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Articles from Scandinavian papers here<\/a> and here<\/a> summarize efforts by Forn Sidr, which means The Old Custom in Norse, to be an officially recognized religion in Denmark, able to perform legal marriages and so on. (Links are via Religion News Blog<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The Danish Forn Sidr is not to be confused with this one<\/a>, which is what you will find in a Google search. The English-language version of the Danes’ website is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My students always display expressions of amazement when I tell them that a Danish baby is automatically a member of the state Lutheran church unless he or she opts out. This Danish site<\/a> would enlighten them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Articles from Scandinavian papers here and here summarize efforts by Forn Sidr, which means The Old Custom in Norse, to be an officially recognized religion in Denmark, able to perform legal marriages and so on. (Links are via Religion News Blog.) 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