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,…
Immigrants
Religion important for partner choices for both native Norwegians and Norwegian immigrants
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…
Immigrants in Norway thrive best in villages
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 that receive social assistance are refugees or immigrants
Half of those receiving social assistance are refugees or immigrants, reports NAV in their report “Poverty and living conditions in Norway”. “Should Norway have…
Only two out of ten Norwegians believe integration is going well
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….
The government will set higher Norwegian language requirements for immigrants
Government demanded more Norwegian lessons for immigrants, and also to look at the language standards. “It is a requirement for immigrants that they must…
Norwegian language exam for 14,000 immigrants is cancelled this week
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…
Unemployment drops among immigrants
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…
Several immigrants get jobs after the Job Chance program
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…
Hauglie wants more immigrants in Nav Program
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…
Nearly two out of three immigrants in work
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%….
14 per cent of population are immigrants
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 drops among immigrants
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…
Increase in the proportion of immigrants in work or education after completion of introductory programs
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…
Crime among immigrants and children of immigrants in Norway
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…
Almost 1.3 million have immigrated to Norway since 1990
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, but are still satisfied
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…
Immigrants help to reduce gender segregation in working life
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…
Most Immigrants have lower wages
Immigrants in Norway on average earn less than the rest of the population, but in some professions, for example nurses this does not apply. …
Norwegian-born citizens pay almost twice the tax of immigrants
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…
