägsbetjening
|jordbrukare
| service on a railway line
|husbandman (1829)
|  
|cultivator, farmer (1889)
|-
|-
| kakelungsmakare
|jordegare
| tile manufacturer, tile maker
|landowner, landholder, landlord
| used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|
|-
|-
| kammarfru
|jordegumma
| bedchamber woman
|midwife (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjunkare
|jungfru
| gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|maiden, virgin, miss, damsel
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjungfru
|junker
| see kammarpiga
|young nobleman, squire, lord, master, gentleman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarjägare
|jurist
| rat hunter
|lawyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarpiga
|justitieborgmästare
| lady's maid
|recorder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kammarskrivare
|justitieminister
| clerk in a government office
|minster of justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| kamrerare
|justitiestatsminister
| accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|lord high chancellor, lord chief justice
|  
|
|-
|-
| kanongjutare
|juvelerare
| cannon founder
|jeweller
| founder who makes cannons
|
|-
|-
| kapellmästare
|jägare
| chapel master
|hunter, huntsman, woodman, ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapellpredikant
|jägeribetjent
| preacher at a chapel
|gamekeeper
| see kaplan
|
|-
|-
| kaplan, kapellan
|jägmästare
| chaplain, out vicar, curate
|master of the forest, forester (government appointment)
|  
|
|-
|-
| kapten
|järnhandlare
| (military) captain
|dealer of iron
| for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|
|-
|-
| karduansmakare
|järnvägsarbetare
| cordwainer, leather dresser
|worker on a railway
| worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|
|-
|-
| kavallerist
|järnvägsbetjening
| (military) cavalryman
|service on a railway line
|  
|
|-
|-
| kedjemakare
|kakelungsmakare
| chain maker  
|tile manufacturer, tile maker
|  
|used to make tile stoves, or a tile fireplace
|-
|-
| kistmakare
|kammarfru
| box maker
|bedchamber woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelbotare, kittelflickare
|kammarjunkare
| tinker
|gentleman of the king's bedchamber
|  
|
|-
|-
| kittelslagare
|kammarjungfru
| kettle maker
|see kammarpiga
|  
|
|-
|-
| klampare
|kammarjägare
| a foreman at a lumberyard
|rat hunter
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klampare|Klampare]]
|
|-
|-
| klensmed
|kammarpiga
| locksmith, toolmaker
|lady's maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| klockare, klr.
|kammarskrivare
| parish clerk  
|clerk in a government office
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Klockare|Klockare]]
|
|-
|-
| klockgjutare
|kamrerare
| bell founder
|accountant, clerk in charge of accounts
|  
|
|-
|-
| klr.
|kanongjutare
|  
|cannon founder
| abbreviation for klockare
|founder who makes cannons
|-
|-
| kn.
|kapellmästare
|  
|chapel master
| abbreviation for knekt
|
|-
|-
| klädesfärgare
|kapellpredikant
| cloth dyer
|preacher at a chapel
|  
|see kaplan
|-
|-
| klädeshandlare
|kaplan, kapellan
| cloth merchant
|chaplain, out vicar, curate
|  
|
|-
|-
| klädesvävare
|kapten
| cloth weaver
|(military) captain
|  
|for example infaterikapten is a captain of infantry soldiers
|-
|-
| klädsömmerska
|karduansmakare
| dressmaker
|cordwainer, leather dresser
|  
|worker in cordovan leather, leather from Córdoba, Spain
|-
|-
| knalle
|kavallerist
| pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| knappmakare
|kedjemakare
| button maker  
|chain maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knekt
|kistmakare
| (military) soldier, man at arms
|box maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifvässare
|kittelbotare, kittelflickare
| knife sharpener, cutler
|tinker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knifsmed
|kittelslagare
| cutler
|kettle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knipare
|klampare
| nipper
|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.
|-
|-
| knypplare
|klensmed
| male lace maker
|locksmith, toolmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| knypplerska
|klockare, klr.
| female lace maker
|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.
|-
|-
| koarrendator
|klockgjutare
| see mjölkarrendator
|bell founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| kofferdi
|klr.
| merchant marine
|
|  
|abbreviation for klockare
|-
|-
| kofferdimatros
|kn.
