This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in Europe.
A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit). Some are large, with thousands of members divided into hundreds of subordinate lodges, while others are tiny, with only a few members split between a handful of local lodges. Sometimes there will only be one Grand Lodge in a given area, but the majority of the time there will be at least two. More often, there will be several competing Grand Lodges claiming the same jurisdictional area, or claiming overlapping areas. This fact leads to debates over legitimacy: Not all Grand Lodges and Grand Orients recognize each other as being legitimate. However, such recognition is not relevant to this list, yet recognition is foundational within the fraternal order. Inclusion in this list only requires the establishment of a physical (as opposed to a virtual, or online) presence, and lodges (regular, unrecognized or clandestine) which acknowledge their governance.
Membership numbers are subject to change; for current figures, check the sources which are indicated in the reference section.
| Jurisdictional area | Name | Founded | Lodges | Members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Lozha e Madhe Shqiptare Iliria (Albanian Grand Lodge "Illyria")[1] | 2013 | 5 | 80 | MUB, UMM, CLIPSAS | |
| Albania | Lozha e Madhe e Shqipërisë (Grand Lodge of Albania)[2] [3] [4] [5] | 2011 | 5 | 100 | ||
| Andorra | Gran Lògia d'Andorra (Grand Lodge of Andorra)[6] [7] | 2000 | 10 | 340 | ||
| Armenia | Grand Lodge of Armenia [8] | 2002 | 7 [9] | |||
| Austria | Großloge von Österreich (The Grand Lodge of Austria A.F. & A.M.)[10] | 1918 [11] | 73 | 3,258 | ||
| Austria | Großorient von Österreich (Grand Orient of Austria)[12] [13] | 1961 | 8 | CLIPSAS | ||
| Austria | Grand Lodge Humanitas[14] | 1989 | CLIPSAS CATENA | |||
| Austria | Droit Humain of Austria[15] [16] | DH | ||||
| Austria | Regular Grand Lodge of Austria | 2019 | 3 | 35 |
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| Belgium | Fédération Belge du Droit Humain / Belgische federatie van Droit Humain (le Droit Humain, Belgian Federation)[17] | 1928 | 61 | 6,500 | AMIL, DH, LFB, SIMPA | |
| Belgium | Grande Loge de Belgique / Grootloge van België (Grand Lodge of Belgium)[18] | 1959 | 52 | 2,500 | LFB, AMIL, CLIPSAS | |
| Belgium | Grande Loge féminine de Belgique / Vrouwengrootloge van België (Women's Grand Lodge of Belgium)[19] | 1981 | 33 | 1,600 | LFB, AMIL, CLIPSAS, CLIMAF | |
| Belgium | Grande Loge Régulière de Belgique / Reguliere Grootloge van België (Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium)[20] | 1979 | 52 | 720 | ||
| Belgium | Grand Orient de Belgique (Grand Orient of Belgium)[21] | 1833 | 108 | 10,000+ | LFB, AMIL, SIMPA, CLIPSAS | |
| Bulgaria | Великата Ложа на Старите Свободни и Приети Зидари в България (Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Bulgaria) [22] [23] | 1997 [24] (1991)[25] | 70 [26] [27] | near 2,000 [28] | NUGLBFormed by Lodges working under the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Germany, part of the United Grand Lodges of Germany and received official support and charter from the United Grand Lodges of Germany on September 20, 1997 | |
