ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the lives of Eastern European Jews migrating to the Nordic countries between 1880 and 1940. With the starting point of our analysis being three families related through marriage, we ask how the Jewish population turned their previous experiences in Eastern Europe into tools for making the transition to a life in their new country of residence as smooth as possible. Further, we investigate how they transferred this formal and informal knowledge to the following generations. We also analyse how they remained Jews while at the same time becoming Swedes, Finns, Danes, and Norwegians. Finally, we discuss which values—both Jewish and non-Jewish—played a part in these processes.
