Four Royal Edicts Concerning the Jews of Sweden

(SWEDEN)

Stockholm

1838-9

30th June, 1838: pp. 4. * 13th August, 1838: pp. 8. * 21st September, 1838 : pp. 4. * 7th November 1839: pp. 4. Swedish text

“The aversion to the Jews grew more pronounced as their privileges were more widely extended; and it reached the limit in 1838, when a new ordinance was promulgated which abolished nearly all the former restrictions upon their civic rights (in this ordinance the Jews were, for the first time, designated “Mosaiter,” i.e. adherents of the Mosaic faith). As a result, a serious uprising took place in the capital; and numerous complaints were presented to the government, denouncing the alleged undue preference shown the Jews at the expense of other citizens. On Sept. 21st of the same year, the government was compelled to revoke the new ordinance.” JE, Vol. XI, p. 608