Church of Norway, 2005

About 5,4 million attended church services on Sundays and holidays. 1,3 million attended church services other than Sundays and holidays. About 9 per cent of all participants attended a Christmas Eve service. There were almost 28 000 services with communion and more than 1,1 million persons who took part in the communion.

Close to 43 000 persons were baptized and slightly more than 42 000 were confirmed. The number of reported new members in the Church of Norway were 1 177, while members who were reported out were about 6 000.

7 571 persons were employed, and 5 349 man-years were worked in religiously related activities in Church of Norway in 2005.

Tables:

• Table 1 Church services and participants, Church of Norway. 2005
• Table 2 Reported new members, reported out and religious acts, Church of Norway. 2005
• Table 3 Church positions, religious organizations' activities, Church of Norway, by number of employed and man-years. 2005
• Table 4 Selected key-figures. Church of Norway. 2005