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Utförda Blot 2025: Blotlag Gungnir höll Segerblot 12 April 2025.

Blotlaget samlades för det sedvanliga Segerblotet den 12 april. Platsen var ny för dom flesta av oss, ett gammalt gravfält med en historia som sträcker sig minst 4500 år bakåt i tiden. Undertecknad och Ulfva Hvidegaard var blotförrättare och biträdande blotförrättare. Vi samlades innan vid en upphöjd plats med utsikt över fältet och efter iordningställande var vi redo möta våra deltagare. Vid parkeringen hade vi Susanne Rutfält som visade besökarna var dom skulle gå. Allt eftersom droppade människor in på platsen, hälsades välkomna. Många nya ansikten i vimlet, hela sex stycken som letat sig ut till Pilane...

Läs mer på: https://asa-samfundet.se/utforda-blot-2025-blotlag-gungnir-holl-segerblot-12-april-2025/

Blóts performed 2025: Blót Kindred Gungnir held Victory Blót on April 12, 2025.

The Blót kindred gathered for the customary Victory Blót on April 12th. The location was new to most of us—a burial field with a history stretching back at least 4,500 years. Yours truly and Ulfva Hvidegaard served as assistant officiant. We gathered beforehand at an elevated spot overlooking the field, and after preparing the site, we were ready to meet our participants. At the parking area, we had Susanne Rutfält guiding visitors on where to go. As people gradually arrived at the site, they were warmly welcomed. Many new faces in the crowd—six in total had made their way out to Pilane....

Read more at: https://asa-samfundet.se/en/blots-performed-2025-blot-kindred-gungnir-held-victory-blot-on-april-12-2025/

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Utförda Blot 2025: Blotlag Sleipner höll Segerblot 13 April 2025.

Den 13/4 så höll Sleipner blotlag sitt årliga Segerblot, ett blot där vi firar alla gångna och kommande segrar.
Blotet ägde rum ute i Tinnerö Eklandskap i Linköping.
Denna dagen var Sunna med oss och lyste samt värmde oss med sin närvaro...
Läs mer på: https://asa-samfundet.se/utforda-blot-2025-blotlag-sleipner-holl-segerblot-13-april-2025/

Blóts performed 2025: Blót Kindred Sleipner held Victory Blót on April 13, 2025.

On April 13th, Blót kindred Sleipner held its annual Victory Blót, a ritual where we celebrate all past and future victories.
The blót took place out in the Tinnerö Oak Landscape in Linköping, Sweden.
This day, Sunna was with us, shining and warming us with her presence....
Read more at: https://asa-samfundet.se/en/blots-performed-2025-blot-kindred-sleipner-held-victory-blot-on-april-13-2025/

Call for Submissions: New Music for the NAS/NAC's member magazine Valknuten (The Valknut).

The member magazine of the Nordic Asa-Community, Valknuten (The Valknut), is published four times a year and features a music news section where we present new heathen music. Since there are so many talented artists here on FolkRealm, we’re now calling for submissions of new music for our next issue, which is scheduled for release in June.

Please note that Valknuten (The Valknut) is a member-exclusive publication, and only our members have access to its content.

We’re looking for:

A brief background about you and your music

Information about your new release, including release date

Cover image (minimum size: 600x600 pixels)

Optional tracklist

Info on where to listen to or purchase the release


If your music is available on Spotify, it will also be added to our playlist on Spotify: "NAS/NAC – Hednisk Musik / Heathen Music":

Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1QCz9PKz3kBe3yMblDwhKq

Please send your submission to:
[email protected]

We look forward to hearing your music and sharing it with our members in the next issue of Valknuten (The Valknut)!

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Asatrons Dag - 9/9.
Denna dag har samfundet tagit fram för att uppmärksamma Asatron i sig.

Den 9/9 (9 september) varje år infaller den heliga dagen. Nio dagar hängde Oden sig, åt sig själv, i Yggdrasil, Nio världar finns i alltet.

