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

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