Statistics Norway

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 2004
  Registered religious communities
  Total Adventists Buddism 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 1 176 71 7 78 32 15 70 77 82  174 48  233  289
Members  301 457 5 530 9 898 21 389 46 308 3 821 10 261 8 745 77 857 14 553 12 468 45 875 44 752
Østfold                          
Congregations 82 5 1 7 4 - 5 4 7 9 8 18 14
Members 19 791  497  372 2 341 2 895 - 1 459  180 1 954 1 324 2 376 4 382 2 011
Oslo og Akershus                          
Congregations  199 8 5 8 4 2 8 7 39 27 5 35 51
Members  125 765  809 9 492 1 890 21 042 1 034 1 092  817 59 846 2 397 1 559 7 817 17 970
Hedmark                          
Congregations 46 2 - 1 1 - 2 3 - 6 3 16 12
Members 4 361 30 -  331  946 -  146  101 -  358  197 1 932  320
Oppland                          
Congregations 39 4 - 1 1 - 4 - - 6 1 8 14
Members 3 258  319 -  294  216 -  470 - -  297 43  956  663
Buskerud                          
Congregations 81 7 - 2 2 1 3 4 8 9 4 15 26
Members 18 300  927 -  208 2 216 91  494  512 3 892  781  750 3 006 5 423
Vestfold                          
Congregations 61 4 - 3 2 6 2 3 3 9 3 8 18
Members 12 272  391 -  867 1 541 1 798  105  303 1 358 1 153  849 2 133 1 774
Telemark                          
Congregations 83 5 - 6 1 3 5 13 4 10 3 23 10
Members 15 386  204 - 1 538 1 383  719  757 1 653 1 143  868 1 137 4 589 1 395
Aust-Agder                          
Congregations 41 1 - 8 1 - 4 5 1 5 1 8 7
Members 9 110 69 - 2 429  547 -  544 1 308  383  473  314 1 839 1 204
Vest-Agder                          
Congregations 62 3 1 11 1 - 2 8 4 6 3 12 11
Members 18 411  264 34 5 158 1 847 -  303 1 643 1 479  649  621 4 239 2 174
Rogaland                          
Congregations 95 5 - 6 2 1 6 5 9 15 4 14 28
Members 22 089  569 -  996 3 950  100 1 510  799 4 006 1 364 1 675 3 985 3 135
Hordaland                          
Congregations 86 2 - 2 1 2 2 7 3 19 2 17 29
Members 21 228  374 -  621 4 722 79  371  294 2 079 1 870 1 706 3 062 6 050
Sogn og Fjordane                          
Congregations 18 - - - - - 1 - 1 4 - 4 8
Members  911 - - - - - 10 -  295  150 -  207  249
Møre og Romsdal                          
Congregations 60 3 - 5 3 - 2 4 - 7 2 17 17
Members 6 927  143 - 1 364 1 166 - 68  221 -  492  311 2 351  811
Sør-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 44 1 - 1 1 - 4 2 1 11 1 8 14
Members 7 819  150 -  440 1 660 -  531  185  708  752  286 2 354  753
Nord-Trøndelag                          
Congregations 30 1 - 4 1 - 3 1 1 5 1 4 9
Members 2 527 32 -  366  402 -  293  246  186  284 69  352  297
Nordland                          
Congregations 79 12 - 11 4 - 7 7 - 14 3 13 8
Members 7 102  312 - 2 324  770 -  772  319 -  661  120 1 594  230
Troms                          
Congregations 41 4 - 1 2 - 9 2 1 5 3 5 9
Members 4 559  362 - 72  675 - 1 298  126  528  444  366  406  282
Finnmark                          
Congregations 29 4 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 7 1 8 4
Members 1 641 78 -  150  330 - 38 38 -  236 89  671 11
1  Including only members for whom government subsidy is received.
2  Includes registered and unregistered religious communities/congregations having central government subsidies for 2004 pursuant to the religious community Act of 13 June 1969.
3  Philosophical communities having central government subsidies for 2004, 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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