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| Swedish | English |
| kallad | called, named |
| kallbrand | gangrene |
| kammarskrivare | assistant clerk |
| kapellförsamling | chapelry, dependent branch of a parish |
| kaplan | assistant minister |
| karbunkel | carbuncle |
| karl | man, male |
| karta | map |
| katalog | directory, catalog |
| katekismilängd | communion record |
| katolsk | Catholic |
| kavallerist | cavalryman |
| kikhosta | whooping cough |
| klensmed | toolmaker, locksmith |
| klockare | parish clerk |
| knekt | soldier |
| knektekontrakt | agreement of enrollment |
| kofferdi | merchant marine |
| kolare | charcoal burner |
| kolera | cholera |
| kolik | colic |
| kommen ifrån | came from |
| komminister | assistant minister |
| kommun | township, municipality, parish |
| kommunikant | person receiving communion |
| kommunionbok | communion book |
| kommunionlängd | communion record |
| konfirmation | confirmation |
| konfirmationslängd | confirmation record |
| kontrahenterna | marriage applicants |
| kontrakt | deanery (clerical district) |
| konung, kung | king |
| konvulsioner | convulsions |
| kopparslagare | coppersmith |
| koppor | smallpox |
| kov | shortness of breath |
| kramp | convulsions |
| krank | illness |
| krigsarkiv | war archive, military archive |
| kristendomskunskap | religious knowledge |
| kristnad | christened, baptized |
| krono- | belonging to the crown (government) |
| kronohemman | farm owned by the crown (government) |
| krukmakare | potter |
| kräfta | cancer |
| kung, konung | king |
| kungarike | kingdom |
| kunglig | royal |
| kusin | cousin |
| kvarlåtenskap | possessions left after death |
| kvarn | mill |
| kvarter | block, quarter |
| kvinna, kvinnkjön | woman, female |
| kväll | evening |
| kvävning | suffocation |
| kyrka | church |
| kyrkobok | parish register |
| kyrkoby | village in which the parish church is located |
| kyrkogång | introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth |
| kyrkogård | churchyard, cemetery |
| kyrkoherde | parish minister |
| kyrkosocken | ecclesiastical parish |
| kyrkotagen | introduction of mother into congregation after childbirth |
| kyrkovaktare | church officer |
| kyrkovärd | church or parish warden |
| käresta | loved one, wife |
| kön | sex, gender |
| köpebrev | purchase deed, title deed |
| köping | small town |
| köpman | merchant |
| körsnär | furrier |
References
FamilySearch. Genealogical Word List, Swedish. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997
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