High priest of the Asatru Association, Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson (front right) and fellow members of the Asatru Association, a contemporary Icelandic pagan society attend a ceremony at the Pingvellir National Park near Reykjavik June 21, 2012. REUTERS/Silke Schurack
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.
Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.
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