Nordic Israelism or Norse Israelism is the belief that Scandinavian peoples, or the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Faroe Islands (part of Denmark), Finland, Iceland, Norway descend from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.

Although there were very likely Jewish merchants, sailors and others who entered Norway during the Middle Ages, no efforts were made to establish a Jewish community. Through the early modern period, Norway, still devastated by the Black Death, was ruled by Denmark from 1536 to 1814 and then by Sweden until 1905.

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:

Norway’s 1,500 Jews live mainly in Oslo, and most of the 1,000 Finnish Jews live in Helsinki, though small communities exist in Turku and Tampere. Jews in Scandinavia are among the most culturally assimilated in the world.

The Jews' own desire and ability to master the Danish tongue and culture eased their integration into Danish society. Assimilation and the many intermarriages between Jewish and Christian families further consolidated the Jewish position so that they came to make vital, indeed invaluable, contributions Danish cultural and professional life.

2020年12月12日 · The paper aims at presenting and analyzing the fates of the Jewish deportees and returnees of the Holocaust in the transborder region around Szeged. View full-text Article

research on contemporary Judaism in the Nordic countries. The aim of the workshop was to establish a stronger collaborative network between both research teams and individual scholars, including participants of various disciplines from the University of Helsinki, Åbo Akademi University, the Donner Institute, Södertörn University, HL Sentret, Up...

Join us as we explore the beauty of Norway and Sweden and talk about the countries' brief, yet important, Jewish history. We will speak about the first Jews who settled in these lands and the growth of Jewish life in the first half of the 20th century. We will also compare the different fates of both communities during WWII.

Jews have lived in Norway since the 1400s, but from 1687 until the Norwegian parliament lifted the ban in 1851, Jews found in Norway were jailed and expelled. Norway was part of the Danish kingdom, and maintained Lutheran-inspired laws that effectively restricted Jews from settling in the western regions of Scandinavia.

2022年7月3日 · The Jewish communities in Sweden and in Norway date back to the 18th and 19th centuries respectively, when Jews were legally permitted to reside in these Christian kingdoms. Join us as we explore the beauty of these countries and talk about their brief, yet important, Jewish history.