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about norway / 2008
Norway, with Svalbard

Source: Norwegian Mapping Authority.

Contents
1. Government and elected representatives ............................................................... 2
2. Geography, climate and environment ..................................................................... 6
3. Demographics, health and crime .......................................................................... 10
4. Living conditions and consumption ....................................................................... 19
5. Work and pay........................................................................................................ 21
6. Care services and social welfare .......................................................................... 24
7. Education.............................................................................................................. 27
8. Media and culture ................................................................................................. 30
9. Tourism and transportation................................................................................... 35
10. Industries .............................................................................................................. 38
11. Energy .................................................................................................................. 46
12. Economy............................................................................................................... 49
13. Norway abroad ..................................................................................................... 52
14. Development cooperation..................................................................................... 54
15. Foreign trade ........................................................................................................ 56
16. Official flag days and public holidays in Norway ................................................... 59

Explanation of symbols
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Design and layout: Statistics Norway

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Translation services: Walter Gibbs
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Editorial supervision: Grethe Nielsen, Statistics Norway

Published by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with
Statistics Norway
Oslo, March 2008

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1. Government and elected representatives
Number of Storting representatives and validated votes, 2005
election
Storting Validated
Party Per cent Per cent
representatives votes
Total 169 100.0 2 638 263 100.0
Labour Party 61 36.1 862 456 32.7
Progress Party 38 22.5 581 896 22.1
Conservative Party 23 13.6 371 948 14.1
Socialist Left Party 15 8.9 232 971 8.8
Christian Democratic Party 11 6.5 178 885 6.8
Centre Party 11 6.5 171 063 6.5
Liberal Party 10 5.9 156 113 5.9
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/stortingsvalg_en/

Parliamentary groups and leadership, 2005-2009

Labour Party (Ap), 61 representatives
Chair: Hill-Marta Solberg
Deputy Chair: Olav Akselsen
Progress Party (FrP), 38 representatives
Chair: Siv Jensen
Deputy Chair: Per Sandberg
Conservative Party (H), 23 representatives
Chair: Erna Solberg
Deputy Chair: Jan Tore Sanner
Socialist Left Party (SV), 15 representatives
Chair: Inge Ryan
Deputy Chair: Ågot Valle
Christian Democratic Party (KrF), 11 representatives
Chair: Dagfinn Høybråten
Deputy Chair: Ingebrigt S. Sørfonn
Centre Party (Sp), 11 representatives
Chair: Lars Peder Brekk
Deputy Chair: Rune J. Skjælaaen
Liberal Party (V), 10 representatives
Chair: Lars Sponheim
Deputy Chair: Trine Skei Grande
Source: Constitutional Office, Storting. More information: http://www.stortinget.no/english/index.html

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General elections, municipal council elections and county council
elections. Voter turnout in per cent
Per cent
100
General elections
80

60 Municipal council elections

County council elections
40

20

0
1920 1927 1934 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
2007
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/01/

Female representatives in the Storting and municipal councils

Per cent
50
Storting elections
40

30
Municipal council elections
20

10

0
1969 1975 1981 1987 1993 1999 2007
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/01/

Percentage of female ministers in Norwegian governments

Per cent
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
Source: Equality and Anti-discrimination Ombud.
More information: http://www.ldo.no/en-gb/

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The Government and Ministries
Office of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Labour Party)

Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Labour Party)

Ministry of Children and Equality

Minister of Children and Equality Anniken Huitfeldt (Labour Party)

Ministry of Finance
Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (Socialist Left Party)

Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen (Labour Party)

Ministry of Government Administration and Reform

Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys
(Socialist Left Party)

Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Labour Party)

Ministry of Health and Care Services

Minister of Health and Care Services Sylvia Brustad (Labour Party)

Ministry of Justice and the Police

Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget (Labour Party)

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit
Kleppa (Centre Party)

Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs

Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske (Labour Party)

Ministry of Education and Research

Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Socialist Left Party)
Minister of Education Bård Vegar Solhjell (Socialist Left Party)

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen (Centre Party)

Ministry of the Environment

Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim
(Socialist Left Party)

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen (Labour Party)

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Minister of Petroleum and Energy Åslaug Haga (Centre Party)

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Centre Party)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour Party)
Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim
(Socialist Left Party)
Source: Office of the Prime Minister.
More information: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government.html?id=443314

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Storting presidency, December 2007
Storting
President: Jagland, Thorbjørn (Labour Party)
Vice President: Hagen, Carl I. (Progress Party)

Lagting
President: Lønning, Inge (Conservative Party)
Vice President: Lånke, Ola T. (Christian Democratic Party)

Odelsting
President: Brørby, Berit (Labour Party)
Vice President: Ballo, Olav Gunnar (Socialist Left Party)

Constitutional Office, Karl Johans gate 22, NO-0026 Oslo,

Storting: Tel. + 47 23 31 30 50. Fax + 47 23 31 38 50
Source: Constitutional Office, Storting.
More information: http://www.stortinget.no/english/

Parliamentary Ombudsman for Public Administration

PO Box 3 Sentrum, NO-0101 Oslo Tel. + 47 22 82 85 00
Ombudsman Arne Fliflet Toll-free in Norway + 47 800 80 039
More information: http://www.sivilombudsmannen.no/eng/

Sami Parliament, 2007-2009

Sametinget – Sámediggi
Ávjovárgeaidnu 50, NO-9730 Karasjok/Kárášjohka. Tel. + 47 78 47 40 00
E-mail: samediggi@samediggi.no
The Sami Parliament is a national elective assembly for the Sami of Norway. Every
fourth year, 43 representatives are chosen from 13 election districts across all of
Norway.

Sami Parliament Council

Sami Parliament President Egil Olli
Vice President Marianne Balto
Council member Vibeke Larsen
Council member Hilde Anita Nyvoll
Council member Jørn Are Gaski

Committees
Planning and Finance Committee: Chair Roger Pedersen
Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs Committee: Chair Klemet Erland Hætta
Youth Development and Education Committee: Chair Synnøve Solbakken-Härkönen
Business and Culture Committee: Chair Berit Oskal Eira
Source: Sami Parliament.
More information: http://www.sametinget.no/

Governor (Sysselmann) of Svalbard

PO Box 633, NO-9171 Longyearbyen Tel. + 47 79 02 43 00
Governor Per Sefland Fax + 47 79 02 11 66
More information: http://www.sysselmannen.no/eng

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2. Geography, climate and environment
Geographic dimensions
Compass extremes
North: Knivskjelodden on Magerøy 71° 11' 09'' N.Lat.
South: Pysen in Mandal 57° 57' 31'' N.Lat.
West: Holmebåen at Utvær in Solund 04° 29' 57'' E.Long.
East: Hornøya in Vardø 31° 10' 07'' E.Long.
International borders, coastline
Shared international borders, total 2 562 km
Sweden 1 630 km
Finland 736 km
Russia 196 km
Straight-line distance, Kinnarodden-Lindesnes 1 752 km
Length of coastline, mainland 25 148 km
Excluding fjords and bays 2 532 km
Length of island coastlines 58 133 km
Greatest breadth, mainland 432 km
Narrowest breadth, mainland 2 km
Area
2
Kingdom of Norway 385 199 km
2
Mainland (incl. freshwater bodies) 323 802 km
Land area (excl. freshwater) 304 280 km2
2
Svalbard 61 020 km
Jan Mayen 377 km2
Antarctica
Bouvet Island 49 km2
Peter I Island 156 km2
Queen Maud Land . km2
Largest lake Mjøsa 362 km2
Longest river Glomma 600 km
Highest waterfall Kjelfossen 840 m
(almost perpendicular): Tyssestrengene 300 m
Ringedalsfossen 300 m
Highest mountains Galdhøpiggen 2 469 m
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Glittertind 2 464 m
Largest glacier Jostedalsbreen 487 km2
Longest fjord Sognefjorden 204 km
Largest inhabited island Hinnøya 2 198 km2
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Includes permanent snow cap. Source: Norwegian Mapping Authority.
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Air temperature averages
Celsius
20
Oslo
15
Bergen
10
Vardø
5

-5

-10
Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov . Dec.
1
Average from 1961-1990 in degrees C.
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
More information: http://www.met.no/english/

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Precipitation
Oslo Bergen Trondheim Bodø Tromsø Vardø
Year 763 2 250 925 1 020 1 031 563
January 49 190 78 86 95 55
February 36 152 61 64 87 41
March 47 170 61 68 72 34
April 41 114 51 52 64 33
May 53 106 49 46 48 30
June 65 132 67 54 59 42
July 81 148 85 92 77 49
August 89 190 80 88 82 55
September 90 283 114 123 102 54
October 84 271 106 147 131 58
November 73 259 81 100 108 59
December 55 235 92 100 106 53
1
Average from 1961-1990, in mm.
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
More information: http://www.met.no/english/

Midnight sun (complete disc) and dark period, 2008

Period of darkness
Latitude (N) Midnight sun
End Start
Svalbard (Longyearbyen) 78.2 19 Apr.-21 Aug. 17 Feb. 25 Oct.
North Cape 71.2 13 May-29 July 24 Jan. 18 Nov.
Hammerfest 70.6 15 May-26 July 21 Jan. 20 Nov.
Tromsø 69.7 19 May-22 July 17 Jan. 25 Nov.
Bodø 67.3 3 June-7 July 28 Dec. 14 Dec.
Source: Almanac for Norway 2008.

