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This page lists authoritative and specialized online Swedish-English glossaries, and also lists the preferred English translations of some common terms used in articles relating to Sweden and Swedish issues. It is mainly intended as a point of reference for the Swedish Wikipedians' notice board.

Glossaries[edit]

Glossaries from sweden.gov.se:

  • Government terms: Description of governmental and administrative functions in English together with the relevant Swedish term.
  • Utrikes namnbok: Lists of Swedish agencies, organisations, titles, EU and EC bodies, EU titles and the names of countries, in English, German, French, Spanish, Finnish, and Russian. Explanations and usage tips in Swedish only. (A previous edition is also available.)

Other

  • [1.pdf Swedish-English and English-Swedish dictionary for police employees]

Historical terms[edit]

Administrative subdivisions and terms[edit]

Government and politics[edit]

  • Departement - Ministry (not Department)
  • Förordning - ordinance
  • Generaldirektör - Director General
  • Kommitté - committee
  • Kommunfullmäktige - municipal council (city council is often used in municipalities which call themselves stad)
  • Kommunstyrelse - (municipal) executive board, (municipal) executive committee (executive council is also sometimes used)
  • Kommunalråd - (municipal) Commissioner (Mayor and vice Mayor are sometimes used, e.g. by the Stockholm municipality)
  • Landstingsråd - county commissioner (county councellor is sometimes used)
  • Ministerstyre - no direct English translation
  • Motion - (private member's) motion
  • Myndighet - government agency
  • Politiskt sakkunnig - political adviser
  • Proposition - (Government) bill
  • Regeringen - The Government [of Sweden](Note: Government as an official designation of the Swedish cabinet only began in 1975)
  • Riksdagen - The Riksdag [of Sweden]
  • Riksdagsledamot - Member of the Riksdag
  • Staten - The State
  • Statsråd - Cabinet Minister
  • Statsminister - Prime Minister
  • Statssekreterare - State Secretary
  • Talmannen - Speaker of the Riksdag
  • Utredning - commission (of inquiry)
  • Utskott - committee
  • Valkrets - constituency

Judiciary and law[edit]

  • See Constitution of Sweden for English translations of constitutional terms and the names of the Fundamental laws.

Education[edit]

Military[edit]

  • Flygkrigshögskolan (FKHS) - Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College[1]
  • Försvarets bok- och blankettförråd - Book and Forms Supply Depot of the [Swedish] Armed Forces[2]
  • Försvarets fabriksstyrelse - see Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV)[2]
  • Försvarets fabriksverk - see Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV)[2]
  • Försvarets forskningsanstalt (FOA) - [Swedish] National Defence Research Institute[2] or Swedish Defence Research Agency (according to offical website)
  • Försvarets gymnasieskola (GS) - [Swedish] Armed Forces School for Secondary Education[2]
  • Försvarets hundskola (HS) - National [Swedish] Defence Dog Training Centre[2]
  • Försvarets intendenturkår - Quartermaster Corps of the [Swedish] Armed Forces[2]
  • Försvarets intendenturverk - see Försvarets materielverk (FMV)[2]
  • Försvarets klassifikationscentral (FKC) - Designation Office of the [Swedish] Armed Forces[1]
  • Försvarets kommandoexpedition - see Försvarsdepartementets kommandoexpedition[2]
  • Försvarets läroverk (FL) - see Försvarets gymnasieskola (GS)[2]
  • Försvarets materielverk (FMV) - Defence Materiel Administration (of Sweden)[2]
  • Försvarets medicinalkår - Medical Corps of the [Swedish] Armed Forces[2]
  • Försvarets radioanstalt (FRA) - National [Swedish] Defence Radio Institute or National Defence Radio Establishment[2]
  • Försvarets rationaliseringsinstitut (FRI) - National [Swedish] Institute of Defence Organization and Management[2]
  • Försvarets skyddsskola - ABC-Defence School of the [Swedish] Armed Forces[2]
  • Försvarets teletekniska laboratorium (FTL) - Military Electronics Laboratory[2]
  • Försvarsdepartementet - Ministry of Defence (Sweden)
  • Försvarsdepartementets kommandoexpedition (FKE) - Military Office of the [Royal Swedish] Ministry of Defence[1]
  • Försvarsmakten - Swedish Armed Forces
  • Försvarsministern - Minister for Defence (Sweden)
  • Överbefälhavaren - Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces

Church and religion[edit]

  • See Church of Sweden for English translations of terms relating to the Church of Sweden.
  • Frikyrka - non-conformist church
  • Församling - parish as an administrative term (congregation is used to refer to a group of individuals attending a church, e.g. "församlingen sjunger")
  • Kontrakt - rural deanery
  • Pastorat - pastoral district
  • Socken - parish
  • Stift - diocese

Organizations[edit]

Titles[edit]

A

  • advokat - lawyer and member of Sveriges Advokatsamfund.
  • ambassadör - Ambassador
  • apotekare - pharmacist, drug store owner
  • arkitekt SAR - architect and member of Sveriges Arkitekters Riksförbund

