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2016 | Change last 4 years | |
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1Baptized from 2016 and onward shows the total number of baptized. The number cannot be compared to previous year's numbers because they showed performed acts of baptize. | ||
Members of the Church of Norway | 3 758 070 | -90 225 |
Members as a percentage of the population | 71.5 | -4.7 |
Baptized1 | 32 561 | -5 796 |
Baptized as a percentage of births | 55.3 | -8.4 |
Confirmed | 37 420 | -3 766 |
Confirmed as a percentage of persons 15-years old | 60.0 | -3.9 |
Church burials | 36 150 | -1 523 |
Church burials as a percentage of all deaths | 88.8 | -1.0 |
Church weddings | 7 535 | -1 363 |
Church services | 62 509 | -2 343 |
Participants in church services total | 5 685 138 | -331 880 |
Participants per church service | 90.9 | -1.8 |
Additional information
The statistics presents information bases on the yearly scheme for the Church of Norway. Publishing of more numeric variables is every 15th of March and 15th of June.
Contact
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Øyvind Bolsgård
E-mail: oyvind.bolsgard@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 13 63
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Andreas Østhus
E-mail: andreas.osthus@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 47 64 99 08