By June Pelo
| SWEDISH | ENGLISH |
| ålder | age |
| äldst, älst | eldest |
| anhöring | relative |
| änka | widow |
| änkeman | widower |
| änkling | widower |
| antavla | pedigree |
| år | year |
| arf | inheritance, patrimony |
| avlidne | deceased |
| backstugusittare | owner of small cottage and piece of land |
| barn | child |
| barnlös | childless |
| barnsbörd | childbirth |
| begraven, begravd | buried |
| bonde | farmer, peasant |
| bor | live, reside |
| broder | brother |
| brorsdotter | brother’s daughter (niece) |
| brorson | brother’s son (nephew) |
| dag | day |
| död utan bröstarvinge | died without issue |
| döpt | baptized |
| dotter | daughter |
| dottersdotter | daughter’s daughter (granddaughter) |
| dotterson | daughter’s son (grandson) |
| dött | died |
| döv | deaf |
| dräng | farmhand, bachelor |
| fäder | forefathers |
| fader, far | father |
| faddrar | sponsors, godfather/mother, witnesses |
| farfar | father’s father (grandfather) |
| farbror | father’s brother (uncle) |
| farfarsfar | father’s father’s father (great-grandfather) |
| farfarsmor | father’s father’s mother (great-grandmother) |
| farmor | father’s mother (grandmother) |
| farmorfar | father’s mother’s father (great-grandfather) |
| farmormor | father’s mother’s mother (great-grandmother) |
| farsbarbror | father’s father’s brother (granduncle) |
| farsfaster | father’s father’s sister (grandaunt) |
| farsmorbror | father’s mother’s brother (granduncle) |
| farsmoster | father’s mother’s sister (grandaunt) |
| faster | father’s sister (aunt) |
| förelyst | banns (in Finland) |
| förfader | ancestor |
| församling | parish |
| flicka | girl |
| född | born |
| försfödd | firstborn |
| frillebarn | bastard child |
| fru | wife, madam, mistress |
| gammal | old, aged |
| gift | married |
| gosse | boy |
| hustru | wife |
| inhyses | lodger |
| kusin | cousin |
| kvinna | woman |
| kyrka | church |
| land | country |
| län | county |
| måg | son-in-law |
| maka | wife |
| make | husband |
| man | man, husband |
| mantal | assessed unit of land; taxation of farm |
| moder, mor | mother |
| morbror | mother’s brother (uncle) |
| morfar | mother’s father (grandfather) |
| morfarsfar | mother’s father’s father (great-grandfather) |
| morfarsmor | mother’s father’s mother (great-grandmother) |
| mormor | mother’s mother (grandmother) |
| mormorsfar | mother’s mother’s father (great-grandfather) |
| mormorsmor | mother’s mother’s mother (great-grandmother) |
| morsfarbror | mother’s father’s brother (granduncle) |
| morsfaster | mother’s father’s sister (grandaunt) |
| morsmorbror | mother’s mother’s brother (granduncle) |
| morsmoster | mother’s mother’s sister (grandaunt) |
| moster | mother’s sister (aunt) |
| månad | month |
| nämdeman | juryman |
| nattvard | communion |
| ogift | unmarried |
| okänd | unknown |
| omkring | about |
| oäkta | illegitimate |
| pojke | boy |
| rotebonde | farmer who furnishes soldier’s equipment |
| sjöman | seaman |
| skilsmässa | divorce, separation |
| skrud | bridal gown |
| släktforskning | genealogy |
| släkting | relative |
| söcken | parish |
| soldat | soldier |
| son | son |
| sonsdotter | son’s daughter (granddaughter) |
| sonson | son’s son (grandson) |
| sonsonsdotter | son’s sons’ daughter (great-granddaughter) |
| sonsonsson | son’s son’s son (great-grandson) |
| spädbarn | infant |
| stad | town, city |
| stamfader | progenitor |
| stamtavla | pedigree |
| stjufbarn | stepchild |
| svåger | brother-in-law |
| svärfar | father-in-law |
| svärmor | mother-in-law |
| syskon | brothers and sisters |
| syster | sister |
| systersdotter | sister’s daughter (niece) |
| systerson | sister’s son (nephew) |
| testamente | will, testament |
| yngst | youngest |
