Svenska/Swedish
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Engelska/English
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Adel
|
Noble (of noble birth) / The nobility
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Adelsman
|
Nobleman
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Amiralitetet
|
The Admiralty (Navy)
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Ana (förfader)
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Ancestor (forefather)
/ a
person in an ancestor chart
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Anor (förfäder)
|
Ancestors (forefathers)
/ persons
in an ancestor chart
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Ansedel / personakt
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A
personal record containing biographical
data about an ancestor
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Antavla
|
Ancestor chart
A
chart where a specific person forms the starting point for a
genealogical study of this persons ancestors.
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Anförlust
|
???
A
married couple normally have eight ancestors in the second generation,
four on each side. However if two cousins marry they will partly have
jointly grandparents. We have “lost” 2 persons in the second
generation (6 instead of 8). This kind of situation in an ancestor chart
is called “anförlust” in Swedish.
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Arrendator
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Tenant
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Arrende
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Tenancy
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Arv
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Inheritance
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Arvsskifte
|
Distribution of an inherited estate
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Assessor
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Deputy judge
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Barbarnsbarn
|
Great-grandchildren
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Barn
|
Children
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Barnbarn
|
Grandchildren
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Barnhus
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Orphanage
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Barnmorska
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Midwife
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Bataljon
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Battalion
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Begravning
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Burial / funeral
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Begravd
i stillhet / begravd i tyshet
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”Begravd i stillhet” or ”begravd i tyshet”
means that it was a quite funeral with only the closest family present.
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Beväring
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Conscript (soldier), recruit
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Biskop
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Bishop
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Bonde
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Farmer
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Borgmästare
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Mayor
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Bouppteckning
|
Estate inventory proceeding
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Bouppteckningsdokument
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Probate records / estate inventory
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Bror
|
Brother
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Brorsdotter
|
Niece
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Brorson
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Nephew
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Brud
|
Bride
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Brudgum
|
Groom
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Bruk (ex: järnbruk eller papperbruk)
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Mill, for example ironworks or paper mill
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Bruksarbetare
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Laborer at a mill/factory.
Ironworks: ironworker /
foundryman
Paper mill: millman
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Brylling/fyrmänning
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Third Cousin
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Bröllop
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Wedding
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By
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Village
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Båtsman (motsv soldat)
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Seaman/deck hand (Navy personal provided by the Allotment System)
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Det stora nordiska kriget
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The Great Nordic War
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Dombok
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Court records (court of law)
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Domprost
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Dean (church)
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Domsaga
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The territorial
district of a Häradsrätt.
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Dop
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Baptism/christening
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Dotter
|
Daughter
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Dragon
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Dragoon, light cavalryman, formerly an infantryman on horseback,
however fought like foot soldiers (not on horseback)
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Drottning
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Queen
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Dräng
|
Farm hand
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Dödsboken
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Death records
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Dödsfödd
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Stillborn
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Egendom
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Property / estate
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Egendomsägare
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Owner of a property / estate.
(An older Swedish spelling is: Egendomsegare)
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Faddrar (vid dop)
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Witnesses (at baptism)
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Far
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Father
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Farbror
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Uncle (father's brother)
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Farfar
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Grandfather (father's fathers or paternal grandfather)
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Farfars far
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Great-grandfather (on the father's side - paternal)
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Farmor
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Grandmother (father's mother or paternal grandmother)
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Faster
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Aunt (father's sister)
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Fattig
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Poor
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Fattighus
|
Workhouse/poorhouse
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Fattigjon
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Pauper
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Fideikommiss
|
Entailed estate
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Fiskare
|
Fisherman
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Parish constable (UK) /
Sheriff's Deputy (US)
A fjärdingsman was a deputy and didn't have the right to act in police
matters on his own. He always had to act on orders by the länsman. See
also länsman.
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Flottan (örloggsflottan)
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The Navy
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Flytta
|
Move. "Flytta från" = move from. "Flytta till"
= Move to.
