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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Akan	1,900		6.00 %	73.00 %	4	Christianity	Akan	0P Akan	1	1
Albanian	10,000		2.00 %	30.00 %	2	Islam	Albanian, Gheg	0P Albanian	1	1
Americans, U.S.	7,900		28.90 %	80.00 %	5	Christianity	English	0P Americans, U.S.	1	0T
Amhara, Ethiopian	3,600		4.00 %	81.00 %	4	Christianity	Amharic	0P Amhara, Ethiopian	0M Amhara, Ethiopian of Norway	0T
Arab, Iraqi	35,000		0.50 %	12.00 %	2	Islam	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	0P Arab, Iraqi	0M Arab, Iraqi of Norway	0T
Arab, Lebanese	2,300		0.50 %	32.00 %	2	Islam	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	0P Arab, Lebanese	1	0T
Arab, Moroccan	8,000		0.50 %	4.00 %	1	Islam	Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	0P Arab, Moroccan	0M Arab, Moroccan of Norway	0T
Arab, Syrian	38,000		0.10 %	10.00 %	2	Islam	Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	0P Arab, Syrian	0M Arab, Syrian of Norway	0T
Black African, general	5,400		4.00 %	60.00 %	4	Christianity	Yoruba	0P Black African, general	1	1
Bosniak	19,000		0.10 %	0.70 %	1	Islam	Bosnian	0P Bosniak	1	0T
Brazilian, general	1,800		26.30 %	91.00 %	5	Christianity	Portuguese	0P Brazilian, general	1	1
British	17,000		8.80 %	60.00 %	4	Christianity	English	0P British	1	1
Bulgarian	7,200		2.00 %	84.00 %	3	Christianity	Bulgarian	0P Bulgarian	1	1
Chilean	8,100		18.40 %	87.00 %	5	Christianity	Spanish	0P Chilean	1	1
Croat	3,400		0.40 %	92.00 %	3	Christianity	Croatian	0P Croat	1	0T
Czech	2,200		2.00 %	25.00 %	2	Non-Religious	Czech	0P Czech	1	1
Danish	21,000		3.50 %	85.00 %	4	Christianity	Danish	0P Danish	1	1
Deaf	11,000	Y●		91.08 %	3	Christianity	Norwegian Sign Language	0P Deaf	1	0T
Dutch	5,500		4.30 %	47.00 %	4	Non-Religious	Dutch	0P Dutch	1	1
Estonian	4,700		6.00 %	38.00 %	4	Non-Religious	Estonian, Standard	0P Estonian	1	1
Fanter	1,000	Y●	3.00 %	90.00 %	4	Christianity	Norwegian, Traveller	1	1	1
Filipino, Tagalog	26,000		12.30 %	92.00 %	5	Christianity	Tagalog	0P Filipino, Tagalog	1	1
Finnish	7,400		12.50 %	84.00 %	5	Christianity	Finnish	0P Finnish	1	0T
Finnish, Kven	1,600	Y●	5.00 %	70.00 %	4	Christianity	Finnish, Kven	1	1	1
French	3,000		1.00 %	61.00 %	3	Christianity	French	0P French	1	0T
German	29,000		2.10 %	64.00 %	4	Christianity	German, Standard	0P German	1	1
Greek	1,100		0.40 %	91.00 %	3	Christianity	Greek	0P Greek	1	0T
Han Chinese, Mandarin	13,000		5.70 %	8.00 %	4	Non-Religious	Chinese, Mandarin	0P Han Chinese, Mandarin	1	0T
Hungarian	1,900		2.80 %	88.00 %	4	Christianity	Hungarian	0P Hungarian	1	1
Icelander	4,100		3.80 %	91.00 %	4	Christianity	Icelandic	0P Icelander	1	1
