Oriental Orthodoxy in Norway

There is a fast-growing Oriental Church in Bergen, Norway, named Saint Michael's Orthodox Church, with 147 members in 2010 (up from 98 in 2009).^[1] It is almost exclusively made up of Ethiopians and Eritreans. The number of Eritreans in Norway grew from 813 in 2000 to 7,728 in 2010, while the number of Ethiopians grew from 2,803 to 5,805.^[2]^[3]

Religion in Norway

Christianity	Adventist Church Anglican Church Baptist Church Church of Norway Evangelical Lutheran Free Church LDS Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Pentecostal Church Roman Catholic Church

Other types	Bahá'í Faith Buddhism Irreligion Islam Ahmadiyya Judaism Hinduism Neopaganism Sikhism Theosophy

Oriental Orthodox Christianity in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

References

↑ Fylkesmannen i Hordaland - in Norwegian
↑ "Innvandrarbefolkninga og personar med annan innvandringsbakgrunn, etter innvandringskategori, kjønn og landbakgrunn. 1. januar 2001". Statistics Norway (in Norwegian).
↑ "Persons with immigrant background, by immigration category, country background and gender. 1 January 2011". Statistics Norway (in Norwegian). 2011.

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