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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Norwegians of Ecuador

The Norwegians of Ecuador, numbering approximately 18,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a North Germanic people indigenous to Norway whose culture has been shaped by a rugged maritime and mountainous environment, a long history of farming and fishing, and strong traditions of local autonomy and social cooperation They are an Diaspora people, with Norwegian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Scandinavian people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Norwegian.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Ecuador
People Cluster: Scandinavian
Primary Language(s): Norwegian (nor)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 18,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017471
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

91%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Norwegian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Norwegian Speakers

Media Resources in Norwegian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Norwegian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1930 Det Norsk Bibelselskap✓
Bibelen 2011 bokmål✓
Norsk Bibel AS 2016✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Norwegian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Norwegians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Norwegians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Norwegians of Ecuador

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
readPsalm 104:24

Pray that they will see the wisdom and power of God in His creation and praise Him for His mighty works.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Norwegian Across Countries (ROP3 - 107478) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NorwegiansPG000453NorwegiansNorway5,515,000No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG043575NorwegiansUnited States44,500No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG017471NorwegiansEcuador18,500No Longer UnreachedNorwegianProtestantism
NorwegiansPG000090NorwegiansDenmark17,000Unengaged and UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG000562NorwegiansSweden15,500Unengaged and UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG043448NorwegiansCanada8,900No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG000541NorwegiansSvalbard1,700Unengaged and UnreachedNorwegianProtestantism
NorwegiansPG000292NorwegiansIceland1,400No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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