Malmö Mosaiska Parish, Malmöhus, Sweden Genealogy

Guide to Malmö Mosaiska Parish, Sweden ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

History
Malmö Jewish Parish, formerly known as the Mosaic Church, was formed in 1871 as the country's fifth Jewish parish after Stockholm, Göteborg, Norrköping and Karlskrona. This was as a result of the Freedom of Trade Ordinance of 1864, which created increased Jewish immigration. In December 1871, the members Malmö united to form their own parish and submitted to the magistrate a letter with the names of the seven persons appointed as electors in the election of parish priests. At this time, there were more than 250 Jews in Malmö County. Before the creation of parish, the Jews in Skåne belonged to the Göteborg Mosaic parish, but contacts were maintained mainly with religious communities in Copenhagen. After the congregation was created, they established a religious school, a synagogue and a cemetery.

From 1879 onwards, the parish received the right to keep its own church books, which right ceased at the end of 1910. From 1911 onwards, the parishioners were required to register with the Lutheran church in the parish where they lived. Information concerning the parishioners before 1879 can to some extent be obtained from the archives of the Mosaic parishes in Copenhagen and Göteborg. In the moving-in records of Malmö Sankt Petri and Caroli parishes in 1870, information is recorded about non-Lutheran believers living in the city (among other things by Mosaic affiliation).

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Place Names
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Surrounding Parishes
 * Malmö Garnisons
 * Malmö Hospital
 * Malmö Karoli
 * Malmö katolska
 * Malmö Mosaiska
 * Malmö Sankt Pauli
 * Malmö Sankt Petri

Collections
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 * Church Records


 * Court Records


 * Military Records

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