Aron Verständing

Aron Verständig was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1985 and grew up within its Jewish community. Over the years, he has been active in the community in many different capacities. In 2008, he was elected Chairman of the Stockholm Jewish Student Union. Since 2009, he has served in different capacities in the board of the Jewish community of Stockholm. In 2015, he was elected Chairman of the community that currently has about 4,300 members making it the largest Jewish community in the Nordics. Aron became the youngest Chairman in the community’s almost 250-year long history. As Chairman of the Stockholm community, he is also head of the Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities representing Swedish Jews in relation to the Swedish government and official institutions. He is a lawyer by profession, specialising in the area of international financial market regulation. Aron is the husband of Mikaela and the father of Jonah.