| Bulgaria | Обединена велика ложа на България (United Grand Lodge of Bulgaria) [29] | 2001 | 55 | 1,846 | ||
| Bulgaria | Великата Ложа на България (Grand Lodge of Bulgaria)[30] [31] | 1917 (revived 2010) | 3 | 50 | NUGLB | |
| Croatia | Velika loža starih, slobodnih i prihvaćenih zidara Hrvatske (Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Croatia)[32] | 1775 | 12 | 350[33] | ||
| Croatia | Velika Simbolička Loža Hrvatske (Grand Symbolic Lodge of Croatia)[34] | 2018 | 4 | 65 | ||
| Croatia | Velika Nacionalna Loža Hrvatske (Grand National Lodge of Croatia)[35] | 2014 | ||||
| Cyprus | ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΤΟΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ (Grand Lodge of Cyprus)[36] | 2006 | 12 | 520 | ||
| Czech Republic | Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic (Veliká Lóže České Republiky)[37] | 1923 | 23 | 500 | ||
| Czech Republic | Grand Lodge of the Czech Lands (Velká lóže zemí Českých)[38] [39] | 2002 | 4 | 60 | ||
| Czech Republic | Velká lóže svobodných a přijatých zednářů Humanitas Bohemia[40] [41] | 28 October 1993 | 2 | 60 | CATENA | |
| Denmark | Danske Frimurerorden (Danish Order of Freemasons) [42] | 1743[43] | 100 | 9,497 | ||
| Denmark | Storlogen af Danmark (Grand Lodge of Denmark) [44] | 1932 | 4 | CLIPSAS | ||
| Estonia | Grand Lodge of Estonia [45] | 18 February 1999 | 12 | 340+ | ||
| Estonia | Grand Orient of Estonia [46] | 2010 | 5 | 52 | ||
| Finland | Suomen Suurloosi / Storlogen i Finland (Grand Lodge of F. & A. Masons of Finland) [47] | 1924 | 159[48] | 7,036 | ||
| Finland | Le Droit Humain Suomen Liitto / Internationella Sam-Frimurarorden Le Droit Humain Finska Förbundet [49] | 1920 | 13[50] | DH | ||
| France | Fédération française de l'Ordre maçonnique mixte international le Droit Humain (le Droit Humain – French Federation) [51] | 1893 | 518 | 16,000+ | DH, IMF, UMM | |
| France | Grande Loge de France (GLdF or GLF)[52] [53] | 1894 | 850 | 34,000 | GLUDE | |
| France | Grande Loge Européenne de la Fraternité Universelle (European Grand Lodge of the Universal Fraternity, GLEFU)[54] [55] | 2013 | 33 | 500 | ||
| France | Grande Loge féminine de France (Women's Grand Lodge of France)[56] [57] | 1945 / 1952 | 360 | 13,000 | CLIMAF, IMF, UMM | |
| France | Grande loge écossaise réformée et rectifiée d'Occitanie [58] [59] | 1995 | 15 | 250 | ||
| France | Grande Loge féminine de Memphis-Misraïm[60] [61] | 1965 | 1,000 | IMF | ||
| France | Grande Loge Française de Memphis-Misraïm [62] | 1960 | 21 | 300 | CLIPSAS | |
| France | Grande Loge mixte de France[63] | 1982 | 175 | 4,000 | IMF CLIPSAS | |
| France | Grande Loge mixte universelle[64] | 1973 | 57 | 1,200 | IMF CLIPSAS | |
| France | Grande Loge Nationale Française (GLNF)[65] | 1913 | 600 | 29,000[66] | CMI | |
| France | Grande Loge Traditionnelle et Symbolique Opéra (GLTSO)[67] | 1958 | 202 | 4,500 | IMF GLUDE | |
| France | Grande Loge unie de France[68] | 1994 | 12 | 150 | ||
| France | Grand Orient de France (Grand Orient of France) (GODF)[69] | 1728 / 1773 | 1,150 | 52,000 | AMIL, IMF, SIMPA, CLIPSAS, UMM | |
| France | Loge nationale française[70] | 1968 | 25 | 300 | IMF | |
