What religion is practiced in Scandinavia?

Answer 1

The Lutheran Church is the established church in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. They are the largest church in Finland. They receive direct subsidies from their respective governments. The church has suffered a serious decline in membership and weekly attendance over the last 40 years. Very few people attend church and its very sad if you ever travel to these countries and see empty pews throughout the church.

Answer 2

The dominant religions in the Scandinavian countries are all Lutheran:

• Norway: As of 2007 78.9% of Norwegians belong to the (state) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway
• Sweden: As of 2010, about 70% of Swedes are members of the Lutheran (state) Church of Sweden
• Denmark: As of 2008, 81.5% of the Danish population were members of the (state) Evangelical Lutheran Church

If you include Finland and Iceland as part of Scandinavia, they too are mostly Lutheran:

• Finland: As of 2009, the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland had more than 4.2 million members, that is 79.7% of the population, registered with a parish.
• Iceland: About 251.331 Icelanders or 79.1% of the population are members of the Lutheran (state) Church of Iceland.

Answer 3

The Scandinavian countries as basically secular with recent studies showing that only 1/3 of the population believe in god(s) at all. Other traits include a broad disinterest in religious topics at all. Many non-Scandinavian characterizations indicate the ares are "christian" without specification.