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Utförda Blot 2025: Blotlag Sleipner höll Midvinterblot 12 Januari 2025.

Söndagen den 12:e januari så höll Sleipner blotlag sitt midvintersblot.
Årets blot hölls vid Eriksbergs hällristningar utanför Norrköping, Östergötland.
En plats med väldigt lång historia där många olika spår kan hittas, tex hällristningar från många olika punkter i tiden.

Läs mer på:
https://asa-samfundet.se/utforda-blot-2025-blotlag-sleipner-holl-midvinterblot-12-januari-2025/

Blóts performed 2025: Blót Kindred Sleipner held Midwinter Blót on January 12, 2025

On Sunday, January 12, Blót Kindred Sleipner held theirs midwinter blót. This year’s blót was held at Eriksberg’s rock carvings outside Norrköping, Östergötland in Sweden.
A place with a very long history where many different traces can be found, such as rock carvings from many different periods in time.

Read more at:
https://asa-samfundet.se/en/blots-performed-2025-blot-kindred-sleipner-held-midwinter-blot-on-january-12-2025/

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Utförda Blot 2025: Blotlag Ymer höll Midvinterblot 11 Januari 2025.

Ymer kallade till Midvinterblot den 11 januari. Det var en mörk och ganska blåsig kväll, men ändå otroligt vacker i skenet av fullmånen och lyktor i snön. Vi hann bara börja förbereda innan det blev uppslutning av deltagare, gamla som nya. Det var inte bara Uppsalabor, utan vissa hade åkt från Stockholm och Västerås, och andra hade åkt från Dalarna.

Läs mer på:
https://asa-samfundet.se/utforda-blot-2025-blotlag-ymer-holl-midvinterblot-11-januari-2025/

Blóts performed: Blót Kindred Ymer held Midwinter Blót on 11 January 2025.

Ymer called for the Midwinter Blót on 11 January. It was a dark and rather windy evening, but still incredibly beautiful in the light of the full moon and lanterns in the snow. We only had time to start preparing before there was a turnout of participants, old and new. It was not only Uppsala residents, but some had travelled from Stockholm and Västerås, and others had travelled from Dalarna.

Read more at:
https://asa-samfundet.se/en/blots-performed-blot-kindred-ymer-held-midwinter-blot-on-11-january-2025/

For Thurseblot durning the first full moon of the year.

Hail to the ancient Jotnar,
Guardians of the wild and untamed,
I offer a feast of meat, eggs and honey mead from my land.
To honor your strength and wisdom.

Thor, son of Jord, who battles with might,
Loki, trickster of the frost,
Skadi, fierce goddess of the mountains,
I acknowledge your kin, the giants of old.

May this offering be a bridge
Between the realms of man and Jotunheim,
Bringing peace, understanding, and respect.
Hail to the Jotnar, ancient and enduring.

Summer Blót 2024
Song: Månegarm - Blot

Come and celebrate the Summer Blót with the Nordiska Asa-samfundet (Nordic Asa-community).
On Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 14:00, it is once again time to celebrate the summer with gods, goddesses and the beings of the place with a big blót at the Rök Runestone in Ödeshög, Sweden!

The Summerblót is a time when hundreds of norse heathens from all over Sweden and other parts of Midgard gather in Rök, Ödeshög in Sweden and celebrate the summer around the original time of Midsummer with a big blót at the fantastic Rök Runestone.
In addition to Saturday’s blót, various activities are organized throughout the day at our campsite located next to store Röks Lanthandel (Lanthandlar´n i Rök).
The evening ends with a guild.
More information about the various activities, camping and the guild check out the link below.

The Summer Blót is a public event where everyone is welcome to attend regardless of membership in the Nordiska Asa-samfundet (Nordic Asa-community) or not.


More info & booking:
https://asa-samfundet.se/en/events/summer-blot-2025/

The historical dates of Yule.

2 sources:

Hakon the Good was a Norwegian king, who tried to force Christianity on Norway (hence he is called “the Good.”) In the Saga of Hakon the Good, Hakon moved Yule from its traditional time on the Heathen Lunar calendar, to be at the same time as christian celebration called christmas.

