Paganism and Asatru in Hungary (in a nutshell)
A Land of Many Gods
The Carpathian Basin was always a popular land due to its fertility guarded all around by the powerful chain of mountains; many nations seeked to settle its plains since the dawn of humanity. Not a surprise therefore, that many pagan gods and spirits wandered through it in ancient times as the Celts, Romans, Slavs, Germanic and Turkic people brought them as their companies. We believe that they still inhabit this landscape, just waiting to be reawakened again.
For the last 1200 years the main occupants were the Hungarians, bringing with us a form of Eurasian shamanic religion very similar to many Middle-Asian Turkic and Siberian Indigenous cultures. However, settling down in Europe in Medieval Times meant that we inevitably fell victim to the current of forced and politicized conversions to Christianity. The first tribal leader (nagyfejedelem) to get baptized (in 972) and to be considered as a Christian king (rex) was Géza, however it was his son, Vajk (coronated in 1000) who finished the process of conversion and therefore was seen as the first real Christian king by church tradition. This explains also why the latter is called Stephen I., even though both took the name Stephanos while taking up the new faith. Similarly to Olaf Tryggvason or Harald Bluetooth, their motivation was mainly political: to become the sole and uncontested rulers of a divided people. They solidified their power through destroying the traditional Hungarian power-structure and weakening the local tribal leaders, as well as competing family members; and through creating bonds with the Holy Roman Empire which in exchange provided outside help to the new, westernized royalty. And thus, our integration into Europe began.
Conversion was rapid. With the help of the German Emperors, the royal family could hold to the throne with more or less stability, while the pagan resistance lacked the force to get back to power again. According to tradition, the last pagan revolt was in 1045-46, however modern understanding is that the participants were both pagans and christians and it was primarily aimed against the power of foreign Christian priests. Not a surprise therefore, that even though one of the leaders of the movement did become the new king, he didn't grant any rights of free religious practice for the followers of the old faith. Theoretically there was also a bigger contingent requesting the restoration of the old, pagan customs on the national assembly in 1061, causing havoc to enforce their appeal, but this was oppressed by the armed forces in days.
The Rebirth
Like in other parts of Europe, Romanticism awakened a fascination towards ancient pagan traditions, as well as towards Eastern Spirituality and the occult. The first documented public organization was the Federation of Turanic Monotheists (Turáni Egyistenhívők Közössége), founded between the two world wars. Their center of practice was situated in the capital, on private land decorated with a baroque tower that they built to commemorate Koppány. He was the uncle and also the main opponent of Stephen I. and considered by many pagans as a symbol of native faith resistance (even though he was also Christian, just of the Byzantine faith, who also fought for pagans).
After the Communist takeover, they had to cease their existence as the new totalitarian regime was hard on religious groups, especially pagan ones, because of their (in some cases, just alleged) far-right associations. Many were forced into exile. However, with the fall of the Soviet union and the reopening of the country, the community was revitalized under the name of the Community of the Hungarian Religion (Magyar Vallás Közössége). Simultaneously, many other groups sprang up. Just to mention a few most prominent ones: Yotengrit Church (Yotengrit Egyház), The Community of Tengri (Tengri Közösség), Archeo-Hungarian Church (Ősmagyar Egyház), The Traditional Church of Árpád’s Order (Árpád Rendjének Jogalapja Tradicionális Egyház).
When it comes to Hungarian Neopaganism, called Ősmagyar vallás (Archeo-Hungarian Religion), we have scarce knowledge about the details. Let's face the facts: no actual direct sources, no comprehensive collection of mythology and only a handful of outsider descriptions survived. All that we know were deducted from comparisons between Hungarian folklore and the pagan traditions of related cultures. This hiatus resulted in the Ősmagyar vallás becoming highly 
diverse as different groups find drastically different solutions to the situation. We can pinpoint a few, very general shared characteristics: the veneration of nature, the centrality of national identity, monotheistic or pantheistic worldview and shamanic (the táltos in Hungarian) practice. In accordance to these principles Ősmagyar communities get linked to right-wing organizations quite often. When it comes to their relation to Christianity, the understanding is diverse: while some of them look at it as the destroyer of the native faith, others see it as a continuation of it, especially as the original faith was also pantheistic or monotheistic. Similarly to other contemporary shamanic movements, esoteric practices and beliefs are common among them. Those affiliated with any of these Ősmagyar churches can be anywhere in the thousands, while Hungarians having any kind of spiritual connection to any Native Faith symbols, beliefs or practices must be in the millions (as many of them were incorporated into the Hungarian National Identity).