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Protected areas, 1 January 2007
Number Area. Hectares
National parks 29 2 675 600
Nature reserves 1 790 419 300
Landscape protection areas 174 1 509 300
Other protected areas 118 12 654
Source: Directorate for Nature Management.
More information: http://english.dirnat.no/ and http://www.miljostatus.no/

Areas protected by conservation law, 1 January 2007

National park
Landscape protection areas
Nature reserve
Other protected areas

Source: Directorate for Nature Management.

More information: http://english.dirnat.no/

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National land use, 2006
Km2 Per cent
Land area, excluding Svalbard and Jan Mayen 304 280 100.0
Agricultural area 10 344 3.4
Of which fully cultivated 8 617 2.8
Productive forest area 74 148 24.4
Other 219 788 72.2
Source: Norwegian Mapping Authority, National Forest Inventory and Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/01/01/

Household waste
1992 1998 2002 2006
Total household waste. 1 000 tonnes 1 012 1 364 1 612 1 940
Household waste. Kg per capita 237 309 354 414

Quantity recycled, including energy

production. Kg per capita .. .. 233 287

Unsorted waste. Per cent 8 33 45 50

Waste for incineration. Per cent .. 23 31 32
Waste for land disposal. Per cent .. 43 24 18
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/avfkomm_en/

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Emissions to air . 1 000 tonnes. CO2 in mill. tonnes
1 000 tonnes Mill. tonnes CO 2
500 50
CO2
400 40
NMVOC
300 30

200 20
NOx
100 10
SO2
0 0
1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006*
1
Emissions covered by Kyoto and Gothenburg protocols. International air and sea traffic not included.
Source: Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/agassn_en/ and http://www.environment.no/

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3. Demographics, health and crime
Population and population changes
1995 2007
Population1 4 369 957 4 737 171
Inhabitants per km2 land area 14 16

Live births, total 60 292 58 459

Male 31 006 30 004
Female 29 286 28 455
Live births per 1 000 inhabitants 13.8 12.3

Deaths, total 45 190 41 954

Male 23 020 20 216
Female 22 170 21 738
Deaths per 1 000 inhabitants 10.3 8.9

Excess of births 15 103 16 505

In-migration 25 678 61 774
Out-migration 19 312 22 122
Net in-migration 6 366 39 652
Population growth 21 547 56 037
Population growth. Per cent 0.5 1.2
1
Population as of 1 January 1996 and 1 January 2008.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/

Registered population, 1 Jan. 2008 and projected 2010-2060

(medium growth rate assumed). 1 000
Age 2008 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060
Total 4 737 4 748 5 045 5 367 5 623 5 843 6 061
0-5 years of age 351 342 354 376 372 383 396
6-15 years of age 620 613 589 622 646 644 666
16-66 years of age 3 153 3 177 3 312 3 394 3 449 3 580 3 668
67 years of age and older 614 616 790 975 1 156 1 236 1 331
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/folkfram_en/

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Counties and selected municipalities, 1 Jan. 2008
County Number of Area1.
Per cent Population Per cent
Municipalitiy municipalities Km2
Mainland 430 323 802 100.0 4 737 171 100.0
Østfold 18 4 182 1.3 265 458 5.6
Sarpsborg 406 51 053
Fredrikstad 288 71 976
Akershus 22 4 918 1.5 518 567 10.9
Bærum 192 108 144
Oslo 1 454 0.1 560 484 11.8
Hedmark 22 27 397 8.5 189 289 4.0
Hamar 351 27 976
Ringsaker 1 281 32 144
Oppland 26 25 192 7.8 183 637 3.9
Lillehammer 477 25 776
Gjøvik 672 28 301
Buskerud 21 14 910 4.6 251 220 5.3
Drammen 137 60 145
Ringerike 1 552 28 523
Vestfold 14 2 224 0.7 226 433 4.8
Sandefjord 121 42 333
Larvik 535 41 723
Telemark 18 15 299 4.7 166 731 3.5
Porsgrunn 165 34 186
Skien 779 50 864
Aust-Agder 15 9 157 2.8 106 130 2.2
Grimstad 303 19 809
Arendal 270 40 701
Vest-Agder 15 7 276 2.2 165 944 3.5
Kristiansand 277 78 919
Mandal 222 14 400
Rogaland 26 9 378 2.9 412 687 8.7
Sandnes 305 62 037
Stavanger 71 119 586
Hordaland 33 15 460 4.8 462 674 9.8
Bergen 465 247 746
Sogn og Fjordane 26 18 623 5.8 106 259 2.2
Førde 586 11 650
Møre og Romsdal 36 15 121 4.7 246 772 5.2
Molde 363 24 294
Ålesund 98 41 833
Sør-Trøndelag 25 18 848 5.8 282 993 6.0
Trondheim 342 165 191
Nord-Trøndelag 24 22 412 6.9 129 856 2.7
Steinkjer 1 564 20 672
Nordland 44 38 456 11.9 234 996 5.0
Bodø 1 392 46 049
Rana 4 460 25 092
Troms Romsa 25 25 877 8.0 154 642 3.3
Harstad 372 23 108
Tromsø 2 566 65 286
Finnmark Finnmárku 19 48 618 15.0 72 399 1.5
Sør-Varanger 3 968 9 518
Alta 3 849 18 272
1
Including lakes.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/folkemengde_en/

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Population by gender, age and marital status, 1 Jan. 2008
90-
Male 85-89 Female
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4
200 150 100 50 0 0 50 100 150 200
1 000 1 000
Unmarried Married Prev. married (incl. separated)

Source: Statistics Norway.

Fertility rates in selected countries, 2006

USA1 2.1
Iceland2 2.1
France 2.0
Ireland 1.9
Norway 1.9
Sweden 1.9
Finland 1.8
Denmark 1.8
UK 1.8
Switzerland 1.4
Spain2 1.3
Italy2 1.3
Germany 1.3
1 2
2003. 2005.
Source: Eurostat.
More information: http://www.ec.europa.eu/eurostat/

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Fertility rates by county, 2006

Fertility rates. 2006

1.73-1.83
1.84-1.93
1.94-1.99
2.00-2.14

Source: Statistics Norway. Map data: Norwegian Mapping Authority.

More information: http://www.ssb.no/fodte_en/

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Life expectancy at birth
Age
84

80
Female
76

72
Male
68

64

600
1946- 1951- 1956- 1961- 1966- 1971- 1976- 1981- 1986- 1991- 1996- 2001- 2006
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/dode_en/

Life expectancy at birth in selected countries, 2005

Female Male
Japan 86 79
Switzerland 84 79
Italy 84 78
France 84 77
Spain 84 77
Sweden 83 79
Iceland 83 79
Norway 82 78
Greece 82 77
Finland 82 76
Denmark 80 76
USA 80 75
Russia 72 59
Source: World Health Organization.
More information: http://www.who.int/whr/en/

Married and cohabiting couples, with and without children

1990 2007
Couples, total 973 000 1 061 000
Married couples1 total 871 000 829 000
Without children2 467 000 487 000
2
With children 404 000 343 000

Cohabiting couples, total 102 000 231 000

Without children2 52 000 95 000
With children2 50 000 136 000
1 2
Including registered partners. Children = under 18, unmarried and living at home.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/

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New marriages, registered partnerships and divorces
Marriages
Divorces
Marriages/divorces Registered partnerships Registered partnerships
30 000 300

25 000 250

20 000 200

15 000 150

10 000 100

5 000 50

0 0
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/ekteskap_en/

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Adopted children
1 200

1 000
Total
800

600

400
Intercountry adoptions
200

0
1966- 1981- 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006
1970 1985
1
Three-year moving average.
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/adopsjon_en/