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Flyttbetyg
|
Removal certificate
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Forskning
|
Research
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Fort/Borg
|
Fortress
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Fotsoldat
|
Foot soldier
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Fregatt
|
Frigate
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Friherre
|
Baron
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Frånskild
|
Divorced
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Furir
|
Sergeant
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Fånge
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Prisoner
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Fältväbel
|
Sergeant major
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Fängelse
|
Prison
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Född
|
Born
|
Födelse
|
Birth
|
Födelsebevis, födelseattest
|
Birth certificate
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Födelseboken
|
Birth records
|
Födelseort
|
Place of birth
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Församling/socken
|
Parish
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Föräldrar
|
Parents
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Gallärflottan
|
Galley Feet
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Garnison
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Garrison
|
Generaldirektör
|
Agency Director (US)
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Generalmönsterrulla
|
General-muster roll
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Gesäll
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Journeyman
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Gesällprov
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Qualifying piece of work for an apprentice to become a journeyman in
a guild
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Gift (som i civilstatus)
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Married
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Gods (slott etc)
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Estate, Manor
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Godsägare
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Landed proprietor, landowner, estate owner, land lord
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Grenadjär
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A form of infantryman
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Greve
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Count / Earl (UK)
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Grosshandlare
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Wholesale dealer, wholesaler
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Gästgivare
|
Innkeeper
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Gästgiveri
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Inn
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Handelsman
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Merchant
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Hantverkare
|
Craftsmen / artisan
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Hembygdsgård
|
Local history center (US) / Village hall (UK) / Community centre
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Hemvist
|
Residence
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Herrgård
|
Country estate, Manor
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Hertig
|
Duke
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Hovrätt
|
Circuit court of appeal (Regional court)
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Hovrättsråd
|
Judge of appeal
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Husar
|
Light cavalryman
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Husförhör
|
Household examination
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Husförhörslängd
|
Clerical survey or household examination roll
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Hustru
|
Spouse, wife
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Hytta (järnbruk)
|
Smelting house
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Håll och stygn
|
Pneumonia
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Härad
|
Civil district within a court
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District court in the countryside. Jurisdiction
in one Härad.
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Indelningsverket (militära)
|
Allottment system (the old system of organizing and financing the
Swedish armed forces)
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Infanteri
|
Infantry
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Jordbruksarbetare, jordbrukare
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Peasant
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Katoliker
|
Catholics
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Kavalleri / rytteri
|
Cavalry
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Klart skepp (mil)
|
General quarters (naval term)
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Klockare
|
Parish clerk
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Knekt (soldat)
|
Soldier
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Komminister/kaplan
|
Assistant minister, assistant vicar (rector)
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Kommun
|
Municipality
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Konfirmation
|
Confirmation
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Kontrakt (kyrkan)
|
Rural deanery (church)
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Kontraktsprost
|
Rural dean (church)
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Krig
|
War
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Krigsarkivet
|
Swedish Military Record Office /
War Archive
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Krigsfånge
|
Prisoner of war
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Krigsmakten
|
The armed forces
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Kronofogde
|
County Police Commissioner (UK) /
Enforcement Officer (US)
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Kung
|
King
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Kunglig
|
Royal
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Kusin
|
Cousin
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Kyrka
|
Church
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Kyrkbokföring
|
Parish regestration
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Kyrkböcker
|
Church records / Parish register
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Kyrkogård/begravningsplats
|
Cemetery
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Kyrkoherde
|
Vicar, parish priest, rector, parish minister
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Kyrkvaktmästare
|
Verger, sexton
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Källa (informationskälla)
|
Source of information
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Kön (man/kvinna)
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Sex (male/female)
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Lag
|
Law
|
Lagman
|
Chief judge in court of law
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Landsarkiven
|
Regional/Provincial archives
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Landsfiskal
|
District police superintendent (and public prosecutor)
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Landshövding
|
County Governor
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Landskap
|
Province
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Lantarbetare
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Peasant
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Legosoldater/legoknektar
|
Mercenaries
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Linjeskepp
|
Ships of the line
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Lysning
|
Bann
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Lytt
|
Crippled, disabled
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Läkare
|
Physician
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Län
|
County. The Swedish County (Län) have a role more similar to the
State in the USA compared to the role of the US County. However the
Swedish Counties doesn't have the independence of the States in the USA.
The US County is better compared to the Swedish “Kommun”
(Municipally) rather then to the Swedish county (län).
See also The
subdivisions of Sweden into Provinces and Counties
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Chief Constable (UK) /
Sheriff (US)
A länsman was a local police officer and had the authority to act as a
police and proceed with police work. See also "fjärdningsman"
(deputy).
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Lärling
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Apprentice
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Lönskaläge
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Illicit relations between unmarried persons
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Lösdrivare
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Vagrant
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Mantal
|
"Mantal" was a property tax code
and every farm who had to pay taxes was assigned a "mantal".
In the beginning (1600’s) one "mantal" meant a farm with a
annual yield large enough to support the farmer's family and their farm
hands.
In the forest provinces in northern Sweden a farm
of 1 "mantal" had to be big to produce a yield corresponding
to 1 "mantal". In the plains in southern Sweden, with a better
climate and a richer soil, a farm could be a lot smaller than in the
north and still produce a yield of 1 "mantal". So “mantal”
is not a value for the size of the farm but rather it’s capability of
yielding a good crop. Farms with the same “mantal” paid the same
amount of tax.
