Lehto - Finnish Nature Religions Organisation is a organisation for Finns practicing Earth-based religions, as well as for people with an interest towards them. Lehto was founded in 1998. The main objectives of Lehto are to provide contacts between practitioners of Neo-Pagan religions, to provide accurate information on Neo-Pagan religions and improve their status within the Finnish society, and to support a lifestyle of respect towards nature.

To support these objectives, Lehto organises meetings, excursions to nature and historical locations, gives lectures, and publishes a quarterly newsletter, Seita. Lehto also hosts a library with a wide range of books and magazines of Neo-Pagan interest. In addition, Lehto answers queries and provides informational material concerning Neo-Pagan religions. Lehto is a non-profit organisation.

All of Lehto's activity is based on its members' own motivation
and voluntary work. Lehto is not an organised religious structure.
(e.g. Lehto is not a coven), but its aim is to serve people from various different Neo-Pagan religions: for example, Shamanism, Wicca, Green Witchcraft, Druidism, Asatru, Earth-centered Paganism, ancient Finnish or ancient European Paganism, Ceremonial Magic, Thelema etc.

Our newsletter, Seita, is 40-page publication in Finnish. The most
popular of Lehto's annual events is the Halloween fest,
consisting of a costume party and a sale amongst other things.

Neo-Paganism in Finland

We have several Neo-Pagan organisations in Finland. Some of
them represent a wide variety of Neo-Pagan religions, whilst some concentrate on one religion only: Shamanism, for example.

There are approximately a few thousand Neo-Pagans in Finland.
Lehto itself has about a hundred registered members. In 2004 there were about 500 or more Wiccans in Finland, most of them eclectic practitioners. We have the Alexandrian and Gardnerian traditions represented here, and there's a growing amount of eclectic covens. Asatru, Shamanism and Eclectic Neo-Paganism are also popular.