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A large Jewish community also existed in Latvia. In comparison, Estonia and the Nordic countries have had much smaller communities, concentrated mostly in Denmark and Sweden. The following is a list of prominent North European Jews, arranged by country of origin:
The Jewish Community of Denmark is an Orthodox religious organization representing around 2,400 Danish Jews, both religious and secular, out of a population of around 6,000 Danish Jews. It is a member of the European Jewish Congress and the World Jewish Congress . [ 1 ]
Jewish-Danish families (3 C) S. Danish Sephardi Jews (7 P) Pages in category "Danish Jews" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Lopes Suasso: family whose nobility was confirmed between 1818 and 1831, extinct in 1970 (notable member: Francisco Lopes Suasso, Baron d'Avernas le Gras (1657–1710), one of the leading shareholders of the West India Company, one of the most ardent supporters of the House of Orange, he supported William of Orange in 1688, in his invasion of England)
According to the Jewish Community in Denmark, as of 2020, there were approximately 6,000 Jews in Denmark, of which 1,700 were card-carrying members of the organisation. Most Danish Jews are secular but maintain a cultural connection to Jewish life. [17] Almost all Jews are integrated into mainstream Danish society.
However, the vast majority of the population in the Netherlands and a large proportion of the one in Belgium were murdered in the Holocaust, and much of the modern Jewish population of these countries (as well as of Switzerland) derives from post-Holocaust arrivals from other parts of Europe. Here is a list of some prominent Jews in western ...
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Jews arrived into Denmark from 1622 when they were invited into the country by Denmark's king. [2] Although they were scattered around, many of the Jews settled in Copenhagen. [2] Abraham Salomon became the first rabbi in the country in 1687. [3] From 1766 until 1795, around 1,500 Jews worshipped in a small synagogue until it burned down. [2]