Not all farms could produce a yield corresponding to 1 "mantal"
but was still able support a family. It was common with farms of ½
"mantal or 5/8 "mantal" etc. Throughout the
centuries the “mantal” rating has changed into lower values. Farms
have been split up between siblings due to inheritance and the tax code
has been adjusted to that in order to get a fair taxation.
Farms in the 1700’s and 1800’s with a “mantal” rating of ½, ¼
or 1/8 could still support a family. A farm in the 1800’s with a
“mantal” rating above 1 (1¼ for example) was a farm with a large
yield. So, the “mantal” rates have changed over the years. Sometimes
you will find the “mantal” rate for a fram in the Household
Examination Rolls (Hfl).
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Mantalsskriven
|
Registred for tax/census purposes
|
Mantalslängd
|
Tax/census records
|
Medborgerligt förtroende
|
[one's] civil (civic) rights
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Medelpad
|
Province of Medelpad
|
Menig
|
Private soldier
|
Militärtjänstgöring
|
Military service
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Mor
|
Mother
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Morbror
|
Uncle (mother's brother)
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Morfar
|
Grandfather (mother's fathers or maternal grandfather)
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Morfars far
|
Great-grandfather (on the mother's side)
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Mormor
|
Grandmother (mother's mother or maternal grandmother)
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Moster
|
Aunt (mother's sister)
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Murare
|
Bricklayer
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Måg
|
Son in law
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Målsman
|
Guardian
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Mästarbrev
|
A craftsmans diploma or certificate
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Mönstring (mil.)
|
Muster, inspection, review, enrollment
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Namn
|
Name
|
Nationalitet
|
Nationallity
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Nattvard
|
The Holy Communion
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Nämndeman
|
Courts in Sweden don't have a system with juries. Instead there are
a judge and a number of "nämndemän". The "nämdemän"
are appointed laymen. They are not chosen by random, you have to apply
and be approved by the local council / county council (a position of
trust). It is not a profession but something that's done beside the nämndeman's
ordinary profession.
Unlike a juryman the "nämndeman" actually is a member of the
court and take an active part in the trial. Together with the judge they
set the sentence. They can ask questions to the prosecuted.
In courts of appeal there are more professional lawmen (jurists) then
"nämndemän". However, in district courts and city courts the
"nämndemän" are in majority.
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Officer
|
Officer
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Ofärdig
|
Crippled, disabled
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Ogift
|
Unmarried / single
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Okänd fader
|
Father unknown
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Ort
|
Place
|
Oäkta barn
|
Illegitimate child
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Pastor
|
Parish minister
|
Pastorat
|
Parish
|
Pastorsexpedition
|
Parish office
|
Patronymikon
|
Patronymic
|
Piga
|
Maid
|
Prins
|
Prince
|
Prinsessa
|
Princess
|
Proband
|
Proband
or subject
The person you start with when you do genealogical table where you start
with a specific person and do a genealogical research backward in time
tracing this person's ancestors.
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Profoss
|
Provost / Flogmaster (military)
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Prost
|
Dean (church)
|
Protestanter
|
Protestants
|
Präst
|
Clergyman, vicar. Priest (catholic).
Minister (frik).
|
Prästgård
|
Vicarage (UK), parsonage (US), rectory, minister's house
|
Rakt nedstigande led (släktskap)
|
A lineal (direct) descendant of... (kinship)
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Rakt uppstigande led (släktskap)
|
In lineal (the direct line of) ascent (kinship)
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Regemente
|
Regiment
|
Rekrytering
|
Recruitment
|
Religion
|
Religion
|
Repslagare
|
Rope-maker
|
Residensstad
|
County seat or County capital
|
Riddarhuset
|
The House of Nobility
|
Riksarkivet
|
The National Archive
|
Rulla
|
Record, roll
|
Rådhusrätt
|
City court
|
Räntmästare,
äldre benämning på en tjänsteman som hade hand om en förvaltningsenhets
ekonomi och förestod dess kontor
|
Treasurer
|
Rödsot
|
Dysentry
|
SCB utdragen
|
Civil registration
|
Sjukdom
|
Disease
|
Sjukhus
|
Hospital
|
Självmördare / Självspillning
|
A person who has committed suicide.
People who had committed suicide (or been executed) weren’t allowed to
be buried at the church cemetery (consecrated earth). Instead they were
to be buried by the “bödel” (executioner/hangman) somewhere else.
If the suicide was committed due to mental derangement, someone other
than the executioner was allowed to bury the dead, however not at the
church cemetery.
From 1864 the Church agreed to bury suicides at the cemetery, but the
funeral ceremony had to be "i stillhet" (quiet). However, from
1894 this type of burial could be performed the same as any other
burial.
”Begravd i stillhet” or ”begravd i tyshet” meant in those days
that there was no bell ringing at
the funeral (quiet funeral). A funeral
without bell ringing was considered to be degrading.
