Judisk Krönika

Judisk Krönika, whose name translates as “Jewish Chronicle,” is a Swedish Jewish magazine based in Stockholm. Founded in 1932 by Daniel Brick and Simon Brick, it has served as a long-running publication for Jewish life, culture, history, religion, and public affairs in Sweden. Its history spans the rise of Nazism, the Second World War, the postwar development of Swedish Jewish institutions, and subsequent changes in the country’s Jewish community and wider society. The magazine began publishing at a time when Jewish organizations and Jewish publications were important forums for communal information and debate. During the 1940s and 1950s, Judisk Krönika and the periodical Judisk Tidskrift reportedly achieved substantial readership among Swedish Jews and people of Jewish background. From the beginning of 1933 and throughout the period of Nazi terror, Judisk Krönika covered anti-Jewish developments. This gave the publication an early role not only as a community magazine but also as a record of antisemitism and the political persecution of Jews in Europe. In 1979, responsibility for the magazine was taken over by Jewish assemblies and Jewish organizations in Sweden. Following that transition, it became a principal information channel for Judaism and Jewish communal life in Sweden. In 1988, Stiftelsen Judisk Krönika, or the Judisk Krönika Foundation, was established as the magazine’s publishing foundation. The foundation structure distinguishes the publication from a conventional commercial consumer-media brand and reflects its institutional and communal role. Judisk Krönika is published on a bimonthly basis, with six issues per year. The publication’s subject matter is associated with Swedish Jewish life and institutions, Jewish identity, religion, culture, history, antisemitism, Israel-related issues, and broader social and political developments relevant to its readership. The magazine has also preserved a significant documentary record through its long publication history. A searchable archive covering issues dating back to 1932 is available through the Historical Jewish Press project. The magazine’s reported circulation was approximately 6,500 copies in 2000. No current circulation figure is established in the supplied reference material. Anneli Rådestad has served as editor in chief since 2015 according to the cited Wikipedia reference. Judisk Krönika remains a specialized Swedish Jewish periodical whose importance is primarily editorial, cultural, historical, and communal rather than mass-market.

Judisk Krönika was founded in Sweden in 1932 by Daniel Brick and Simon Brick. Its emergence reflected the importance of Jewish-language and Jewish-oriented publications as means of communication, cultural expression, and community organization for Jews in Sweden. Although the supplied historical account does not specify the magazine's initial publishing arrangements or editorial structure, it identifies the journal as an enduring Swedish Jewish periodical based in Stockholm. The magazine's early decades coincided with the growth of fascism and Nazism in Europe. From early 1933, Judisk Krönika reported on anti-Jewish developments and continued doing so throughout the period of Nazi terror. This sustained coverage gave the journal a role as an information source for Swedish Jewish readers and as a contemporary record of the persecution of Jews. During the 1940s and 1950s, Judisk Krönika and Judisk Tidskrift had high readership levels among Swedes of Jewish origin, indicating that the publications occupied a significant place in the community's information environment during and after the Second World War. In 1979, Jewish assemblies and Jewish organizations in Sweden assumed responsibility for Judisk Krönika. The change strengthened the magazine's institutional connection to the organized Jewish community. After the transfer, the publication became a central information channel for Judaism in Sweden, linking coverage of Jewish religious and cultural matters with news and information relevant to Jewish organizations and communal life. A further organizational milestone came in 1988, when Stiftelsen Judisk Krönika, the Judisk Krönika Foundation, was established. The foundation functions as the publisher. This arrangement placed the magazine within a nonprofit or institutionally oriented publishing framework rather than treating it solely as a commercial periodical. The supplied sources do not provide details about the foundation's governance, funding, or formal relationship with individual Jewish organizations. By 2000, the magazine's circulation was reported at approximately 6,500 copies. It has been published bimonthly, producing six issues annually. Its editorial scope has centered on Jewish life in Sweden, Judaism, Jewish culture and history, antisemitism, and issues of interest to Swedish Jewish readers. The magazine's long-running coverage also makes it a historical source for changes in Swedish Jewish communal life and for Swedish responses to developments affecting Jews in Europe and elsewhere. The publication's historical record extends beyond its contemporary print distribution. Issues dating back to 1932 are available in a searchable archive through Historical Jewish Press, making the magazine accessible as a research resource as well as a current periodical. According to the cited reference, Anneli Rådestad has been editor in chief since 2015. The supplied material does not establish a later change in editorial leadership, a current circulation figure, or a formal corporate owner beyond the publishing foundation. Judisk Krönika is therefore best understood as a specialist community magazine with a dual function: it reports on present-day Jewish life in Sweden while preserving a continuous documentary record of Swedish Jewish perspectives across more than nine decades.

• 2015

  Anneli Rådestad becomes editor in chief

  [1]Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org

  Anneli Rådestad is identified as editor in chief from 2015 onward in the cited reference.

• 2000

  Reported circulation benchmark

  [1]Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org

  The magazine's circulation was reported at approximately 6,500 copies.

• 1988

  Judisk Krönika Foundation established

  [1]Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org

  Stiftelsen Judisk Krönika was founded and became the publishing foundation associated with the magazine.

• 1979

  Jewish organizations assume responsibility

  [1]Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org

  Jewish assemblies and Jewish organizations in Sweden took over responsibility for the magazine, after which it became a major information channel for Judaism in Sweden.

• 1940

  High readership during the wartime and postwar era

  [1]Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org

  Judisk Krönika and Judisk Tidskrift were reported to have high readership among Swedes of Jewish origin during the 1940s and 1950s.

• 1933

  Coverage of anti-Jewish developments begins

  [1]Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org

  The magazine began reporting on anti-Jewish developments from early 1933 and continued this coverage throughout the Nazi period.

• 1932

  Magazine founded

  [1]Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org

  Daniel Brick and Simon Brick founded Judisk Krönika in Sweden.

A Swedish Jewish community and cultural magazine combining current affairs, Jewish life, history, religion, cultural coverage, and documentation of antisemitism. Its foundation-based publishing structure and long archive give it an institutional and historical role within Sweden's Jewish public sphere.

• Bimonthly Jewish magazine · 1932

  Judisk Krönika magazine

  The core offering is a Swedish magazine published every two months, producing six issues per year. It covers Jewish religious, cultural, historical, communal, and social subjects, with particular relevance to Jewish life in Sweden. Its editorial history also includes reporting on antisemitism and anti-Jewish political developments.

• Digital archive

  Judisk Krönika historical archive

  A searchable archive of the magazine's historical issues is available through the Historical Jewish Press project. The archive reaches back to the publication's founding year, 1932, and provides researchers and readers with access to a long-running record of Swedish Jewish communal and cultural history.

1. 1Judisk Krönikaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Judisk Krönika official websitejudiskkronika.se
3. 3Judisk Krönika in Historical Jewish Pressjpress.org.il