Forn Sed

 Often known under the name Asatru.

This blog will focus on historical accuracy and reconstructionism but also on the contemporary religion and sometimes wander into other heathenry, like Anglo - Saxon faith, Odinism, Theodism and so on.
There will however never be any bigotry, homophobia, anti Semitism or stupid ideas of a "pure" Germanic race.
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Gratulerer med dagen Norge! Happy Constitution Day Norway!
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In Scandinavian folklore, Huldra is a stunningly beautiful, sometimes naked forest creature with long hair; though from behind she is hollow like an old tree trunk, and has an animal’s tail. She has often been described as a typical dairyma id, wearing the clothes of a regular farm girl, although somewhat more dazzling or prettier than most girls. The huldre are closely related to man since they are very human-like in appearance. They were often mistaken for man and there were often intermarriages. Huldra lures men into the forest in order to seduce them or sometimes to suck the life out of a man. One of her methods is to appear suddenly out of the rain and mist, friendly and enticing to the point that no man can resist her charm. She then ties her long cow’s tail under her skirt in order to hide it from men. Tales tell that if she can manage to get married in a church, her tail falls off and she becomes human. She will then turn into an ugly woman, but in return she will gain the strength of ten men if not more. In Sweden and Norway she is often called Skogsrå (Forest warden) and in Sweden sometimes Tallemaja (Pine Tree Mary). At least in Norwiegian folklore there are also male Hulders  called Huldrekall.
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Grass Roof House, NorwayPhoto via untum
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Forn Sed – The Fennoscandic Perspective

Perhaps one thing i can observe in Scandinavian Forn Sed (exept for the temporal, non emphasis on the “Viking Age”) is a perspective that is more Fennoscandic.

To a Swede it is only natural that both Finnish and Sámi influences are very present in our language and culture since long back.

Sami people worshipping Horagalles or Tiermes. Copper engraving by Bernard Picart from Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde(1723–43)
All i am really trying to say is that this separateness of the Norse people that seems to be a picture held by some outside of Scandinavia is usually not the one held by Scandinavians or Nordic people, neither is it shared by scholars.
The Norse people, as far as evidence goes, seems to have been anything BUT separate.
The Norse, Finns and Sámi and their influences on eachother.
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Forn Sidr - Reviving The Elder Way (Norwegian Blog In English)

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Archaeologists unearth 'unparalleled' pre-Christian temple in Norway

A fascinating discovery is shedding light upon pre-Christian Scandinavian religion and early Christian inroads into Norway. In the Norwegian press, this highly important find is being called “unparalleled,” “first of its kind” and “unique,” said to have been “deliberately and carefully hidden” - from invading and destructive Christians.

Located at the site of Ranheim, about 10 kilometers south of the Norwegian city of Trondheim, the astonishing discovery was unearthed while excavating foundations for new houses and includes a “gudehovet” or “god temple.” Occupied from the 6th or 5th century BCE until the 10th century AD/CE, the site shows signs of usage for animal sacrifice, a common practice among different peoples in antiquity, including the biblical Israelites. (E.g., Num 7:17-88) Over 1,000 years ago, the site was dismantled and covered by a thick layer of peat, evidently to protect it from marauding Christian invaders. These native Norse religionists apparently then fled to other places, such as Iceland, where they could re-erect their altars and re-establish the old religion.