Bible Society work in Norway

Norwegian Bible Society
PO Box 6624
St. Olavs plass
N-0129 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +(47)-2293-2700
Fax: +(47)-2293-2727
E-mail: bibel@bibelselskapet.no

NoBS website

Country Data:

Area: 323,759 sq.km.
Population: 4,500,000 (2000)
Annual Per Capita Income: US$33,650 (2000)
Literate Population: 100%
Religions in % of Population (1998):
(Source: Bible Society)		 Protestant
88.5%
Roman Catholic
0.9%
Eastern Orthodox
0.1%
Muslim
1.4%
Buddhist
0.2%
Non-religious
1.6%
Other
7.3%
Official Languages: Norwegian (national) (two varieties:
Bokmål and Nynorsk);
Sami (regional)

Bible Society Data:

Beginning of organised work: 1812
Date of formation of Bible Society: 1816
Date of Full Membership in UBS: 1946
Scripture distribution in 2005:
Bibles
New
Testaments
58,995 94,492 8,263 0 0 0

Other territory served:
Population
Beginning of organised work
Svalbard
2,591
Unknown
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