Religious ceremonies
How many people are baptized? How many are confirmed? The statistics on religious ceremonies come from the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs and include baptisms, confirmations and funerals.
Selected statistics on Religious ceremonies
Development in the number of baptisms
The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Development in the number of confirmations
The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
Development in the number of funeral services
The Central Population Register (CPR) and information received from the Ministry and Ecclesiastical Affairs.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The statistics cover the people’s relation to the national church. Furthermore it accounts for the number of different religious ceremonies, among other baptisms, confirmations and funerals.
The production of statistics on the national church was introduced in 1974. There have not been produced statistics on the national church for the years 2003-2006. For the years 1984-2002 statistics on recognized religious communities, their members and religious ceremonies corresponding to the religious ceremonies of the national church was also produced.