List of North European Jews

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Before the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the population in Lithuania where they numbered around 240,000, including approximately 100,000 in Vilnius, or about 45% of that city's pre-World War II population (Vilnius was also once known as the "Jerusalem of Lithuania"). 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:

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Iceland

Latvia

Lithuania

Norway

Sweden

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in Lithuania of Jewish parentage"
  2. ↑ Heifetz - [1] "Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Mischa Elman... were all Jews, too"
  3. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "His parents were Orthodox Jews"
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  5. ↑ Jewish Mathematicians
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  8. ↑ Jewish Chronicle, February 4, 2000, p.6: "Jewish business leader Marcus Storch"
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