Statistics Norway

Church of Norway and other religious and life stance communities

3 Members1 of Christian communities outside the Church of Norway. Per 1 January. 2005-2012
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Christian communities  215 090  216 141  225 507  226 969  234 772  245 664  266 834  289 018
Adventists 5 567 5 258 5 281 5 177 5 086 5 136 5 066 4 884
Free Evangelical Congregations 3 653 3 514 3 628 3 455 3 434 3 492 3 395 3 137
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway 21 140 19 308 19 524 19 496 19 262 19 503 19 614 19 507
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 23 504 3 738 4 291 4 288 4 237 4 169 4 146 4 193
The Icelandic Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Norway 23 395 2 999 2 027 - 2 735 5 422 5 946 5 983
The Christian Church 6 054 6 280 6 476 6 602 6 779 6 879 7 110 7 319
The Orthodox Church 5 028 5 494 6 075 6 771 7 664 8 492 9 894 11 205
The Roman Catholic Church 43 118 46 440 51 508 54 011 57 348 66 972 83 018  102 286
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 410 3 347 3 345 3 275 3 232 3 213 3 213 3 209
The Norwegian Baptist Union 9 549 8 745 9 071 9 492 9 382 9 749 9 922 9 999
Church of Norway Mission Covenant 8 505 8 154 8 399 8 476 8 497 8 729 9 091 9 336
Jehovah's Witness 14 502 14 568 14 756 14 856 14 976 11 640 11 739 11 903
The Christian Community 2 472 2 461 2 505 2 463 2 474 2 578 2 585 2 567
Christian Centres 3 264 2 975 3 353 3 324 3 290 3 266 3 252 3 157
The Methodist Church of Norway 11 981 11 324 11 299 11 133 10 974 11 082 11 055 10 761
Pentecostal congregations 42 744 39 492 40 398 39 866 39 590 39 923 39 599 39 108
The Swedish Margareta Congregation in Oslo 27 267 12 166 13 098 14 087 15 574 14 626 17 376 19 950
Other Christian communities 19 937 19 878 20 473 20 197 20 238 20 793 20 813 20 514
1  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
2  Estimated by the old method.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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