- Íslenska Ásatrúarfélagið
The Íslenska Ásatrúarfélagið "Icelandic fellowship of
Æsir faith (Ásatrú )" is anIceland ic neopagannew religious movement with the purpose of reviving the pre-Christianization religion ofScandinavia . It was founded on the summer solstice,1972 , and was recognized as an official religion by theIceland ic government in1973 , largely due to the efforts ofSveinbjörn Beinteinsson .As of
2006 , the "Ásatrúarfélagið" has roughly 1000 members, referred to as "Ásatrúarmenn".Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson acted as
allsherjargoði from 1972 until his death in December 1993. He was succeeded by:
*Jörmundur Ingi Hansen (born 1940), 1994–2002;
*Jónína Kristín Berg (born 1962), acting steward 2002–2003;
*Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (born 1958), 2003 to present.According to religious studies scholar Michael Strmiska, "the surviving texts and other related materials concerning the original Norse Pagan religion are too fragmentary and incomplete to provide a definitive basis for all Ásatrú rituals and pursuits, and must be judiciously supplemented by ideas and practices improvised in the present or borrowed from other sources." [ cite journal|title=Ásatrú in Iceland: The Rebirth of Nordic Paganism?|journal=Nova Religio|date=October 2000|first=Michael|last=Strmiska|coauthors=|volume=4|issue=1|pages=106–132|doi= 10.1525/nr.2000.4.1.106|url=http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/pdf/10.1525/nr.2000.4.1.106|format=|accessdate=2008-05-19 ]
ee also
*
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir
*Haukur Halldórsson
*Norse paganism External links
*http://www.asatru.is/
*http://www.mmedia.is/odsmal/
* [http://web.mac.com/gregbocquet/iWeb/Emerson%20Shagbark/C560EBEF-353C-490A-9083-76ED50F29397.html interview with Jörmundur Ingi Hansen]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1nI1qA9zJQ Asatru in Iceland (CityTV)]References
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