Norway Yearbook - 2003

Recreational, cultural and sporting activities
283 Religious1 and philosophical2 communities outside the Church of Norway
Congregations
Members
990 2000 2001 2002 1990 2000 2001 2002
Religious communities, total 924 1 222 1195 1238 197645 286611 292059 304492
Islamic communities 32 67 74 109 19189 56458 62753 70487
Pentecostal congregations 226 260 241 243 45 192 46 199 44005 45804
The Roman Catholic Church 29 36 35 31 26 580 42 598 42 546 43 264
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church
of Norway 72 81 80 80 20360 21163 21303 21289
Jehovas Witness 174 173 172 171 14749 15055 14812 14686
The Methodist Church of Norway 54 51 50 49 15447 13 130 12 918 12 766
The Norwegian Baptist Union 66 66 68 69 11 836 10352 10385 10 288
Church of Norway Mission Covenant 78 77 78 78 7416 8309 8445 8503
Adventists 68 72 71 70 6631 5998 5853 5732
Buddhism .. 9 6 6 3012 7031 8020 8212
Free Evangelic Congregations 12 24 26 28 2 054 3 702 3835 4057
The Evangelic Lutheran Church
Community 16 15 16 14 3510 3438 3762 3791
Others 97 281 278 290 21669 49850 53422 55613
Philosophical communities, total 157 127 119 119 49428 67950 70363 69807
Human Ethical Union 157 127 119 119 49428 67950 70363 69807
r
Registered and unregistered religious communities having central government subsidies for 2002, pursuant to the Act of 13 June 1 969
2philosophical communities having central government subsidies for 2002, pursuant to the Act about philosophical communities of 12 June
1981 From 1985 onwards the figures also include children in the communities.
Source: Religious and philosophical communities, Statistics Norway More information: httpitwwwssbno/trosamf_eril
284 Number of members of religious communities outside Church of Norway. 2002
Islamic communities
Pentecostal congregations
The Roman Catholic Church
rhe Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway
Jehova's Witness
The Methodist Church of Norway
Buddhism
Adventists
o 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000
Number of members
Source: Religious and philosophical communities, Statistics Norway More information: httpJwssbno/trosamf_erV
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