Copyright © Hans Högman 2017-08-10
Research of Soldiers,
Sweden
Explanations and Terms
When you do soldier research you might come
across terms you don’t understand. Here is an
explanation to some such terms.
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Abs. eller Absens, absent at the muster.
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Appr. eller Approbera, approved as a soldier at
the muster.
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Präs eller Pr., Presens eller Praesens,
personally present at the muster.
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Avsked - Cassation:
Avsked: The soldier was discharged. The
discharge could be a request from the soldier or
an order from the Army. The reason would be
old age, war wound or sickness.
If a soldier has a notation "kasserades" or
"cassation" it means that the soldier wasn't fit to
be a soldier and most often dishonorable
discharged. The soldier then had committed a
crime or violated the military rules and
regulations.
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Annotationer - Notations
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Anmäld till underhåll - The soldier was
granted an allowance and was now a grantee of
a pension (gratialist). The allowance was paid by
the Vadstena krigsmanshuskassa.
A soldier was not automatically granted an
allowance. He needed a good service record and
graded to be unfit to earn his own living after
the discharge. If he was granted an allowance
and was able to partially earn his living he
normally would receive a reduced allowance.
Normally the soldier had to be over 50 years of
age and been in service for 30 years before he
was a possible choice.
The GMR will have the note "Anmäld till
underhåll" (reported for allowance) if he was due
for an allowance.
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Sjuk - The soldier could be absent at a general
muster due to sickness/injury. He was then
either at home or at the regimental cottage
hospital.
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Soldattorp - The soldier dwelling, the soldier's
croft (cottage).
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Officersboställe - An officer's military
residence.
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Utmönstrad - The soldier was
discharged/deceased and removed from the
rolls.
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Underofficer - Non-Commissioned Officer
(NCO)
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Inskrivningsnummer - Enrollment number
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Rullföringsområde - Roll keeping area
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Soldatkontrakt - Soldier contract
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Generalmönsterrulla, GMR - General Muster
Roll, GMR
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Roten vakant - The "rote" was vacant and a
new soldier was to be recruited. Until a new
soldier was recruited the "rote" had to pay a
vacancy fee to the Crown.
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Roten indragen - The "rote" was suspended
(permanently vacated). Instead the "rote" had to
pay a vacancy fee to the regiment. This fee
could be used by the regiment to maintain for
example the regimental band.
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Transport - Sometimes a soldier was
transferred to another "rote" This was called
"transport".
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Kommenderad - A soldier could be absent at a
general muster due to duty elsewhere, for
example duty as a prison guard at a
penitentiary.
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Interimavsked. Provisional discharge. A soldier
could not get discharged until next general
muster. However, the regimental commander
could discharge a solder on the soldiers request
between two general musters if the “rote”
supported the request or if the rote had
requested so. This was called “interimavsked” but
the discharge was still to be finally approved at
the next muster.
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Rekryt - When a new soldier was recruited he
became a "rekryt (recruit). He didn't became a
soldier until he had been approved at the next
general muster.
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Minderårig volontär. Under age military
personnel, volunteers, that served without
salary but could have certain fringe benefits.
This was soldiers to become NCOs or officers.
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Examples of different notations in general
muster rolls
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Related Links
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The Allotment System
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Swedish Regiments
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Swedish Military Unit Numbers
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Tutorial: How to Research Soldiers
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Tutorial: Conscription Enrollment Numbers
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Example of soldier rolls & documents
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About the enrollment Numbers (Conscripts)
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Examples of different notations in general
muster rolls
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Terms, soldier research
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The rote numbering of the Södermanland
regiment
Source References
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Krigsarkivet och släktforskaren, Christopher von
Warnstedt, SSGFs skriftserie, nr 1. 1989.
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Släktforskaren och Krigsarkivet by Lars Ericsson,
article in Båtsmän, ryttare & soldater, Årsbok
Sveriges Släktforskarförbund 1988.
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Soldatforska, Lars Ericson Wolke, 2012
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Soldatforskning, by P Clemensson, L Ericsson, P
Frohnert and B Lippold. Krigsarkivet 1995.
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Släktforskarna och Krigsarkivet, en vägvisare till de
militära källorna. Message from Krigsarkivet XIX,
2000.
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Beståndsöversikt Krigsarkivet
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Inskrivningar av värnpliktiga 1812 - 1969, en
översikt av Evabritta Personne, 1968.
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My own experiences
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