| France | Ordre initiatique et traditionnel de l'Art royal[71] [72] | 1974 | 75 | 930 | IMF | |
| Georgia | Grand Lodge of Georgia[73] | 2015 | 7 | CIGLU, BCMA, CMC | ||
| Georgia | United Grand Lodge of Georgia (UGLG)[74] | 2015 / 2018 | 13 | 180 | GLoT/GLoA/GLoU/GLoR/VGLvD | |
| Germany | Große National-Mutterloge „Zu den drei Weltkugeln“ (GNML 3WK)[75] [76] | 1740-09-13 [77] | 40 [78] | VGLvD[79] | ||
| Germany | Große Landesloge der Freimaurer von Deutschland (GLL FvD)[80] | [81] | 100 | 3,500 | VGLvD | |
| Germany | Souveräner GrossOrient von Deutschland (SGOvD)[82] [83] | 2002 | 7 | |||
| Germany | Großloge der Alten Freien und Angenommenen Maurer von Deutschland (GL AFuAMvD)[84] | 1949-06-19 | 260 | 10,000 | VGLvD Formed as United Grand Lodge of Germany in 1949, it changed its name in 1958 on the formation of the United Grand Lodges of Germany | |
| Germany | The Grand Lodge of British Freemasons in Germany (GL BFG)[85] | 1959/1982 | 16 | VGLvD | ||
| Germany | American Canadian Grand Lodge (ACGL)[86] | 1962-09-29/1970-10-23 | 44 – The five units of the VGLvD, constituting the United Grand Lodges of Germany, have 477 lodges. | The five units of the VGLvD, constituting the United Grand Lodges of Germany, have 14,000 members. | VGLvD, CGMNA | |
| Germany | Le Droit Humain – Deutsche Jurisdiktion [87] | 1969-12-31 | DH | |||
| Germany | Humanitas – Freimaurergrossloge für Männer und Frauen in Deutschland[88] | 1959 | 10 | 160 | CATENA, CLIPSAS | |
| Germany | Frauen-Grossloge von Deutschland (FGLvD)[89] | 1982 [90] | 18[91] | CLIMAF | ||
| Greece | Διεθνές Τεκτονικόν Τάγμα "ΔΕΛΦΟΙ" (International Masonic Order DELPHI)[92] | 1926 | 45 | 1045 [93] | UMM, CATENA, CLIPSAS, SIMPA, COMALACE, BEPA, Supreme Councils of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, RMI | |
| Greece | Μεγάλη Στοά της Ελλάδος (Grand Lodge of Greece, A.F. & A.M.)[94] | 1811[95] [96] [97] [98] | 117 | 3988 | ||
| Greece | Εθνική Μεγάλη Στοά της Ελλάδος (National Grand Lodge of Greece)[99] [100] | 1986 | 57 | 800+ | ||
| Hungary | Magyarországi Symbolikus Nagypáholy (Symbolic Grand Lodge of Hungary)[101] | 1886/1989 | 14 | 400 | ||
| Hungary | Magyarországi Nagyoriens (Grand Orient of Hungary)[102] [103] | 1871/1992 | 9 | 300 | ||
| Iceland | Icelandic Order of Freemasons, Grand Lodge of Iceland[104] | 1951 | 16 | 3,459 | ||
| Ireland (Eire and Northern Ireland) | Grand Lodge of Ireland[105] | 1725 | 696 | |||
| Italy | Grande Oriente d'Italia (Grand Orient of Italy)[106] | 1805 | 777 | 21,686 | HC of Italy | |
| Italy | Gran Loggia d’Italia (Grand Lodge of Italy; the "Piazza del Gesú" or "Palazzo Vitelleschi" Obedience) [107] | 1908 | 420 | 9,500 | CLIPSAS, SIMPA, UMM | |
| Italy | Regular Grand Lodge of Italy[108] | 1993 | 210 | 3,500 | ||
| Italy | Gran Loggia Italiana[109] [110] | 2007 | 24 | 300 | ||
| Italy | Ordine Massonico Tradizionale Italiano [111] | 2016 | 123 | 1,200 | ||
| Italy | Gran Loggia Massonica Femminile d’Italia[112] | 1990 | 11 | 185 | CLIPSAS, CLIMAF | |
| Italy | Gran Loggia Nazionale dei Liberi Muratori d'Italia[113] [114] | 1805 | 80 | CGLEM | ||
| Italy | Grande Oriente Universale[115] | 2002 | 296 | 4603 | ||