Asatrons dag är en dag för eftertanke och en dag man ska hedra med god mat och dryck tillsammans med familj och/eller nära och kära. En dag som vi ska ge en extra tanke åt dom som vi har runt oss i vår vardag och dom som gett oss allt vi har att glädjas över. Unga som gamla.

Vi passar även på att blota tillsammans och visa makterna att vi hedrar dom och visar vår uppskattning. Ett blot där vi inte begär något i retur utan ett blot av respekt.

The Asatru Day - 9/9.
This day has been created by the community to pay attention to Asatru itself.

The 9/9 (September 9) each year is the sacred day. Nine days Odin was hanging, to himself, in Yggdrasil, Nine worlds exists in everything.

The Asatru Day is a day of reflection and a day to honor with good food and drink with family and / or loved ones. A day we will give an extra thought to those we have around us in our everyday lives and those who gave us all we have to rejoice. Young as old.

We also make an blót together and show the Gods that we honor them and show our appreciation. One blót where we do not request anything in return but a mere respect.

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Utförda Blot 2025: Blotlag Ymer höll Segerblot 12 April 2025.

En något molnig, men ändå ljum lördag förmiddag svängde vi in till Upplands största fornborg Broborg för att hålla Segerblot. Flera blotlagsmedlemmar var redan på plats och det trillade in folk vartefter medan vi gjorde iordning bordet...

Läs mer på: https://asa-samfundet.se/utforda-blot-2025-blotlag-ymer-holl-segerblot-12-april-2025/

Blóts performed 2025: Blót Kindred Ymer held Victory Blót on April 12, 2025.

On a slightly cloudy, yet pleasantly mild Saturday morning, we arrived at Broborg, Sweden the largest ancient hillfort in Uppland, to hold a Victory Blót. Several members of the blót kindred were already there, and more people trickled in as we set up the table...

Read more at: https://asa-samfundet.se/en/blots-performed-2025-blot-kindred-ymer-held-victory-blot-on-april-12-2025/

Good morning, fellow heathens!

This Sunday, April 13th, marks the arrival of Sigrblót – the heathen festival that signals the beginning of summer.

It’s also the time to make a blót to the gods for victory, strength, and success in the brighter half of the year. The celebration lasts for three nights, filled with offerings, fellowship, and reverence for the gods.

How will you be celebrating this year?
Will it be a solitary blót, shared with loved ones, or with friends?

Victory and strength to you all!

Hail the speargod!

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Den 7 april 2017 miste fem människor livet i ett meningslöst terrordåd på Drottninggatan i Stockholm. Många fler skadades, och hela landet påverkades.

Vi minns de som föll den dagen, och hedrar deras namn genom att stå upp för trygghet, värdighet och samhörighet.

Låt oss minnas de döda – inte med rädsla, utan med styrka. Vi bär deras minne vidare.
Vi glömmer inte.

On April 7, 2017, five people lost their lives in a senseless act of terror on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden.
Many more were injured, and the entire nation was affected.

We remember those who fell that day, and we honor their names by standing up for safety, dignity, and solidarity.

Let us remember the dead – not with fear, but with strength. We carry their memory forward.
We do not forget.

Boka här: https://asa-samfundet.se/evenemang/sommarblot-2025/

Book here: https://asa-samfundet.se/en/events/summer-blot-2025/

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Efter Åtta År – Påvestenen är äntligen borttagen!

Efter alla dessa år av engagemang, hårt arbete och ihärdigt motstånd har vår kamp äntligen burit frukt – påvestenen vid Kungshögarna i Gamla Uppsala är nu borttagen!
Detta är en historisk seger för vårt kulturarv, för asatron och för alla som kämpar för att bevara och respektera våra heliga platser.

Vi vill rikta ett stort och innerligt tack till dem personer som skrev under vår namninsamling för att få bort stenen!
Utan ert stöd, er röst och ert engagemang hade detta inte varit möjligt. Det är tack vare vår gemensamma styrka och uthållighet som vi nu kan fira denna betydelsefulla seger.