Most popular names given to children in 2007

Boys' names Girls' names
1 Mathias Sara
2 Jonas Thea
3 Markus Emma
4 Alexander Julie
5 Lukas Nora
6 Kristian Ida
7 Magnus Emilie
8 Elias Ingrid
9 Emil Anna
10 Henrik Sofie
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/navn_en/
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Immigrant population and first-generation immigrants
1995 2007
First- First-
3 Immigrant Immigrant
National background generation generation
population population
immigrants immigrants
Total 215 048 186 039 415 318 341 830
Immigrant population as per cent
of total population 5.0 4.3 8.9 7.3
Europe, total 107 780 98 811 190 099 169 130
Sweden 14 414 13 860 24 527 23 424
Denmark 18 489 17 265 19 090 17 671
Poland 5 576 5 015 18 834 17 747
Bosnia-Herzegovina4 9 664 9 409 15 667 13 266
Turkey 8 043 5 922 14 546 9 575
Germany 7 134 6 761 14 467 13 494
4
Serbia . . 12 504 9 569
UK 10 756 10 247 11 349 10 716
Russia4 807 788 11 338 10 592
Finland 4 399 4 173 6 411 5 940
Netherlands 3 197 2 872 5 322 4 773
Iceland 2 542 2 349 3 549 3 209
France 1 980 1 904 2 818 2 640
Hungary 1 602 1 260 1 764 1 380
Spain2 1 176 1 096 1 640 1 532
2
Italy 977 922 1 442 1 362
Serbia and Montenegro4 9 064 7 580 . .
4
Montenegro . . 199 158
Other Europe 9 365 8 722 24 632 22 082
Africa, total 17 579 14 433 51 598 39 496
Somalia 3 995 3 328 19 656 14 698
Morocco 4 194 3 026 7 286 4 516
Ethiopia4 2 261 1 875 3 422 2 818
4
Eritrea 46 43 3 024 2 249
Ghana 1 322 1 099 1 738 1 313
Other Africa 5 807 5 105 16 472 13 902
Asia, total 70 442 54 996 148 990 110 901
Pakistan 18 773 11 507 28 278 15 752
Iraq 2 536 2 337 21 418 17 246
Vietnam 13 331 10 520 18 783 12 409
Iran 7 793 7 099 14 662 12 308
Sri Lanka 7 113 5 951 12 757 8 115
Philippines 4 513 3 974 9 482 8 398
Thailand 1 996 1 925 8 688 8 426
India 5 161 3 704 7 622 5 079
Afghanistan 430 359 7 297 6 520
China 3 073 2 728 5 657 4 739
Lebanon 1 166 964 2 152 1 487
Other Asia 4 557 3 928 12 194 10 422
North and Central America, total 10 405 10 028 11 018 10 510
USA 8 350 8 078 7 008 6 751
Canada 1 053 1 018 1 276 1 237
Other North and Central America 1 002 932 2 734 2 522
South America, total 8 034 6 993 12 360 10 571
Chile 5 961 5 074 7 204 5 757
Brazil 519 502 1 805 1 747
Other South America 2 073 1 919 3 351 3 067
Oceania, total 808 778 1 253 1 222
1 2 3
Persons with two foreign-born parents. Foreign-born with two foreign-born parents. Country of birth for
persons born abroad; mother's or father's country of birth for persons born in Norway with two foreign-born
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parents. Comparisons are problematic due to border changes.
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/innvbef_en/

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Asylum seekers arriving in Norway, by nationality
Citizenship 1993 1998 2005 2006
Total 12 876 8 374 5 402 5 320
Europe 11 523 4 716 1 435 1 183
Africa 464 1 229 1 624 1 759
Asia 731 2 138 2 106 2 127
North and Central America 12 2 10 7
South America 26 204 18 6
Oceania - 2 - 1
Stateless 120 85 209 237
Source: Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.
More information: http://www.udi.no/english

Persons aged 16-79 who are overweight (bmi>=27) or obese

(bmi>=30). Per cent
Per cent
35
30 Obese
25 Overweight

20
15
10
5
0
1973 1995 1998 2005 1973 1995 1998 2005
Female Male

Source: Statistics Norway.

More information: http://www.ssb.no/helsetilstand_en/

Daily smokers, by gender. Per cent

Per cent
60

50
Men aged 16-74
40

30
Women aged 16-74
20

10

0
1973 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2007
Source: Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Tobacco Dept.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/royk_en/ and http://www.shdir.no/tobakk/english/

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Causes of death
Per cent 2005 Male Female
Deaths, total 100.0 41 152 20 065 21 087

Diseases, total 94.1 38 742 18 635 20 107

Malignant tumours 25.7 10 564 5 596 4 968
Heart and circulatory diseases 35.3 14 537 6 886 7 651
Respiratory diseases 9.9 4 082 2 027 2 055
Other 23.2 9 559 4 126 5 433

Violent deaths, total 5.9 2 410 1 430 980

Accidents 4.5 1 835 1 048 787
Suicides 1.3 533 360 173
Homicides 0.1 29 17 12
Other 0.0 13 4 8
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/dodsarsak_en/

Persons criminally charged, per 10 000 inhabitants; criminal

offences investigated and cleared, per 1 000 inhabitants

90 Persons criminally charged per 10 000 inhabitants

80 Criminal offences investigated per 1 000 inhabitants
Criminal offences cleared per 1 000 inhabitants
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/lovbrudde_en/

Reported offences, by type of offence

1997 2006
Per 1 000 Per 1 000
Offence type Number Number
inhabitants inhabitants
Total 402 252 91.6 400 322 76.2
Economic 6 968 1.6 7 392 1.6
Other offences for gain 214 865 48.9 187 296 43.6
Violent 19 288 4.4 25 623 3.7
Sexual 3 372 0.8 3 586 0.5
Narcotics 31 217 7.1 41 698 3.0
Damage to property 27 592 6.3 22 305 3.8
Environmental 3 866 0.9 2 763 0.8
Workplace environment 1 206 0.3 831 0.2
Traffic 55 657 12.7 64 874 11.6
Other 38 221 8.7 43 954 7.5
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/lovbrudda_en/

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4. Living conditions and consumption
Housing figures, 2001
Total dwellings 1 961 548
Average usable size per dwelling. m2 121.4
Average usable size per person. m2 53.1
Average number of residents per dwelling 2.3

Number of rooms Per cent

1-2 rooms 18.2
3 or more rooms 81.8

Building types
Detached houses 57.1
Attached homes, two-person homes and other residences of 21.2
fewer than three storeys
Blocks of flats or other residential structures of three or more 18.4
storeys
Other 3.4

Year constructed
-1920 10.9
1921-1960 25.8
1961-1980 34.4
1981-2001 29.0

Form of occupancy
Owned privately or jointly 62.5
Owned through cooperative or limited company 14.1
Rental 23.3
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/fobbolig_en/

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Consumption, 1997-1999 and 2004-2006. Average annual
expenditure per household
Commodity and service category 1999-NOK Per cent 2006-NOK Per cent
Expenditures, total 268 514 100.0 343 290 100.0
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 32 409 11.5 38 959 11.3
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 7 597 2.9 9 656 2.8
Clothing and footwear 15 162 5.3 18 496 5.4
Housing, lighting and heating 69 643 26.7 97 549 28.4
Furniture and household articles 16 811 7.0 21 262 6.2
Health 6 895 2.8 10 123 2.9
Transport 53 270 17.3 63 136 18.4
Postal and telecommunication services 5 082 2.5 8 589 2.5
Culture and leisure 31 604 12.6 41 318 12.0
Education 2 775 0.3 1 075 0.3
Restaurant and hotel services 10 923 3.9 12 295 3.6
Other 16 342 7.2 20 832 6.1
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/fbu_en/

Household expenses for food, housing and transport

Per cent
70

60

50 Transport
40

30 Housing

20

10 Food

0
1958 1973 1977- 1983- 1989- 1996- 2002- 2004-
1979 1985 1991 1998 2004 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/fbu_en/

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5. Work and pay
Primary work status, persons aged 16-74. Average percentage,
2006
Other activity/
Retired Not stated
7% 4%

Early retirement/
disability
10 %

Homemakers
3%

1
In education Working
13 % 63 %

1
"Working" includes both full-time and part-time employment as primary activity.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/aku_en/

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Employment by industry. Average percentage, 2006. 1 000
Per
Total Male Female
cent
Total (including "not stated") 100.0 2 362 1 251 1 111
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 3.3 77 60 17
Oil and gas 1.3 31 25 6
Manufacturing, mining and quarrying 11.6 275 208 67
Electricity and water supply 0.7 16 13 3
Construction 7.1 167 155 12
Retail, hotel and restaurant 17.8 421 209 212
Transport and communication 6.6 156 117 40
Financial services and insurance 2.3 54 28 26
Property management, business services and rental
operations 10.9 257 159 97
Public administration, defence and social insurance 6.1 143 79 64
Education 8.2 193 66 127
Health and social services 19.9 470 86 385
Other social and personal services 4.3 101 45 56
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/regsys_en/

Women in the labour force, aged 15-64. Selected countries, 2006

Iceland

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Finland

UK

Germany

Ireland1

France
Part-time
Spain
Working
Italy

0 20 40 60 80 100
Per cent
1
2004 figures for part-time workers.
Source: Eurostat.
More information: http://www.ec.europa.eu/eurostat/

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Public sector employment as share of total employment
Per cent
35

30

25
20

15 Municipal

10

5
State
0
1970 1980 1990 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/nr_en/

Average monthly pay, full-time employees, 2006

Women's pay
Industry sector Male Female as percentage
of men's
NOK Per cent
Average, all sectors 33 100 28 700 87
Fish farming 29 800 27 900 94
Oil and gas, mining and quarrying 47 800 42 600 89
Industry 30 800 27 600 90
Electricity supply 35 200 31 800 90
Construction 29 200 29 100 99
Retail 32 200 27 200 84
Hotel and restaurant 25 200 22 600 90
Transport 32 000 28 700 90
Financial services 48 100 33 400 69
Property management, business services
and rental operations 38 200 30 900 81
State 32 700 29 600 91
Educational personnel in school system 32 700 31 600 97
Municipal and county agencies 28 700 26 700 93
Private teaching and training 32 700 28 800 88
Private health and social services 30 100 25 300 84
State hospital services 38 100 29 100 76
Social and personal services 34 200 30 100 88
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/lonnansatt_en/

