Church of Norway and other religious and philosophical communities

4   Congregations and members1 of religious2 and philosophical3 communities outside the Church of Norway, by county. 1 January 2002
  Unregistered religious communities
  Total Free Evangelical Congregations Islamic communities Pentecostal congrations Other unregistered religious communities Human Ethical Union
The whole country            
Congregations  103 28 6 21 48  119
Members 27 126 4 057 2 388 1 363 19 318 69 807
Østfold            
Congregations 6 4 - - 2 5
Members  908  451 - -  457 2 922
Oslo og Akershus            
Congregations 12 1 2 1 8 16
Members 13 703 85  598 48 12 972 25 753
Hedmark            
Congregations 6 - 1 3 2 6
Members  423 - 88  122  213 2 469
Oppland            
Congregations 6 1 - 3 2 7
Members  397 67 -  184  146 2 055
Buskerud            
Congregations 9 2 - 1 6 7
Members 1 338  311 - 78  949 3 494
Vestfold            
Congregations 5 1 - - 4 5
Members 1 278  147 - - 1 131 3 638
Telemark            
Congregations 3 - - 1 2 6
Members  843 - - 40  803 2 343
Aust-Agder            
Congregations 4 2 - - 2 4
Members  603  481 - -  122 1 234
Vest-Agder            
Congregations 11 7 - 3 1 4
Members 1 516 1 015 -  377  124 1 634
Rogaland            
Congregations 13 7 - 1 5 7
Members 1 786 1 087 - 10  689 4 473
Hordaland            
Congregations 8 2 - 2 4 9
Members 1 231  339 -  200  692 5 372
Sogn og Fjordane            
Congregations 2 - - 1 1 4
Members  147 - - 71 76  868
Møre og Romsdal            
Congregations 5 1 1 1 2 7
Members  455 74  186 25  170 2 130
Sør-Trøndelag            
Congregations 6 - 1 - 5 7
Members 1 558 - 1 209 -  349 4 157
Nord-Trøndelag            
Congregations 1 - 1 - - 6
Members  307 -  307 - - 1 580
Nordland            
Congregations 4 - - 3 1 7
Members  531 - -  183  348 2 708
Troms            
Congregations 1 - - - 1 6
Members 77 - - - 77 2 154
Finnmark            
Congregations 1 - - 1 - 6
Members 25 - - 25 -  823
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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