Church of Norway and other religious and philosophical communities

3   Congregations and members1 of religious2 and philosophical3 communities outside the Church of Norway, by county. 1 January 2001
  Registered religious communities
  Total Adventists Buddhist Federation The Evangelical Luheran Free Church of Norway The Roman Catholic Church The Evangelical Luheran Church Community The Norwegian Baptist Union Church of Norway Mission Convenant Islamic communities Jehova's Witnes The Methodist Church of Norway Pentecostal congreations Other registered religious communities
The whole country                          
Congregations 1 104 71 6 80 35 16 68 78 71 172 50 222 235
Members 268 097 5 853 8 020 21 303 42 546 3 762 10 385 8 445 62 051 14 812 12 918 43 019 34 983
Østfold                          
Congregations 84 5 1 7 4 - 5 4 7 9 8 18 16
Members 19 442 487 553 2 332 2 659 - 1 537 165 1 930 1 351 2 492 4 333 1 603
Oslo og Akershus                          
Congregations 177 6 5 8 5 2 6 7 32 26 5 34 41
Members 109 883 797 7 467 1 895 19 173 988 1 034 793 49 560 2 470 1 608 6 451 17 647
Hedmark                          
Congregations 41 2 - 1 1 - 2 3 - 6 3 16 7
Members 3 983 32 - 340 857 - 160 105 - 366 207 1 865 51
Oppland                          
Congregations 38 4 - 1 1 - 4 - - 6 1 9 12
Members 3 247 317 - 292 196 - 538 - - 301 45 1 092 466
Buskerud                          
Congregations 66 7 - 2 2 1 3 4 7 9 4 14 13
Members 13 712 998 - 207 2 169 93 510 519 3 006 814 762 2 950 1 684
Vestfold                          
Congregations 61 5 - 3 2 6 2 3 3 9 4 7 17
Members 10 509 405 - 824 1 333 1 853 105 298 767 1 103 893 2 227 701
Telemark                          
Congregations 88 5 - 6 1 5 5 13 5 10 4 25 9
Members 14 003 227 - 1 588 1 229 700 769 1 599 615 903 1 217 4 600 556
Aust-Agder                          
Congregations 38 1 - 8 1 - 4 5 1 5 1 8 4
Members 9 075 73 - 2 524 468 - 573 1 305 308 484 338 1 954 1 048
Vest-Agder                          
Congregations 60 3 - 11 2 - 2 8 4 6 3 8 13
Members 17 400 284 - 5 025 2 123 - 322 1 522 1 046 649 612 3 775 2 042
Rogaland                          
Congregations 81 5 - 6 2 1 6 4 6 14 4 9 24
Members 17 945 605 - 882 3 533 79 1 444 745 2 436 1 396 1 717 2 805 2 303
Hordaland                          
Congregations 83 2 - 3 2 1 2 8 5 19 2 16 23
Members 19 610 413 - 674 4 207 49 371 307 2 058 1 882 1 764 3 011 4 874
Sogn og Fjordane                          
Congregations 14 - - 1 - - 1 - - 4 - 4 4
Members 577 - - 34 - - 9 - - 151 - 254 129
Møre og Romsdal                          
Congregations 58 3 - 5 3 - 2 5 - 7 2 16 15
Members 6 602 167 - 1 336 1 006 - 67 207 - 497 316 2 360 646
Sør-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 38 1 - 1 2 - 4 2 - 10 1 8 9
Members 6 832 162 - 385 1 551 - 545 186 - 748 284 2 339 632
Nord-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 27 1 - 4 1 - 3 1 - 5 1 3 8
Members 2 106 31 - 359 348 - 275 222 - 258 93 271 249
Nordland                          
Congregations 77 12 - 11 - - 7 7 - 15 3 15 7
Members 6 490 361 - 2 388 - - 738 302 - 723 136 1 674 168
Troms                          
Congregations 44 4 - 1 6 - 9 2 1 5 3 5 8
Members 5 330 397 - 58 1 694 - 1 348 123 325 461 356 398 170
Finnmark                          
Congregations 29 5 - 1 - - 1 2 - 7 1 7 5
Members 1 351 97 - 160 - - 40 47 - 255 78 660 14
1  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
2  Includes registered and unregistered religious communities/congregations having central government subsidies for 2001 pursuant to the religious community Act of 13 June 1969.
3  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.

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