History of The Jews in Sweden - 20th Century

20th Century

An Act that granted Jews equality before the law was passed in the Swedish riksdag in 1910.

Between 1850 and 1920, there was a large wave of Ashkenazic immigration to Sweden from Russia and Poland, and by 1920, the Jewish population of Sweden had grown to 6,500. After the First World War, Jewish immigration was regulated, though small groups of German, Czech, and Austrian origin were allowed to come to Sweden.