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Last Updated: Jun 15, 2025

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Muslim growth rises in Norway as Church membership continues to drop • June 12, 2025, 2:34 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Also Known As	Norske Kirke
Areas Of Involvement	Lutheranism
Related People	Olaf II Haraldsson • Sverrir Sigurdsson • Olaf III Haraldsson • Sigurd I Magnusson

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