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Sweden has a Jewish community of around 20,000,〔Specktor, Mordecai.("Stockholm conference puts spotlight on Sweden's Jews" ), ''The American Jewish World''. Retrieved December 17, 2006 from the "Jews of Sweden", The Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust website (26–28 January 2000).〕 which makes it the 7th largest in the European Union. Yiddish has legal status as one of the country's official minority languages.〔 ("Regringens proposition 1998/99:143 Nationella minoriteter i Sverige" ), 10 June 1999. Accessed online 17 October 2006.〕 The first Jewish members of the Riksdag, Sweden's parliament, were elected in 1873. Many Jews came to Sweden during the 1930s and the Second World War in order to escape Nazi persecution. Because Sweden was neutral during the war, the country was able to give asylum to many Jews from neighbouring countries: in 1942, some 900 Norwegian Jews were given asylum from Nazi persecution in their home country, and, most importantly of all, in October 1943 almost the entire Danish Jewish community, some 8,000 people, was transported to Sweden (''see Rescue of the Danish Jews''). Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was also active in assisting Jews. Attention has been given to the situation in the city of Malmö, which has one of Sweden's largest Muslim communities. Following a pro-Israel rally during the Gaza War of 2008–09, organized by the city's Jewish community, there has been some discord between the local pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel communities. Surveys show that anti-Semitism exists in Sweden. The study "Antisemitic images and attitudes in Sweden", conducted by Henrik Bachner and Jonas Ring, revealed that 1.4 percent of the population disagrees with the assertion that "Most Jews are probably decent folks".〔Larsson, K. (Review of the study "Antisemitic images and attitudes in Sweden" ).〕 ==History of Jews in Sweden== Jews have been permitted to immigrate to Sweden since the late 18th century. Prior to this, Jews were sought after as teachers of Hebrew in the universities, but the condition for being appointed to the teaching post was that they convert to Lutheranism.〔Hugo Valentin ''Judarnas historia i Sverige''〕 As Lutheran Protestantism was in its infancy, there was a feeling of being threatened by the existence of other religions, especially Catholicism. Jews were sought after to stimulate the Swedish economy, and were actively encouraged to settle. They required a capital of 2 000 riksdalers to obtain a letter of protection (skyddsbrev). The status of ''skyddsjude'' derived from German schutzjude and the legislation in the 18th century regulating Jews in Sweden was put together after the Parliamentary Constitutional Committee (''Konstitutionsuttskottet'') had obtained copies of the German laws regulating Jews in Saxony, Prussia and other German kingdoms and duchies. It was discussed in committee whether Jews should wear a distinguishing mark when walking in the street - perhaps a red or yellow hatband, but this idea was rejected.〔mentioned in Aaron Isaac's autobiography (in Yiddish) and quoted in Hugo Valentin ''Judarnas Historia i Sverige'' (The History of the Jews in Sweden)〕 poor Jews were subject to deportation. A large number of restrictions were placed on Jews, including restriction to towns: Stockholm, Göteborg, Norrköping and Landskrona: Jews could not reside or own property in the countryside: this restriction was first removed in 1854.〔(Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 13. Johan – Kikare / 229–230 (1910) ). Runeberg.org. Retrieved on 2012-06-01.〕 In 1870 Jews received full citizens' rights and the first Jewish members of the Riksdag, Aron Philipson and Moritz Rubenson, were elected in 1872.〔(Svenska judarnas historia ) (History of Swedish Jewry), Gothenburg Jewish Community.〕 However Swedish non-Protestants, most of which were Catholics and Jews, were still not allowed to teach the subject of Christianity in public schools or to be cabinet ministers (''statsråd''); these restrictions were fully removed from January 1, 1953. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antisemitism in Sweden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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