Statistics Norway

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 2003
  Registered religious communities
  Total Adventists Buddism The Evangelical Luheran Free Church of Norway The Roman Catholic Church The Evangelical Lutheran 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 1 142 70 7 79 31 15 69 78 82  173 48  227  263
Members  285 026 5 629 8 857 21 320 44 153 3 826 10 260 9 050 73 391 14 580 12 642 45 624 35 694
Østfold                          
Congregations 84 5 - 7 4 - 5 4 8 9 8 18 16
Members 19 222  501 - 2 342 2 795 - 1 447  171 2 229 1 329 2 398 4 405 1 605
Oslo og Akershus                          
Congregations  194 7 6 8 4 2 7 7 39 27 5 33 49
Members  119 179  791 8 847 1 903 19 903 1 031 1 047  802 57 114 2 360 1 560 7 839 15 982
Hedmark                          
Congregations 42 2 - 1 1 - 2 3 - 6 3 15 9
Members 4 053 31 -  333  928 -  169  101 -  391  204 1 823 73
Oppland                          
Congregations 37 4 - 1 1 - 4 - - 6 1 8 12
Members 3 208  320 -  309  194 -  553 - -  299 44  976  513
Buskerud                          
Congregations 73 7 - 2 2 1 3 4 7 9 4 15 19
Members 14 772  950 -  207 2 162 90  505  512 3 130  765  768 2 972 2 711
Vestfold                          
Congregations 57 4 - 3 2 6 2 3 2 9 3 8 15
Members 10 361  390 -  861 1 437 1 826  105  293  639 1 133  876 2 185  616
Telemark                          
Congregations 83 5 - 6 1 3 5 13 4 10 3 24 9
Members 14 426  209 - 1 530 1 272  712  761 1 628 1 103  850 1 146 4 631  584
Aust-Agder                          
Congregations 41 1 - 8 1 - 4 5 1 5 1 8 7
Members 8 992 75 - 2 450  512 -  553 1 327  342  480  321 1 855 1 077
Vest-Agder                          
Congregations 64 3 1 11 1 - 2 8 6 6 3 11 12
Members 18 606  267 10 5 110 1 722 -  316 1 597 1 994  659  632 4 138 2 161
Rogaland                          
Congregations 92 5 - 6 2 1 6 5 9 14 4 14 26
Members 21 294  590 -  957 3 801 96 1 441  786 3 930 1 402 1 696 3 983 2 612
Hordaland                          
Congregations 79 2 - 3 1 2 2 7 3 19 2 17 21
Members 20 218  386 -  610 4 548 71  375  302 2 048 1 829 1 712 2 925 5 412
Sogn og Fjordane                          
Congregations 18 - - - - - 1 - 1 4 - 4 8
Members  769 - - - - - 9 -  210  150 -  232  168
Møre og Romsdal                          
Congregations 61 3 - 5 3 - 2 5 1 7 2 17 16
Members 6 850  145 - 1 343 1 147 - 64  214  134  491  317 2 369  626
Sør-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 42 1 - 1 1 - 4 2 - 10 1 8 14
Members 7 291  154 -  438 1 705 -  539  178 -  756  292 2 372  857
Nord-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 28 1 - 4 1 - 3 1 - 5 1 3 9
Members 2 199 33 -  367  376 -  283  234 -  265 89  274  278
Nordland                          
Congregations 80 12 - 11 3 - 7 7 - 15 3 13 9
Members 7 016  327 - 2 335  692 -  729  303 -  721  124 1 562  223
Troms                          
Congregations 39 4 - 1 2 - 9 2 1 5 3 5 7
Members 4 505  381 - 69  639 - 1 327  129  518  464  376  420  182
Finnmark                          
Congregations 28 4 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 7 1 6 5
Members 2 065 79 -  156  320 - 37  473 -  236 87  663 14
1  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
2  Includes registered and unregistered religious communities/congregations having central government subsidies for 2003 pursuant to the religious community Act of 13 June 1969.
3  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.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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