Genealogy Projects tagged with Jødisk Genealogisk Selskab i Danmark on the Geni Family Tree

Jews of Copenhagen, Denmark

In 1622, King Christian IV invited Spanish and Portuguese Jews from Amsterdam and Hamburg to settle in Gluckstadt on the Elbe estuary (then in Denmark). While these Jews were granted economic and religious freedom, Ashkenazim from Germany were subject to many restrictions. In 1684, the unified Jewish community of Copenhagen was established by ordinance of King Christian V. Civic equality was ev...