Swedish Genealogical Terms

By June Pelo

SWEDISH

ålder

äldst, älst

anhöring

änka

änkeman

änkling

antavla

år

arf

avlidne

backstugusittare

barn

barnlös

barnsbörd

begraven, begravd

bonde

bor

broder

brorsdotter

brorson

dag

död utan bröstarvinge

döpt

dotter

dottersdotter

dotterson

dött

döv

dräng

fäder

fader, far

faddrar

farfar

farbror

farfarsfar

farfarsmor

farmor

farmorfar

farmormor

farsbarbror

farsfaster

farsmorbror

farsmoster

faster

förelyst

förfader

församling

flicka

född

försfödd

frillebarn

fru

gammal

gift

gosse

hustru

inhyses

kusin

kvinna

kyrka

land

län

måg

maka

make

man

mantal

moder, mor

morbror

morfar

morfarsfar

morfarsmor

mormor

mormorsfar

mormorsmor

morsfarbror

morsfaster

morsmorbror

morsmoster

moster

månad

nämdeman

nattvard

ogift

okänd

omkring

oäkta

pojke

rotebonde

sjöman

skilsmässa

skrud

släktforskning

släkting

söcken

soldat

son

sonsdotter

sonson

sonsonsdotter

sonsonsson

spädbarn

stad

stamfader

stamtavla

stjufbarn

svåger

svärfar

svärmor

syskon

syster

systersdotter

systerson

testamente

yngst

ENGLISH

age

eldest

relative

widow

widower

widower

pedigree

year

inheritance, patrimony

deceased

owner of small cottage and piece of land

child

childless

childbirth

buried

farmer, peasant

live, reside

brother

brother’s daughter (niece)

brother’s son (nephew)

day

died without issue

baptized

daughter

daughter’s daughter (granddaughter)

daughter’s son (grandson)

died

deaf

farmhand, bachelor

forefathers

father

sponsors, godfather/mother, witnesses

father’s father (grandfather)

father’s brother (uncle)

father’s father’s father (great-grandfather)

father’s father’s mother (great-grandmother)

father’s mother (grandmother)

father’s mother’s father (great-grandfather)

father’s mother’s mother (great-grandmother)

father’s father’s brother (granduncle)

father’s father’s sister (grandaunt)

father’s mother’s brother (granduncle)

father’s mother’s sister (grandaunt)

father’s sister (aunt)

banns (in Finland)

ancestor

parish

girl

born

firstborn

bastard child

wife, madam, mistress

old, aged

married

boy

wife

lodger

cousin

woman

church

country

county

son-in-law

wife

husband

man, husband

assessed unit of land; taxation of farm

mother

mother’s brother (uncle)

mother’s father (grandfather)

mother’s father’s father (great-grandfather)

mother’s father’s mother (great-grandmother)

mother’s mother (grandmother)

mother’s mother’s father (great-grandfather)

mother’s mother’s mother (great-grandmother)

mother’s father’s brother (granduncle)

mother’s father’s sister (grandaunt)

mother’s mother’s brother (granduncle)

mother’s mother’s sister (grandaunt)

mother’s sister (aunt)

month

juryman

communion

unmarried

unknown

about

illegitimate

boy

farmer who furnishes soldier’s equipment

seaman

divorce, separation

bridal gown

genealogy

relative

parish

soldier

son

son’s daughter (granddaughter)

son’s son (grandson)

son’s sons’ daughter (great-granddaughter)

son’s son’s son (great-grandson)

infant

town, city

progenitor

pedigree

stepchild

brother-in-law

father-in-law

mother-in-law

brothers and sisters

sister

sister’s daughter (niece)

sister’s son (nephew)

will, testament

youngest