| merchant seaman
|
|  
|abbreviation for knekt
|-
|-
| koffertsnickare
|klädesfärgare
| trunk maker
|cloth dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| kokerska
|klädeshandlare
| female cook, cook maid
|cloth merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kogubbe
|klädesvävare
| cow feeder, cow keeper
|cloth weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolarbetare
|klädsömmerska
| collier
|dressmaker
| one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|
|-
|-
| kolare
|knalle
| coal man, charcoal burner
|pedlar, chapman, cheap jack
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolbonde
|knappmakare
| coal carter
|button maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kolhandlare
|knekt
| coal merchant
|(military) soldier, man at arms
|  
|
|-
|-
| komminister
|knifvässare
| perpetual curate
|knife sharpener, cutler
| a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|
|-
|-
| kommissarie
|knifsmed
| commissioner
|cutler
| could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|
|-
|-
| konduktor
|knipare
| conductor, guard with the railways
|nipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| konduktör
|knypplare
| sergeant
|male lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| konstapel
|knypplerska
| (police) constable
|female lace maker
| in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|
|-
|-
| konstnär
|koarrendator
| artist
|see mjölkarrendator
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontorskrivare
|kofferdi
| clerk
|merchant marine
|  
|
|-
|-
| kontraktsprost
|kofferdikapten
| rural dean
|captain of a merchant ship
|  
|
|-
|-
| kopparslagare
|kofferdimatros
| coppersmith
|merchant seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| koppartryckare
|koffertsnickare
| copper plate printer
|trunk maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgarbetare
|kokerska
| basket worker, wicker
|female cook, cook maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| korgflätare
|kogubbe
| basket maker
|cow feeder, cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| korherre
|kolarbetare
| canon
|collier
| a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|one that produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| korpral
|kolare
| (military) corporal
|coal man, charcoal burner
|  
|
|-
|-
| kovaktare
|kolbonde
| cow keeper
|coal carter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kreaturshandlare
|kolhandlare
| see boskapshandlare
|coal merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
|komminister
|  
|perpetual curate
| abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|a clergyman in charge of a parish, or a clergyman serving as assistant in a parish
|-
|-
| krigsman
|kommissarie
| soldier
|commissioner
|  
|could have various meanings such as: police superintendent, sheriffs bailiff, military commissary
|-
|-
| kronoarrendator
|konduktor
| crown tenant, crown peasant
|conductor, guard with the railways
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobefallningsman
|konduktör
| see länsman
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronobetjäning
|konstapel
| police  
|(police) constable
|  
|in the military it can mean corporal, bombardier, gunner, steward
|-
|-
| kronobonde
|konstnär
| crown peasant
|artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronofogde
|kontorskrivare
| high bailiff and collector of taxes
|clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronojägare
|kontraktsprost
| ranger
|rural dean
|  
|
|-
|-
| kronolänsman, krlmn.
|kopparslagare
| see länsman
|coppersmith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| kronouppbördsman
|koppartryckare
| commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|copper plate printer
|  
|
|-
|-
| krukmakare
|korgarbetare
| potter
|basket worker, wicker
|  
|
|-
|-
| kryddkrämare
|korgflätare
| grocer, storekeeper
|basket maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| krögare
|korherre
| keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|canon
|  
|a clergyman receiving a sum of money for officiating and serving in the church
|-
|-
| kurir
|korpral
| courier
|(military) corporal
|  
|
|-
|-
| kusk, kutsk
|kovaktare
| coachman
|cow keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnarrendator
|kreaturshandlare
| renter of a mill
|see boskapshandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnbyggare
|krf., krfi., krfierd, krfj.
| mill wright
|
|  
|abbreviation kronofjärdingsman
|-
|-
| kvarndräng
|krigsman
| mill hand
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarnegare
|kronoarrendator
| mill owner
|crown tenant, crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kvarntullsinspektor
|kronobefallningsman
| mill toll inspector
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kypare
|kronobetjäning
| wine cooper, cooper
|police
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkobetjänare
|kronobonde
| churchman, clergyman
|crown peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkoföreståndare
|kronofogde
| churchwarden
|high bailiff and collector of taxes
|  
|See [[Swedish Occupation: Kronofogden|Kronofogden]]
|-
|-
| kyrkoherde
|kronojägare
| rector, parson, parish minister
|ranger
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkovaktare
|kronolänsman, krlmn.
| church guard, sexton
|see länsman
|  
|
|-
|-
| kyrkvärd
|kronouppbördsman
| churchwarden
|commissioner of the inland revenue, tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| käpphandlare
|krukmakare
| cane seller, caneman
|potter
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökbetjäning
|kryddkrämare
| kitchen staff
|grocer, storekeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| kökspiga
|krögare
| kitchen maid
|keeper of a public house, tavern keeper, ale draper
|  
|
|-
|-
| köpman
|kurir
| merchant
|courier
|  
|
|-
|-
| körsnär
|kusk, kutsk
| fur merchant, furrier
|coachman
| see buntmakare
|
|-
|-
| kötthandlare
|kustuppsyningsman
| meat salesman, butcher
|an under officer with the coast guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| köttmånglare
|kvarnarrendator
| see kötthandlare
|renter of a mill
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdsidkare
|kvarnbyggare
| dairyman
|mill wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| ladugårdspiga
|kvarndräng
| dairymaid
|mill hand
|  
|
|-
|-
| laggare
|kvarnegare
| hooper
|mill owner
| a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|
|-
|-
| lagkarl
|kvarntullsinspektor
| lawyer
|mill toll inspector
|  
|
|-
|-
| landbo
|kypare
| person living in the country
|wine cooper, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| landshövding
|kyrkobetjänare
| lord lieutenant
|churchman, clergyman
| see befallningshavande
|
|-
|-
| landsknekt
|kyrkoföreståndare
| (military) landsquenet
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| landskontorist
