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Roman Rite (3): Oslo, Tromsø, Trondheim

Ukrainian Church (1): Deutschland und Skandinavien

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Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Patron Saint: Saint Olaf Haraldson

Saints: 8 Saints

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Continent: West Europe

Capital: Oslo

Area: 304,282 km²

Population: 5,320,045

Dependencies: Bouvet Island , Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Scotland , ← Faroe Islands , ← Svalbard and Jan Mayen , ↗ Finland , → Sweden , ↓ Denmark

Religions: Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 71.5%, Roman Catholic 2.8%, other Christian 3.9%, Muslim 2.8%, other 2%, unspecified 7.5%

Languages: Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Ethnic Groups: Norwegian 83.2% (includes about 60,000 Sami), other European 8.3%, other 8.5%

Motto: Alt for Norge (Norwegian) (Anything for Norway)

Area: 323,877 km²

Catholic Population: 172,000 Catholics (3.2% of 5,391,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes, 2 mission stations (without resident priest), 4 other centres

Clergy: 4 bishops (3 diocesan, 1 titular), 107 priests (73 diocesan, 34 religious), 9 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 124 religious (4 brothers, 120 sisters), 6 major seminarians, 2 missionaries, 469 catechists