Läs mer om denna nyhet och viktiga händelse på hemsidan:
https://asa-samfundet.se/pavestenen-i-gamla-uppsala-ar-nu-borttagen-nordiska-asa-samfundet-valkomnar-beskedet-efter-lang-och-flerarig-kamp/


After Eight Years – The Pope Stone Is Finally Gone!

After all these years of dedication, hard work, and persistent resistance, our struggle has finally borne fruit – the Pope Stone at the Royal Mounds in Gamla Uppsala has now been removed! This is a historic victory for our cultural heritage, for Asatru, and for all who fight to preserve and respect our sacred sites.

We want to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to the 1,876 people who signed our petition to have the stone removed. Without your support, your voices, and your commitment, this would not have been possible. It is thanks to our collective strength and perseverance that we can now celebrate this significant victory.

After eight years, the petition is now concluded and closed – because we have succeeded! The Pope Stone no longer stands, and Gamla Uppsala can once again breathe freely as a place for our heritage and our faith.

We encourage everyone to read more about this important event at the following link:
https://asa-samfundet.se/en/the-pope-stone-in-gamla-uppsala-has-now-been-removed-the-nordic-asa-community-welcomes-the-decision-after-a-long-and-multi-year-struggle/

*This text was submitted in 2017 by a member of the Nordic Asa-Community (Nordiska Asa-samfundet) and was published on the website on October 12, 2017. This is an English translation of the original text, which was written in Swedish.

Nature’s Call and Asatru

As an follower of Asatru living in a big city in Sweden with children, I often encounter situations that feel foreign and disconnected from who I am and what I stand for.
The city, as I believe most followers of Asatru would agree, is a rather unnatural place for us. We have a faith with strong ties to nature. Many of you probably feel, as I do, that if our connection to nature is severed, we also cut off parts of our own nature.

Many children today are so accustomed to the urban environment that nature not only feels frightening but is also a place they hardly know anything about. I often meet children the same age as mine who have never had a close relationship with nature, their entire existence revolving around the city.

My own children could make a fire at the age of four, carve wood at five, and now they know how to prioritize water over food, shelter over fire, and so on in a crisis situation.
This, despite having lived their whole lives in the inner city. This is because we escape to the forest as often as we can.
With these lessons come many other benefits: respect for nature, self-respect, and discipline—all simply because they have had a close relationship with nature from the beginning.

For me, as an follower of Asatru, my faith is not primarily about being able to quote passages from the Edda or knowing the names of all the Valkyries. For me, it is about ensuring that my family and I have a relationship with the powers and with nature in a much more pragmatic way. I want my children to see themselves with respect and to love our nature.

Seeing children today who neither respect adults, nature, nor even themselves truly pains me.
I do not demand that my children become followers of Asatru—that is a decision they must make for themselves in time—but what I do demand is that they understand how important nature is to all of us and that they love it.

My son may wear both Thor’s hammer and a Gungnir-point around his neck, but what I am most proud of are his skills in nature. Hearing him explain to a peer how to build a wind shelter (“in case you get lost in the woods on a trip”) warms my heart.

I am convinced that many of today’s problems—stress and so on—stem from people being disconnected from nature. Christianity views nature as something dark and hostile, whereas Asatru sees it as sacred. If more people saw nature the way we do, they would not only come to appreciate it but also experience its healing powers. I also believe that more people would understand why Asatru is the right path to follow.

So, take your children out into nature. Teach them how to survive there, how to respect it, and why our Nordic nature is so important to us.
If you yourself are not used to being in nature, take a walk along the Sörmlandsleden trail—it doesn’t matter how big or small the challenge is, as long as you go out.

Nature is calling us—it is there, close to the powers, that you can hear their voices most clearly.

Hail NAS/NAC
Hail Asatru

/Karl Johansson