2011 Church of Norway elections

Norway's state church, den Norske Kirke, 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.
These dioceses had direct election of four members, indirect election of three members:
These dioceses had direct election of three members, indirect election of four members:
Results from indirect ballot.
22 employees' representatives, one from represantant Deaf Church and 3 Sami representatives were elected by their own choice. The bishop of each diocese has a permanent place in the Diocesan Council. In addition, selected the newly elected parish councils in the six dioceses of the 22 representatives in the indirect election round.
Commentaries to the elections.
"Two movements have, as in 2009, made their mark before the elections ... regarding homosexuality and questions about "ekteskapsliturgi" for gay people. The one group calls itself MorFarBarn while the counterpart calls itself Raus folkekirke "