Church of Norway and other religious and philosophical communities

1   Members of religious1 and philosophical2 communities outside the Church of Norway. 1971-2002. Numbers and per cent
  Members3 Per cent
  1971 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 1971 2000 2001 2002
Members in registered religious communities, total  111 263  128 184  185 735  254 854   268 097   277 366   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
Adventists 6 090 6 595 6 631 5 998 5 853 5 732 5.5 2.4 2.2 2.1
Buddhism .. .. 3 012 7 031 8 020 8 212 .. 2.8 3.0 3.0
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway 18 984 19 357 20 360 21 163 21 303 21 289 17.1 8.3 7.9 7.7
The Orthodox Church .. .. 1 222 2 315 3 279 3 868 .. 0.9 1.2 1.4
The Roman Catholic Church 9 366 13 923 26 580 41 485r 42 399r 43 264 8.4 16.7 15.8 15.6
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 618 3 744 3 510 3 438 3 762 3 791 3.3 1.3 1.4 1.4
Orthodox Jews  855  915 1 000 1 015  992 1 008 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4
The Norwegian Baptist Union 11 880 12 098 11 836 10 352 10 385 10 288 10.7 4.1 3.9 3.7
Church of Norway Mission Covenant 3 804 5 510 7 416 8 309 8 445 8 503 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1
Gods Congregation 1 519 1 452 1 393 1 051 1 028 1 027 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Hindu .. .. .. 1 303 2 443 2 734 .. 0.5 0.9 1.0
Islamic communities .. 1 006 19 189 49 633 62 051 68 099 .. 19.5 23.1 24.6
Jehovahs Witness .. .. 14 749 15 055 14 812 14 686 .. 5.9 5.5 5.3
The Christian Community .. .. 1 389 2 172 2 301 2 371 .. 0.9 0.9 0.9
Christian Centres .. ..  619 3 222 3 302 3 498 .. 1.3 1.2 1.3
The Methodist Church of Norway 17 622 17 120 15 447 13 130 12 918 12 766 15.8 5.1 4.8 4.6
Pentecostal congregations 35 874 42 518 43 471 45 006 43 019 44 441 32.2 17.7 16.0 16.0
Sikh .. .. 1 078 1 772 1 974 2 172 .. 0.7 0.7 0.8
Foreign Evangelican community in Norway .. .. .. .. 5 725 5 346 .. .. 2.1 1.9
Other registered religious communities 1 651 3946r 6833r 21404r 14086r 14 271 1.5 7.3 5.3 5.1
                     
Members in unregistered religious communities, total .. .. 11 910 31 757 23 962 27 126 ..  100.0  100.0  100.0
Buddhism .. .. .. .. .. 71 .. .. .. 0.3
Free Evangelical Congregations .. .. 2 054 3 702 3 835 4 057 .. 11.7 16.0 15.0
The Orthodox Church .. .. .. .. ..  197 .. .. .. 0.7
Gods Congregation .. .. .. .. ..  348 .. .. .. 1.3
Hindu .. .. .. .. ..  242 .. .. .. 0.9
Islamic communities .. .. .. 6 825  702 2 388 .. 21.5 2.9 8.8
Christian Centres .. .. .. .. .. 80       0.3
Pentecostal congregations .. .. 1 721 1 193  986 1 363 .. 3.8 4.1 5.0
Foreign Evangelican community in Norway .. .. .. .. .. 11 739 .. .. .. 43.3
Other unregistered religious communities .. .. 8 135 20 037 18 439 6 641 .. 63.1 77.0 24.5
                     
Members in philosopical communities, total .. .. 49 428 67 950 70 363 69 807 ..  100.0  100.0  100.0
Human Ethical Union .. .. 49 428 67 950 70 363 69 807 ..  100.0  100.0  100.0
1  Includes registered and unregistered religious communities/congregations having central government subsidies for 2002 pursuant to the religious community Act of 13 June 1969.
2  Philosophical communities having central government subsidies for 2002, 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.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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