Aaron Isaac

Aaron Isaac ( Isaac Aaron, Aron Isak; Hebrew form of the name after the grave inscription: ר ' אהרן ב ' ר יצחק מבריצן; born September 16, 1730 in Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, † October 21, 1816 in Stockholm, Sweden) was the founder of the Jewish community in Stockholm and the first Jew, who settled in Sweden without converting to the Lutheran Church.

As the son of a merchant from Treuenbrietzen he settled in the then University City Biitzow in the Duchy of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, where he worked as an assistant engraver and as a dealer. By a Swedish officer, he learned that there was a lack of craftsmen of its kind in Sweden. He therefore came to Sweden in 1774 and settled there with his wife and child. 1779 issued the Reichstag the Jews permission to build a synagogue in Stockholm and at most three other cities.

As an engraver Aaron Isaac was 1788 Army supplier for war with Russia, 1789 purveyor.