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6. Care services and social welfare
Kindergarten coverage
Per cent
100
Ages 3-5

80

60 Ages 1-5

40
Ages 1-2

20

0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/barnehager_en/

Public after-school care. Pupils receiving 6 hours or more per

week
2000 2005 2006
Total 121 414 129 741 137 098
Year 1 38 388 41 827 44 052
Year 2 35 853 38 630 41 220
Year 3 29 719 31 359 32 764
Year 4 16 416 16 685 17 457
Years 5 to 7 1 038 1 296 1 605
Source: The information system for primary and lower secondary education.
More information: http://www.wis.no/gsi/

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Children receiving cash benefit in lieu of kindergarten
attendance. Per cent of all children
Per cent
100 1-year-olds 2-year-olds

80

60

40

20

0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV). More information: http://www.nav.no/english

1
Child benefits. Annual benefit, per child
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2008
First child 500 2 100 8 748 9 948 11 640 11 640
Second child 1 500 3 324 9 240 9 948 11 640 11 640
Third child 2 000 4 344 10 656 10 944 11 640 11 640
Fourth child 2 200 4 620 11 280 10 944 11 640 11 640
Fifth child and each
additional child 2 400 4 908 11 664 10 944 11 640 11 640
Expanded child benefit2 . . . . . 11 640
Small-child supplement for
3
single parents . . . . . 7 920
4
Finnmark supplement . . . . . 3 840
Svalbard supplement5 . . . . . 3 840
1 2
Average annual amount, in NOK, for qualifying children. Benefit for one child more than the actual
3
number of qualifying children, given to single parents under certain circumstances. Supplement provided
to single parents of small children for up to three years if they qualify for the expanded child benefit as well
4
as full transitional single-parent benefits. Given to benefit recipients who live in Finnmark County and
5
certain municipalities of Nord-Troms County. Introduced 1 Jan. 2007.
Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV).
More information: http://www.nav.no/english

Economic social security. Number of benefit cases

(1 000)
200

150

100

50

0
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/soshjelpk_en/

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Disability pension recipients. Total number
(1 000)
200

150 Female

100
Male

50

0
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV).
More information: http://www.nav.no/english

Users of nursing and care services

(1 000)
300

250
Institutional residents
200
Assisted-living residents

150

100
Home service recipients
50

0
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/pleie_en/

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7. Education
Schools and pupils/students
1984/85 2006/07
Pupils/ Pupils/
Type of school Schools Schools
students students
Primary/lower secondary schools 3 540 545 879 3 131 619 038
Private primary/lower secondary schools . . 146 13 482
1
Upper secondary schools 920 203 702 627 239 610
Private upper secondary schools . 16 936 251 18 067
Universities and colleges 228 92 083 69 211 229
Private universities and colleges 67 15 402 30 29 531
1
Pupils and apprentices in upper secondary schools as well as pupils and students in technical schools,
county colleges and participants in job-training courses.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/04/02/

Share of men and women with higher education. Per cent

Per cent
30

25

20
Men
15

10
Women
5

0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utniv_en/

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Universities and specialized university colleges. Students, 1 Oct.
Per cent Per cent
1995 2006
female female
Students, total 79 954 53.4 86 366 56.3
University of Oslo 36 000 57.3 29 177 61.2
University of Bergen 15 667 56.3 15 192 58.8
University of Tromsø 6 079 54.1 5 840 58.2
Norwegian University of Science and Technology 15 861 45.9 19 622 47.8
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) 1 927 47.4 2 857 56.3
University of Stavanger . . 7 388 59.5
Norwegian School of Theology 557 47.2 891 54.2
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science 318 76.7 429 78.3
Oslo School of Architecture 274 48.5 463 46.9
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences 515 40.2 1 324 52.7
Norwegian Academy of Music 314 47.5 578 56.2
Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration 2 442 31.7 2 605 36.9
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/utuvh_en/

Norwegian students/pupils abroad

Exchange or
study-abroad
Degree studies programmes
Country 1992/93 2000/01 2006/07 2006/07
Total 8 932 15 510 13 359 7 947
UK 2 195 3 928 2 545 857
Denmark 675 1 901 2 467 217
Australia . 3 062 1 748 535
Sweden 1 096 881 1 072 89
USA 2 305 1 699 878 1 344
Poland 10 327 870 21
Hungary 10 630 726 12
France 374 457 377 325
Netherlands 158 572 360 115
Germany 949 700 356 329
Czech Republic . 53 238 21
Spain 60 158 237 300
Italy 74 89 220 167
Canada 130 164 194 160
Ireland 3 148 185 51
Slovakia . . 142 .
Switzerland 248 222 114 43
New Zealand . 108 113 93
Other Asia . 82 108 308
Latin America . 65 77 543
Other Europe . 158 70 172
South Africa . . 63 239
Finland 23 35 34 40
Iceland 22 24 30 25
Austria 46 . 26 38
China . . 25 296
Belgium 32 . 21 22
Other Africa . 47 21 753
Singapore . . 18 121
India . . 9 153
Russia . . 8 123
Japan . . 7 139
Tanzania . . . 294
Other 522 . . 2
Source: Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund. More information: http://www.lanekassen.no/english
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Foreign students in Norway
Country 1997/98 2000/01 2006/07
Students, total 7 490 8 533 14 294
Sweden 539 892 1 177
Denmark 602 707 775
Germany 253 360 540
UK 358 350 315
USA 275 258 295
Finland 130 205 277
Iceland 182 222 231
Poland 72 69 174
Netherlands 89 120 140
Italy 34 57 64
Japan 19 20 56
Turkey 40 25 49
Switzerland 33 35 42
Austria 23 28 38
Czech Republic 14 21 38
Hungary 12 15 32
Australia 17 14 31
Slovakia 4 14 29
Belgium 17 17 21
New Zealand 4 6 9

Other/not specified 4 773 5 098 9 961

Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/04/02/40/

Research & Development investment, 1 Oct.

2001 2006
R&D R&D
R&D R&D
investment. investment.
man-years man-years
NOK mill. NOK mill.
Total 24 469 27 108 32 162 31 719
Business and industry 12 614 12 636 14 622 14 349
Research institute sector 5 581 6 988 7 650 7 500
University and college sector 6 274 7 484 9 890 9 870

Total R & D investment as share of

GDP in 2006. Per cent 1.49
Source: NIFU STEP Studies in Innovation, Research and Education.
More information: http://www.english.nifustep.no/

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8. Media and culture
Norway's largest newspapers
Change from
Newspaper, city of publication Circulation 2007
2006. Per cent
VG - Verdens Gang, Oslo 309 610 -1.9
Aftenposten, morning edition, Oslo 250 179 0.7
Dagbladet, Oslo 135 611 -7.4
Aftenposten, evening edition, Oslo 131 089 -4.4
Bergens Tidende, Bergen 87 668 0.7
Adresseavisen, Trondheim 79 789 0.8
Dagens Næringsliv, Oslo 81 391 6.3
Stavanger Aftenblad, Stavanger 68 010 1.1
Drammens Tidende, Drammen 40 954 -3.2
Fædrelandsvennen, Kristiansand 41 326 -3.1
Source: Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/index.asp?id=43977

1
Newspapers
Number Circulation. 1 000
1993 2006 1993 2006
Newspapers, total 143 167 2 934 2 726
6 issues per week 62 64 2 197 2 048
2-5 issues per week 79 80 723 567
1 issue per week 2 23 14 111

Sunday editions .. 11 694 891

1
Members of the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
Source: Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/index.asp?id=43977

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News agencies in Norway
Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå (ANB) Tel.: +47 22 99 84 00
PO Box 8713, Youngstorget, NO-0028 Oslo Internet: www.apressen.no
Contact: Tor Axelsen

Norsk Telegrambyrå AS (NTB) Tel.: +47 22 03 44 00

Holbergsgate 1, PO Box 6817, St. Olavs plass, Internet: www.ntb.no
NO-0130 Oslo
Contact: Pål Bjerketvedt

Agence France-Presse (AFP) Tel.: +47 22 83 93 94

Haakon VIIs gt. 10, NO-0161 Oslo E-mail: oslo@afp.com
Contact: Pierre-Henry Deshayes Internet: www.afp.com

Associated Press (AP) Tel.: +47 22 20 10 30

Holbergsgate 1, NO-0166 Oslo Internet: www.ap.org
Contact: Doug Mellgren

Bloomberg Nyhetsbyrå Tel.: +47 22 99 62 10

CJ Hambros plass 2c, NO-0164 Oslo Internet: www.bloomberg.com

Dow Jones Newswires Tel.: +47 22 20 10 58

Holbergsgate 1, NO-0166, Oslo Internet: www.dowjones.com
Contact: Elisabeth Cowley

ITAR Tass Tel.: +47 22 60 61 91

Fougstadsgt. 9, NO-0173 Oslo Internet: www.itar-tass.com
Contact: Andrei Lavrov

Reuters Norge AS Tel.: +47 22 93 69 00

Stortorvet 10, NO-0155 Oslo Internet: www.reuters.com
Contact: John Acher

Thomson Financial Tel.: +47 22 24 50 76

Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo Internet: www.afxnews.com
Contact: Alastair Reed

Norway International Press Center Tel.: +47 22 24 50 60

Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161, Oslo E-mail: nips@mfa.no
Contact: Anne Britt Lilleholm

Foreign Press Association Tel.: +47 22 24 50 74

Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161, Oslo Internet: www.foreignpress.no
Contact: Björn Lindahl

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Fixed and mobile telephone subscriptions, 31 Dec.
Subscriptions
6 000 000
Fixed telephony
5 000 000
Mobile telephony
4 000 000

3 000 000

2 000 000

1 000 000

0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: Norwegian Post and Telecommunication Authority.
More information: http://www.npt.no/portal/page/portal/PG_NPT_ENG/PAG_NPT_ENG

Access to media and electronic appliances at home, ages 9-79.

