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2011 Church Of Norway Elections
The Church of Norway held elections on September 11 and 12 2011. The election dates and poll stations were the same as those of the municipal elections for Norway). The nation's 11 ''bishoprics'' were elected. Diocesan councils In the Church of the campaign was created two lists of recommendations of candidates to vote for, one from the campaign, "Grandfather Child" and one from the alliance, "Raus national church." Among the 77 representatives were elected, was 34 on the list to sire children, while 29 were on the list to Generous national church. Results of direct elections 55 representatives were elected to the country's 11 diocesan council in the direct election round. 32 of the representatives were re-elected from the previous period. 53% of the elected representatives are women, and the average age is 47.4 years. * Diocese of Oslo ** Frederick Arstad, student, Klemetsrud, 22 years ** Marius Berge Eide, student, Frogner, 21år ** Kristin Gunleiksrud, advisor, Asker, 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Norway
The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church became the state church of Norway around 1020, and was established as a separate church intimately integrated with the state as a result of the Lutheran reformation in Denmark–Norway which broke ties with the Holy See in 1536–1537; the King of Norway was the church's head from 1537 to 2012. Historically the church was one of the main instruments of royal power and official authority, and an important part of the state administration; local government was based on the church's parishes with significant official responsibility held by the parish priest. In the 19th and 20th centuries it gradually ceded most administrative functions to the secular civil service. The modern Constitution of Norway describes the church as the country's " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
