Norway

During the Reformation of the 16th century the Evangelical Lutheran Church replaced the Catholic one, and the concordat became a dead letter.

Â Then in 2012 Norway "disestablished" this state church. About all this seems to mean is that the king no longer officially appoints bishops. The Lutheran Church still retains its financial privileges. The state keeps on paying the salaries ofÂ its clergy, their pensions and the upkeep ofÂ its churches.

Paradoxically the very secular Scandinavians appear to have little interest in church-state separation. They have a tradition of "belonging but not believing", many using the church principally for baptisms, marriages and funerals: "hatch, match and dispatch". And also confirmation ceremonies. Norwegian girls look forward to theirÂ traditional confirmation gift -- aÂ beautiful folk costume.Â Â

	From conversion to concordat
	At first the Vikings thought they'd discovered a new and better war god, but soon these fierce warriors found themselves controlled by a distant pope who ruled in Rome. He bound them with a concordat, showing, once again, that the pen can be mightier than the sword.
	The concordat of Magnus the Law-Mender (1277): Introduction
	Magnus the Law-Mender issues the first Western secular law code, but is forced by the concordat to let Church courts decide in any matter which they considered within their sphere. A translation is included of the excellent Norwegian Wikipedia article on this concordat.
	The Treaty of Tonsberg, 1277: text and summary
	As the concordat's introduction makes clear, this was a quiet settlement between the Archbishop and the ailing King. It was made out-of-court in order to avoid suspicion that this Vatican treaty went “against the people by abolishing the customs” (the traditional law) in giving the Church vast new powers over them, even including the minting of coins.