Church of Norway and other religious and philosophical communities

3   Congregations and members1 of religious2 and philosophical3 communities outside the Church of Norway, by county. 1 January 2002
  Registered religious communities
  Total Adventists Buddhism The Evangelical Luheran Free Church of Norway The Roman Catholic Church The Evangelical Luheran Church Community The Norwegian Baptist Union Church of Norway Mission Convenant Islamic communities Jehova's Witnes The Methodist Church of Norway Pentecostal congreations Other registered religious communities
The whole country                          
Congregations 1 135 70 6 80 31 14 69 78  103  171 49  222  242
Members  277 366 5 732 8 212 21 289 43 264 3 791 10 288 8 503 68 099 14 686 12 766 44 441 36 295
Østfold                          
Congregations 82 5 - 7 4 - 5 4 7 9 8 18 15
Members 19 093  490 - 2 353 2 731 - 1 462  171 2 138 1 315 2 440 4 399 1 594
Oslo og Akershus                          
Congregations  186 7 5 8 4 2 7 7 36 26 5 36 43
Members  117 230  815 8 207 1 883 19 620 1 017 1 031  791 53 224 2 423 1 575 7 803 18 841
Hedmark                          
Congregations 42 2 - 1 1 - 2 3 1 6 3 15 8
Members 4 541 29 -  331  888 -  169  101  579  369  210 1 797 68
Oppland                          
Congregations 37 4 - 1 1 - 4 - - 6 1 8 12
Members 3 187  319 -  296  192 -  541 - -  304 45  988  502
Buskerud                          
Congregations 68 7 - 2 2 1 3 4 7 9 4 14 15
Members 13 739  970 -  205 2 099 91  512  512 2 861  784  785 2 974 1 946
Vestfold                          
Congregations 59 4 - 3 2 6 2 3 4 9 4 8 14
Members 10 399  381 -  851 1 352 1 832  103  293  748 1 123  884 2 248  584
Telemark                          
Congregations 81 5 - 6 1 3 5 13 3 10 3 23 9
Members 13 268  215 - 1 568 1 237  710  758 1 595  667  874 1 160 3 923  561
Aust-Agder                          
Congregations 37 1 - 8 1 - 4 5 1 5 1 7 4
Members 9 008 77 - 2 473  485 -  564 1 315  315  482  334 1 917 1 046
Vest-Agder                          
Congregations 61 3 1 11 1 - 2 8 5 6 3 10 11
Members 17 338  281 5 5 051 1 936 -  322 1 547 1 338  649  633 4 009 1 567
Rogaland                          
Congregations 87 5 - 6 2 1 6 4 10 14 4 12 23
Members 20 364  601 -  935 3 642 90 1 435  753 3 855 1 367 1 727 3 664 2 295
Hordaland                          
Congregations  105 2 - 3 1 1 2 8 27 19 2 16 24
Members 19 751  390 -  681 4 332 51  379  312 1 841 1 895 1 716 3 008 5 146
Sogn og Fjordane                          
Congregations 17 - - 1 - - 1 - 1 4 - 4 6
Members  771 - - 42 - - 9 -  191  151 -  237  141
Møre og Romsdal                          
Congregations 55 3 - 5 3 - 2 5 - 6 2 16 13
Members 6 675  152 - 1 347 1 082 - 67  220 -  500  311 2 295  601
Sør-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 40 1 - 1 1 - 4 2 - 10 1 7 13
Members 6 817  158 -  389 1 652 -  537  185 -  763  281 2 190  662
Nord-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 28 1 - 4 1 - 3 1 - 5 1 3 9
Members 2 153 27 -  356  346 -  278  237 -  268 91  284  266
Nordland                          
Congregations 81 12 - 11 2 - 7 7 - 15 3 14 10
Members 6 992  344 - 2 299  590 -  731  303 -  726  129 1 651  219
Troms                          
Congregations 40 4 - 1 3 - 9 2 1 5 3 5 7
Members 4 486  389 - 69  740 - 1 357  124  342  463  368  392  242
Finnmark                          
Congregations 29 4 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 7 1 6 6
Members 1 654 94 -  160  340 - 33 44 -  230 77  662 14
1  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
2  Includes registered and unregistered religious communities/congregations having central government subsidies for 2002 pursuant to the religious community Act of 13 June 1969.
3  Philosophical communities having central government subsidies for 2002, pursuant to the Act of 12 June 1981 about subsidies to philosophical communities. With effect from 1985, children under the age of 15 are included.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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