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9 per cent in religious and life stance communities
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2008-12-19T10:00:00.000Z
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Religious communities and life stance communities, 2008

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9 per cent in religious and life stance communities

Almost 9 per cent of the Norwegian population is member of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway. Last year the number of memberships increased by 8 000. Almost half of the new members are living in Oslo.

Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. Per 1.1.2008. Per cent

412 000 were members in religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway in January 2008, an increase of 8 000 compared with the previous year.

More than half of the members, 227 000, were members of Christian communities. 80 700 were members of life stance communities and accounted for approximately 20 per cent of all members of communities outside the Church of Norway.

Furthermore, various Islamic communities accounted for around 20 per cent of the members, while the members of Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh communities accounted for 3 per cent, 1 per cent and 0.6 per cent of the 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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