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Isaac Aaron (1730-1817),engraver and peddler from Germany was the founder of the first Jewish community in Sweden, born in Treuenbrietzen in the Duchy of Mecklenburg. He taught himself to engrave seals and began to do business with the Prussian army and then the Swedish army at the time of the Seven Years War. He understood from the Swedish soldiers that there were no seal engravers in Sweden so he decided to settle there. On arrival in Stockholm in 1741, he was told that he would be allowed to live there only if he converted to Christianity. He refused and instead petitioned the King Gustav III who accepted his request. Gustav, in a letter to his mother, the dowager Queen Lovisa Ulrika, wrote, "...It is certain, that it would be highly beneficial to the country, if such a hardworking people as the Jews were to settle here...". As a result Isaac, his brother Marcus Isaac and his partner Abraham Pach all moved to Sweden together with their families. They started to work as engravers of seals and stonemasons. Despite many problems, including the antagonism of the church, the small community flourished. Aaron wrote his memoirs which were published in 1804.