backe	hill
backstugusittare	one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller
bagare	baker
bakom	behind
baptist	Baptist
bar	carried
bara	only
bar barnet	carried or held the child (at baptism font)
barn	child(ren)
barnbarn	grandchild(ren)
barnbok	preconfirmation roll (in Finland)
barnlös	childless
barnmorska	midwife
barnsbörd, barnsäng	childbirth
befolkning	population
begrava	bury
begravning	burial
begravningsplats	cemetery
begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard	taken the Lord's Holy Communion
benämd	called
berg	hill, mountain
bergslag	mining district
bergsman	miner
beskattning	taxation
beskrivning	description
besökare	customs official (archaic), visitor (modern)
betjänt	servant, civil servant
bettlare	beggar
betyg	certificate
bevaka	protect
bevis	certificate, proof, evidence
bevistat läsförhören	present at household examination (clerical survey)
beväring	conscript
beväringsman	recruit
bilaga	supplement, enclosure
biografi	biography
blind	blind
bliva	to become
blödning	bleeding
bo	to live, home, estate
bok	book
bokhållare	bookkeeper
bonde	farmer
borg	castle, fortress
borgare	citizen, burgher
borgmästare	mayor
borta	absent
bortgift	married elsewhere
bostad	domicile
boupptekning	estate inventory, probate
bredvid	next to
bro	bridge
bror	brother
brorsdotter	niece, brother's daughter
brorsson	nephew, brother's son
brud	bride
brudfolk	bridal couple
brudgum	bridegroom
brudpar	bridal couple
bruk	foundry, mill, iron industry
brukare	tenant farmer, leaseholder
bruksarbetare	foundryman, mill hand, iron worker
bryggare	brewer
bräcklighet	frailty
bröllop	wedding
bröstarvinge	heir
bröstfeber	pneumonia
bröstsjuka	chest illness, pneumonia
bröstvärk	chest pain
by	village
bygd	countryside, region, area
byggmästare	contractor, builder
båda	both
båtsman	seaman, sailor
bägge	both
bägges barn	child of both parents
böcker	books
böld	abscess, boil
böter	fee, fine
bötfälld	fined