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Membership figures reached 400 000
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Religious communities and life stance communities, 2007

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Membership figures reached 400 000

The membership figures of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway exceeded 400 000 for the first time in 2007. 8.6 per cent of the population were members of communities that receive state subsidies.

Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by county. Per 1.1 2006 and 2007

404 000 people were members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway in January 2007, an increase of 20 000 compared with the previous year. More than half, or 226 000, were members of Christian communities. Furthermore, 79 700 were members of life stance communities and accounted for approximately 20 per cent of all members of communities outside the Church of Norway. The Norwegian Humanist Association was the largest life stance community with 78 900 members. Furthermore, various Islamic communities accounted for around 20 per cent of the members, while Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh communities accounted for 3 per cent, 1 per cent and 0.6 per cent of members respectively.

The statistics are based on annual applications for central government subsidies submitted by religious and life stance communities to the county governor. The membership lists are sent electronically to the Brønnøysund Register Centre via the county governor for control and elimination of duplicates. As of 2005, the statistics are not comparable with previous years since the basis for the data has been changed.

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