The aim of this study is to examine the memory of the Jewish community in the province of Värmland, Sweden. The research is based on the exhibition Jewish Värmland at the Värmland museum in Karlstad, which presents approximately a hundred-year history of Jewish presence in the region. Its beginnings are connected with 19th-century migration movements, and its symbolic end is marked by the demolition of the synagogue in Karlstad in 1961. The Jewish Värmland exhibition tells the Jewish history of the region for the first time. The study of the exhibition includes an analysis of its narrative structure, the way protagonists are portrayed, the perspective from which the story of the Jewish community is told, and the exhibition's references to the present day. The study shows that the memory of the Jewish residents of Värmland is tinged with nostalgia and, moreover, serves as a starting point for reflection on contemporary migrants.

Nyckelord: Collective memory, Museology, Cultural heritage, Narrative Theory, Jewish community, migrants, nostalgia, Värmland