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The Swedish Forn Sed Assembly (Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige), formerly Swedish Asatru Assembly (Sveriges Asatrusamfund) is a Heathen
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...

 Neopagan organization, founded in 1994, practicing old Norse paganism
Norse paganism
Norse paganism is the religious traditions of the Norsemen, a Germanic people living in the Nordic countries. Norse paganism is therefore a subset of Germanic paganism, which was practiced in the lands inhabited by the Germanic tribes across most of Northern and Central Europe in the Viking Age...

 and Norse mythology
Norse mythology
Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving...

, called Forn Sed or Ásatrú
Ásatrú
is a form of Germanic neopaganism which developed in the United States from the 1970s....

 nowadays (though there are differences between the two currents). The group describes itself as a "democratic, non-racist, non-profit organisation." The Swedish Forn Sed Assembly arranges several blót
Blót
The blót was Norse pagan sacrifice to the Norse gods and the spirits of the land. The sacrifice often took the form of a sacramental meal or feast. Related religious practices were performed by other Germanic peoples, such as the pagan Anglo-Saxons...

 rites, to honour the Norse gods.
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