|kyrkoherde
| clerk in receivers office
|rector, parson, parish minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsman
|kyrkovaktare
| fellow countryman, compatriot
|church guard, sexton
|  
|
|-
|-
| landstrykare
|kyrkvärd
| vagrant, tramp
|churchwarden
|  
|
|-
|-
| landsvägsriddare
|käpphandlare
| knight of the road
|cane seller, caneman
| can also mean tramp, marauder
|
|-
|-
| landtbo
|kökbetjäning
| countryman, person from the country
|kitchen staff
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbrukare
|kökspiga
| farmer, gentleman farmer
|kitchen maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksbokhållare
|köpman
| under steward
|merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| landtbruksinspektor
|körsnär
| land steward
|fur merchant, furrier
|  
|see buntmakare
|-
|-
| landtflicka
|kötthandlare
| country girl
|meat salesman, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthandlare
|köttmånglare
| country shopkeeper
|see kötthandlare
|  
|
|-
|-
| landthushållare
|lackerare
| husbandman
|one who applies lacquer
| see also jordbrukare
|
|-
|-
| landtjunkare
|ladugårdsidkare
| country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|dairyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappare
|ladugårdspiga
| patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| lappbonde
|laggare
| Lapp peasant
|hooper
|  
|a binder, who fastens or binds as with a hoop
|-
|-
| lappskarvare
|lagkarl
| botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|lawyer
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| lappskräddare
|landbo
| patch tailor, botcher
|tenant farmer
|  
|with weaker right than an "åbo" tenant farmer
|-
|-
| lastningsbokhållare
|landshövding
| shipping clerk
|lord lieutenant
|  
|see befallningshavande
|-
|-
| legoknekt
|landsknekt
| (military) mercenary
|(military) landsquenet
|  
|
|-
|-
| likörare
|landskontorist
| hearse driver
|clerk in receivers office
|  
|
|-
|-
| liktarskeppare
|landsman
| lighterman, bargeman
|fellow countryman, compatriot
|  
|
|-
|-
| limkokare
|landstrykare
| glue boiler
|vagrant, tramp
|  
|
|-
|-
| linberedare
|landsvägsriddare
| flax dresser
|knight of the road
|  
|can also mean tramp, marauder
|-
|-
| linhandlare
|landtbo
| dealer in flax, flaxman
|countryman, person from the country
|  
|
|-
|-
| linhäcklare
|landtbrukare
| flax dresser
|farmer, gentleman farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdrabant
|landtbruksbokhållare
| (military) yeoman of the guard
|under steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| livdragon
|landtbruksinspektor
| (military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|land steward
|  
|
|-
|-
| livgrenadjär
|landtflicka
| (military) soldier belonging tot he grenadiers
|country girl
|  
|
|-
|-
| livhussar
|landthandlare
| (military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|country shopkeeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| ljusfabrikör
|landthushållare
| candlemaker
|husbandman
|  
|see also jordbrukare
|-
|-
| logarvare
|landtjunkare
| tanner
|country squire, country buck, fox hunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| lokomotivförare
|lantmätare
| locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|a surveyor employed by the National Surveying Office (Lantmäteriet.)
|  
|
|-
|-
| lots
|lappare
| sea pilot
|patcher, botcher, clouter, cobbler
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumphandlare
|lappbonde
| rag dealer
|Lapp peasant
|  
|
|-
|-
| lumpsamlare
|lappskarvare
| ragman, rag picker, bunter
|botcher, cobbler, arch botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| lånförmedlare
|lappskräddare
| negotiator of loans, broker
|patch tailor, botcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| läkare
|lastningsbokhållare
| doctor
|shipping clerk
| healer, curer, physician
|
|-
|-
| länsbokhållare
|legoknekt
| sheriff clerk
|(military) mercenary
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsinnehavare
|likörare
| tenant of a feud
|hearse driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsman
|liktarskeppare
| sheriff
|lighterman, bargeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| länsåklagare
|limkokare
| county prosecutor
|glue boiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärare
|linberedare
| teacher
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| lärling
|linhandlare
| apprentice
|dealer in flax, flaxman
|  
|
|-
|-
| löjtnant
|linhäcklare
| lieutenant
|flax dresser
|  
|
|-
|-
| lösdrivare
|linvävare
| vagrant
|linen weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| madam
|livdrabant
| title of a married woman in the working class (1889), Mrs.
|(military) yeoman of the guard
|  
|
|-
|-
| madrassmakare
|livdragon
| mattressmaker
|(military) trooper belonging to the dragoons
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinbokhållare
|livgrenadjär
| warehouse clerk
| (military) soldier belonging tot the grenadiers
|  
|
|-
|-
| magasinsförvaltare
|livhussar
| store keeper, warehouse clerk
|(military) trooper belonging to the hussars
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratsperson
|ljusfabrikör
| municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|candlemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| magistratssekreterare
|logarvare
| town clerk
|tanner
|  
|
|-
|-
| major
|lokomotivförare
| (military) army major
|locomotive driver, locomotive engineer
|  
|
|-
|-
| majorska
|lots
| wife of a major
|sea pilot
|  
|
|-
|-
| malmbrytare
|lumphandlare
| mine digger, miner
|rag dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| malthandlare
|lumpsamlare
| dealer in malt, maltman
|ragman, rag picker, bunter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mamsell
|lånförmedlare
| miss
|negotiator of loans, broker
| comparable to fröken
|
|-
|-
| mantalskommissarie
|läkare
| tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|doctor
|  
|healer, curer, physician
|-
|-
| manufakturhandlare
|länsbokhållare
| haberdasher
|sheriff clerk
| dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|
|-
|-
| marketentare
|länsinnehavare
| sutler
|tenant of a feud
| a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|
|-
|-
| marketenterska
|länsman
| canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| marmorarbetare
|länsåklagare
| marble cutter
|county prosecutor
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinarbetare
|lärare
| mechanic, machinist
|teacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| maskinist
|lärling
| machinist
|apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| masmästare
|löjtnant
| smelting master
|lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| materialförvaltare
|lösdrivare
| store keeper
|vagrant
|  
|
|-
|-
| matlagerska
|madam
| female cook
|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.)