Per cent
1991 1997 2006
NRK1 98 97 98
NRK2 . 71 88
TV 2 . 91 95
TVNorge 36 72 89
TV3 33 53 63
Local TV 28 43 54
Swedish TV 40 45 51
Video cassette player 51 70 68
DVD player . . 80

Local radio 87 89 83

Cassette player 95 92 58
Record player 63 57 36
CD player 33 81 96
MP3 player 44

Private satellite antenna 5 19 32

Cable 29 38 47
Shared antenna 7 6 4
Ordinary antenna with multiple channels 19 52 35

Home PC .. 50 85
Internet .. 13 79
Video games .. 23 44
CD-ROM player .. 29 80
DVD player in PC . . 66
Text TV .. 79 95
Mobile telephone .. .. 94
Broadband .. .. 63
Newspaper subscription . . 70
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/medie_en/

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Use of media and electronics, average day. Ages 9-79

Comics
2006
Video
1991
Periodicals
Weeklies
Book
Home PC
Internet
Record/cassette/CD/MP3
Radio
Newspaper
TV
0 20 40 60 80 100
Per cent
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/medie_en/

Cultural activities, 2004. Per cent of population participating in

the past 12 months. Ages 9-79

Opera/operetta
Ballet, other dance performance
Cultural festival
Concert (classical music)
Religious/philosophical meeting
Art exhibit
Museum
Concert (popular music)
Theatre (plays, musicals, revues)
Public library
Sporting event
Cinema
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Per cent
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/emner/07/02/

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Membership in the Church of Norway and other religious and
life-stance communities, 2007
Members1 Per cent
Population, total2 4 681 134 100.0
Membership, Church of Norway3, 31 Dec. 2006 3 871 006 82.7

Christian faith communities, total 225 507 100.0

Seventh Day Adventist 5 281 2.3
Free Evangelical Fellowship 3 628 1.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 19 524 8.7
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church 4 291 1.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland in Norway 2 027 0.9
The Christian Church (Smith's Friends) 6 476 2.9
Orthodox Church in Norway 6 075 2.7
Roman Catholic 51 508 22.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 345 1.5
Baptist 9 071 4.0
Missionary Covenant Church 8 399 3.7
Jehovah's Witnesses 14 756 6.5
The Christian Community 2 505 1.1
Christian Center 3 353 1.5
Methodist 11 299 5.0
Pentecostal 40 398 17.9
Church of Sweden in Norway 13 098 5.8
Other Christian faith communities 20 473 9.1

Other religions, total 98 680 100.0

Baha'i 1 015 1.0
Buddhism 10 753 10.9
Hinduism 4 098 4.2
Islam 79 068 80.1
Sikhism 2 440 2.5
Judaism 868 0.9
Other 438 0.4

Life-stance communities, total membership 79 722 100.0

Norwegian Humanist Association 78 889 99.0
Other 833 1.0
1 2
Includes only members for whom public financial support is received. Population as of 1 January 2007.
3
Membership figures from Norwegian Social Science Data Services and the Church of Norway.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/trosamf_en/

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9. Tourism and transportation
Overnight visits of foreign nationals, by nationality, 2007

France
Spain
USA
Netherlands
Sweden
Denmark
UK
Germany

0 200 000 400 000 600 000 800 000

Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/overnatting_en/

Norwegian Coastal Voyage, Bergen-Kirkenes ship route.

Passengers
600 000

500 000

400 000
Passengers
300 000

200 000
Northbound
100 000
Southbound
0
1982 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/hurtigruta_en/

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Accommodations
1999 2002 2003 2006
Hotels1 1 162 1 124 1 099 1 119

Beds 137 653 143 635 143 799 145 048

Guest-nights. 1 000 16 416 16 188 15 636 17 773

Guest-nights
Norwegians. Per cent 68.5 70.9 72.0 72.4
Foreign nationals. Per cent 31.5 29.1 28.0 27.6

Tourist cabins
Cabin complexes, guest-nights 378 716 482 011 601 019 1 267 466
Intermediaries of cabins, guest-nights 1 443 920 1 527 492 1 374 260 1 356 253

Registered camping areas2 931 847 811 792

Guest-nights. 1 000 7 154 7 383 7 247 8 124
Norwegians. Per cent 69.7 71.3 71.0 72.9
Foreign nationals. Per cent 30.3 28.7 29.0 27.1
1 2
Includes hotels, guest houses, hostels and other lodging facilities with at least 20 beds. Camping areas
with at least 8 cabins or at least 50 caravan sites.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/overnatting_en/

Traffic deaths
600

500

400

300

200

100

0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2007
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/vtu_en/

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Vehicles, aircraft and transport infrastructure, 31 Dec.
1993 2006
Motor vehicles, etc.
Total 2 986 381 4 103 296
Automobiles 1 985 609 2 599 712
Private cars 1 633 088 2 084 193
Buses 29 134 26 954
Commercial vans 169 981 331 052
Lorries, combination vehicles 153 406 157 513
Tractors and motorized equipment 213 550 242 498
Motorcycles 35 629 116 875
Snow scooters 37 741 58 327
Mopeds 125 442 151 670
Trailers 588 410 934 214

Civil aviation
Airports with scheduled flights 52 51
Aircraft, total 848 1 087
Fixed-wing aircraft 741 910
Helicopters 107 177

Public roads km
Total 90 502 92 946
National roads 26 406 27 343
County roads 27 050 27 075
Municipal roads 37 046 38 528

State railways (NSB)

Railway network, total 4 023 4 087
Electrified 2 422 2 528
Double track 99 218
Source: National Rail Administration, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Avinor.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/transpinn_en/

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10. Industries
Agricultural land use
Agricultural area, total
km 2
Other tilled area
14 000 Grain and oil seed
Fully cultivated meadow/grazing area
12 000 Natural or lightly cultivated meadow/grazing area

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0
1949 1959 1969 1979 1989 1999 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/jordbruksareal_en/

Agricultural livestock
1996 2006
Horses 22 700 31 200
Cattle, total 1 005 800 923 000
Cows1 342 700 318 500
Breeding pigs 92 500 102 500
Sheep over 1 year 1 036 000 928 500
Milk goats 57 900 42 400
Fowl 3 460 600 3 363 000
1
Includes milk cows and suckling cows.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/jordbruksareal_en/

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Agricultural production and forestry
1996 2006
Crops1. 1 000 tonnes
Grain, total 1 345 1 179
Wheat 266 357
Barley 682 538
Oats 385 248
Potatoes 419 378
Hay2 2 504 2 600

Livestock products. 1 000 tonnes

Meat, total 252 293
Beef and veal 86 88
Pork 103 116
Mutton and lamb 27 25
Eggs 49 51
Cow's milk (1 000 litres) 1 845 1 505

Cut timber for sale3, total. 1 000 m3

Softwood logs3 7 531 7 214
Hardwood logs3 215 68
1 2 3
Of active agricultural businesses. Includes total yield of solid matter from haymaking meadows. Applies
to fiscal years 1995/96 and 2006, firewood excluded.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/10/04/10/

Productive forest area, by property size, 2006

Units Area
Productive forest area
Number Per cent Km2 Per cent
25 decares and larger, total 117 033 100.0 67 661.0 100.0
25 - 99 decares 35 576 30.4 1 988.0 2.9
100 - 999 decares 69 251 59.2 23 216.0 34.3
1 000 - 4 999 decares 11 068 9.6 20 374.0 30.1
5 000 - decares 1 138 1.0 21 083.0 31.2
Protected productive forest area . . 1 000.0 1.5
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/10/04/20/

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Organically cultivated area in the Nordic countries, including
areas in transition
Per cent
8
7
6
Finland
5
4
3
Denmark
2 Norway
Sweden
1
0
1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006
Source: Norway – Debio and Statistics Norway; Sweden – KRAV, Statistics Sweden and Swedish Board
of Agriculture; Denmark – Danish Plant Directorate and Statistics Denmark; Finland – KTTK/Evira and
TIKE.

