Liberal Judaism has recruited another European congregation after approving the membership of the Shir HaTzafon community in Copenhagen.

It will join the Liberal Jewish Community of Amsterdam, which is an associate member, as LJ's second European group outside the UK and Ireland.

LJ's Rabbi Sandra Kviat - who hails from Shir HaTzafon and has been assisting it as part of the movement's outreach team - was "really excited about being able to work with it on a more structured basis".

Established in 1998, the community now has 120 adult members.

"It is characterised by people who really make an effort," Rabbi Kviat said. "People fly in from the rest of Scandinavia and travel from the other end of Denmark."

The community's name means "Song of the North", she added. "It's the sense of singing a new song, a new Progressive song. And we all love singing - music is a big part of the community."

Shir HaTzafon has already forged strong links with the UK. It has an English rabbi, Tirzah Ben-David, who makes regular visits from her home in Israel. Rabbi Charles Middleburgh, the dean of Leo Baeck College, is its foster rabbi.

Rabbi Kviat started teaching children at the community before coming to the UK to take a degree at Sussex University - and then study for the Progressive rabbinate at Leo Baeck.

"I'm focusing on children and youth as I am the only Danish-speaking Progressive rabbi," she said.

As part of Liberal Judaism, the Danish congregation will take advantage of the services offered by a wider Jewish network. "In big countries in Europe like France or Germany, there are enough synagogues to support each other. But you don't have that in Scandanavia," the rabbi added.