Jewish funeral

Judaism is one of the oldest known religions and is symbolised by the Star of David. There are around 20 000 Jews in Sweden.

What usually happens at the ceremony?

When a Jewish person dies they should be buried as soon as possible, preferably within 24 hours.

Members of the Jewish burial society collect the person who has died, who is taken to the congregation’s chapel for a ritual washing before the body is placed in a very simple coffin without metal. The coffin is draped with a pall bearing the Star of David.

What is useful to know?

• Only burial in the ground takes place.
• The congregations have their own burial grounds.
• Only one person’s remains in each grave.
• Great simplicity throughout, and the coffin preferably without any metal.
• Flowers are not used. Instead people are asked to give to charity.
• On the anniversary of the death the headstone is unveiled.

What do we help with?

We coordinate with the burial society and the congregation, and keep to the short timeframe.

The content of the ceremony belongs to the family and the congregation. We make sure that everything around it is in place in time: collection and transport, day or night, coffin and urn, contact with the cemetery authority, the death notice and the online memorial, and all the paperwork for the authorities.

What does it cost?

The same price list applies whatever the tradition. See what a funeral costs, or call us and we will work out the figures for your situation.

Where can we read more?

Sveriges Begravningsbyråers Förbund, the Swedish Funeral Directors Association, describes the tradition at begravningar.se.

We arrange funerals according to several different traditions.