Völurs

The Völurs (Volva) or had been ones who pushed the northern men of iron to travel from Greenland to settle around Skogshaven in the 12th century.

The Old Norse word vǫlva means "wand carrier" or "carrier of a magic staff" The völur were not considered to be harmless.The goddess who was most skilled in magic was Freyja, and she was not only a goddess of love, but also a warlike divinity who caused screams of anguish, blood and death, and what Freyja performed in Asgard, the world of the gods, the völur tried to perform in Midgard, the world of men.The weapon of the völva was not the spear, the axe or the sword but instead they were held to influence battles with different means, and one of them was magic.

Legends say the eldest of their group had dreams and felt compelled to find a 'Sacred Grove'.

Today it is not uncommon for Witches in Skogshaven to still call themselves Völur, at least those with a Nordic background.