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Sjömän
|
Seamen, Sailors
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Skarprättare, bödel
|
Executioner, hangman
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Skatt (ex: inkomstskatt)
|
Tax
|
Skattefrihet
|
Exemption from land dues to the crown
|
Skild
|
Divorced
|
Skomakare
|
Shoemaker
|
Skogsvaktare
|
Forest ranger or forester
|
Skrå
|
Guild
|
Skräddare
|
Tailor
|
Slott, Borg
|
Castle
|
Släkten Högman
|
The Högman Family
|
Släktforskare
|
Genealogists
|
Släktforskning
|
Genealogy
|
Släktforskning
|
Genealogical research
|
Släktforskningslitteratur
|
Literature on Genealogy
|
Släktföreningar
|
Family Societies
|
Småbrukare (mindre jordbruk) / Lantbrukare
|
Small farmer / Peasant
|
Snickare
|
Carpenter
|
Socken/församling
|
A geographical
area served by a church, an ecclesiastical unit. In other words a parish
(the church socken).
|
Socken (lokalt styre)
|
The worldly
(secular)
socken - A geographical area for local administration.
A local administration council (sockenstämma) ran the
"socken".
Before 1862, the church "socken" and the administrative
"socken" encompassed the same territorial area. However, the
worldly "socken" was replaced by an administrative subdivision
called "kommun" (municipality) in that year.
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Sockenstämma
|
Local administration council
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Soldattorp
|
Soldier's croft
|
Son
|
Son
|
Spinnsidan (av en släkt)
|
The distaff side (of a family)
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Stad
|
City or town
|
Stadsfiskal (åklagare)
|
Public prosecutor
|
Stamfar
|
First
ancestor / progenitor / forefather
The person you start
with when you do a pedigree (descendant chart) where you start with a
specific person and do a genealogical research forward in time tracing
this person's descendants.
|
Stamtavla
|
Pedigree / Descendent chart
A
chart where a specific person forms the starting point
(progenitor/ancestor) for a genealogical study of this persons
descendants.
|
Stadsarkiv
|
City Archives
|
Statare
|
Agricultural labourer receiving allowance (payment) in kind
|
Statsminister
|
Prime Minister
|
Statssekreterare
|
Under-secretary of State
|
Stift (kyrkostift)
|
Diocese
|
Svenska kyrkan
|
Church of Sweden
|
Svensk adel
|
Swedish nobility
|
Svenska stormaktstiden
|
The Swedish Great Power period
|
Sveriges Riksdag
|
The Swedish Parliament
|
Svåger
|
Brother-in-law
|
Svägerska
|
Sister-in-law
|
Svärdsidan (av en släkt)
|
The male line (of a family)
|
Syskon
|
Sibling / Brothers and sisters
|
Syssling/tremänning
|
Second Cousin
|
Syster
|
Sister
|
Testamente
|
Will ( last will and testament)
|
Tingsrätt
|
District court. Replace the older Häradsrätt.
|
Torp
|
Crofter's holding or cottage
|
Torpare
|
Crofter, tenant.
The tenant had to do a certain number of a full days' work per year on
the landowner's land or estate as a payment for the tenancy.
|
Trolovad
|
Engaged to be married
|
Tullen
|
Customs
|
Utfattig
|
Destitute
|
Valuta
|
Currency
|
Vanför
|
Crippled, disabled
|
Vapensköld
|
Coat of arms (escutcheon)
|
Vigsel
|
Marriage
|
Välborne / Högvälborne
|
the
Honorable xxxx / the Right Honorable
yyyy.
The title "the Honourable" was carried by younger sons of
counts (earls in the UK) and by children of barons plus by
ladies-in-waiting (hovdamer), members of the Supreme Court (högsta
domstolen ) and by certain government officials etc.
The title "the Right Honourable" was carried by counts (earls
in the UK) and barons etc.
In
other words, born of noble family.
The masculine form is Välborne / Högvälborne and the the feminine
form is Välborna / Högvälborna.
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Värnplikt
|
National service (mil.)
|
Värnpliktig
|
A person liable for military service, a military (national)
serviceman, conscript. A draftee.
|
Värvning (mil.)
|
Enrolment, enlistment
|
Yrke
|
Occupation, profession
|
Åbo
|
Tenant farmer with a conditional, inherited lease
|
Åklagare
|
Prosecutor
|
Ålderman
|
Alderman
|
Ägare
|
Owner / proprietor
(An older Swedish spelling is: Egare).
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Äktenskap
|
Marriage
|
Äktenskapsbrott
|
Adultery
|
Ärkebiskop
|
Archbishop
|
Ättling
|
Descendant /
a person in a pedigree
|