page_title: Islam in Norway
section_title: Ahmadiyya
hierarchical_section_title: Islam in Norway / Denominations / Ahmadiyya
caption_attribution_description: English: Bait-un-Nasr Mosque at Furuset in Oslo
context_page_description: Islam in Norway is the second largest religion in Norway after Christianity. As of 2019, Statistics Norway gives a number of 175,507 Muslims living in Norway or 3.29% of total population. These numbers vary depending on the source. The U.S. government statistics from the CIA registered 121,095 members of Islamic congregations in Norway, roughly 2.3% of the population, according to a 2011 estimation. The Pew Research Center estimated that 3.7% of Norwegians were Muslim in 2010 and 5.7% in 2016.
  The majority of Muslims in Norway are Sunni, with a significant Shia minority. 55% lived in the counties of Oslo and Akershus. Scholarly estimates regarding the number of people of Islamic background in Norway vary between 120,000 and 163,000. The vast majority have an immigrant background, with Norwegians of Pakistani descent being the most visible and well-known group.
  Islam in Norway has also some famous converts which includes the ethnic Norwegian man Yousef-Al Nahi and Vegard Bjørge, they are both well known for their engagement on social media, especially when it comes to tolerance and rights for minorities.
context_section_description: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community established itself here in 1957. Various Ahmadi mosques include Noor Mosque, opened in Oslo August 1, 1980 and Baitun Nasr Mosque in Furuset, Oslo.There are about 1,700 Ahmadi Muslims in Norway. Majority of the Ahmadi Muslims in Norway are from Pakistan.
caption: Baitun Nasr Mosque, the mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Northeast of Oslo
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