Modern Finnish paganism

[12] They emphasise love for the motherland as a key content of a balanced relationship of humans with nature, old and new generations, as well as individual and community.

The Finnish native faith believers hold sacred many unspoiled natural places, woods, springs and rocks.

In 2013 the Taivaannaula launched a national project on Finnish holy places and sites in order to increase awareness and protection.

[14] In 2014 Karhun kansa (People of the Bear) was officially registered as an organised religious community, becoming the first neopagan association given such status in Finland.

One ritual, which is also an authentic practice of the ancestors, is to drink a toast for the thunder god Ukko at the midsummer festival (Finnish: Ukon juhla).