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==Religion==
[[File:150px-Hammer necklace.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Mjölnir necklace, symbol of the Asatru god Thor]]
The main relgion in Norgsveldet is [[Asatru]] With 6770,1265% belonging to Asatru temple of Norgsveldet, 55% of those people state they identify with Æsirism, while 45% claiming they identify as following Vanarism. 27,62% claiming they are nonreligious either as agnostic or atheist. 4% of all Norgsveltians follow an relative new faith that came to Norgsveldet is called Norism, a faith that came to Norgsveldet in the 1800s by an Norgsveltian priest who visited the island of Langeyjr (The island where Tiervan and Dvalheim is), where he tried to convince the natives to follow Asatru. In his attempt he to put an connection between their local religion with Asatru. What instead happened was that priest was converted by the locals and tried to convert the Norgsveltian king to Norism. In that priest attempt he changed the names of places and characters in Norism to make it more acceptable for the king. In the 1900s the same new faith got more and more attention in Norgsveldet. Specialy by scholars. Less then 1% of the population follow an movement called the Cult of Loki, officaly not considered as an religion by the Norgsveltian goverment, stating that "cults like these can not be considered as a religion. As they are to dangerous to get the protection of the state". The Cult of Loki is an movement claiming that the god Loki in Asatru is the only good god in in that religion. And all actions of his is justified. Around 0,87% follow a religion called [[Thaerism]]. [[File:High gothi.jpg|right|thumb|150px|High Gothi of Norgsveldet]]
While [[Asatru]] does have diffrent branches those branches is mostly for political reasons then religious ones. The religous divide in Asatru happening in the late 1700s when king Gustaf II of Norgsveldet made himself head of the Asatru religion. Which religous divide to those who recognised the Norgsveltian monarch religous authority and those that did not. Later on being called Gustafstic Asatru for those who recognise the Norgsveltian monarch as head of the Asatru faith giving him the title of Saint of the Asatru faith, and the ones who rather recognise the Gothirs as the religious leaders of the Asatru faith as Gothiric Asatru. With Gothirs accross Gothiric Asatru chosing the High Gothir of Asatru, as a personal embodiment to counter the Norgsveltian monarch religious authority.
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