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The Heddal Stave Church in Notodden, the largest stave church in Norway. Religion in Norway is dominated by Lutheran Christianity, with 63.7% of the population belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in 2022. [1] [2] The Catholic Church is the next largest Christian church at 3.1%. [3] The unaffiliated make up 18.3% of the ...
Jehovah's Witnesses is the largest nontrinitarian religious organization in Norway, with a membership of 12,661 in 2020, up from 12,413 in 2016. [25] A branch office is located in Ytre Enebakk. In 2022, the group lost its legal status as a religion over their exclusionary policies, although they are not banned within Norway. [29]
Islam is the second largest religion in Norway after Christianity. As of 2020, the number of Muslims living in Norway was 182,607 (3.4% of the total population). [2] [3] [4] The majority of Muslims in Norway are Sunni, with a significant Shia minority. 55 percent of Muslims in the country live in Oslo and Viken.
Until 1845 the Church of Norway was the only legal religious organization in Norway and it was not possible for a person to end membership in the Church of Norway. The Dissenter Act ( Lov angaaende dem, der bekjende sig til den christelige Religion, uden at være medlemmer af Statskirken ) was approved by the Storting on 16 July 1845 to allow ...
Baitun Nasr Mosque (Norwegian: Baitun Nasr moské), also known as the Furuset Mosque (Norwegian: Furuset moské), is an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Furuset in the borough of Alna, northeast of Oslo, Norway. [1] The mosque is the largest in the country, and can accommodate up to 5,000 people.
The Catholic Church is the second largest religious community in Norway by number of registered members. The country is divided into three Church districts – the Diocese of Oslo and the prelatures of Trondheim and Tromsø, [6] whose bishops participate in the Nordic Bishops Conference. The country is further divided into 38 parishes and three ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Nidaros Cathedral is the only great, Gothic cathedral in Norway, and it is also the largest medieval church in Scandinavia, 102 m long, 50 m wide and 21 m from floor to ceiling inside. [67] Kongsberg Church with an original 2400 seats on 1000 m 2 is regarded as the largest church building in Norway, now seating is limited to 1100.