|-
|-
| matmoder
|madrassmakare
| housewife, mistress of a house
|mattressmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| matros
|magasinbokhållare
| sailor, seaman
|warehouse clerk
| foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|
|-
|-
| mattbindare
|magasinsförvaltare
| mat maker, straw platter
|store keeper, warehouse clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| matvaruhandlare
|magistratsperson
| provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|municipal officer, magistrate, alderman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mejerska
|magistratssekreterare
| dairy maid
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingsslagare
|major
| brass smith, brazier
|(military) army major
|  
|
|-
|-
| messingssmed
|majorska
| brass smith
|wife of a major
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallarbetare
|malmbrytare
| metal worker
|mine digger, miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| metallgjutare
|malthandlare
| brass founder, brazier
|dealer in malt, maltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mildsoldat
|mamsell
| militiaman
|miss
|  
|comparable to fröken
|-
|-
| mineralgrävare
|mantalskommissarie
| miner
|tax collector (for the mantals tax)
|  
|
|-
|-
| minister
|manufakturhandlare
| government minister
|haberdasher
|  
|dealer in mens clothing and accessories
|-
|-
| minuthandlare
|marketentare
| retailer
|sutler
|  
|a civilian provisioner to an army post often with a shop on the post
|-
|-
| minör
|marketenterska
| miner (1889)
|canteen woman, sutler wench (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölhandlare
|marmorarbetare
| flour merchant
|marble cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkarrendator
|maskinarbetare
| tenant dairy farmer
|mechanic, machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljare
|maskinist
| milkman
|machinist
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkförsäljerska
|masmästare
| milkwoman
|smelting master
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkhustru
|materialförvaltare
| milkwoman
|store keeper
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölkpiga
|matlagerska
| milkmaid, dairymaid
|female cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjöldräng
|matmoder
| miller's man
|housewife, mistress of a house
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnare
|matros
| miller
|sailor, seaman
|  
|foremast man, tarry sailor, able seaman (1889)
|-
|-
| mjölnarhustru
|mattbindare
| millers wife
|mat maker, straw platter
|  
|
|-
|-
| mjölnerska
|matvaruhandlare
| miller woman
|provision merchant, deatler in provisions
|  
|
|-
|-
| modehandlare
|mejerska
| dealer in fancy goods
|dairy maid
|  
|
|-
|-
| mottagare
|messingsslagare
|  
|brass smith, brazier
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| murare
|messingssmed
| mason
|brass smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| måkare
|metallarbetare
|  
|metal worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| målakarl
|metallgjutare
|  
|brass founder, brazier
|  
|
|-
|-
| målningsman
|mildsoldat
|  
|militiaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mångare
|mineralgrävare
|  
|miner
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästare
|minister
| master
|government minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästerman
|minuthandlare
|  
|retailer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästermansbetjänt
|minör
|  
|miner (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästerska
|mjölhandlare
|  
|flour merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| mästersven
|mjölkarrendator
|  
|tenant dairy farmer
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterherre
|mjölkförsäljare
|  
|milkman
|  
|
|-
|-
| mönsterskrivare
|mjölkförsäljerska
| (military)
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattman
|mjölkhustru
|  
|milkwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nattväktare
|mjölkpiga
|  
|milkmaid, dairymaid
|  
|
|-
|-
| navarsmed
|mjöldräng
|  
|miller's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| nybyggare
|mjölnare
| settler
|miller
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålhandlare
|mjölnarhustru
|  
|millers wife
|  
|
|-
|-
| nålslipare
|mjölnerska
|  
|miller woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| nämdeman , nm., nman
|modehandlare
| kind of juryman
|dealer in fancy goods
|  
|
|-
|-
| nötakarl
|modesömmerska
|  
|milliner (1889)
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| oftamolog
|modist
|  
|milliner
|  
|a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women's hats
|-
|-
| okulist
|murare
|  
|mason
|  
|bricklayer, stone mason
|-
|-
| ombudsråd
|muraregesäll
|  
|journeyman mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| omfärdsman
|murarelärling
|  
|masons apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| organist
|murarmästare
|  
|master mason
|  
|
|-
|-
| oppsnappare
|mureriarbetare
|  
|bricklayer
|  
|
|-
|-
| orgeltrampare
|murerihandtlangare
|  
|hodman
|  
|a bricklayer's or mason's laborer who carries bricks, mortar, cement and the like in a hod
|-
|-
| ostiarius
|musketerare
| (latin)
|musketeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhusinspektor
|målare
|  
|painter, artist
|  
|
|-
|-
| packhuskarl
|målargesäll
|  
|journeyman painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| pallbrytare
|målarmästare
|  
|master painter
|  
|
|-
|-
| paltekvinna
|månads karl
|  
|a male worker with a 1 month contract
|  
|
|-
|-
| panttorpare
|månglerska
|  
|market woman
|  
|could be a variety of goods like, vegetables, fruits, or fish
|-
|-
| pastor
|månglare
| parish minister
|retailer, dealer of goods like vegetable, fruit, or fish
| also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|
|-
|-
| pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|mältare
| (latin) parish priest
|maltman, maltster
|  
|
|-
|-
| pastorsadjunkt
|mästare
|  
|master
|  
|
|-
|-
| paysagist
|mästergesäll
|  
|master journeyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| paysagist
|möbelhandlare
|  
|dealer in furniture
|  
|
|-
|-
| peppardräng
|möbelmakare
|  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pestgubbe
|möbelsnickare
|  
|cabinet maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| p. et. P.
