Bible Belt (Norway)

[2][3] However, the most urban areas, such as Stavanger (once known as the 'religious capital of Norway'), have become strongly secularised since the 1960s and are no longer considered part of the Bible Belt.

[2] Socioeconomic gender equality in the Bible Belt is the lowest in all of Norway; the major cities of Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand, however, are amongst the most progressive municipalities in the country.

[2] The Bible Belt also has a strong pietist movement, that opposes the central authority of the State Church of Norway.

Rogaland and Sogn og Fjordane have the lowest proportion of divorces and separations, and the latter county also has the highest rate of unmarried farmers.

[6] There is also a "Little Bible Belt" (lille bibelbeltet) in the southeast near the Swedish border, covering Rømskog, Marker and Aremark.