B

  • bankdirektör - banker
  • bergsingenjör - engineer with a university diploma in mountain engineering, metallurgy
  • biskop - Bishop
  • bokförläggare - [book] publisher
  • borgmästare - mayor
  • bruksdisponent - chief executive officer at a "bruk"
  • byråchef - Director (mid-level executive in a Government Agency)

C

  • chefredaktör - editor in chief
  • civilingenjör - civil engineer, engineer with a diploma from a technical university

D

  • departementssekreterare - Desk Officer (at a Ministry)
  • direktör - director (non-specified)
  • disponent - chief executive officer or managing director (more archaic than "verkställande direktör")
  • docent - academic lecturer with a PhD degree
  • domprost - Dean
  • dräng - farm hand

E

  • envoyé - Envoy (title)
  • expeditionschef - Director General for Administrative Affairs (at a Ministry)

F

  • filosofie doktor, fil. dr. - PhD
  • filosofie licentiat, fil. lic. - an academic degree between master and PhD
  • folkskolinspektör -
  • friherre - Baron
  • friherrinna - Baroness
  • fru - Mrs
  • fröken - Miss
  • förbundsordförande - chairman (of a federation) - unspecified, could be of a trade association or labour union
  • författare - writer
  • författarinna - writer (female)
  • förste bibliotekarie - first librarian
  • förste provinsialläkare -
  • försäkringsdirektör - insurance manager

G

  • generaldirektör - Director General (head of a government agency)
  • generalkonsul - Consul General
  • generallöjtnant - Lieutenant General
  • generalmajor - Major General
  • godsägare - owner of a large country estate
  • greve - Count
  • grevinna - Countess
  • grosshandlare -
  • gymnastikdirektör -

H

  • hedersdoktor - honorary degree, PhD hc
  • hemmansägare - owner of a small farm (archaic)
  • hovrättsassessor - Associate Judge at at Court of Appeal
  • hovrättsråd - Judge at a Court of Appeal
  • häradshövding - district court judge (archaic)

H

  • ingenjör - engineer (unspecified)
  • intendent - manager (unspecified, depending on context)

J

K

  • kabinettskammarherre -
  • kammarherre -
  • kammarråd -
  • kammarrättsassessor - Associate Judge at an Administrative Court of Appeal
  • kammarrättsråd - Judge at an Administrative Court of Appeal
  • kansliråd -
  • kapten - Captain (Air Force, Army); Lieutenant (Naval rank); Captain (merchant fleet)
  • kommendör - Captain (Naval rank); Commander (orders of chivalry)
  • kommendörkapten - Commander (Naval rank)
  • komminister - Associate Vicar
  • konstnär - artist
  • konstnärinna - artist (female)
  • konsul -
  • kontraktsprost -
  • kraftverksdirektör - manager of a power plant
  • kyrkoherde - Vicar

L

  • laborator -
  • lagman - district court judge
  • landshövding - County Governor
  • landskamrerare -
  • landssekreterare -
  • lasarettsläkare - physcician at a hospital
  • lektor -
  • länsråd - County Director

M

  • major - Major
  • medicine doktor, med. dr - medical doctor, MD
  • medicine licentiat, med. lic. - academic degree in medicine between masters and doctoral level;
  • musikdirektör -

N

  • nämndeman - Lay Judge

O

  • ombudsman - ombudsman
  • operasångare - opera singer

P

  • professor - Professor
  • prost - pastor, priest

R

  • redaktör - editor (often used as a synonym for journalist, contrast with "chefredaktör")
  • regeringsråd -
  • regissör - director (film or theatre)
  • rektor - rector, headmaster, school leader
  • riksdagsman - Member of the Riksdag
  • riksmarskalk - Marshal of the Realm (Sweden)
  • rådman -

S

  • sekreterare - secretary
  • skeppsredare - ship owner
  • skolföreståndarinna - head mistress, rector (female)
  • skulptör - sculptor
  • skådespelare - actor
  • skådespelerska - actress
  • stadsarkitekt -

T

  • tandläkare - dentist
  • teaterchef - theatre manager
  • teknologie doktor, tekn. dr - PhD in engineering sciences
  • tonsättare - composer

U

  • undervisningsråd -

V

  • verkställande direktör - chief executive officer or managing director
  • vicekonsul -

Ä

Ö

Literature[edit]

  • For really old Swedish titles, there is a chapter in Ordbok för släktforskare (2006), ISBN 91-534-2754-8
  • For current (1990s) titles, there is a "Standard för svensk yrkesklassificering (SSYK)" from Statistics Sweden. This alphabetic list translates titles into SSYK numbers, which can be translated to numbers in the international standard ISCO-88.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2., revid. uppl. med suppl. ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1362. ISBN 91-1-775052-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2., revid. uppl. med suppl. ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1383. ISBN 91-1-775052-0.
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