Swedish NGOs reported 65 antisemitic incidents in 2004, mostly
cases of harassment, but also 4 of physical assault. In a report
rating intolerance among students in relation to Jews, Muslims,
homosexuals and immigrants, the Living History Forum found a
high degree of tolerance toward the Jewish minority in Sweden.
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Sweden has a Jewish population of about
18,000, or 0.2 percent, out of a general population of 9
million. The majority, approximately 10,000, live in the larger
cities – Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö. Smaller Jewish
communities can be found in Boras, Uppsala, Norrköping and
Helsingborg. The various communities are independent, but linked
through the Council of Swedish Jewish Communities. A Stockholm-
based magazine, Judisk Krönika, appears bi-monthly, as well as
Tachless, the magazine of the Jewish congregation. Shechita
(Jewish ritual slaughter) is prohibited and kosher meat is
imported from abroad. According to a report of the Swedish
Animal Welfare Agency, while they saw no ob