Jewish Stockholm tour

Stockholm has had presence of Jews since at least the 17th century. Sweden stands out as one of few European countries unaffected by the Holocaust, and much remains of the Jewish community's artifacts.

Understand
While Jews have resided in Stockholm since the height of the Swedish Empire in the 17th century, their religion was prohibited until 1774, requiring Jews to be baptized at immigration. King Gustav III approved their religion, still barring them from land ownership and many professions, and limiting their residence to Stockholm, Gothenburg and Norrköping. Jews got full civil rights in Sweden in 1870. Since 2000, Jews have been recognized as one of Sweden's national minorities, together with the Romani, Sami, Finns and Tornedalians, making Sweden the world's only country granting official status to the Yiddish language. As of the 2020s, there are around 20,000 Jews in Sweden, many of them in Stockholm.

Timeline

 * 1557: First written record of an individual Jew in Sweden; Gustav Vasa's doctor, known only as "the Jew"
 * 1774: Aaron Isaac receives a Royal charter to live as a Jew in Sweden
 * 1870: Jews receive full civil rights. Great Synagogue opens
 * 1945: End of World War II
 * 2000: Jews recognized as a national minority