Greeks in Norway

Greeks in Norway form one of the country's smaller immigrant groups.

The Greek community in Norway consists of 1,671^[1] individuals in 2009, up from 1,572^[2] in 2008. As of 2009, 673 are immigrants themselves, 41 were born in Norway to two immigrant parents, and 809 were born in Norway to one immigrant parent. The majority are established in Bergen and Oslo more or less permanently. There are very few Greeks in Norway who are married to other Greeks.

Language

11 pupils in Norwegian primary and lower secondary schools have the Greek language as their primary language. Most of them live in the second largest city, Bergen.

Greek Orthodox Congregations in Norway

Some of the 7,600 Orthodox in Norway are Greeks. The primarily Greek congregation of the Annunciation of the Theotokos was founded in 1965 with main purpose of serving the Greek-speaking Orthodox community in Norway. This church sorts under Metropolitan Pavlos Menevissoglou of "Sweden and all of Scandinavia", and is based in Stockholm. The congregation celebrates the Divine Liturgy approximately once a month through the services of Archimandrite Evmenios Likakis or other Greek clergy who travel to Oslo for the occasion. There is also a small Greek community in Bergen with 98 members, St. Michael's Orthodox Church^[4].

See also

• Greece–Norway relations

References