Scandinavia Special Interest Group (SIG)

FINLAND

HELSINKI & TURKU CEMETERY

Eric Adler has transcribed information directly from the headstones in the Helsinki Jewish Cemetery (1282 names) - it does not include burials in Helsinki's old Jewish cemetery, and from Turku Jewish Cemetery (326 names) in September 2001. The databases are in the JewishGen Online World Burial Registry (JOWBR) format and Eric Adler has submitted the information to the JOWBR database. For more information, contact Eric Adler: eladler@yahoo.com.

Until the JOWBR is online the information can be found at the following addresses (the download of Helsinki may take a while):

Helsinki Cemetery   -    Turku Cemetery

THE HISTORY ABOUT THE JEWS IN FINLAND

Links to webpages with the history of the Jews in Finland:

Some relevant addresses if you are trying to get some information from Finland:

You can also find information on the Icelandic historian, Snorri G. Bergsson's website:

where the 2. chapter "Jews and the North" gives a brief outline of the history of the Jews in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway.


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Compiled and updated 21.maj.2004