[eksemplar]

Then why aren’t they on the increase in Scandinavia?

[nextlevelwizard]

Better education and over all lack of fundamentalism

[GuiA]

Religious institutions are being redefined in interesting ways in Scandinavia. See for instance:

"Half of Norwegian bishops are now women"

http://norwaytoday.info/culture/half-norwegian-bishops-now-w...

[krageon]

Scandinavia doesn't have a strong religious impulse, whereas the USA is Christian in the most fundamentalist way from top to bottom.

[chmielewski]

Fundamentalism is a recent branch of Protestantism. TFA is about exorcism as a rite and only mentions Catholicism. Scandinavia has always* been traditionally Lutheran rather than Catholic or Protestant. Lutheran and Orthodox (and maaaaybe Anglican) have exorcism rites, otherwise it's going to be a preacher doing an exorcism he invented after the DSM was created.

(* not "ALWAYS" but you know what I mean)

[simonsarris]

Belief in elves are, instead.