The Oslo Jewish Museum () aims at informing about Jews in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It was established as a foundation in 2003, supported by the Det mosaiske trossamfunn and
Oslo City Museum
Oslo City Museum (''Oslo Bymuseum'') is a department of Oslo Museum in Oslo, Norway.
The museum is located at Frogner Manor (''Frogner Hovedgård'') in Frogner Park (''Frognerparken'').
The museum was first founded in 1905 as the association ...
.
The museum was officially opened by
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (; Haakon Magnus; born 20 July 1973) is the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne. He is the only son of King Harald V and Queen Sonja.
Haakon represents the fourth generation of the sitting Norwegian royal famil ...
on September 8, 2008. The location was selected as one where there had been a substantial Jewish population. A
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
stood on the same street from 1921 to 1942, and many of the Jews immigrating to Norway from the Baltics lived in the vicinity.
Nomination for Museum of the Year
In 2014 the museum was nominated for ''Museumforbundets Museum of the Year Award—alongside
KODE
KODE-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Joplin, Missouri, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Joplin, Missouri– Pittsburg, Kansas television market. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains joint ...
and
Telemark Museum
The Telemark Museum is a museum in Telemark, Norway. It includes several buildings across Telemark and is headquartered in Kleiva in the older part of Skien in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The main museum building is located within walkin ...
.
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See also
* Trondheim Synagogue
The Trondheim Synagogue ( no, Synagogen i Trondheim) in Trondheim, Norway is the second-northernmost synagogue in the world (after the synagogue in Fairbanks, Alaska). The present synagogue has served the Jewish community since its inauguration o ...
* Oslo Synagogue
The Oslo Synagogue ( no, Synagogen i Oslo) is a synagogue in Oslo, Norway. The congregation was established in 1892, but the present building was erected in 1920. Architectural historian Carol Herselle Krinsky describes the two-story tall, stucco ...
* History of the Jews in Norway
The history of Jews in Norway dates back to the 1400s. 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 mod ...
* The Holocaust in Norway
The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940. In 1942, there were at least 2,173 Jews in Norway. At least 775 of them were arrested, detained and/or deported. More than half of the Norwegians who died in camps in Germany were Jews. 742 ...
References
External links
Oslo Jewish Museum
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Museums in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
Jews and Judaism in Oslo