more central Europe and parts of the united states, innovated by Martin Luther in the 16th century in Germany
72% of Swedes belong to the Church of Sweden, a Lutheran church.
Most people in Scandinavia belong to the Lutheran church. They are, however, not very active church-goers.
Christianity, 80 percent of the people of Denmark belong to the state supported, Church of Denmark, which is an Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The traditional church of Sweden is Lutheran which was the official state church until recently and to which some 45% of Swedes belong.
79,7% of the Finns belong to the Evangelical-Lutheran church, so it's the main church of Finland. 1,1% Finns are in the Orthodox Church. Then there are Islam, Jewish and a little bit Buddha church supporters in Finland. So there are Christian, Orthodox, Islam, Jewish and Buddha churches and communities.
It is believed that all major religions are practiced in Finland. However nearly 80% of Finns belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
Excluding nonmembers from communion is not a policy of the Lutheran church as a whole. Rather, it may be the policy of a specific church or of a particular denomination. Unlike Catholicism, the Lutheran church does not have one central body. Instead, it is composed of a number of different divisions. In the US, there are three primary groups: the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Lutheran Church-- Missouri Synod (LCMS or just Missouri Synod), and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS or Wisconsin Synod). Each group has its own policy on communion. Missouri and Wisconsin Synods both practice closed communion; only members can take communion. The ELCA, however, practices open communion, where anyone can. Of course, individual churches may choose to follow a different procedure from that of the denomination to which they belong, so it is possible for an ELCA church to have closed communion.
The term "Lutheran" was originally given by Roman Catholics as an insult to the followers of Martin Luther- the point of the insult being that Catholics were the church that Jesus founded, and the Lutherans were the church that Luther founded.
79,7% of the Finns belong to the Evangelical-Lutheran church, so it's the main church of Finland. 1,1% Finns are in the Orthodox Church. Then there are Islam, Jewish and a little bit Buddha church supporters in Finland. So there are Christian, Orthodox, Islam, Jewish and Buddha churches and communities.
Methodist, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Luthern, Church of Christ, Pentecostal, and Cowboy church.
The Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with 1.2 billion members worldwide.
The state or official church in Norway is the Church of Norway (Den Norske Kirke or Den Norske Kyrkja), which is a Lutheran denomination with the King (or Queen) or Norway as its head. Although there is a state church, Norway has freedom of religion, but 82% of Norwegians belong to the Church of Norway.