Forn Sed Norge (Old Ways Norway),About Forn Sed Norway (slide presentation), Forn Sed Norge, 2018, retrieved May 21, 2021. formerly Foreningen Forn Sed, is a Norwegianheathen religious organization.
History
Foreningen Forn Sed was founded in 1998Geir Winje, "Foreningen Forn Sed", ''
Store norske leksikon
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The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian publishe ...
'', December 30, 2014, retrieved May 21, 2021 ."Forn Sed Norge: Org nr 983 227 562" PROFF.no, April 27, 2002, retrieved May 21, 2021 . as an offshoot of
Ã…satrufellesskapet Bifrost
Ã…satrufellesskapet Bifrost is a Norse neopagan organisation in Norway. It was founded in 1996 and acts as an umbrella organisation for a number of local groups in Norway.
History
Ã…satrufellesskapet Bifrost, originally named Bifrost, has its ...
,Elise Kruse "Den sammensatte viking" '' VÃ¥rt Land'', July 31, 2017, retrieved May 21, 2021 . because of personal disagreements within the Norse pagan milieu in Norway.Geir Uldal and Geir Winje, "Paganism in Norway", in: Henrik Bogdan and Olav Hammer, eds., ''Western Esotericism in Scandinavia'', Boston: Brill, 2016, , p. 371. It was recognized by the Norwegian government as a religious body in 1999 and a few years later changed its name to Forn Sed Norge.
The organization had approximately 60 members in 2004, 85 in 2014,Silje Rognsvåg "Åsatru-folk tar avstand fra Breivik" '' Dagen'', November 20, 2015, retrieved May 21, 2021 . and 110 in 2017. As of 2022, the organization had 137 registered members.
Activities and beliefs
Forn Sed Norge describes itself as a non-hierarchical religious organization accommodating anyone interested in ancient Norse custom and tradition. It holds an annual planning meeting in addition to
blót
(Old Norse and Old English) or (Old English) are religious ceremonies in Germanic paganism that centred on the killing and offering of an animal to a particular being, typically followed by the communal cooking and eating of its meat. Old Nors ...
s several times a year, usually offering
mead
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. A woodland blót at
Bærum
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was shown on television in 2014 as part of pre-Christmas coverage by . It publishes a magazine called ''Ni Heimer''. Forn Sed Norge is known to keep a lower public profile than Ã…satrufellesskapet Bifrost, but both organizations participate in a broader cultural scene revolving around Old Norse culture, with events such as Viking markets and music inspired by
Old Norse poetry
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.
It is a member of the
European Congress of Ethnic Religions
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