Church of Norway and other religious and philosophical communities

1   Members of religious1 and philosophical2 communities outside the Church of Norway. 1971-2001. Numbers and per cent
  Members3 Per cent
  1971 1980 1990 1999 2000 2001 1971 1999 2000 2001
Members in registered religious communities, total 111 263 128 184 185 735 238 354 254 854 268 097 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0
Adventists 6 090 6 595 6 631 6 096 5 998 5 853 5,5 2,6 2,4 2,2
Buddhist Federation .. .. 3 012 6 779 7 031 8 020 .. 2,8 2,8 3,0
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway 18 984 19 357 20 360 20 899 21 163 21 303 17,1 8,8 8,3 7,9
Greek Orthodox Church .. .. 1 222 1 915 2 315 3 279 .. 0,8 0,9 1,2
The Roman Catholic Church 9 366 13 923 26 580 40 203 42 598 42 546 8,4 16,9 16,7 15,9
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 618 3 744 3 510 3 455 3 438 3 762 3,3 1,4 1,3 1,4
Orthodox Jews 855 915 1 000 1 041 1 015 992 0,8 0,4 0,4 0,4
The Norwegian Baptist Union 11 880 12 098 11 836 10 404 10 352 10 385 10,7 4,4 4,1 3,9
Church of Norway Mission Covenant 3 804 5 510 7 416 8 182 8 309 8 445 3,4 3,4 3,3 3,1
Gods Congregation 1 519 1 452 1 393 1 116 1 051 1 028 1,4 0,5 0,4 0,4
Hindu .. .. .. 293 1 303 2 443 .. 1,0 0,5 0,9
Islamic communities .. 1 006 19 189 45 145 49 633 62 051 .. 18,9 19,5 23,1
Jehovahs Witness .. .. 14 749 15 083 15 055 14 812 .. 6,3 5,9 5,5
The Christian Community .. .. 1 389 2 003 2 172 2 301 .. 0,8 0,9 0,9
Christian Centres .. .. 619 3 170 3 222 3 302 .. 1,3 1,3 1,2
The Methodist Church of Norway 17 622 17 120 15 447 13 204 13 130 12 918 15,8 5,5 5,1 4,8
Pentecostal congregations 35 874 42 518 43 471 44 094 45 006 43 019 32,2 18,5 17,7 16,0
Sikh .. .. 1 078 158 1 772 1 974 .. 0,1 0,7 0,7
Utanlandsk evangelisk samfunn .. .. .. .. .. 5 725 .. .. .. 2,1
Other registered religious communities 1 651 2 567 4 968 13 538 18 703 13 939 1,5 5,7 7,3 5,2
Members in unregistered religious communities, total .. .. 11 910 29 353 31 757 23 962 .. 100,0 100,0 100,0
Free Evangelical Congregations .. .. 2 054 3 605 3 702 3 835 .. 12,3 11,7 16,0
Islamic communities .. .. .. 6 048 6 825 702 .. 20,6 21,5 2,9
Pentecostal congregations .. .. 1 721 1 224 1 193 986 .. 4,2 3,8 4,1
Other unregistered religious communities .. .. 8 135 18 476 20 037 18 439 .. 62,9 63,1 77,0
Members in philosopical communities, total .. .. 49 428 68 253 67 950 70 363 .. 100,0 100,0 100,0
Human Ethical Union .. .. 49 428 68 253 67 950 70 363 .. 100,0 100,0 100,0
1  Includes registered and unregistered religious communities/congregations having central government subsidies for 2001 pursuant to the religious community Act of 13 June 1969.
2  Philosophical communities having central government subsidies for 2001, pursuant to the Act of 12 June 1981 about subsidies to philosophical communities. With effect from 1985, children under the age of 15 are included.
3  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.

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