Ute Steyer

[1][2][3] She also works at Paideia – The Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden as the resident lecturer of talmud.

[1][2] Steyer was born in 1967 and grew up in London, Athens, and Berlin, as her parents were diplomats and moved frequently.

[1][4][5][6] After working for Ericsson and the Chamber of Commerce in Stockholm in the 1990s and studying at Lund University, during which time she became fluent in Swedish, she chose to become a rabbi.

[4][6][7] She attributed the delay in the country reaching this landmark to the small size of the Swedish Jewish community.

[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, she led her congregation in the first virtual services of the Great Synagogue's 150-year history.