Agricultural operations, by area under activity

250 000
100- decares
200 000 50-99 decares
5-49 decares

150 000

100 000

50 000

0
1949 1959 1969 1979 1989 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/stjord_en/

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Landings and landed value of major fish species
1 000 tonnes1 NOK mill.2
Fish species
1996 2006* 1996 2006*
Total 2 649 2 244 8 718 11 612
Capelin 208 2 118 4
Salmon and sea trout 1 0 27 1
Halibut, flounder and blue halibut 20 18 331 387
Tusk 19 14 130 122
Haddock 97 71 494 774
Cod 358 220 2 517 3 286
Eelpout 103 14 58 20
Saithe 222 256 827 1 392
Ling and blue ling 29 17 183 229
Blue whiting 356 642 219 773
Herring 763 710 1 470 2 244
Sprat 59 11 58 22
Mackerel 137 122 1 064 976
Sand eel 161 6 99 7
Redfisk 30 17 152 158
Spiny dogfish 3 1 13 6
Crab 2 6 14 50
Shrimp 42 38 652 585
Other, unspecified 39 79 292 576
1 2
Round weight. Primary value of catch as reported by fishermen.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/fiskeri_en/

Fish farming. Salmon and trout, amount sold

(1 000 tonnes)
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006*
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/fiskeoppdrett_en/

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Value of farmed vs. traditionally landed fish
NOK bill.
35

30

25

20

15 Farmed

10

5 Landed fish

0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006*
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/fiskeoppdrett_en/

Export of fish and fish products

1995 2007
1 000 NOK 1 000 NOK
tonnes mill. tonnes mill.
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other
invertebrate marine animals, including
processed items, total 1 349 19 260 1 914 35 919
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fillets 342 5 916 673 15 507
Fish, frozen, excluding fillets 580 3 455 810 7 496
Fish fillets, frozen 186 3 146 96 2 576
Fish fillets and other fish meat, fresh or frozen 24 529 152 3 004
Dried cod and other dried fish 71 2 593 93 3 993
Fish fillets, dried, salted or brined 14 276 10 332
Fish, salted or brined 77 1 344 31 1 303
Fish, smoked 4 249 4 326
Crustaceans, frozen or made into meal or pellets,
suitable for human consumption 4 219 7 255
Fish, processed or preserved, including caviar and
caviar imitations 29 640 17 404
Crustaceans and molluscs, processed or preserved 11 652 9 393
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/muh_en/

Wholesale/retail trade and services, 2005

Number of Sales1.
Employees
enterprises NOK mill.
Motor vehicle and motorcycle sales, retail fuel sales 10 586 57 071 173 953
Commission and wholesale trade 20 000 104 821 635 249
Retail sales and repair of household goods 36 994 189 576 281 319

Real estate, business services and rental

operations2 85 741 202 035 284 885
1 2
Value-added tax not included. Figures do not include housing cooperatives, data processing operations
and non-financial holding companies.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/10/10/10/
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Norwegian petroleum activities
1993 1995 2000 2005
Employees
Oil and natural gas production 17 338 16 498 14 283 16 794
Work offshore 5 399 5 064 4 822 5 573
Work onshore 11 939 11 434 9 461 11 221
Service activities 4 173 4 437 7 743 11 841

Gross value of production. NOK mill.

Oil and natural gas production 123 149 131 637 365 420 494 042
Service activities 5 303 6 151 15 883 32 504
Pipeline transport 12 902 12 620 16 851 19 677

Gross capital investment. NOK mill.

Oil and gas production 50 886 42 497 52 898 78 438
Service activities - 44 4 287 -1 028
Pipeline transport 6 693 6 086 691 10 015

Crude oil production. 1 000 tonnes 79 521 131 746 153 030 125 070

Export
Crude oil. 1 000 tonnes 68 332 121 860 137 637 112 823
Natural gas. Mill. sm3 25 380 27 598 48 521 79 253

Probable Norwegian reserves

Original
Crude oil. Mill. sm3 1 825 2 674 6 054 4 173
3
Natural gas. Bill. sm 1 549 781 7 032 3 155
Remaining
Crude oil. Mill. sm3 1 174 1 355 3 867 1 201
Natural gas. Bill. sm3 1 227 366 6 355 2 331
Source: Statistics Norway and Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/10/06/

Oil prices, Brent blend

USD/barrel
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2007
Source: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Petroleum Intelligence Weekly.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/ogintma_en/

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Industrial activity, by sector, 2006
Production value1
Sector Enterprises Employees
NOK mill. Per cent
Manufacturing and mining/quarrying 20 880 268 984 703 221 100.0

Mining/quarrying 685 4 456 10 202 1.5

Manufacturing 20 195 264 528 693 019 98.5

Food products, beverages and tobacco 2 239 49 545 143 343 22.8
Textiles, upholstery, leather and leather
products 1 329 5 675 6 791 1.0
Wood products 2 030 15 988 24 513 3.7
Pulp, paper and paper products 110 6 739 18 977 3.2
Publishing, printing, etc. 3 138 25 611 41 516 6.6
Petroleum products, chemical products 289 15 116 113 585 16.1
Rubber and plastic products 443 5 429 9 015 1.4
Other non-metallic mineral products 947 10 698 21 775 3.2
Basic metals 173 12 143 68 720 8.9
Metal products, excluding machinery 2 479 21 741 31 524 4.4
Machinery and equipment 2 510 23 887 53 670 6.9
Electrical and optical equipment 1 256 19 474 43 748 6.1
Oil platforms and modules 132 20 614 53 175 6.3
Transport equipment 1 211 19 857 44 998 5.3
Other non-metallic mineral products 1 909 12 011 17 668 2.7
1
Value-added tax not included.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/sti_en/

Norwegian foreign-going ships and rigs, 1 July 2007

Norwegian Norwegian
Ordinary Ship International
1
Register Ship Register Foreign flag
1 000 1 000 1 000
No. No. No.
dwt. dwt. dwt.
Ships, total2 256 2 685 627 20 833 912 17 204
Passenger ships, catamarans and
ferries3 10 293 7 36 13 190
Gas and chemical tankers 2 18 218 6 268 214 4 179
Other tankers 17 1 977 65 6 373 60 5 584
Combined carriers .. .. 12 1 340 2 174
Bulk carriers .. .. 67 4 296 112 3 472
Other dry cargo ships 44 75 176 2 313 373 3 360
Offshore petroleum service ships 183 615 82 243 138 435

Rigs, total 8 .. .. .. 55 ..
Drilling vessels 8 .. .. .. 40 ..
Residence and service vessels .. .. .. .. 15 ..
1 2
Includes 71 ships totalling 3.3 mill. dwt that are regarded as foreign-owned. Ships of 1 000 gross tonnes
3
and larger. Tonnage in units of 1 000 gross tonnes. Not included in total dwt.
Source: Norwegian Shipowners' Association.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/handelsfl_en/

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Norwegian merchant fleet , end of year. 1 000 gross tonnes
1995 2000 2006
Tonnage, total 20 834 21 572 17 343
Of which tankers 12 006 11 545 8 617
Tanker percentage 58 54 50
1
Vessels of 100 gross tonnes and larger for carrying passengers and cargo; includes Norwegian Ordinary
Ship Register and Norwegian International Ship Register.
Source: Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/handelsfl_en/

Norwegian foreign-going ships and rigs – persons employed

1995 2000 2005 2006 2007
Total 56 200 64 120 46 900 47 500 51 500
Norwegian 13 400 15 770 11 900 12 000 13 100
International 42 800 48 350 35 000 35 500 38 400
Source: Norwegian Shipowners' Association.
More information: http://www.rederi.no/english

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11. Energy
1
Extraction of energy resources. Petajoules
1995 2000 2003 2006*
Total 7 648 9 544 10 149 9 673
Hydroelectricity 441 512 382 431
Crude oil and condensate 5 749 6 650 6 271 5 209
Natural gas and LPG 1 428 2 341 3 385 3 940
Coal 8 18 83 67
2
Wood 21 24 28 27
1 15 2
1 petajoule = 10 joules. Wood, pellets and briquettes for household use.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/energiregn_en/

1
Energy consumption . Petajoules
1980 1990 2000 2006*
Net consumption within energy sector2 90 152 215 247

Consumption, excluding energy sector3 901 910 1 008 981

International shipping 227 177 178 124
Domestic use 674 733 826 853
Agriculture and fisheries 28 31 34 34
Mining/quarrying 7 5 4 4
Manufacturing 307 306 360 353
Construction 13 9 11 13
Transport-related 61 73 101 120
Other sectors 81 97 99 108
Private households 178 212 217 222
1 2
Energy sector encompasses all activities to produce energy. Not including energy use in voltage
3
transformation. Includes energy resources used as raw materials.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/energiregn_en/

