Christianity in Denmark

Church of Denmark

year	population	members	percentage
1984	5,113,500	4,684,060	91.6%
1990	5,135,409	4,584,450	89.3%
2000	5,330,500	4,536,422	85.1%
2005	5,413,600	4,498,703	83.3%
2007	5,447,100	4,499,343	82.6%
2008	5,475,791	4,494,589	82.1%
2009	5,511,451	4,492,121	81.5%
2010	5,534,738	4,479,214	80.9%
2011	5.560.628	4,469,109	80.4%
statistical data 1984–2002,[1] 1990–2009[2] and 2010.[3] Source Kirkeministeriet

Christianity is the predominant religion of Denmark, with 80% of the Danish population estimated as adherents of the "Folkekirken" ("People's Church"), Denmark's national Lutheran church.^[4] Aside from Lutheranism, there is a small Roman Catholic minority, as well as small Protestant denominations such as the Baptist Union of Denmark and the Reformed Synod of Denmark.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon or LDS Church) has been sending missionaries to Denmark since 14 June 1850.^[5][6] Most of the early converts emigrated to the United States. There are currently over 4,500 Mormons in Denmark.^[6] There is a LDS temple in Copenhagen, known as the Copenhagen Denmark Temple.^[7]

Denmark is today a very secular country, but has a culture that is heavily influenced by Christianity.

See also

• Danish National Church or Den Danske Folkekirke.
• Christianization of Scandinavia

Reference

1. ^ (Danish)Statistics 1984 – 2002 by the Kirkeministeriet
2. ^ (Danish)Statistics 1990 – 2009 Kirkeministeriet
3. ^ (Danish) Statistics 2010
4. ^ Official Church of Denmark statistics
5. ^ Denmark, "Country Profile", Newsroom (LDS Church), 02 April 2011, http://newsroom.lds.org/country/denmark 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Kirkens begyndelse i Danmark (Church beginnings in Denmark)" (in Danish), mormon.dk (LDS Church), http://www.mormon.dk/?mod=artikel&id=60 
7. ^ Copenhagen Denmark Temple, "Temples", LDS.org (LDS Church), http://lds.org/church/temples/copenhagen-denmark