| Latvia | Latvijas Lielloža[116] | 2003 | 6 | 150+ | ||
| Liechtenstein | Grand Lodge of The Principality Liechtenstein | 2016 | 3 | 60 | http://freimaurerei.li/ | |
| Lithuania | Lietuvos laisvuju murininku Didžioji Lože AF & AM (Grand Lodge of Lithuania)[117] | 2002 | 6 | |||
| Luxembourg | Grande Loge du Luxembourg[118] | 1803 | 5 | 280 | ||
| Luxembourg | Grande Orient du Luxembourg [119] | 1959 / 1982 | 12 | 459 | CLIPSAS, UMM | |
| Luxembourg | Ordre Maçonnique Mixte International le Droit Humain [120] | 1982 | 2 | DH | ||
| North Macedonia | The Grand Lodge of Macedonia[121] | 2005 [122] | 6 [123] | 180 | ||
| North Macedonia | Regular Grand Lodge of Macedonia[124] | 2010 | 3 | 83 | ||
| Malta | Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta[125] | 2004 | 9 | 300 | ||
| Moldova | Marea Lojă a Moldovei (Grand Lodge of Moldova)[126] | 1999 [127] | 18 | 170 | ||
| Monaco | La Grande Loge Nationale Régulière de la Principauté de Monaco[128] | 2011-02-19 | 200 | |||
| Montenegro | Velká Lóže Crne Gore (Grand Lodge of Montenegro)[129] | 2007 | 4 [130] | |||
| The Netherlands | Grand Orient of the Netherlands[131] | 1756 | 164 | 6,302 | ||
| The Netherlands | Grande Loge Mixte des Pays-Bas (Mixed Grand Lodge of the Low Countries)[132] | 2001 ? | 7 | CLIPSAS | ||
| Norway | Norwegian Order of Freemasons[133] | 1891 | 63 | 18,900 | ||
| Poland | Grand Orient of Poland[134] | 12.07.1997 | 7 | AACEE, EMA | ||
| Poland | National Grand Lodge of Poland/Wielka Loża Narodowa Polski [135] | 1781 | 14 | |||
| Portugal | Grande Loja Simbólica de Portugal | 2015 | 17 | CLIPSAS, UMM, AME | ||
| Portugal | Federação Portuguesa de Ordem Maçónica Mista Internacional “Le Droit Humain” (DHPT) (le Droit Humain – Portuguese Federation)[136] | 1980 | 8 | DH | ||
| Portugal | Grand Loja Feminina de Portugal (GLFP) (Feminine Grand Lodge of Portugal)[137] | 1997 | 15 | CLIMAF | ||
| Portugal | Grande Loja Nacional Portuguesa (GLNP) (National Grand Lodge of Portugal)[138] | 1996 | 10 | GLUDE | ||
| Portugal | Grand Loja Legal de Portugal (GLLP/GLRP) (Legal Grand Lodge of Portugal/Regular Grand Lodge of Portugal) [139] | 1991 | 98 | 2,000 | ||
| Portugal | Grand Orient of Lusitania [140] | 1802 | CLIPSAS, UMM | |||
| Portugal | Grande Loja Maçónica de Portugal [141] (BAD REFERENCE – further, this is a suspect conference only; good at making colorful logos and scanty websites, but with no external references, no leaders, no publications, no lists of lodges or members, nor a physical address. In other words, it may be one person.) | 2011 | 140 ? Really? After three years of activity, 140 lodges, and no website? | 140 ? self reported. Intent was probably member count, which seems high. | CGLEM--> | |
| Romania | Marele Orient al Romaniei (MOAR) | 1879/1925/2005 | 43 | 617 | CLIPSAS, AME, [AACEE] | |
| Romania | Marea Lojă Regulară Europa Unită (MLREU)Regular Grand Lodge Europa Unita | 2016 | 7 | 117 |
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| Romania | Marea Lojă Regulară a României (MLRR)Regular Grand Lodge of Romania | 2005 | 17 | 320 |
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| Romania | Marea Lojă Naţională din România (MLNdR) (National Grand Lodge of Romania) [142] [143] | 1880/1993 | 361 | 10,000 | ||