diverse as different groups find drastically different solutions to the situation. We can pinpoint a few, very general shared characteristics: the veneration of nature, the centrality of national identity, monotheistic or pantheistic worldview and shamanic (the táltos in Hungarian) practice. In accordance to these principles Ősmagyar communities get linked to right-wing organizations quite often. When it comes to their relation to Christianity, the understanding is diverse: while some of them look at it as the destroyer of the native faith, others see it as a continuation of it, especially as the original faith was also pantheistic or monotheistic. Similarly to other contemporary shamanic movements, esoteric practices and beliefs are common among them. Those affiliated with any of these Ősmagyar churches can be anywhere in the thousands, while Hungarians having any kind of spiritual connection to any Native Faith symbols, beliefs or practices must be in the millions (as many of them were incorporated into the Hungarian National Identity).With the opening in '89 other new religious movements also appeared in the country, including American protestant churches, new age and other pagan movements. The biggest contender with pagan origins was Wicca and the associated modern witch movements. The Hungarian Witch Association (Magyar Boszorkányszövetség) was founded as early as 1990 which was followed by the founding of other significant groups like the Keepers of Celtic-Wiccan Traditions (Kelta-Wicca Hagyományőrzők Egyháza) and the Berkano Tradition Church (Berkano Tradíció Egyháza). These communities mostly follow the international new age trends - especially the Wicca ones - in their beliefs and practices. They tend to have more ‘progressive or Western’ affiliations in a sense, but also have their own forms of ancestor venerations. Magical and esoteric practices are central to Wiccans too, however Christianity and Monotheism mostly seems to be something contrary to their core beliefs. The worship of nature is also strong for followers of these communities, if not even stronger than with Ősmagyar ones. The number of those having any kind of Wiccan or related beliefs can be anywhere in the more hundreds or thousands.
When it comes to other pagan traditions, we can only talk about smaller projects. There are a few organisations that follow certain versions of Egyptian Neopaganism (i.e. The Church of Ankh the Eternal Life, Ankh Az Örök Élet Egyháza) and one more significant group that is based in Greek polytheism called Solidas Mithraica. These groups usually have a membership from a few dozens up to a few hundreds and usually have syncretic worldviews and practices. There existed a Pagan Federation Hungary too for a few years, but that was mostly Wicca oriented.
Briefly speaking, this is the religious landscape in which the early Ásatrú movements spawned. Being a really fresh phenomenon in Hungary we can’t really speak of significant organizations like in the above-mentioned cases. The first public - mostly online - communities appeared around 2010 and from what we can see, there are probably a few hundred individuals having any form of spiritual connections to it with a few dozens practicing in communal settings. In many ways Ásatrú significantly differs from the general Hungarian neopagan scene, while there are some factors too in which they share commonalities. Ancestor veneration and the importance of a healthy national identity, together with approaching nature as a sacred reality appears in basically every neopagan worldview in our country, including Ásatrú too. However esoteric teachings and magical practices are much less central in our faith, if not completely absent for some of the practitioners, which is definitely unique compared to Ősmagyar, Wiccan and other Neopagans group in the country. Last but not least, strict polytheism is something that to my knowledge no other significant neopagan movement in Hungary believes in. That being said, whether Ásatrú can become a stable or maybe even popular denomination in the Carpathian Basin depends on many different factors and at this moment cannot really be predicted for sure.