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Believers in the Norse gods get their own graveyard |
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 The religious fellowship that worship the old Norse gods, the Aasatrufellowship Bifrost, will soon have their own burialplace in Oslo. This has been approved by the authorities, according to Aftenposten.
The new grave site will be shaped like the outline of a ship, and may only be used for cinerary urns, the newspaper writes. According to their home page, the asatrufellowship Bifrost is a religious fellowship for modern asatru founded on norse custom, the pre-christian religious traditions. Since 1996 the Bifrost fellowship has been an officially recognised religion by Norwegian authorities. It goes on to say that "Our goal is to gather those who want to worship the old norse gods and keep the old traditions alive. We want to create a living forum for everybody interested in asatru and to increase the understanding of art, culture and traditions with roots in the pre-christian time. We want to take care of the heathen cultural heritage and keep it alive and updated through practice based in the study of sources and innovation in the heathen understanding of history, myths and the forces." (NRK/Bifrost) Rolleiv Solholm |
