Research
The Danish Jewish Museum emphasizes a close connection between the museum's collection, research and dissemination. The museum's research projects therefore involve active collection of objects and source material to shed light on central issues within the museum's area of responsibility. In addition to the museum's own research projects and publications, the museum functions as a knowledge center that regularly receives visits from researchers and students from both Denmark and abroad, who conduct research in the museum's collection or consult the museum's knowledge and library.
Studio boxes
The museum wants to house new research. If you are researching Danish Jewish history, you can apply for a study box at our office. This way you are closer to both objects and specialist literature. Contact us at info@jewmus.dk if you have a project or assignment you would like to write within the museum's area of responsibility.
Two examples of the house's research
In the fall of 2019, the museum hosted a thesis from the University of Copenhagen that examined the museum's collection of Torah scrolls. The museum has previously hosted the research project The Scandinavian Psalter (London, British Library, Ms. Additional 17868): Representations of Jews and Devotional Practices in Thirteenth-Century Denmark by Marina Vidas, supported by the Ny Carlsberg Foundation.
Come on a research visit
Groups from higher education institutions and universities have free access to the museum during normal opening hours when they are accompanied by a teacher. In addition, the museum offers special tours outside opening hours.
Reports
Here you can find publications by the Danish Jewish Museum and the museum's employees, divided by year. Publications that are peer-reviewed are marked with an asterisk. *
2026
Larsen, Signe Bergman
- "Escape or vacation? Danish Jews' refugee life in Sweden 1943-1945 seen through private photo albums" in: Tings Tale. Journal of material culture, no. 8, 2026, pp. 8-29 *
2025
Jensen, Janus Moller
- "Anselm of Canterbury and the First Crusade. A History from the Medieval Circle", in Celebration paper on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Medieval Circle, ed. Anja Langkow Nielsen, Copenhagen 2025, pp. 130-52.
- "The cross-bearing woman from Øster Brønderslev. Women and the Crusades in Denmark around the year 1200", Findings & Past 2025:2, pp. 23-30.
- "The House of Eternity - a testimony in the Danish landscape", Jewish Orientation 96:3 (2025), pp. 26-30.
- “Foreword”, “Leftover Introduction”, “Authorship – Introduction”, “Postscript”, in Leftover. An anthology about Janina Katz and the Polish Jews in Denmark, Danish Jewish Museum 2025, pp. 4, 8-10, 20-24 and 102-5.
- “The Messiah King: Christian IV and the View of Jews in 16th and 17th Century Denmark”, Rambam. Journal of Jewish Culture and Research 34 (2025), pp. 70-90.
- "The view of Jews in Denmark-Norway in the 1500th and 1600th centuries", in Pride and Prejudice. Meetings between Jews, Christians and Muslims through 2000 years, ed. Sven Thore Kloster and Eivor A. Oftestad, Fagbokforlaget 2025, pp. 147-67.*
- “Archbishop Erik Valkendorf and the mapping of the far north in the early 1500th century”, [Fighting for the East. Festschrift for John Lind, eds. Kurt Villads Jensen, Jens E. Olesen and Kirsi Salonen] Mirator 25:1 (2025), pp. 132-151.*
Larsen, Signe Bergman and Janus Moller Jensen
- “Introduction: Jewish life in the province – new perspectives on Danish Jewish life and history through 400 years”, Rambam. Journal of Jewish Culture and Research 34 (2025), pp. 6-10.
Jensen, Janus Møller, Signe Bergman Larsen and Sara Fredfeldt Stadager (eds.)
- Left Behind. An anthology about Janina Katz and the Polish Jews in Denmark, Danish Jewish Museum 2025.
- Abandoned. Janina Katz and the Polish Jews in Denmark – An anthology, Danish Jewish Museum 2025.
Knudsen, Nicolai and Janus Moller Jensen
- "Jewish life in Nyborg 1688-1943", Rambam. Journal of Jewish Culture and Research 34 (2025), pp. 43-61.
Larsen, Signe Bergman
- "The Light in the Darkness? The Jewish Campaign – October 1943", Journals 2025:1, pp. 3-10.
