Our English-to-Swedish and Swedish-to-English word list includes only the most common words found in genealogical materials.
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A
adel = nobilty
adopterad = adopted
anfader, anmoder = ancestor (s)
arv = inheritance
B
barn = child
barnbarn = grandchild
begravning = funeral
bonde = farmer
bror = brother
by = village
D
dag = day
dop = baptism
dräng = farmhand
död = death
E
efternamn = surname, family name
emigrera = emigrate
F
far = father
farbror = uncle (fathers brother)
farmor = grandmother (fathers mother)
faster = aunt (fathers sister)
fredag = friday
födelse = birth
förfader = ancestor
förnamn = first name, Christian name, given name
församling = parish
församlingsbok = parish register
förlovning = engagement
G
grav = grave
gård = farm
H
hustru = wife
I
immigrera = immigrate
K
konfirmation = confirmation
kommun = municipality
kusin = cousin
kvinna = woman
kyrka = church
L
landskap = province
län = county
lördag = Saturday
M
maka = wife
make = husband
man = man
mor = mother
morbror = uncle (mothers brother)
morfar = grandfather (mothers father)
mormor = grandmother (mothers mother)
moster = aunt (mothers sister)
måndag = Monday
N
natt = night
O
onsdag = Wednesday
P
präst = priest
S
stad = town, city
svåger = brother-in-law
svägerska = sister-in-law
syskon=siblings
syster = sister
söndag = Sunday
T
tisdag = Tuesday
torsdag = Thursday
V
vigsel = wedding