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Energy consumption (excluding energy sector and int'l shipping).
1
Petajoules
PJ
1 000
900
800
700 Gas, district heating, solid fuel
600
Oil for transport
500
400
Oil, excluding transport
300
200 Electricity
100
0
1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006*
1
1 petajoule = 10 15 joule.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/energiregn_en/

Electricity supply
1992 1995 2000 2002 2005
Number
Electrical installations 355 326 332 309 306
Power producing 237 215 146 168 168
1
GWh
Electricity production 117 206 123 011 142 817 130 473 137 811
Import 1 380 2 300 1 474 5 334 3 653
Export 10 109 8 962 20 529 15 045 15 695
Net consumption, priority 92 628 97 450 100 397 103 236 106 240
Wood and paper processing 4 628 5 134 5 164 5 288 5 744
Energy-intensive industry 27 468 28 369 30 521 29 620 34 984
Mining/quarrying and other industry 8 721 8 539 7 004 7 341 6 936
Households and agriculture 33 176 35 587 35 685 36 111 35 404
Other 18 635 19 819 22 022 24 875 21 490
Net consumption, non-priority 7 813 7 514 10 518 6 842 5 592
1
1 GWh = 1 000 000 KWh.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/elektrisitet_en/

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Hydropower, 31 December 2006
GWh1 Per cent
Potential2 205 097 100

Developed 120 887 59

Under development 1 668 1
Concession issued 942 0
Concession applied for 2 411 1
3
Preliminary plans announced 1 165 1
Protected water systems 44 803 22
Remainder 33 221 16
1 2
Power plants producing less than 50 kW not included in table. Energy available in Norwegian waterways
3
that are technically and economically developable. Concession application expected.
Source: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration.
More information: http://www.nve.no/english

3 1
Total production of crude oil and natural gas. Mill. sm o.e.
Mill. sm 3 o.e.
300

250
Natural gas
200

150

100

50 Oil, including NGL and condensate

0
1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
1 3
sm (standard cubic metre) o.e. (oil equivalent).
Source: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
More information: http://www.npd.no/English/

Largest oil-producing countries, 2006. Mill. barrels per day

Saudi Arabia 10.2
Russia 9.7
USA 7.3
Iran 4.3
Mexico 3.7
China 3.7
Canada 3.2
United Arab Emirates 3.0
Venezuela 2.8
Norway 2.8
Source: Facts, The Norwegian Petroleum Sector 2007, published by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum
and Energy and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
More information: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/ministries/oed.html?id=750

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12. Economy
Gross domestic product per capita, selected countries
1
(PPP USD) , 2006
Poland
Hungary
South Korea
Euro area2
Spain
Greece
Japan
Germany
Finland
Sweden
UK
Denmark
Iceland
USA
Norway
Luxembourg
0 20 000 40 000 60 000 80 000
PPP USD
1 2
PPP = Purchasing power parity. Excluding Slovenia.
Source: OECD in Figures 2007. More information: http://www.oecd.org/

Gross national product per capita, current and constant prices. NOK
NOK
500 000

400 000
Constant 2006 prices
300 000

200 000
Current prices
100 000

0
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/nr_en/
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Gross domestic product, by sector
1990 2006*
NOK mill. Per cent NOK mill. Per cent
Gross domestic product 736 294 100.0 2 155 780 100.0

Agriculture 14 232 1.9 9 973 0.5

Forestry 3 725 0.5 3 545 0.2
Fishing and fish farming 4 392 0.6 15 036 0.7
Oil and natural gas activity 87 597 11.9 537 220 24.9
Production of crude oil and natural gas 85 727 11.6 518 342 24.0
Services to the oil and gas sector 1 870 0.3 18 878 0.9

Mining and quarrying 1 730 0.2 3 608 0.2

Manufacturing 80 137 10.9 183 742 8.5

Electricity supply 20 959 2.8 50 951 2.4
Construction 28 345 3.8 89 048 4.1
Wholesale and retail trade 72 778 9.9 145 817 6.8
Hotels and restaurants 9 404 1.3 24 338 1.1
Pipeline operations 7 803 1.1 18 596 0.9
Transport 26 929 3.7 51 284 2.4
Post and telecommunication 16 287 2.2 31 183 1.4
Shipping 17 799 2.4 34 219 1.6
International shipping 16 005 2.2 30 696 1.4
Domestic shipping 1 794 0.2 3 523 0.2
Banking and insurance 33 711 4.6 71 467 3.3
Housing services 43 936 6.0 76 695 3.6
Business services 34 734 4.7 183 784 8.5
Other private services 30 851 4.2 94 562 4.4

Public services 117 505 16.0 295 225 13.7

Correction items1 83 440 11.3 235 486 10.9
1
Value-added and investment taxes, other product taxes, net and statistical deviations.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/nr_en/

1
Government Pension Fund – Global as of 31 December
NOK bill.
2 000

1 500

1 000

500

0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
1
Former Norwegian Petroleum Fund.
Source: Norges Bank (Norway's central bank).
More information: http://www.norgesbank.no/english/

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Central government revenues and expenditures. NOK bill.
1995 2000 2006
A. Revenues, total (A1+A2) 382.4 644.5 1 051.2
A1. Revenues, excluding petroleum activity 344.1 486.0 696.5
Taxes and fees from mainland Norway 190.8 288.3 393.0
Social security and pension premiums 91.8 131.4 186.8
Property income 44.1 50.9 108.3
Transfers 16.4 14.1 6.4
Capital income 1.0 1.3 2.0
A2. Revenues from petroleum activity 38.3 158.5 354.7
Taxes and fees from petroleum activity 27.6 61.4 217.3
Other petroleum revenues 10.7 97.1 137.4

B. Expenditures, total (B1) 359.1 465.8 682.4

B1. Expenditures 359.1 465.8 682.4
General public services 81.5 94.6 127.3
Defence 22.3 27.3 32.7
Public order and safety 6.9 10.9 13.7
Business development 45.8 53.7 59.9
Environmental protection 2.2 2.0 2.5
Housing and community 1.0 1.1 1.0
Health 21.7 45.1 108.6
Recreation, cultural affairs and religion 4.1 5.8 8.7
Education 25.5 29.3 39.3
Social security services 148.1 196.0 288.7

C. Net financial investments (A-B) 23.3 178.7 368.8

Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/offinnut_en/

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13. Norway abroad
Foreign Service. December 2007
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Street address: 7. juni plass 1 / Victoria Terrasse 7
Postal address: PO Box 8114 Dep, NO-0032 Oslo
Tel.: + 47 22 24 36 00
Fax: + 47 22 24 95 80/22 24 95 81
E-mail: post@mfa.no

Foreign Service missions

104 diplomatic and consular missions
88 embassies
9 consulates general
7 delegations

383 honorary consulates

92 consulates general
280 consulates
10 vice consulates
1 consular agencies

Personnel
About 700 positions

In foreign missions:
About 645, including special envoys
About 875 local employees

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Innovation Norway
Innovation Norway offers services and programmes designed to foster regional
development, stimulate innovation in business and industry across the country and
promote Norwegian business and tourism.

Innovation Norway is a global organization. In addition to being represented in every

Norwegian county, it has offices in more than 30 countries. In countries where Innovation
Norway has no offices, Norwegian embassies provide access to international networks.
Employees have insight into local and international relationships that can help transform
business ideas into successes.

Street address in Oslo: Akersgata 13, NO-0104 Oslo

Telephone: + 47 22 00 25 00
Telefax: + 47 22 00 25 01
E-mail: post@innovasjonnorge.no

Postal address: Innovation Norway

PO Box 448 Sentrum
NO-0104 Oslo
More information: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/english

Norwegian Seamen's Mission/Norwegian Church Abroad

The Norwegian Seamen's Mission/Norwegian Church Abroad is a volunteer organization
affiliated with the Church of Norway. It serves as a religious, cultural and social meeting
place for all Norwegians abroad. It also offers emergency services, interpersonal
networking and relationship counselling. It has 49 locations abroad.

