History of the Jews in Denmark
The history of the Jews in Denmark goes back to the 1600s. At present, the Jewish community of Denmark constitutes a small minority of about 6,000 persons within Danish society. The community's population peaked prior to the Holocaust at which time the Danish resistance movement (with the assistance of many ordinary Danish citizens) took part in a collective effort to evacuate about 8,000 Jews and their families from Denmark by sea to nearby neutral Sweden, an act which ensured the safety of almost all the Danish Jews.
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| 6,400 | |
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| Copenhagen | |
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| Danish, Hebrew, Yiddish | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism |
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| year | Jews | Population | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 | 1,830 | 841,806 | 0.2% |
| 1840 | 3,839 | 1,289,075 | 0.3% |
| 1850 | 3,941 | 1,414,648 | 0.3% |
| 1860 | 4,214 | 1,608,362 | 0.3% |
| 1870 | 4,290 | 1,784,741 | 0.2% |
| 1880 | 3,946 | 1,969,039 | 0.2% |
| 1890 | 4,080 | 2,138,529 | 0.2% |
| 1901 | 3,476 | 2,449,540 | 0.1% |
| 1911 | 5,164 | 2,757,076 | 0.2% |
| 1921 | 5,947 | 3,267,831 | 0.2% |
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