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Christianity is a prevalent religion in Denmark; in January 2023, 72.1% [1] of the population of Denmark were members of the Church of Denmark. According to a survey based on a sample 1,114, 25% of Danes believe Jesus is the son of God , and 18% believe he is the saviour of the world. [ 2 ]
According to Danish researcher Brian Arly Jacobsen, Muslims living in Denmark make up ca. 256,000 people or approximately 4.4% of the population in 2020 and form the country's second largest religious community and largest minority religion. [25] As of 2017 there were 28 recognised Muslim communities and around 185 mosques in Denmark. [26]
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church (Danish: Folkekirken, lit. 'the People's Church', or unofficially den danske folkekirke, 'the Danish People's Church'; Greenlandic: Ilagiit, lit. 'the Congregation'), sometimes called the Church of Denmark, is the established, state-supported church in Denmark. [3]
Denmark in the 10th century. The official conversion occurred during the reign of King Harald Bluetooth, who mounted the throne around 958. [17] According to the contemporaneous Widukind of Corvey, a priest named Poppo convinced him to accept that "there is only one true God" and the pagan deities were "in truth demons" by carrying a large piece of glowing hot iron in his hand without damaging ...
Danish Christian religious leaders (3 C, 2 P) M. Danish Christian monks (2 C) P. Danish Protestants (11 C, 4 P) R. Danish Roman Catholics (9 C, 15 P) S.
Danish Christians (10 C, 10 P) C. Christmas in Denmark (3 C, 8 P) Churches in Denmark (19 C, 2 P) Christian clergy in Denmark (2 C) Clergy houses in Denmark (1 C) D.
Shqip; Simple English; ... Members of Christian churches, either past or present, by nationality. ... Danish Christians (10 C, 10 P)
Denmark became officially Lutheran on 30 October 1536 by decree of King Christian III, and in 1537 the reconstituted State Council approved the Lutheran Ordinances which was worked out by Danish theologians and Johannes Bugenhagen, based on the Augsburg Confession and Luther's Little Catechism.