Chapter 15 of the saga "Hakon the Good":
“King Hakon was a good Christian when he came to Norway; but as the whole country was heathen, with much heathen blot, and as many great people, as well as the favor of the common people, were to be conciliated, he resolved to practice his Christianity in private. But he kept Sundays, and the Friday fasts, and some token of the greatest holy-days. He made a law that the festival of Yule should begin at the same time as Christian people held it, and that every man, under penalty, should brew a meal of malt into ale, and therewith keep the Yule holy as long as it lasted. Before him, the first night of Yule was on hǫkunótt, that is midwinter night, and Yule was held for three nights."

The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg Chapter 17 (circa 925 AD):
"As I have heard odd stories concerning their ancient mid-winter sacrifices (blots), I will not allow this custom to be ignored. The middle of that kingdom is called Lederun (Lejre), in the region of Sjælland, all the people gathered every nine years in January, that is after we have celebrated the birth of the Lord, and there they offered to their gods sacrifices…”

English below.

I januari upprätthåller Nordiska Asa-samfundets blotlag seden att hålla Midvinterblot (julblot) vid sin ursprungliga tidpunkt.

Dessa blot är öppna för alla att komma på.

Mer information om när och vart hittar man på samfundets hemsida under Våra evenemang.
https://asa-samfundet.se/evenemang/

Varmt välkomna till våra Midvinterblot.


In January, the Nordic Asa-community's Blót Kindreds maintains the custom of holding Midwinter blót (yule blót) at its original time.
These blóts are open to everyone to participate in

More information about when and where can be found on the website under Our events.
https://asa-samfundet.se/en/events-2/

A warm welcome to our Midwinter Blóts.

Hello everyone!
During November, our blót kindreds have held their Álfablót. Reporting and photos from these can be found at this link: https://asa-samfundet.se/tag/alvablot/

Good news for our visitors who do not speak or understand Swedish, we are in the process of translating our Swedish website into English. The reason is that our special English website (asa-community.se) is too poorly updated and it is unnecessary to have two separate websites for the same thing.

But now back to work on the Swedish website.
We tried using Google Translation but the English translation was far from good, so now we have to manually translate. Exceptionally, our posts, these will not be translated, whether we will translate future posts is something we will discuss. But everything else will be available in English.

We will report more on this in the future.

Google Translation really messed up the english information and booking.

So we kicked out Google Translation and made a new english translation.

We're going to translate more on our website, but right now it's only the event Summer Blót 2025.

Hopefully we'll meet you there

Hail!

https://asa-samfundet.se/en/evenemang/summer-blot-2025/

translation available in the event at our website.


Kom och fira Sommarblotet med Nordiska Asa-samfundet.

Lördagen den 12 juli klockan 14:00 är det åter dags för NAS Sommarblot vid den fantastiska Rökstenen i Ödeshög.
Efter blotet anordnas det ett stort gille nere på NAS Camping. Gillet är ett knytgille där alla tar med egen mat/dryck.

Under lördagen kommer det att hållas olika aktiviteter, så som tipspromenad, mjödtävling, blotlagskamp m.m. m.m.
Missa inte all denna festlighet med likasinnade och trevliga fränder och fränkor.

Vi i Nordiska Asa-samfundet hoppas vi syns på plats för ett mäktigt blot och trevliga samtal under dagen.

Priser:
Blot: Gratis
Gille Vuxen: 200:-/Person (Gäller enbart gillet efter blotet)
Gille Barn: Gratis för barn upp till 16 år
Husvagnsplats/Husbil: 50:-/Plats (Gäller fredag 11 Juli – Söndag 13 Juli)
Tältplats: 30:-/Plats (Gäller fredag 11 Juli – Söndag 13 Juli)
Parkering: 20:-/Plats (Gäller fredag 11 Juli – Söndag 13 Juli)
Frukost: Kaffe/The & smörgås: 25 kr (Lördag 12 jul och/eller Söndag 13 juli)

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

(Fotografering och videoupptagning kan förekomma på alla samfundets Blot och evenemang och där efter publiceras på samfundets olika plattformar.)

SISTA DATUM FÖR ATT BOKA: 8 JULI 2025.