Half of the inhabitants of a Swedish Viking city were immigrants
It is not only today that populations move on. Both Norwegians and Danes are found to have been important in the Viking town of Sigtuna,…
It is not only today that populations move on. Both Norwegians and Danes are found to have been important in the Viking town of Sigtuna,…
According to Statistics Norway, people with religious backgrounds are keen to marry someone of the same faith, which according to Vårt Land newspaper, also applies…
A new report shows that immigrants are far more prone to social probelms than the rest of the population. Those living in the districts are…
Half of those receiving social assistance are refugees or immigrants, reports NAV in their report “Poverty and living conditions in Norway”. “Should Norway have…
Never before has the percentage of Norwegians who think integration is going well has been so low. The government is announcing a new integration policy….
Government demanded more Norwegian lessons for immigrants, and also to look at the language standards. “It is a requirement for immigrants that they must…
The completion of the written part of the Norwegian exam for 14,000 adult immigrants is being stopped this week due to IT problems. “There…
6.1 percent of immigrants in Norway were registered as unemployed in the first quarter of the year. It is 1 percentage point lower than a…
From the start-up in 2005 til the end of 2016, more than 1,700 immigrants got into work after completing the Job Chance program. Approximately…
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Anniken Hauglie (H) proposes an amendment to the law so that more unemployed immigrants can be accepted into a…
Two out of three immigrants, 65%, were employed in the fourth quarter last year. Among the population of the same age, the percentage was 77.7%….
The number of immigrants grew by 21 700 in 2017, which is the lowest percentage growth in the last 20 years. The number of Norwegian-born to…
Unemployment continues to fall among immigrants in Norway. 5.6% of immigrants were completely unemployed in the fourth quarter last year, a decline of 0.9% from…
61 percent of those who went out of the introductory program for newly arrived immigrants in 2015 were either employed or registered in further education…
This report compares the prevalence of registered offenders among both immigrants and Norwegian-born persons with two immigrant parents as compared to the remaining population. We…
Since 1990, 1,275,000 people have immigrated into Norway. At the turn of the year, 73% of these immigrants still lived here. Six out of…
Immigrants have poorer living conditions than the population seen as a whole, but are still as satisfied with life in general as others, shows a…
The labour market in Norway is still gender-divided, shows a new study. Young workers, and non-western immigrants, however, help to balance the differences. According…
Immigrants in Norway on average earn less than the rest of the population, but in some professions, for example nurses this does not apply. …
Figures from Statistics Norway (SSB) show that Ola Nordmann paid NOK 112,800 in tax in 2015. Persons who were not born in Norway, paid only…