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Small increase in church weddings
A total of 10 500 couples were married by the Church of Norway in 2008. The number of church weddings increased by 100 from 2007.
This means that the increase in weddings from 2006 to 2007 remains at the same level, and church weddings still remain popular. A total of 42 900 were baptised, 41 650 were confirmed and 38 800 were buried by the Church of Norway in 2008. The proportion of baptised people to births was 70 per cent. Sixty-six per cent of all 15 year-olds were confirmed in the church. A total of 93 per cent of the deceased received a church burial.
Small decrease in resignations
A total of 7 000 members left the Church of Norway during 2008; a decrease of 15 per cent compared with the previous year. By the year-end 2008, 81 per cent of the Norwegian population were members of the Church of Norway.
Fewer services and participants
A total of 67 450 services were conducted and more than 6.3 million participants at services were registered in 2008. Compared with the previous year, there were 100 fewer services and 100 000 fewer participants. On average, 94 participants attended each service.
Church collection increases
In addition to public subsidies, the church itself collected some NOK 258 million through collections and gifts. This is an increase of NOK 10 million compared to 2007.
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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