Street address: Strandgt. 198

Postal address: PO Box 2007, NO-5817 Bergen
Tel.: + 47 55 55 22 55
Fax: + 47 55 55 22 50
E-mail: adm@sjomannskirken.no
info@sjomannskirken.no
Internet: www.sjomannskirken.no
More information: http://www.sjomannskirken.no/hoved.aspx?m=2843

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14. Development cooperation
Development aid, public expenditures. NOK mill.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Development aid expenditures, total
(gross1 aid) 13 584.9 14 505.5 14 855.1 17 946.1 18 949.9
Per cent of GNP 0.89 0.92 0.87 0.94 0.9

Bilateral assistance 8 533.7 9 694.4 9 599.4 11 917.1 12 629.2

Directly bilateral 6 516.1 7 254.0 6 970.0 7 850.4 8 487.8
Administered by multilateral
organizations (multi-bi) 2 017.6 2 440.4 2 629.4 4 066.7 4 141.5
Multilateral assistance 4 399.7 4 107.1 4 462.9 5 143.7 5 268.0
Administration 651.5 703.9 792.8 885.3 1 052.7

Bilateral assistance by type of

recipient organization
Non-profit organizations, total 3 042.3 3 290.4 3 313.3 3 920.1 4 214.8
Of which Norwegian non-profit
organizations 2 316.7 2 459.6 2 482.0 2 975.0 3 098.3
Local non-profit organizations 237.3 255.6 292.7 308.6 343.9
Regional non-profit organizations 60.5 51.4 54.4 57.4 66.0
International non-profit organizations 235.4 288.5 246.8 326.8 368.8
Nordic research institutions/
foundations 192.4 235.3 237.4 252.4 337.8
Other, total 5 491.4 6 404.0 6 286.2 7 997.0 8 414.4

Bilateral assistance 8 533.7 9 694.4 9 599.4 11 917.1 12 629.2

Bilateral assistance by objective

Health and education 2 157.0 2 451.3 2 448.0 3 108.6 2 970.5
Emergency relief 2 306.5 2 758.8 2 025.3 2 896.3 2 611.9
Economic development and trade 1 585.9 2 018.3 2 177.5 2 528.5 2 895.1
Governance 1 629.6 1 581.8 1 837.4 2 122.4 2 662.1
Environment and energy 663.6 702.4 895.7 1 040.7 1 204.8
HIV-AIDS 191.2 181.8 215.4 220.7 284.8
1
From 2005 onward, gross bilateral aid = net bilateral aid.
Source: NORAD - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
More information: http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1139
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 1 2
Bilateral aid to partner countries , 2006. NOK mill.

Nigeria
Indonesia
Kenya
South Africa
China
East Timor
Guatemala
Vietnam
Madagascar
Mali
Eritrea
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Angola
Nepal
Nicaragua
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia
Malawi
Uganda
Mozambique
Zambia
Afghanistan
Tanzania
Palestinian Territories
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
NOK mill.
1 2
Includes multi-bi aid. Priority recipients are shown with dark colour.
Source: NORAD - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
More information: http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1139

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15. Foreign trade
Current account. NOK mill.
NOK mill.
500 000 Current account surplus
Net income and transfers
400 000
Trade surplus
300 000

200 000

100 000

-100 000
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2006
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/ur_en/

Foreign trade in goods, by category, 2007*

Import Export
NOK mill. Per cent NOK mill. Per cent
Total 468 663 100.0 813 600 100.0
Food products and live animals 24 280 5.2 38 697 4.8
Beverages and tobacco 3 939 0.8 585 0.1
Raw materials, excluding fuel 42 582 7.6 10 189 1.2
Fuel (including crude oil, natural gas),
electric power, etc. 20 301 4.7 531 237 67.9
Animal and vegetable oils and fat 2 353 0.5 1 031 0.1
Chemical products 41 463 9.3 39 925 4.5
Finished goods 79 728 17.0 97 963 10.6
Machinery and transport equipment 186 650 40.1 74 028 8.5
Miscellaneous manufactured articles 67 120 14.8 19 611 2.2
Other goods and transactions 247 0.0 333 0.0
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/muh_en/

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Foreign trade, by region and country, 2007*
Import Export
NOK mill. Per cent NOK mill. Per cent
Total 468 663 100.0 813 600 100.0

Nordic countries 117 462 25.1 93 172 11.5

EFTA 5 385 1.1 4 462 0.5
EU 321 911 68.7 642 825 79.0
Developing countries 68 616 14.6 46 023 5.7

Europe 345 594 73.7 679 263 83.5

Belgium 9 670 2.1 20 329 2.5
Denmark 30 020 6.4 25 578 3.1
Finland 17 204 3.7 9 948 1.2
France 17 008 3.6 69 248 8.5
Greece 905 0.2 1 460 0.2
Ireland 5 559 1.2 13 830 1.7
Iceland 1 041 0.2 1 758 0.2
Italy 15 425 3.3 23 796 2.9
Netherlands 17 410 3.7 83 052 10.2
Poland 9 752 2.1 10 196 1.3
Portugal 1 271 0.3 5 065 0.6
Russia 11 460 2.4 5 520 0.7
Spain 10 121 2.2 18 607 2.3
UK 32 076 6.8 211 504 26.0
Switzerland 4 964 1.1 5 314 0.7
Sweden 68 572 14.6 51 954 6.4
Germany 63 571 13.6 103 401 12.7
Austria 4 527 1.0 2 375 0.3

Africa 6 913 1.5 5 899 0.7

Botswana 3 134 0.7 0 0.0
South Africa 964 0.2 986 0.1

Asia 60 032 12.8 44 193 5.4

Japan 10 342 2.2 7 703 0.9
China 28 313 6.0 9 493 1.2
Singapore 953 0.2 6 213 0.8
South Korea 4 335 0.9 7 133 0.9

North America 45 230 9.7 77 830 9.6

Canada 20 433 4.4 23 280 2.9
USA 22 374 4.8 49 687 6.1

South America 9 757 2.1 4 047 0.5

Argentina 247 0.1 158 0.0
Brazil 4 988 1.1 2 735 0.3
Chile 632 0.1 701 0.1

Oceania 1 139 0.2 2 368 0.3

Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/muh_en/

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Goods imported to Norway, by country of origin, 2007

France
Finland
Netherlands
Canada
USA
China
Denmark
UK
Germany
Sweden
0 5 10 15 20
Per cent
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/muh_en/

Goods exported from Norway, by country of destination, 2007

Belgium
Italy
Canada
Denmark
USA
Sweden
France
Netherlands
Germany
UK
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Per cent
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/muh_en/

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16. Official flag days and public holidays in
Norway
1
2008
Tuesday 1 January New Year's Day F
Monday 21 January HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra's birthday F
Wednesday 6 February Sami National Day F
Thursday 21 February HM King Harald's birthday F
Sunday 16 March Palm Sunday *
Thursday 20 March Maundy Thursday *
Friday 21 March Good Friday *
Sunday 23 March Easter Sunday * F
Monday 24 March Easter Monday *
Thursday 1 May Labour Day F
Thursday 1 May Ascension Day *
Thursday 8 May Liberation Day 1945 F
Sunday 11 May Whit Sunday * F
Monday 12 May Whit Monday *
Saturday 17 May Constitution Day F
Saturday 7 June Dissolution of union with Sweden 1905 F
Friday 4 July HM Queen Sonja's birthday F
Sunday 20 July HRH Crown Prince Haakon's birthday F
Tuesday 29 July St. Olav's Day F
Tuesday 19 August HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit's birthday F
Thursday 25 December Christmas Day F
Friday 26 December Boxing Day
1
Official flag-flying days = F. Public holidays = bold type. Holidays with unfixed dates = *.

Norwegian holidays with unfixed dates

Holiday 2008 2009 2010
Palm Sunday 16 Mar. 5 Apr. 28 Mar.
Maundy Thursday 20 Mar. 9 Apr. 1 Apr.
Good Friday 21 Mar. 10 Apr. 2 Apr.
Easter Sunday 23 Mar. 12 Apr. 4 Apr.
Easter Monday 24 Mar. 13 Apr. 5 Apr.
Ascension Day 1 May 21 May 13 May
Whit Sunday 11 May 31 May 23 May
Whit Monday 12 May 1 June 24 May
Source: Almanac for Norway 2008. More information: http://www.almanakken.uio.no/

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Picture credits
Cover: Knut Bry / tinagent.com

1: Petter Foss / MFA Norway

2: Arild Lyssand / MFA Norway
3: Marius E. Hauge
4: Marta B. Haga / MFA Norway
5: Guri Dahl / tinagent.com
6: Marius E. Hauge
7: Nina E. Tveter / Norwegian University of Science and Technology
8: Portrait of Henrik Wergeland / I. W. Tegner & Kittendorffs lith. inst. /
National Library of Norway, Picture Collection
9: Marta B. Haga / MFA Norway
10: Per Eide Studio / Norwegian Seafood Export Council
11: Petter Foss / MFA Norway
12: Marius E. Hauge
13: Pierre De Brisis / MFA Norway
14: Wera Helstrøm / MFA Norway
15: Kim Laland / StatoilHydro
16: Petter Foss / MFA Norway

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 Facts about Norway
Official name
Kingdom of Norway

System of government
Constitutional monarchy
Parliamentary democracy

The Royal House of Norway

Harald V, King of Norway, born 21 February 1937
Sonja, Queen of Norway, born 4 July 1937
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, born 20 July 1973
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, born 19 August 1973
Ingrid Alexandra, Princess of Norway, born 21 January 2004
Sverre Magnus, Prince of Norway, born 3 December 2005

Population
4 737 171 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008
Norway has an indigenous Sami population as well as five national minorities,
defined as groups with long association with Norway.

Official languages
Norwegian (the two forms Bokmål and Nynorsk)
Sami (equal status with Norwegian in parts of Troms and Finnmark counties)

Religion
Protestant Christianity

Currency
Norwegian kroner, NOK
1 EUR = NOK 7.96 as of January 2008
1 USD = NOK 5.41 as of January 2008
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