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Christianity is the largest religion in Denmark. As of 2024, 71.2% of the population of Denmark were registered members of the Church of Denmark (Den Danske Folkekirke), [1] the officially established church, which is Protestant in classification and Lutheran in orientation. [2][notes 1]
Religion in Denmark is a resource to use by anyone who wants to know more about the situation of religion in Denmark today – either in media contexts or in connection with teaching and research. The material is collected and published each year in an e-yearbook entitled Religion in Denmark.
The Danish constitution guarantees freedom of religion and non-Christian religions in Denmark are given the same tax advantages as the state church. Islam is the largest non-Christian religion in Denmark today.
5 lut 2024 · Denmark is a predominantly Lutheran country, with Christianity being the largest religion followed by a majority of the population. However, the religious landscape in Denmark has been changing over the years, with a growing number of people identifying as non-religious or belonging to other faiths.
4 dni temu · Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of Danes remained at least nominally members of the state church, the Evangelical Lutheran People’s Church of Denmark (folkekirken). Lutheranism replaced Roman Catholicism as the country’s official religion in 1536, during the Reformation.
The official religion in the country of Denmark is Evangelical Lutheran, as stated in Paragraph 4 of the Danish Constitution. There are also other religions recognized by the constitution. About 75 percent of the Danish population belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran religion, while a few percents are Muslim and Roman Catholics.
With the Reformation in Denmark in 1536, Lutheran Christianity was established as the state religion. For the next century, in a time when religious wars swept Europe, harsh persecution of other faiths followed (Lutheran orthodoxy). Exceptions were granted only to foreign diplomats.
