page_title: Religion in Norway
section_title: Hinduism
hierarchical_section_title: Religion in Norway / Religions / Hinduism
caption_attribution_description: English: temple to the hindu god Ganesha in Trondheim, Norway
context_page_description: Religion in Norway is dominated by Lutheran Christianity, with 69.9% of the population belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in 2018. The Catholic Church is the next largest Christian church at 3.0%. The unaffiliated make up 17.4% of the population. Islam is followed by 3.3% of the population.
  A bill passed in 2016 and effective as of 1 January 2017 created the Church of Norway as an independent legal entity. Until the 2012 constitutional amendment the Evangelical-Lutheran religion was the public religion of the State. The Church of Norway will still obtain financial support from the state of Norway, along with other religious communities.
  Early Norwegians, like all of the people of Scandinavia, were adherents of Norse paganism; the Sámi having a shamanistic religion. Norway was gradually Christianized by Christian missionaries between 1000 and 1150. Before the Protestant Reformation in 1536/1537, Norwegians were part of the Catholic Church.
context_section_description: Hinduism constitute 0.2% of the population of Norway. About 75% of Hindus are from Sri Lanka. There are 4 Hindu temples in Norway. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad is registered in Norway and ISKCON has a centre in the country.
caption: Sri Tiller Ganesha Temple in Trondheim
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