Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Norway () is a

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diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

, founded in

Kautokeino Kautokeino () may refer to: Places *Kautokeino Municipality (also known as: ), a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *Kautokeino (village) , , or is the administrative centre of Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The vill ...

in 2013. Branched out from the " Church of Norway in Exile" (formerly the Deanery of Strandebarm), the bishop of the diocese is Thor Henrik With. The diocese co-operates with the Mission Province of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

and the

Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland The Mission Diocese, officially the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, (, ) is an independent Confessional Lutheranism, confessional Lutheran "ecclesial structure" in Finland. The Mission Diocese considers itself to be "part of ‘t ...

through the Communion of Nordic Lutheran Dioceses. The three dioceses have

altar and pulpit fellowship Altar and pulpit fellowship describes an ecumenical collaboration between two Christian organizations, and is a Lutheran term for full communion, or ''communio in sacris.'' ''Altar'' refers to the altar in Christian churches, which holds the sacram ...

.Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland.
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Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of NorwayThe Evangelical-Lutheran Diocese in NorwayLutheran Church in Norway and Iceland
Christian organizations established in 2013 2013 establishments in Norway

History of Christianity in Norway Lutheranism in Norway {{Lutheran-denomination-stub