Larsen, Signe Bergman and Sara Fredfeldt Stadager
- "Jews, Poland and Denmark", in Left Behind. An anthology about Janina Katz and the Polish Jews in Denmark, Danish Jewish Museum 2025, pp. 50-77.
2024
Jensen, Janus Moller
- “The name of God on the tower. Christian IV's use of the name of God in Hebrew”, Slack 2024/1, pp. 10-16.
- "History communication under pressure", The Museum Magazine 2024/2, pp. 46-48.
- More contributions to Das Mittelalterliche Børglum. "It was the true center of Christian culture in Denmark", eds. Gert Jensen and Jørgen Jørgensen, Vendila Publishing House: Børglum 2024.
- Theme section on the history of the Crusades in Junior.
- "The story of the Danes' journey to Jerusalem", Slack 2024:5, pp. 4-10.
Larsen, Signe Bergman
- "What do the pictures tell us? Family album from an involuntary journey – 1943-45", Jewish Orientation 95:3, 31-39.
2023
Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer
- The city that whispered, translated by Noa Agnete Metz, Danish Jewish Museum 2023.
Jensen, Janus Moller
- "An Israelite Man Who Could Become King of Birds. An Introduction to the History of the Jews in Nyborg", Nyborg – before & now 2022 (2023), pp. 101-124.
- “On communicating Danish Jewish history”, in Danish Jews 400 years. Seen through the eyes of others, ed. Henri Goldstein (Gads Forlag: Copenhagen, 2023), pp. 89-103.
- "A transcript of old chronicles. Peder Olsen and Danish national historiography under Christian II.", in Danish Late Middle Ages, Reformation and Renaissance. Spirituality, Materiality and People. A Celebration of Lars Bisgaard, eds. Louise Nyholm Kallestrup and Per Seesko-Tønnesen (Southern Danish University Press: Odense, 2023), pp. 189-210.*
- “Foreword” in Bent Blüdnikow, My father's escape, 2nd ed., People's Press 2023.
- "Introduction" in Therkel Stræde, October 1943. Escape of the Danish Jews, Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Danish Jewish Museum/National Museum 2023.
Larsen, Signe Bergman
- "Afterword by the Danish Jewish Museum" in Sascha Kempinski, The Escape to Sweden. The Story of the Teddy Bear Mo and His People – When there was war in Denmark, Live 2023.
- “Notes from the Danish Jewish Museum” in Ralph Shayne, In a time of need. The perilous flight of Danish Jews during World War II, Departure 2023.
Jensen, Janus Moller and Signe Bergman Larsen
- “Postscript” in Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren, The city that whispered, translated by Noa Agnete Metz, Danish Jewish Museum 2023.
2022
Foighel, Hanne
- Stone on stone. My 400-year-old Danish Jewish roots. Copenhagen: Danish Jewish Museum 2022.
Jensen, Janus Moller
- The Crusade to Greenland. Denmark, the Crusades and the Great Discoveries in the Renaissance 1400-1523. Copenhagen: Turbine 2022.
- “Kerteminde and Greenland around the year 1700”. Cartha. Annual magazine for East Funen Museums 2021/2022 (2022), pp. 48-68.
- "Claudius Clavus Swart. East Funen, maps and the great discoveries of the Renaissance". Nyborg – then and now 2021 (2022), pp. 65-94.
Still days, Sara Fredfeldt
- “Religious expertise in a museum – the case of the chocolate coin”. Marie Vejrup Nielsen and Laura Maria Schütze: Religion & museums – Danish cultural history with new eyes. Aarhus: Center for Contemporary Religion 2022, pp. 99-112.*
- “The blasphemous chocolate coin at the Danish Jewish Museum”, Danish Museums (winter 2022), p. 51.
2021
Jensen, Janus Moller
- Medieval Børglum. The true center of Christian culture in Denmark, eds. Gert Jensen and Jørgen Jørgensen, Forlaget Vendila: Børglum 2021 [has edited and written several chapters and sections for the book].
