What did executioners do when not performing executions?
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In the UK, executioners were civillians, contracted on a per-execution basis. They invariably had another job that provided their steady income. While doing an execution was reasonably well-paid, the demand was irregular, and the county sheriffs who hired them had several to choose from. They had trades like publican, bus driver, welder or quarryman - solid working-class occupations. Their prime qualifications were steady nerves and discretion.
Wikipedia's list of executioners has civilian occupations for many of them. UK executioners were also sometimes engaged for jobs in Ireland, or in Europe under British auspices. Albert Pierrepoint hanged over 200 German war criminals after WWII, over the course of several years.
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In the case of Sweden, the last executioner Anders Gustaf Dalman was employed by one or more housing owners in Stockholm to care for their houses.
In Sweden executions was usually done with an axe (the last one Johan Alfred Ander was the only time the guillotine was used but Dalman was the executioner.)
His colleague Per Petter Christensson Steijnech was contracted for the execution of Nils Peter Hagström in 1887 and afterwards he emigrated to the USA (6 Juni 1887.)
Dalman was nominated as skarprättare (executioner) in Stockholm län (county) in 1885. Later on, 6 other counties nominated him as their executioner. In 1901 he was nominated as riksskarprättare (Sveriges's executioner.)
Dalman was until 1885 a soldier (corporal) by the Västmanlands regiement, Västerås.
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