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Heathen Gods Beyond Nationalism and Race?: The Case of Heathenism in Sweden
Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of History, Arts and Religious Studies. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9136-4277
2025 (English)In: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, ISSN 1749-4907, E-ISSN 1749-4915, Vol. 19, no 2, p. 205-226Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Herein I address the development of Heathenism in Scandinavia, with an emphasis on Sweden as a case study. I argue that Heathenism in Scandinavia, due to the central role that Old Norse religion and the Viking Age have for the construction of Scandinavian identities, needs to be analyzed in a different manner than Heathenisms outside of Scandinavia, especially regarding ethnicity. A special focus is on the role that the Scandinavian landscape and environment have had on the development of Heathenism. This is exemplified by the influence of Nordic Animism and how it relates to attempts to create a non-racial ecosophical form of Heathenism. I assess whether such a scenario is realistic or if Heathenism will always maintain an ethnic aspect. I concluded that although the ethnic aspect of Heathenism remains it must be analyzed from a different perspective, rather than exclusively an expression of far-right ideology, or exclusivity.

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Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2025. Vol. 19, no 2, p. 205-226
Keywords [en]
Heathenism, asatru, animism, Sweden, paganism, ecosophy
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History of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-212472DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.29030ISI: 001461572300004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105000637095OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-212472DiVA, id: diva2:1945776
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The Research Council of Norway, 301273Available from: 2025-03-19 Created: 2025-03-19 Last updated: 2025-04-24

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