Trondheim Synagogue

Trondheim Synagogue
Trondheim Synagogue
Norwegian: Synagogen i Trondheim
	The synagogue interior in 2007
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue; (1925–1941; and since 1947); Profane use (1941–1947); Jewish museum (since 1997);
Ownership	Det Mosaiske Trossamfund
Status	Active
Location
Location	Arkitekt Christies gate 1B, Trondheim
Country	Norway
	Location of the synagogue in Norway
Geographic coordinates	63°25′35″N 10°23′34″E / 63.4264°N 10.3928°E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Georg Andrea Bull (1864); Jakob Parelius Holmgren (1925);
Type	Railway station (1864); Synagogue architecture (1925);
Style	Romanesque Revival
Date established	1892 (as a congregation)
Completed	1864 (as a railway station); 1925 (as a synagogue);
Materials	Brick
Website
	dmt.trondheim.no

The Trondheim Synagogue (Norwegian: Synagogen i Trondheim) is an Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Arkitekt Christies gate 1B, in Trondheim, Norway. Established as a congregation in June 1892, the present synagogue has served the Jewish community since its inauguration on October 13, 1925. It was built to replace the first synagogue in Trondheim, the St Jørgensveita Synagogue, which was opened in 1899.^[2]

Since 1997, the building has also served as a Jewish museum.

History

The synagogue was originally Orthodox, but is no longer. There is no longer separate seating for men and women. The synagogue still has a gallery where the women once sat separately.^[3] Used for profane purposes by Nazis during World War II, the synagogue was reconsecrated in 1947 and continued to serve as a synagogue.^[2]

It is the second-northernmost synagogue in the world (after the synagogue in Fairbanks, Alaska).^[4]

References

^ "Synagogue in Trondheim". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Trondheim Synagogue" (moving panoramic images). Synagogues360. 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
^ "About the building". Jewish Museum Trondheim. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^ "Congregation Or HaTzafon". mosquitonet.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2011.