Italian	4,600		2.00 %	86.00 %	3	Christianity	Italian	0P Italian	1	1
Jew, Norwegian	1,300	Y●	0.20 %	0.40 %	1	Ethnic Religions	Norwegian	0P Jew, Norwegian	0M Jew, Norwegian of Norway	0T
Kurd, Kurmanji	5,300		0.20 %	1.00 %	1	Islam	Kurdish, Northern	0P Kurd, Kurmanji	1	0T
Latin American, general	10,000		4.00 %	92.00 %	4	Christianity	Spanish	0P Latin American, general	1	1
Latvian	11,000		9.00 %	54.00 %	4	Christianity	Latvian, Standard	0P Latvian	1	1
Lithuanian	49,000		1.10 %	85.00 %	3	Christianity	Lithuanian	0P Lithuanian	1	1
Macedonian	3,300		0.20 %	66.00 %	3	Christianity	Macedonian	0P Macedonian	1	0T
Norwegian	4,511,000	Y●	9.00 %	95.00 %	4	Christianity	Norwegian	0P Norwegian	1	1
Pashtun, Southern	7,500		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Pashto, Southern	0P Pashtun, Southern	1	0T
Persian	24,000		0.40 %	1.00 %	1	Islam	Persian, Iranian	0P Persian	1	0T
Polish	118,000		0.30 %	90.00 %	3	Christianity	Polish	0P Polish	1	1
Romani, Tottare	7,200		3.00 %	86.00 %	4	Christianity	Swedish	1	1	0T
Romani, Vlax	3,700		2.00 %	90.00 %	3	Christianity	Romani, Vlax	0P Romani, Vlax	0M Romani, Vlax of Norway	0T
Romanian	18,000		5.40 %	97.00 %	4	Christianity	Romanian	0P Romanian	1	1
Russian	23,000		1.20 %	67.00 %	3	Christianity	Russian	0P Russian	1	1
Saami, Lule	1,900	Y●	7.00 %	98.00 %	4	Christianity	Saami, Lule	1	1	1
Saami, Northern	33,000	Y●	8.00 %	95.00 %	4	Christianity	Saami, North	0P Saami, Northern	1	1
Saami, Southern	700	Y●	7.00 %	95.00 %	4	Christianity	Saami, South	1	1	1
Serbo-Croation	15,000		0.60 %	80.00 %	3	Christianity	Serbian	0P Serbo-Croation	1	0T
Slovak	3,800		2.00 %	85.00 %	3	Christianity	Slovak	0P Slovak	1	1
Somali	44,000		0.10 %	0.50 %	1	Islam	Somali	0P Somali	1	0T
South Asian, general	27,000		0.70 %	3.00 %	1	Islam	Urdu	0P South Asian, general	1	0T
Spaniard	1,700		1.00 %	77.00 %	3	Christianity	Spanish	0P Spaniard	1	0T
Swedish	39,000		6.90 %	57.00 %	4	Christianity	Swedish	0P Swedish	1	1
Thai	21,000		0.50 %	1.00 %	1	Buddhism	Thai	0P Thai	1	0T
Thai, Isan	18,000		0.10 %	0.80 %	1	Buddhism	Thai, Northeastern	0P Thai, Isan	1	0T
Tigre, Eritrean	30,000		0.05 %	0.40 %	1	Islam	Tigre	0P Tigre, Eritrean	1	0T
Turk	21,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Turkish	0P Turk	1	0T
Ukrainian	1,700		3.80 %	79.00 %	4	Christianity	Ukrainian	0P Ukrainian	1	1
Urdu	34,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Urdu	0P Urdu	1	0T
Vietnamese	24,000		1.80 %	10.00 %	2	Buddhism	Vietnamese	0P Vietnamese	1	1
Total People Groups: 61	5,414,000	8			13			56	6	29
Unclassified / Other Individuals	20,000
UN Country Population (2022)	5,434,000