|mölnare (1829)
| (latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|see mjölnare
| parish priest
|
|-
|-
| pickare
|mönsterherre
|  
|(military) muster master
|  
|
|-
|-
| piga
|mönsterskrivare
| maid, maiden, servant girl
|(military) muster clerk
|  
|keeping record of the military muster rolls
|-
|-
| pipare
|mössmakare
|  
|cap maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| pipplockare
|nattman
|  
|night man
|  
|
|-
|-
| piprensare
|nattvaktare
|  
|night watchman
|  
|
|-
|-
| plikthuggare
|nipperhandlare
|  
|milliner, toyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| pockläkare
|nipphandlerska
|  
|dealer in fancy articles (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| polsterer
|nybyggare
|  
|settler
|  
|or colonizer
|-
|-
| portenär
|nålmakare
|  
|needle maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| postförare
|nämdeman , nm., nman
|  
|juror
|  
| kind of juryman/lay judge
|-
|-
| postkommissarie
|näringsidkare
|  
|tradesman
|  
|
|-
|-
| postmästare
|nätbindare
|  
|net maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| preceptor
|officer
|  
|officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| predikant
|okulist
|  
|oculist
|  
|could be for glasses, or eye doctor
|-
|-
| principal
|ombudsman
|  
|attorney, proctor
|  
|
|-
|-
|  
|opperstyrman
| procurator
|captain's mate
|  
|
|-
|-
| profoss
|organist
| flogmaster (military)
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| prost
|orgelbyggare
| dean
|organ builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| provinsialläkare
|orgelnist
|  
|organist
|  
|
|-
|-
| präst
|orgelspelare
| minister
|organ player
|  
|
|-
|-
| puke
|orgeltrampare
|  
|organ blower
|  
|
|-
|-
| pulsator campanae
|osthandlare
| (latin)
|cheese dealer, cheesemongers shop
|  
|
|-
|-
| pulsator organi
|ostronhandlare
| (latin)
|oysterman, dealer of oysters
|  
|
|-
|-
| pungmakare
|oxhandlare
|  
|cattle dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| puppmakare
|oxslagtare
|  
|beef butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| pälsare, pälsmakare
|packhusinspektor
|  
|pack officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| rackare
|packhuskarl
|  
|packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| rammakare
|pansarsmed
|  
|armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ramsnickare
|pantaregare
|  
|owner of a pawn
|  
|
|-
|-
| raskpassare
|pantgivare
|  
|mortgager
|  
|
|-
|-
| rectrix
|papparbetare
| (latin)
|paste board worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| redsven
|pappersfabrikör
|  
|paper maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| reesig
|pappershandlare
| (military)
|stationer, paper man, paper merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| regementsknekt
|pappersskärare
| (military)
|paper cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| reglerare
|pappmakare
|  
|cardboard
|  
|
|-
|-
| resandefolk
|parfymfabrikant
|  
|perfume manufacturer, perfume maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| resehandlare
|parfymhandlare
|  
|perfumer, perfume dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| reuter
|parmmätare
|  
|hay measurer
|  
|
|-
|-
| riddare
|pastor
|  
|parish minister, pastor
|  
|also known as kyrkoherde and prost
|-
|-
| ridfogde
|pastor et prepositus, p. et. p.
|  
|(latin) parish priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| rostvändare
|pastorsadjunkt
|  
|stipendiary curate
|  
|clergyman receiving pay
|-
|-
| roteman
|pelshandlare
|  
|furrier
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotemästare
|pennberedare
|  
|pen dispenser
|  
|
|-
|-
| roteringsbåtsman
|pensionsföreståndare
|  
|master of a boarding school
|  
|
|-
|-
| rotesoldat
|perukmakare
| (military) soldier for a district in a parish
|wig maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| rullerska
|p. et. P.
