Norway Yearbook - 1996

Recreational, cultural and sporting activities
230 Religious1 and philosophical2 communities outside Church of Norway
Congregations
Members
1971 1980 1990 1995 1971 1980 1990 1995
Religious communities, total 493 581 924 1121 111 263 129 245 197 645 243 325
Pentecostalists 153 187 226 243 35874 42518 45192 45344
Islam .. 4 32 51 1 006 19189 40550
Roman Catholic Church 24 28 29 32 9366 13923 26580 33937
The Lutheran Free Church of Norway 64 66 72 81 18984 19357 20360 20615
Jehovas Witnesses 174 177 14749 15277
Methodists 56 53 54 52 17622 17120 15447 14045
Norwegian Baptist Union 61 64 66 62 11880 12098 11836 11362
Church of Norway Mission Covenant 40 54 78 80 3804 5510 7416 8130
Adventists 66 71 68 71 6090 6595 6631 6356
Buddhists .. 6 3012 5427
Free Evangelic Congregations .. . 12 26 2 054 4051
The Evan9elic Lutheran Church
Community 17 17 16 16 3618 3744 3510 3576
Christian Centres .. .. .. 8 .. .. .. 3338
Others 12 37 97 216 4025 7374 21669 31317
Philosophical communities, total 157 117 .. 49428 61612
Humanand Ethical Union 157 117 49428 61612
1Registered and unregistered religious communities having central government subsidies for 199S, pursuant to the Act of 13 June 1969.
2Philosophical communities having central government subsidies for 1995, pursuant to the Act about philosophical communities of 12 June
1981. From 1985 onwards the figures also include children in the communities.
Source: Weekly Bulletin of Statistics no. 30/31 1995. More information: Division for Population and Education Statistics.
1
Number of members of the 10 largest religious communities outside Church of
I Norway. 1 January 1995
Pentecostalists
Islam
Roman Catholic Church
The Lutheran Free
Church of Norway
Jehovas Witnesses
Methodists
Norwegian Baptist Union
Church of Norway
Mission Covenant
Adventists
Buddhists
0 5000 10000
15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 50000
Number of members
190