Norway –

% of People Groups ^[1]

% of Population in People Group ^{[1] [2]}

Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population ^[2]
	1 - Unreached	13	21.3 %	260,000	4.8 %
	2 - Minimally reached	6	9.8 %	112,000	2.1 %
	3 - Superficially reached	14	23.0 %	248,000	4.6 %
	4 - Partially reached	23	37.7 %	4,743,000	87.6 %
	5 - Significantly reached	5	8.2 %	51,000	0.9 %
Totals		61		5,414,000

NOTES:

Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% of Population in People Group: The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.

Norway – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Akan 1,900	Albanian 10,000	Americans, U.S. 7,900	Amhara, Ethiopian 3,600	Arab, Iraqi 35,000	Arab, Lebanese 2,300
Arab, Moroccan 8,000	© Copyrighted Photo Arab, Syrian 38,000	Black African, general 5,400	Bosniak 19,000	© Copyrighted Photo Brazilian, general 1,800	British 17,000
Bulgarian 7,200	Chilean 8,100	Croat 3,400	Czech 2,200	Danish 21,000	Deaf 11,000
Dutch 5,500	Estonian 4,700	Filipino, Tagalog 26,000	Finnish 7,400	French 3,000	German 29,000
Greek 1,100	Han Chinese, Mandarin 13,000	Hungarian 1,900	Icelander 4,100	Italian 4,600	Jew, Norwegian 1,300
Kurd, Kurmanji 5,300	Latin American, general 10,000	© Copyrighted Photo Latvian 11,000	Lithuanian 49,000	Macedonian 3,300	Norwegian 4,511,000
Pashtun, Southern 7,500	Persian 24,000	Polish 118,000	Romani, Vlax 3,700	Romanian 18,000	Russian 23,000
© Copyrighted Photo Saami, Northern 33,000	Serbo-Croation 15,000	Slovak 3,800	© Copyrighted Photo Somali 44,000	South Asian, general 27,000	© Copyrighted Photo Spaniard 1,700
Swedish 39,000	Thai 21,000	© Copyrighted Photo Thai, Isan 18,000	Tigre, Eritrean 30,000	Turk 21,000	Ukrainian 1,700
Urdu 34,000	© Copyrighted Photo Vietnamese 24,000
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Norway – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Akan	aka	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Albanian, Gheg	aln	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	0
Amharic	amh	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	acm	1	0	NT	0	1	0	0	0
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken	ary	1	1	NT	0	0	0	0	0
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	2	0	Portions	0	0	1	0	0
Bosnian	bos	1	1	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Bulgarian	bul	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Croatian	hrv	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Czech	ces	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Danish	dan	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch	nld	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
English	eng	2	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Estonian, Standard	ekk	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	1	0
Finnish	fin	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Finnish, Kven	fkv	1	0	Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
French	fra	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
German, Standard	deu	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Greek	ell	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Hungarian	hun	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Icelandic	isl	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Italian	ita	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Kurdish, Northern	kmr	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Latvian, Standard	lvs	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuanian	lit	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonian	mkd	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Norwegian	nor	2	1	Complete	0	0	0	1	0
Norwegian Sign Language	nsl	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Norwegian, Traveller	rmg	1	0	Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
Pashto, Southern	pbt	1	1	Portions	0	0	0	0	1
Persian, Iranian	pes	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Polish	pol	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Portuguese	por	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Romani, Vlax	rmy	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Romanian	ron	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Russian	rus	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Saami, Lule	smj	1	0	NT	0	1	1	1	1
Saami, North	sme	1	0	Complete	0	1	1	0	1
Saami, South	sma	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Serbian	srp	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Slovak	slk	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Somali	som	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Spanish	spa	3	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Swedish	swe	2	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Tagalog	tgl	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Thai	tha	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Thai, Northeastern	tts	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	1
Tigre	tig	1	1	Complete	0	1	0	0	1
Turkish	tur	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Ukrainian	ukr	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	urd	2	2	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnamese	vie	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Yoruba	yor	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	54	61	13		52	43	47	47	42

Norway –

Major Religions ^{[1] [3]}

Evangelicals: 8.0 %
(subset of Christianity)

Christianity Segments ^{[2] [3]}

(Evangelicals distributed across
Christianity Segments)

% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends ^[4]

NOTES:

Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.

Norway – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Norway. Ministries in the Norway section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Europe, Western section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.

Ministries in Norway

Ministries in Europe, Western

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Country Level Ministries	Size
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Medium
Navigators, International Missions Group	Medium
Tentmakers International	Small
Ministries Listed: 3

Regional Level Ministries	Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)	Large
Anglican Frontier Missions	Small
Assemblies of God World Missions	Large
Awana Clubs, International	Medium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, International	Medium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)	Medium
Baptist Mid-Missions	Medium
BCM International	Medium
Bible League	Medium
Campus Crusade for Christ, International	Large
Child Evangelism Fellowship	Medium
Christian Church of North America - Missions	Small
Church of God of Prophecy	Medium
Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee	Medium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission Department	Medium
Church World Service	Medium
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship	Medium
Educational Services International	Medium
EFCA International Mission	Medium
Every Home for Christ	Medium
Final Frontiers Foundation	Large
Free Methodist World Missions	Medium
Galcom International	Small
GO International	Small
InterComm	Small
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod	Medium
One Mission Society	Medium
Pioneers	Medium
Salvation Army	Medium
Seventh-day Adventists General Conference	Medium
Silent Word Ministries	Small
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission Board	Large
Team Expansion	Medium
United Methodist Church	Medium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign Missions	Medium
United World Mission	Medium
World Venture	Medium
Worldwide Tentmakers, Incorporated	Small
Young Life	Medium
Youth with a Mission	Large
Ministries Listed: 40

Norway – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	5,414,000
Percent Urbanization	82 %
Total People Groups	61
Unreached People Groups	13
Region	Europe, Western
10/40 Window	No
Official National Language	Norwegian
Primary Religion	Christianity
Percent Professing Christian	87.2% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	8.0% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	4
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.949 (0=Low to 1=High UN)