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  2. History of Christianity in Norway - Wikipedia

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    The history of Christianity in Norway started in the Viking Age in the 9th century. Trade, plundering raids, and travel brought the Norsemen into close contacts with Christian communities, but their conversion only started after powerful chieftains decided to receive baptism during their stay in England or Normandy.

  3. Christianity in Norway - Wikipedia

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    The conversion of Norway to Christianity began in 1000 AD. Prior to the conversion Norwegians practised Norse paganism. The Norwegian Bible, Bibelen.. Christianity is the largest religion in Norway and it has historically been called a Christian country.

  4. Christianization of Scandinavia - Wikipedia

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    A history of expansion of Christianity. Vol 2. The thousand years of uncertainty: AD 500–AD 1500 (1938) pp. 106–43. Latourette, Kenneth Scott.Christianity in a Revolutionary Age. A History of Christianity in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. II: The Nineteenth Century in Europe, the Protestant and Eastern Churches (1959): pp. 131 ...

  5. Church of Norway - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Norway (Bokmål: Den norske kirke, Nynorsk: Den norske kyrkja, Northern Sami: Norgga girku, Southern Sami: Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. [2] Christianity became the state religion of Norway around 1020, [3] and was ...

  6. Religion in Norway - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  7. Freedom of religion in Norway - Wikipedia

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    The wealth accrued by these rulers in raids against the British Isles and other targets greatly expanded the power of the Norwegian ruling class and allowed for the establishment of a unified kingdom in Norway. [2] While Christianity had been present in Norway dating back at least to the rule of Haakon the Good (c. 920–961), the first king to ...

  8. Category:History of Christianity in Norway - Wikipedia

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    Christianity in medieval Norway (1 C, 15 P) Monasteries dissolved under the Norwegian Reformation (18 P) R. ... Pages in category "History of Christianity in Norway"

  9. Catholic Church in Norway - Wikipedia

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    Whereas Norway north of the polar circle became the Apostolic Prefecture of the North Pole in 1855, [20] the rest of Norway stayed with the Swedish vicariate. When a new Norwegian Catholic missionary jurisdiction was established, it was not at any of the ancient episcopal sees but a mission “sui iuris” on 7 August 1868, created out of parts ...