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{{short description|Overview of the role of Buddhism in Norway}}
[[Image:Buddhisttempel Løvenstad.JPG|thumb|275px|The Vietnamese "Khuông Việt" pagoda at Løvenstad near [[Oslo]], the only of its kind in Norway.]]
'''[[Buddhism]] in [[Norway]]''' has existed since the beginning of the 1970s, after immigration from countries with Buddhist populations, mainly [[Vietnam]]. [[Buddhistforbundet]] (''The Buddhist Federation'') in [[Norway]] was established as a religious society in 1979 by two Buddhist groups (''The Zen School'' and ''Karma Tashi Ling buddhistsenter'') who wanted to create a common organization to preserve issues of common interest. As of 2013, there are over 30 to 50 thousand (between 0.7%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_170_2.asp|title=Religious Adherents, 2010 - Norway|publisher=World Christian Database|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref> and up to 1%<ref name="Special Eurobarometer 393">''[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Eurobarometer Biotechnology report 2010]'' p.381</ref> of the total population) registered Buddhists in Norway. Around 5% of them are ethnic [[Norwegians]].<ref>[http://www.antropologi.info/blog/nyheter/2005/feiret_buddha_fodselsdag_flere_og_flere]</ref>

== Population ==

=== By county ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! County
! Total population
! Buddhist population
! Percent buddhist
|-
| [[Oslo]]
| 575,475
| 2,912
| 0.5%
|-
| [[Akershus]]
| 527,625
| 1,767
| 0.3%
|-
| [[Østfold]]
| 268,584
| 1,143
| 0.4%
|-
| [[Hordaland]]
| 469,681
| 952
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Rogaland]]
| 420,574
| 844
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Sør-Trøndelag]]
| 286,729
| 801
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Buskerud]]
| 254,634
| 774
| 0.3%
|-
| [[Vestfold]]
| 229,134
| 538
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Vest-Agder]]
| 168,233
| 512
| 0.3%
|-
| [[Telemark]]
| 167,548
| 379
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Hedmark]]
| 190,071
| 350
| 0.1%
|-
| [[Oppland]]
| 184,288
| 274
| 0.1%
|-
| [[Møre og Romsdal]]
| 248,727
| 246
| 0.0%
|-
| [[Aust-Agder]]
| 107,359
| 227
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Troms]]
| 155,553
| 177
| 0.1%
|-
| [[Nordland]]
| 235,380
| 131
| 0.0%
|-
| [[Nord-Trøndelag]]
| 130,708
| 104
| 0.0%
|-
| [[Finnmark]]
| 72,492
| 81
| 0.1%
|-
| [[Sogn og Fjordane]]
| 106,457
| 40
| 0.0%
|}

=== By region ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! County
! Total population
! Buddhist population
! Percent buddhist
|-
| [[Eastern Norway]]
| 2,397,359
| 8,137
| 0.3%
|-
| [[Western Norway]]
| 1,245,439
| 2,082
| 0.1%
|-
| [[Trøndelag]]
| 417,437
| 905
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Southern Norway]]
| 275,592
| 739
| 0.2%
|-
| [[Northern Norway]]
| 463,425
| 389
| 0.0%
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Buddhists'''
! '''Percent'''
|-
| '''1990'''
| '''3,012'''
| '''0.07%'''
|-
| '''2000'''
| '''7,031'''
| '''0.16%'''
|-
| '''2005'''
| '''9,471 '''
| '''0.20%'''
|-
| '''2010'''
| '''13,376'''
| '''0.27%'''
|}

==References==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://europeanbuddhism.org/members/buddhist-federation-of-norway/ Buddhist Federation of Norway (European Buddhist Union)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080327074843/http://www.norway.lk/policy/Buddhism%2Bin%2BNorway/Buddhism%2Bin%2BNorway.htm Buddhism in Norway]
* [http://www.buddhistforbundet.no BUDDHISTFORBUNDET]
* [http://www.buddhismtoday.com/english/world/country/026-Norway.htm Buddhism Today - Buddhism in Norway, by Haavard Lorentzen]

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