Religion
The Lutheran Church of Norway is the state church and the vast majority remain at least nominal members. Other religions do, however, enjoy religious freedom and have prospered with immigration in recent years, particularly Islam and Roman Catholicism. Saint Olaf is the patron saint of Norway. He is regarded by some as the eternal king and has a reputation and place in history unchallenged by any other Norwegian King for the last 1000 years.
| Religion | Members | Percent | As of 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christianity | 4,115,675 | 83.6% | |
| Lutheranism | 3,911,622 | 79.4% | |
| Roman Catholicism | 83,018 | 1.6% | |
| Pentecostalism | 39,599 | 0.8% | |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 11,739 | 0.2% | |
| Methodism | 11,055 | 0.2% | |
| Baptists | 9,922 | 0.2% | |
| Orthodox Christianity | 9,894 | 0.2% | |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 5,066 | 0.1% | |
| Other Christianity | 33,760 | 0.6% | |
| Non-Christian religions | 133,219 | 2.7% | |
| Islam | 106,735 | 2.1% | |
| Buddhism | 14,580 | 0.2% | |
| Hinduism | 5,858 | 0.1% | |
| Sikhism | 2,975 | 0.06% | |
| Bahá'í Faith | 1,064 | 0.02% | |
| Judaism | 819 | 0.01% | |
| Other religions | 1,188 | 0.02% | |
| Non-religious and unknown | 671,411 | 13.6% | |
| Humanism | 84,481 | 1.7% | |
| Total | 4,920,305 | 100.0% |
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Norway
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