What is the religion of Sweden?

According to the CIA World Factbook, 60.2% of the population identify as Lutheran (i.e. the Church of Sweden), 8.5% identify with some other religion (including Roman Catholic, Orthodox or Baptist Christianity as well as Islam, Judaism and Buddhism), while a further 31.3% of the population do not identify or did not ...
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What is Sweden's most religion?

Religion in Sweden
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden (55.2%)
  • Other Protestants (3.3%)
  • Eastern Orthodox (1.5%)
  • Catholic Church (1.2%)
  • Other Christian (0.2%)
  • Islam (2.3%)
  • Other religions (0.3%)
  • Unaffiliated (36.0%)
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Is Sweden a religious country?

While most countries in the world have no official religion, Sweden is in fact the only Nordic country without a state church, as Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland have all retained theirs. Around 53 per cent of the Swedish population are members of the Church of Sweden.
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Do Swedes believe in Jesus?

Only 15 percent of members of the Church of Sweden say they believe in Jesus, and an equal number claim to be atheists according to the results of a recent survey.
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Do Swedes believe in God?

Less than a quarter of Sweden's population believe in God, but almost two-thirds of its population are members of the evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden. This paradox, Sophie Sievert-Kloster suggests, has less to do with religion in the traditional sense of the word, and more to do with cultural memory.
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Which country is the least religious?

In terms of sheer numbers, China is the least religious country, home to more than 50% of religiously unaffiliated people in the world.
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Which country is most atheist?

In 2017, the WIN-Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA) poll found China and Sweden as the top two countries with highest percentage of those who claim themselves atheist or irreligious.
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What is Germany's religion?

Christianity is the dominant religion in Germany while Islam is the biggest minority religion. There are a number more faiths, however, that together account for the religions of around 3-4% of the population. Further religions practiced in Germany include: Judaism.
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What religion is in Norway?

The Church of Norway is Lutheran, but Catholicism and other Christian denominations are also widespread. Islam is one of the largest religions in Norway. There are also well established Jewish and Buddhist communities.
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What religion is Finland?

As of 2019 about 69% of the population were members of the main national church, the Lutheran Church of Finland, with just over 1% belonging to the second national church, Finland's Orthodox Church. There are also Catholic, Jewish and Islamic congregations as well as numerous smaller religious communities.
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What is the #1 religion in the world?

World's largest religion by population is still Christianity | Pew Research Center.
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Does Sweden celebrate Christmas?

Today, most Swedes celebrate Christmas in roughly the same way, and many of the local customs and specialities have disappeared, although each family claims to celebrate it in true fashion in their own particular way.
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Are most Swedes atheist?

Gallup Poll found in 2016 that 18% of Swedes self-report as atheist and 55% as non-religious. Sweden's official website says that just three out of 10 Swedes state that they have confidence in the church.
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What religion are Japanese?

The Japanese religious tradition is made up of several major components, including Shinto, Japan's earliest religion, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Christianity has been only a minor movement in Japan.
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What are the top 3 languages spoken in Sweden?

Percentage of people in Sweden who speak the languages below as a mother tongue or foreign language.
  • Swedish 96.72%
  • English 53.97%
  • German 18.66%
  • French 6.85%
  • Spanish 4.78%
  • Danish 4.47%
  • Finnish 1.6%
  • Italian 1.22%
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What religion is in Iceland?

Religion: Most Icelanders (80%) are members of the Lutheran State Church. Another 5% are registered in other Christian denominations, including the Free Church of Iceland and the Roman Catholic Church. Almost 5% of people practice ásatrú, the traditional Norse religion. Economy: GDP = $34,91 billion (2017).
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What's the main religion in Poland?

There is no official religion in Poland. The Roman Catholic Church is the biggest church in Poland. The overwhelming majority (around 87%) of the population are Roman-Catholic if the number of the baptised is taken as the criterion (33 million of baptised people in 2013).
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What is the main religion in Russia?

Today Russian Orthodoxy is the country's largest religious denomination, representing more than half of all adherents. Organized religion was repressed by Soviet authorities for most of the 20th century, and the nonreligious still constitute more than one-fourth of the population.
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What religion is followed in Israel?

About eight-in-ten (81%) Israeli adults are Jewish, while the remainder are mostly ethnically Arab and religiously Muslim (14%), Christian (2%) or Druze (2%). Overall, the Arab religious minorities in Israel are more religiously observant than Jews.
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What religion is in Belgium?

Religion. The majority of Belgians are Roman Catholic, but regular attendance at religious services is variable. Although it is marked in the Flemish region and the Ardennes, regular attendance at church has decreased in the Walloon industrial region and in Brussels, and nearly one-third of Belgians are nonreligious.
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What is the main religion in Ukraine?

According to the study, the majority of Ukrainians (74%) identify themselves as Orthodox, 8% as the Greco-Roman Catholicism, 1% – as Roman Catholicism and Protestant and Evangelical churches. Just Christians consider themselves almost 9% of respondents, don't identify themselves with any religious denominations 6%.
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Is there a religion in North Korea?

Officially, North Korea is an atheist state. Based on estimates from the late 1990s and the 2000s, North Korea is mostly irreligious, with the main religions being Shamanism and Chondoism. There are small communities of Buddhists and Christians.
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Which country is most religious?

The Jewish homeland of Israel is again perceived to be the most religious in the world, according to data from the 2021 Best Countries rankings, a characterization of 78 countries based on a survey of more than 17,000 global citizens.
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Which celebrity is an atheist?

Celebrity atheists are everywhere and it's not hard to wonder why.
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No Faith, No Problem! The 21 Most Famous Celebrity Atheists
  1. George Clooney. Source: Getty. ...
  2. Brad Pitt. ...
  3. Angelina Jolie. ...
  4. Johnny Depp. ...
  5. Daniel Radcliffe. ...
  6. Kailyn Lowry. ...
  7. Jenelle Evans. ...
  8. Hugh Hefner.
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