Statistics Norway

Church of Norway and other religious and life stance communities

3 Members1 of Christian communities outside the Church of Norway. Per 1.1. 2005-2008
  2005 2006 2007 2008
Christian communities  215 090  216 141  225 507  226 969
Adventists 5 567 5 258 5 281 5 177
Free Evangelical Congregations 3 653 3 514 3 628 3 455
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway 21 140 19 308 19 524 19 496
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 23 504 3 738 4 291 4 288
The Icelandic Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Norway 23 395 2 999 2 027 ..
The Christian Church 6 054 6 280 6 476 6 602
The Orthodox Church 5 028 5 494 6 075 6 771
The Roman Catholic Church 43 118 46 440 51 508 54 011
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 410 3 347 3 345 3 275
The Norwegian Baptist Union 9 549 8 745 9 071 9 492
Church of Norway Mission Covenant 8 505 8 154 8 399 8 476
Jehovah's Witness 14 502 14 568 14 756 14 856
The Christian Community 2 472 2 461 2 505 2 463
Christian Centres 3 264 2 975 3 353 3 324
The Methodist Church of Norway 11 981 11 324 11 299 11 133
Pentecostal congregations 42 744 39 492 40 398 39 866
The Swedish Margareta Congregation in Oslo 27 267 12 166 13 098 14 087
Other Christian communities 19 937 19 878 20 473 20 197
1  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
2  Estimated by the old method.

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