Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with R
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| Swedish | English |
| regemente | regiment |
| register | register, index |
| repslagare | rope maker |
| Riddarhuset | house of nobility |
| rike | state, realm |
| riksarkiv | national archives, state archives |
| rote | district within a parish |
| rotehjon | person supported by a parish district |
| rotesoldat | soldier for a district in a parish |
| rulla | record, roll |
| rusthåll | farm equipping a (cavalry) soldier |
| rusthållare | owner of a farm equipping a cavalry soldier |
| rymt, rymd | runaway |
| rysk, ryss | Russian |
| Ryssland | Russia |
| ryttare | cavalryman |
| rådhusrätt | city court |
| rådman | councilman |
| rådstu(gu)rätt | city court |
| räkenskapslängd | records of accounts |
| rätt | court, right, correct |
| rättare | farm foreman |
| rödsot | dysentery |
| röta | gangrene |
| rötfeber | gangrene, typhus fever, putrid fever |
References
FamilySearch. Genealogical Word List, Swedish. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997