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The Norwegians of Norway

The Norwegians of Norway, numbering approximately 5,525,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are 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 mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Norwegian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Norway
People Cluster: Scandinavian
Primary Language(s): Norwegian (nor)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 5,525,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG000453
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Pray for the Norwegians of Norway

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

58%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Norwegian
Language Family: Indo-European

67%
%
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 Norway

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
readPsalm 16:11

Pray that God will make a way for His path of life to be revealed to many so that they may come into His presence and experience abundant joy and eternal pleasures at His right hand.

And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
readLuke 9:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate on the stories of Jesus' miracles, be in awe of Him, and trust Him for everything they need.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

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

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
NorwegiansPG000090NorwegiansDenmark17,500Unengaged and UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG000292NorwegiansIceland1,400No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG000453NorwegiansNorway5,525,000No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG000562NorwegiansSweden15,500Unengaged and UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG043448NorwegiansCanada8,900No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG043575NorwegiansUnited States45,000No Longer UnreachedNorwegianUnaffiliated
NorwegiansPG000541NorwegiansSvalbard1,700Unengaged and UnreachedNorwegianProtestantism
NorwegiansPG017471NorwegiansEcuador18,500No Longer UnreachedNorwegianProtestantism

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

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