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| Swedish | English |
| backe | hill |
| backstugusittare | one who owned a small cottage, dugout dweller |
| bagare | baker |
| bakom | behind |
| baneman | slayer |
| baneslag | death blow, mortal stroke |
| banesår | death wound, mortal wound |
| bann | excommunication |
| banna | to scold, chide, reprehend, reprove |
| bannlysa | to excommunicate |
| 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 |
| barnmördare | murderer of a child |
| barnpiga | maid for children |
| barnsbörd, barnsäng | childbirth |
| barnsjuka | children's disease |
| barnsnöd | complication at childbirth |
| barnsäng | childbirth |
| barnsängsfeber | perpetual complications or sickness at birth |
| befolkning | population |
| begrava | bury |
| begravning | burial |
| begravningslängd | burial record |
| begravningsplats | cemetery |
| begått H(errens) H(eliga) Nattvard | taken the Lord\'s Holy Communion |
| benröta | bone-rotting disease |
| benåd | pardon |
| benämd | called |
| berg | hill, mountain |
| bergfolk | mountain people, highlanders |
| 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 |
| biträde | assistant |
|
blind |
blind |
| bliva | to become |
| blodsjuka | blood disorder |
| blodslag | cerebal stroke |
| blodstörtning | severe or sudden bleeding |
| 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 |
| brottfällig | epileptic fits |
| 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 |
| brännsjuka | feber disease, literally a "burning disease" |
| bröllop | wedding |
| bröstarvinge | heir |
| bröstfeber | pneumonia |
| bröstsjuka | chest illness, pneumonia |
| bröstkov | shortness of breath |
| bröstkvav | shortness of breath, can mean suffocation |
| bröstlidande | chest disease |
| bröstpassion | chest pain |
| bröstveda | chest disease |
| bröstvärk | chest pain |
| bukbet | abdominal pain |
| brukbrok | umbilical hernia |
| bukrev | constipation |
| bukvred | intestinal blockage |
| by | village |
| bygd | countryside, region, area |
| byggmästare | contractor, builder |
| båda | both |
| båtsman | seaman, sailor |
| bägge | both |
| bägges barn | child of both parents |
| bälgslag | colic |
| böcker | books |
| böld | abscess, boil |
| böter | fee, fine |
| bötfälld | fined |
References
FamilySearch. Genealogical Word List, Swedish. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997
Björkman, C. G. Svensk - Engelskt Ordbok. P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1889
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