Talk:Religion in Denmark

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Danes are called/often described as "four wheel" Christians (usually by the Danes themselves). Because they come to church on four wheels,

when born they are named in the church/bapitised (they are Christians from birth and can not get out of the church until they are 18),
they are confirmed when they are 13 years old (they usually do this even if they don't believe, because relatives usually give the equivalent of $2000 as gifts).
The are married in the church.
They are burried/furneral service is held in the church.

Days that they do go are Christmas day and Easter. Very few are in the church every sunday (at the smaller churches there might be two or three people).

when born they are named in the church/bapitised (they are Christians from birth and can not get out of the church until they are 18) - False. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.72.146.78 (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, rather the case is that if your baptism is performed in church (regardless of your faith), you are automatically registered with the Lutheran church, complete with tax and all. I am unsure as to whether one's parents have any say in ending this membership, but you cannot do so by your own will until you are 18. You can of course just opt not to get baptised at all, or do so in a private church. Baptism is not compulsory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.53.84.123 (talk) 15:12, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Religion in the Constitution

I tried to clean the section up a bit - it only touched on a few of the relevant paragraphs - and had a bit of a "see, I told you we had to pay" feeling to the way it was written. Lmoelleb 20:08, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New online source

For those who understands Danish, there is a new online source about religion in Denmark: This is the most throughout research project for years: http://www.teo.au.dk/csr/rel-aarbog09

Siru108 (talk) 07:26, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]