The Community of Forn Sed Sweden (), formerly the Swedish Asatro Community (Sveriges Asatrosamfund) is a heathen (Germanic neopagan) organization founded in 1994. History The Swedish Asatro Community () was founded in 1994 as an outgrowth of a group that studied Norse history and culture from a non-religious point of view. It became a registered religious organization in Sweden in 2007. The Swedish Asatro Community became one of the most important heathen organizations in Sweden, and had grown from approximately 150 members in 1996 to approximately 450 when it formed the main subject of Fredrik Skott's study of neo-paganism in Sweden, Asatro i tiden, published in 2000, at which time it was the largest such organization in the country. Skott found that the membership was two-thirds male, mostly in their thirties, and the most active lived in and around Stockholm, but that they represented a cross-section of Swedish society. In the 2000s, the organization was reduced by disagreements; some of the members who left in 2004 founded (literally "The Network Ancient Custom"). But later in the decade it was growing again, along with a general growth of interest in heathenry in Sweden; in 2009 it had about 300 members. At the May 15, 2010 Thing, the organization changed its name to Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige. In 2017, according to a spokesperson, the membership accounted to about 400. It had at that point been surpassed by the Nordic Asa-Community, founded in 2014, making the Community of Forn Sed Sweden the second largest heathen organization in the country. As of 2021, the official website said that the organization had over 600 members. Organization Unlike some other heathen groups in Sweden, the Community of Forn Sed Sweden is conventionally organized. The annual Thing elects the Board, called the Council, as well as making major decisions. The Council includes a council goði and gyðja. The organization divides the country for administrative purposes into three regions or goðorðs, Götaland, Svealand and Norrland, each of which has a goði and a gyðja, and serves as an umbrella organization for local groups. The Community of Forn Sed Sweden publishes a periodical called Mimers Källa. Beliefs and religious activity Members vary in their conception of the Norse gods. Some perform offerings on their own in addition to the organization's collective blóts, which, like those of the Danish Forn Siðr organization and in conformity with Swedish law, are not