Samfälligheten för Nordisk Sed
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Samfälligheten för Nordisk Sed is a religious organisation of Nordisk Sed (or Forn Sed) in Sweden
. It is one of the proponents of the Folktro approach to Heathenry
. The regional units where known as gäll until 2007 when the organisation was re-structured. Samfälligheten was formed in the early 1990s, originally consisting of five member groups. In 1999, "Samfälligheten" initiated a process of creating an organisation to account for changes in Swedish legislation with regard to the recognition of religious groups. In the course of this, the Torsåker
Gäll was split off the Samfälligheten and was later dissolved. In 2000 Samfälligheten was as one of the first religious organisations registered as a registrerat trossamfund due to the new Swedish laws. Today it is active all over Sweden.
alist Nordic religion opposed to eclectic Ásatrú
. They call the religion Nordisk Sed ("Nordic Custom") which is based regional folklore (Folketro). They do not associate themselves with reconstructionist
Asatruars and their emphasis of medieval sources such as the Edda
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It is one of the proponents of the Folktro approach to Heathenry
Germanic Neopaganism
Germanic neopaganism is the contemporary revival of historical Germanic paganism. Precursor movements appeared in the early 20th century in Germany and Austria. A second wave of revival began in the early 1970s...
. The regional units where known as gäll until 2007 when the organisation was re-structured. Samfälligheten was formed in the early 1990s, originally consisting of five member groups. In 1999, "Samfälligheten" initiated a process of creating an organisation to account for changes in Swedish legislation with regard to the recognition of religious groups. In the course of this, the Torsåker
Torsåker parish
Torsåker parish is in the Diocese of Härnösand. It is where the Torsåker witch trials took place in 1675.-History:The Torsåker witch trials began when Laurentius Christophori Hornæus of Ytterlännäs parish, was told by Johannes Wattrangius, of Torsåker parish, to investigate witchcraft in his...
Gäll was split off the Samfälligheten and was later dissolved. In 2000 Samfälligheten was as one of the first religious organisations registered as a registrerat trossamfund due to the new Swedish laws. Today it is active all over Sweden.
Differences from Ásatrú
Together with Norway's Foreningen Forn Sed, Samfälligheten confess to a traditionTradition
A tradition is a ritual, belief or object passed down within a society, still maintained in the present, with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes , but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings...
alist Nordic religion opposed to eclectic Ásatrú
Ásatrú
is a form of Germanic neopaganism which developed in the United States from the 1970s....
. They call the religion Nordisk Sed ("Nordic Custom") which is based regional folklore (Folketro). They do not associate themselves with reconstructionist
Polytheistic reconstructionism
Polytheistic reconstructionism is an approach to Neopaganism first emerging in the late 1960s to early 1970s, and gathering momentum in the 1990s to 2000s...
Asatruars and their emphasis of medieval sources such as the Edda
Edda
The term Edda applies to the Old Norse Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, both of which were written down in Iceland during the 13th century in Icelandic, although they contain material from earlier traditional sources, reaching into the Viking Age...
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