| Romania | Marea Lojă Naţională Română "1880" (Romanian National Grand Lodge "1880") [144] [145] | 1880/1993/2010 | 32 | 550 | World Traditional Masonic Union (W.T.M.U.); World Masonic Christian Alliance (W.M.C.A.) | |
| România | Traditional Grand Lodge of Romania (MLTR) Marea Lojă Tradiţională din România | 2015 | 7 | 130 |
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| Romania | Marea Lojă Națională a României (MLNaR) (National Grand Lodge of Romania) | 2002 | 28 | 2,500 | split from Marea Lojă Naţională din România in 2002 | |
| Russia | Grand Lodge of Russia | 1995 | 33 | 700 | ||
| Russia | United Grand Lodge of Russia | 2008[146] | 6 | 70 | ||
| Russia | Grand Orient de France | 1728/1773 | 4 | 100 | ||
| Russia | Le Droit Humain[147] | 2013 | 1[148] | 15 | DH | |
| San Marino | Serenissima Gran Loggia della Repubblica di San Marino (Most Serene Grand Lodge of the Republic of San Marino) [149] | 2003 | 5 | 80 | ||
| Serbia | National Grand Lodge of Serbia[150] [151] | 1997 | 20 | 500 | GLUDE | |
| Serbia | Regular Grand Lodge of Serbia [152] | 1919 (as GL Yugoslavia) | 30 | 1,006 | ||
| Serbia | Liberal Grand Lodge of Serbia[153] | 2006 | 17 | 450 | ||
| Serbia | Grand Orient of Serbia[154] | 2016 | 30 | 900 | ||
| Slovak Republic | Veľká Lóža Slovenska [155] | 21 March 2009 | 3 | 60 | ||
| Slovenia | Grand Lodge of Slovenia[156] | 1999 | International Confederation of the United Grand Lodges / Confederation Internationale Des Grandes Unies | |||
| Spain | Grand Lodge of Spain[157] | 1982 | 176 | 2,500 | ||
| Spain | Gran Logia Simbólica Española (Spanish Symbolic Grand Lodge) [158] | 1980 | 41 | CLIPSAS, UMM | ||
| Spain (Andaluza) | Gran Logia de la Comunidad Andaluza (Grand Lodge of Andalusia)[159] | 1982 ? | 1 | CGLEM | ||
| Spain (Madrid) | Gran Oriente de Madrid (Grand Orient of Madrid)[160] | 1982 ? | 1 | CGLEM | ||
| Spain (Catalonia) | Grand Orient of Catalonia [161] | 1989 | CLIPSAS | |||
| Spain (Catalonia) | Gran Lògia de Catalunya[162] [163] | 1933 | 3 | |||
| Sweden | Swedish Order of Freemasons[164] | 1735 | 43 | 14,200 | ||
| Sweden | Le Droit Humain – Scandinavian Federation (Sweden)[165] | 1918 | DH | |||
| Sweden | Grand Orient Latinoamericano[166] | 1984 | 5 | CLIPSAS | ||
| Switzerland | Grande Loge Suisse Alpina[167] | 1844 | 82 [168] | 3,842 | ||
| Switzerland | Fédération Suisse du Droit Humain [169] | 1896 | DH | |||
| Switzerland | Grande Loge Mixte de Suisse (Mixed Grand Lodge of Switzerland)[170] [171] | 1999 | 8 | 145 | ||
| Switzerland | Grand Orient de Suisse[172] | 1959 | 18[173] | CLIPSAS | ||
| Switzerland | Grande Loge Féminine de Suisse[174] | 1976 | 17 | 350 | CLIMAF | |
| Turkey | Grand Lodge of Turkey F.& A.M.[175] | 1909 | 224 | 14,788 | ||
| Turkey | Liberal Grand Lodge of Turkey[176] | 1966 | 55 | 2,000 | CLIPSAS, UMM | |
| Ukraine | Grand Lodge of Ukraine | 1919 / 2005 | 13 | 250 | [177] | |
| United Kingdom (England and Wales) | United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE)[178] | 1717 / 1813 | 7000 | 200000 | ||
| United Kingdom (Scotland) | Grand Lodge of Scotland[179] | 1736 | 1,050 | 150000 |