|  
|(latin) abbreviation: pastor et prepositus
|  
|parish priest
|-
|-
| rusthållare
|piga
|  
|maid, maiden, servant girl, female farmhand
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| ryttare
|pipare
| (military) cavalryman
|piper
|  
|
|-
|-
| ryttmästare
|pipsmed
|  
|see bössmed
|  
|
|-
|-
| räckare
|piskmakare
|  
|whip makeer
|  
|
|-
|-
| rådman
|plogsmed
| councilman
|plough wright
|  
|
|-
|-
| rättare
|plymmakare
| farm foreman
|feather maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sacellanus
|plåtslagare
| (latin)
|black smith, worker in sheet iron
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| sacerdos
|porterbryggare
| (latin)
|brewer of dark ale
|  
|
|-
|-
| Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
|possessionat
| (latin)
|Owner of a manor, usually not of a nobility background
|  
|
|-
|-
| sadelmakare
|postförare
|  
|mail driver
|  
|
|-
|-
| saltmätare
|postmästare
|  
|postmaster
|  
|
|-
|-
| sartor
|predikant
|  
|preacher, sermoner, sermonizer
|  
|
|-
|-
| satinatär
|prest
|  
|priest, parson, minister, clergyman (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| saxmakare
|principal
|  
|employer, master
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelmakare
|profoss
|  
|flogmaster (military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| segelsömmare
|prost
|  
|dean, sub dean (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sejlare
|provinsialläkare
|  
|district physician, country doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| sergeant
|präst
|  
|minister
|  
|
|-
|-
| sexman, siäxman
|pungmakare
|  
|pouch maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sillbärare
|rackare
|  
|deputy executioner, flayer, dog and cat killer
|  
|in other contexts it can mean rascal, villain
|-
|-
| sexman
|reesig
| parish caretaker
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjättedomare
|regementsknekt
|  
|(military)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sjöman
|repslagare
| sailor, seaman
|rope maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skallman
|resandefolk
|  
|itinerant, or migratory people
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarprättare
|resepredikant
| executioner, hangman
|itinerant preacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| skarpskytt
|riddare
| (military) sharpshooter
|knight
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattearrendator
|ridlärare
|  
|riding master
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebergsman
|roddare
|  
|rower, boatsman, oar's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattebonde
|rorgängare
|  
|helmsman, steersman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skattelapp
|roteman
|  
|assistant overseer
|  
|in cities it can mean alderman of a city ward
|-
|-
| skattningsman
|rotemästare
|  
|see rotmästare
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppare
|rotesoldat
| skipper
|(military) soldier for a district in a parish
|  
|
|-
|-
| skeppsgosse
|rotmästare
|  
|(military) leader
|  
|it can also mean chief equipper of a soldier
|-
|-
| skiftare
|ruggare
|  
|worker in textile manufacturing
|  
|
|-
|-
| skoflickare
|rusthållare
|  
|farm owner providing a cavalry soldier and horse and equipment to the army
|  
|a voluntary agreement, in exchange for tax breaks, and not having to provide for a "rote" soldier
|-
|-
| skogman
|ryttare
|  
|(military) cavalryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skogskommissarie
|ryttmästare
|  
|captain of a cavalry
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| skogstorpare
|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.
|-
|-
| skogvaktare
|rådman
| forester
|councilman
|  
|<br>
|-
|-
| skollärare
|rättare
| schoolteacher
|overseer (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| skomakare
|Sacri Ministerii adjunctus, S.M. adj., S.M.A.
| shoemaker
|(latin) assistant priest
|  
|
|-
|-
| skottman
|Sacri Ministerii Candidat
|  
|(latin) priest in training
|  
|
|-
|-
| skråfader
|sadelmakare
|  
|saddle maker, leather worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| skräddare, skrädkarl
|salthandlare
| tailor
|dealer of salt, saltman
|  
|
|-
|-
| skrädtigare
|saltmätare
|  
|person who measures salt
|  
|
|-
|-
| skuvare
|saltpetersjudare/salpetersjudare
|  
|a boiler or producer of saltpeter
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Saltpetersjudare|Saltpetersjudare]]
|-
|-
| skärsant
|satinvävare
|  
|satin weaver
|  
|
|-
|-
| skörare
|saxmakare
|  
|maker of scissors, shears, snuffers
|  
|
|-
|-
| skörvakt
|segelmakare
|  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sköttare
|segelsömmare
|  
|sail maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| slaktare
|sejlare
| meat cutter, butcher
|cord maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| slubbare, slubberska
|sergeant
|  
|sergeant
|  
|
|-
|-
| S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.  
|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.
