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SWEDEN

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

Jewish Genealogical Society of Sweden
    Carl H. Carlsson, President
        E-mail: Carl-Henrik.Carlsson@hist.uu.se
        c/o Gerber, Box 7427, 103 91, Stockholm, SWEDEN
        Telephone: 46-8-679 29 17
        E-mail: maynard.gerber@mbox200.swipnet.se
        Website: http://www.ijk-s.se/genealogi

References:
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/vjw/Sweden.html#History History of Jewish Community in Sweden http://www.jewishgen.org/Scandinavia/sweden.htm [February 2001]

BOOK: Jacobowski, C. V. Judiska begravningsplatserISverige (Jewish Cemeteries in Sweden). Stockholm: 1956. 8 pages, Swedish. S32V1585. Stampen Cemetery with about 1,600 tombstones dated 1793 - 1915. Another cemetery with 530 tombstones from 1915 - 1956. Third cemetery, 1945 to date includes 40 Holocaust tombstones. Source: Tagger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.

THE CEMETERIES

GÖTEBORG:
http://www.judiskaforsamlingen.se/index.php?upplx=1024&upply=768 [August 2003]

MALMÖ:
http://www.ijk-s.se/jfm/jfmintro.htm [2000]

NORRKÖPING:
    A Jewish cemetery exists in this town that, some centeries ago, had a major Jewish population. Now, there are very few Jews living there with no active jewish community. The cemetery has graves from prior to WWII and is a part of a big local, Christian cemetery. Source: adam.ilicki@telia.com [October 2003]

SOLNA: see STOCKHOLM

STOCKHOLM:
http://www.jf-stockholm.org/ is the website of the Jewish community of Stockholm. [October 2000]
Located in Kungsholm Section at Igelddammsgatan, Alstromergatan, and Kronobergsgatan, the oldest dates from the late 1700s. The newest Jewish cemetery is in the suburb of Solna at Hagaparken. Source: Israelowitz, Oscar. Guide to Jewish Europe. Brooklyn, NY: Israelowitz Publishing, 1995, p. 312. [October 2000]


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