- "Danish post-Reformation crusaders. Jerusalem and crusading in Denmark c. 1550-1650", in Tracing the Jerusalem Code, vol. 2: The Chosen People. Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536-ca. 1750), ed. Eivor A. Oftestad and Joar Haga, (Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2021), pp. 197-231*
Academic assignments and theses
Here you can find academic assignments and theses about Danish Jewish history and the Danish Jewish Museum. Other theses and theses can be requested from the university libraries. Please contact us if you need materials, empirical data or want to write in collaboration with the museum.
Andersen, Carina
The symbolism of architecture - An exhibition analysis of the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen, 2009.
Bludnikow, Philip
"O cervix rigida!" Perceptions of Jews in Ælnoth's chronicle
University of Copenhagen, 2020.
Chamberlain, Karen L.
History on the Internet - about the immigration of Eastern European Jews to Denmark in the period 1904-1917
RUC, 2002.
Christoffersen, Ida, Lise Korsgaard and Stine Thuge
A museum in its time: the Danish Jewish Museum as a place of remembrance
RUC, 2005.
Elgaard, Kaj, Pernille Olsen & Line Hartvig Rasch
Nathan Levin Fränkel
University of Copenhagen, 2017.
Vulture, Marie Soberg
Silenced Suffering? Danish Jewish Remembrance of the Second World War
University of Copenhagen, 2025
Jensen, Anne Øster
The Russians are coming! - a study of the Russian-Jewish immigration to Copenhagen 1904-1917
Aarhus University, 2004.
Juhl, Magnus Panduro
The Danish helpers of the Jews in October 1943 - An analysis of reports
University of Copenhagen, 2017
Juul, Brit Caroline
The Holocaust in the Danish memory. An analysis of the dissemination and reception of the Holocaust in Denmark
University of Copenhagen, 2005
Jorgensen, Nanna Dissing Bay
History and memory - a study of the Danish Jewish Museum as a place of remembrance
University of Copenhagen, 2004.
Lichtenstein, Tatjana
Jews on Display: Jewish Representation in Copenhagen 1900-1921
University of Copenhagen, 2000.
List, Johan
Solid ground underfoot. An investigation of the importance of the state of Israel for Jewish identity in post-war Denmark
University of Copenhagen, 2020.
Namer, Ditte Katrine
Danishness and religion. A discourse analysis of religion and identity in a museum
Master's conference, University of Copenhagen, 2007.
Mydtskov, Karoline Mørk
The Age of Enlightenment and its significance for the Jewish population
University of Copenhagen, 2020.
Nielsen, Lark
A comparative analysis of whether and how mosques and synagogues have contributed to integrating or Jews and Muslims in Danish society
University of Copenhagen, 2017
Olsen, Nina Skyhøj
The history of Jewish sports (1921-1959). An analysis of Jewish sports in Denmark in the period 1921-1959
Prize assignment response, University of Copenhagen, 2011.
Pedersen, Anne Katrine Blinkenberg
The Hallen mission among Jews in the 1700th century, with a special focus on Denmark
Prize assignment response, University of Copenhagen, 2007.
Pedersen, Jens Vifeldt
Danish antisemitism 1870-1900. Studies of the portrayal of Jews in Danish humor magazines
University of Copenhagen, 2007.
Pedersen, Rikke Smedegaard
The flight of Jews from unrest in Poland to sanctuary in Denmark - a study of the Polish-Jewish refugees 1969 - 73
University of Copenhagen, 2005.
Rasmussen, Inger Elisabeth
Commemorative pictures of Denmark 1938-1945 among former chalutzim
University of Copenhagen, 2008.
Rasmussen, Nore Luna Kornø
Danish Jewish Museum and Jüdisches Museum Berlin - A comparative analysis
University of Copenhagen, 2013.
Simonsen, Cecilie Speggers Schrøder
A cosmopolitan Jew – about MA Goldschmidt's relationship to Jewish emancipation
Roskilde University, 2012.
Sørensen, Ditte Maria
Daniel Libeskind. An aesthetic and historical-philosophical position
University of Copenhagen, 2013.
Ostergaard, Karin
The museum as a place of experience exemplified by the Danish Jewish Museum
University of Copenhagen, 2006.