|-
|-
| S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
|silkhandlare
|  
|silk merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| smed
|sillpackare
| blacksmith
|herring packer
|  
|
|-
|-
| smeddräng
|sjöman
|  
|sailor, seaman
|  
|
|-
|-
| smedsven
|skarprättare
|  
|executioner, hangman
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältare
|skarpskytt
|  
|(military) sharpshooter
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältardräng
|skattebonde
|  
|
|  
|
|-
|-
| smältarmästare
|skatteindrivare
|  
|tax collector
|  
|
|-
|-
| snickare
|skeppare
| carpenter
|skipper
|  
|
|-
|-
| snörmakare
|skeppsbyggmästare
|  
|master ship builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenrättare
|skeppsgosse
|  
|ship boy
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskomakare
|skoarbetare
|  
|shoe maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenskrivare
|skogshuggare
|  
|wood cutter, lumberer
|  
|
|-
|-
| sockenstugubetjänt
|skogvaktare
|  
|forester
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknare
|skollärare
|  
|schoolteacher
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknebödare
|skomakare
|  
|shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| socknelapp
|skomakaregesäll
|  
|journeyman shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| soldat
|skomakaremästare
| soldier
|master shoemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| speckhök
|skråmästare
|  
|master of a guild
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetsmakare
|skräddare, skrädkarl
|  
|tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| spetssmed
|skräddaregesäll
|  
|journeyman tailor
|  
|
|-
|-
| spikdräng
|skräddarelärling
|  
|tailor's apprentice
|  
|
|-
|-
| spiksmed
|skulptör
|  
|sculptor
|  
|
|-
|-
| spinnare
|skutskeppare
| spinner
|master of a billy boy, hoyman
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsbetjänt
|skådespelare
|  
|stage player, actor
|  
|
|-
|-
| stadsläkare
|skärslippare
|  
|tool, or scissor grinder (sharpener)
|  
|
|-
|-
| stallare
|skördeman
|  
|harvestman, harvester, reaper
|  
|
|-
|-
| stampare
|sköterska
|  
|nurse
|  
|
|-
|-
| statare, statdräng
|slaktardräng
| farm laborer
|butcher's man
|  
|
|-
|-
| statman
|slaktare
|  
|meat cutter, butcher
|  
|
|-
|-
| statsfru
|S.M. Adj., S.M., S.M.A.
|  
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministerii adjunctus
|-
|-
| stattorpare
|S.M.C., S.M. Cand.
| farm laborer, usually married
|
|  
|see Sacri Ministeri Candidat
|-
|-
| stavhuggare
|smed
|  
|smith, blacksmith, forger, hammerer
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| stekare
|smedsgesäll
|  
|journeyman smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| stenbrytare
|smedsmästare
|  
|master smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: [[Smedskivan]]
|-
|-
| stenhuggare
|småkrämare
| stonecutter
|dealer in small wares
|  
|
|-
|-
| strandsittare
|smältare
|  
|smelter, melter, fuser
|  
|
|-
|-
| stupagreve
|smältarsmed
|  
|shingler
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckgjutare
|smörhandlare
|  
|butterman, butter merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| styckjunkare
|snickare
| (military)
|joiner, cabinetmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| styreman
|snickarmästare
|  
|master jointer
|  
|
|-
|-
| styrman
|snörmakare
| (military)
|fringemaker, loopmaker, lacemaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| surveillant
|sockenpräst
|  
|parish priest, parson (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sutor
|sockenskrivare
| (latin) shoemaker
|parish clerk, vestry clerk
| see skomakare
|
|-
|-
| svärdfejare
|sockerbagare
|  
|confectioner, pastry cook
|  
|
|-
|-
| sysslepåg
|sockerbruksarbetare
|  
|sugar refiner (workman)
|  
|
|-
|-
| sågställare
|soldat
| saw setter
|soldier
|  
|
|-
|-
| säckguldsmed
|speditör
|  
|forwarding shipping agent
|  
|agent who receives goods for a firm, who sends the goods to another for a fee
|-
|-
| säjarekarl, säjarmakare
|spetshandlare
|  
|dealer in lace, lace merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| sängvaktare
|spetsknypplerska
|  
|female lace maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| sättare
|spiksmed
|  
|nailer, person who makes nails
|  
|
|-
|-
| sökare
|spinnare
|  
|spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| taffelsmed
|spinnerska
|  
|female spinner, spinstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| tapetmakare
|spinnhushjon
|  
|inmate of a house of correction
|  
|it was common to send women who broke the law to a spinnhus to serve their time
|-
|-
| tappare
|stadsfogde
|  
|town bailiff
|  
|
|-
|-
| tavernare
|stadskamrer
|  
|town clerk
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringsassistent
|stadsläkare
|  
|physician to the town, town doctor
|  
|
|-
|-
| taxeringskommissarie
|statare, statsdräng
|  
|see statkarl
|  
|
|-
|-
| tegelbrännare
|statkarl
| brickmaker, tiler
|farm hand
|  
|farm worker receiving wages partly in provisions (1889)
|-
|-
| tegelslagare
|statman
| brickmoulder, tiler
|statesman
| see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|
|-
|-
| tegeltäckare
|statsfru
| tiler
|lady of state
|  
|
|-
|-
| tiggare
|stenarbetare
| beggar
|stone worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tillsierska
|stenbrytare
|  
|quarrier, quarryman
|  
|
|-
|-
| timmerman
|stenhuggare
| carpenter, builder
|stonecutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| tinghörer
|stenkolsarbetare
|  
|collier
|  
|one who produces charcoal, or coal miner
|-
|-
| tingsskrivare
|stickerska
|  
|knitter, woman who knits
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjuv
|strykerska
| thief
|laundress, ironing woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänare
|strängmakare
| servant
|string maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tjänstehjon
|studerande
|  
|student
|  
|
|-
|-
| tobaksspinnare
|styckgjutare
|  
|gun founder
|  
|
|-
|-
| tolvman
|styckjunkare
|  
|(military) artillery staff sergeant
|  
|see fanjunkare
|-
|-
| tornväktare
|styresman
|  
|governor, head, chief leader, manager, director
|  
|
|-
|-
| torpare
|styrman
| crofter, cottager
|(military) steersman
|  
|helmsman, steerer, navigator, pilot
|-
|-
| tredjen, tredjer
|stålarbetare
|  
|steel worker
|  
|
|-
|-
| tremänningssoldat
|stålsmed
| (military)
|steel smith
|  
|
|-
|-
| trumslagare
|stålmångelska
| drummer
|stall woman
|  
|
|-
|-
| tråggesäll
|sutor
|  
|(latin) shoemaker
|  
|see skomakare
|-
|-
| trädgårdsmästare
|svamphandlare
| gardener
|dealer in sponges, sponge merchant (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| tröjekäring
|svarvare
|  
|turner (1829, as in Lathe turning )
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnbindare
|svärdfejare
| barrelmaker
|sword cutler, blade smith, armourer
|  
|
|-
|-
| tunnjunkare
|symamsell
|  
|seamstress
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsgesäll
|sågställare
|  
|saw setter
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnsmockare
|sämskmakare
|  
|see garvare
|  
|
|-
|-
| ullmelerare
|sättare
|  
|type setter, or (military) rammer
|  
|
|-
|-
| underlagman
|taktäckare
|  
|roofer
|  
|
|-
|-
| underståtthållare
|tandläkare
|  
|dentist, tooth drawer (1889)
|  
|
|-
|-
| ugnmästare
|tapetserare
|  
|upholsterer, or wall paper hanger
|  
|
|-
|-
| uppblåsare
|tappare
|  
|tapster, bottler (1889)
|  
|tapster is another title for bartender
|-
|-
| utbrukare
|tattare
|  
|gipsy (1829)
|  
|
|-
|-
| utsittare
|taxeringsman
|  
|assessor
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagndrivare
|tegelformare
|  
|brick moulder
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnkarl
|tegelbrännare
|  
|brickmaker, tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnman
|tegelslagare
|  
|brickmoulder, tiler
|  
|see [[Swedish Occupation: Tegelslagare|tegelslagare]]
|-
|-
| vagnmakare
|tegeltäckare
| cartwright
|tiler
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnmästare
|tehandlare
| (military)
|dealer in tea, tea dealer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vagnsåkare
|tenngjutare
|  
|pewterer, tinman, tin smith
|  
|If you are researching an ancestor who worked as a smith, see: Smedskivan
|-
|-
| vaktare
|tiggare
|  
|beggar
|  
|
|-
|-
| vaktmästare
|timmerhuggare
| caretaker
|timber cutter
|  
|
|-
|-
| valackare
|timmerman
|  
|carpenter, builder
|  
|
|-
|-
| valkare
|tingsskrivare
|  
|copyist of court cases
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallare, valldräng, vallhjon
|tjuv
|  
|thief
|  
|
|-
|-
| vallsmed
|tjänare
|  
|servant
|  
|also means domestic, menial worker, or attendant
|-
|-
| vandringsarbete
|tjänstehjon
|  
|servant, menial work
|  
|see tjänare
|-
|-
| vandringsrättare
|tobakshandlare
|  
|tobacco merchant
|  
|
|-
|-
| vantmakare
|tobaksspinnare
|  
|tobacco spinner
|  
|
|-
|-
| vasall
|tolvman
|  
|se nämdeman
|  
|
|-
|-
| verkgesäll
|tornväktare
|  
|tower watch
|  
|
|-
|-
| vice häradshövding
|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.
|-
|-
| vice korpral
|tresserska
|  
|braider, plaiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vindgosse, vindpojke
|trikotstickerska
|  
|tricot knitter,
|  
|a woman who knits tricot fabric
|-
|-
| vinman
|trummare
|  
|drummer
|  
|
|-
|-
| voltigör
|tryckare
|  
|printer, pressman
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdman, vårdmanskap
|trädgårdsmästare
|  
|gardener
|  
|
|-
|-
| vårdskrivare
|tullbetjänt
|  
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| väpnare
|tulltjänsteman
|  
|customs officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävare
|tullvaktmästare
| weaver
|landing waiter
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävlagare
|tunnbindare
|  
|barrelmaker, cooper
|  
|
|-
|-
| vävpiga
|tunnelarbetare
|  
|tunneller
|  
|
|-
|-
| växlare
|tvättare
|  
|male launderer, washerman
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrkare
|tvätterska
|  
|washerwoman
|  
|
|-
|-
| yrke
|tvättgumma
| profession, occupation
|washerwoman
|  
|-
|-
| åbo
|tältmakare
| tenant farmer with conditional, inherited lease
|tent maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| ålderman
|ullfärgare
|  
|wool dyer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ämbetsman
|ullhandlare
|  
|wool merchant, trader in wool
|  
|
|-
|-
| änglamakerska
|underlöjtnant
|  
|sub lieutenant
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärendesman
|underofficer
|  
|non comissioned officer
|  
|
|-
|-
| ärlingsman
|underståtthållare
|  
|sub governor, deputy sheriff
|  
|
|-
|-
| ödegårdsman
|urmakare
|  
|watch and clockmaker
|  
|
|-
|-
| överman
|vagnmakare
|  
|cartwright, carriage maker
|  
|
|-
|-
| överståthållare
|vagnmästare
|  
|wagon master
|  
|
|-
|-
| 12man
|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>  
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