Religion In Denmark

With the exception of the Minister For Ecclesiastical Affairs (and only some of them), you will not generally find politicians using religious rhetoric and arguments, especially not government ministers. The Christian Democrats is the only major political party which regularly uses religious rhetoric and arguments and their influence is very low with only around 2% of voters backing them.

According to the CIA World Factbook , the population of Denmark has the following religions:

Evangelical Lutheran : 95%

other Protestant and Roman Catholic : 3%

Muslim : 2%

Jewish : 0,1%

Also, there are about 500 registered heathens belonging to the old norse beliefs. But this counts only as a mere 0,01%

RELIGION IN THE DANISH CONSTITUTION

According to the Danish Constitution of 5 June 1849, Paragraph 4, the Evangelical Lutheran Church is the Danish People's Church, and is supported as such by the state. Paragraph 68 states that no one is required to personally contribute to any form of religion other than his own.

SEE ALSO

Rescue Of The Danish Jews

Muhammad Drawings

Constitution Of Denmark ( in Danish )

REFERENCES

Denmark - From the CIA World Factbook .

International Religious Freedom Report 2005 - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US Department of State

EXTERNAL LINKS

Religion in Denmark - From the Danish Foreign Ministry .

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