Just over half of the financial social assistance in Norway is going to people with an immigrant background, according to figures from Statistics Norway (SSB)….
The reopening of society is well underway, and the upswing in the Norwegian economy continues. The COVID-19 pandemic will nevertheless continue to impact the economy…
A total of 14,578 children were born between April and June this year. That is 575 more than at the same time last year, new…
People are moving out of the cities, new statistics from Statistics Norway (SSB) show. Oslo has the largest population decline. Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, and…
A total of 937 bankruptcies were initiated during the second quarter of the year, compared with 839 in the first quarter, according to Statistics Norway…
While the total number of employees increased by 4% from 2015 to 2020, the increase in IT occupations was as much as 21.1%, according to…
Almost one in three non-Western immigrants felt strong concern in the period after Norway closed down in 2020. Others were considerably calmer, according to the…
Currently, 1,005,600 people live alone in Norway. That corresponds to 18.8% of the population. The share increased by 0.5% from last year, according to Statistics…
A total of 43 million passengers traveled by train in Norway in 2020, a decline of almost half compared to the year before. The decline…
There were 700 more births in Norway in the first quarter of this year than in the same period last year, and the population increased…
The corona pandemic and closed borders have led to the lowest number of registered foreigners working in Norway since 2016. In total, in the first…
According to Statistics Norway (SSB), the corona pandemic seems to have led to more loneliness due to, among other things, increasing fear of infection and…
In 2020, Norway’s gross domestic product was NOK 145 billion lower than expected before the pandemic hit. The findings were prepared by Statistics Norway (SSB)…
Public transport registered 265 million fewer passengers last year, a decrease of 38% from the previous year. The decline is due to the coronavirus pandemic…
Norway spent almost NOK 72,000 on health expenditure per capita last year. That is NOK 1,700 more than in 2019, new figures from Statistics Norway…
For the first time, calculations from Statistics Norway (SSB) show that there may be a surplus of primary and lower secondary school teachers up to…
The population increase in Norway in 2020 was the lowest since 2001. The reason? The corona measures and the very low immigration throughout last year….
Last year, commissioning permissions were granted for the construction of almost 30,000 homes. That is a decrease of 5% compared to 2019. According to Statistics…
The proportion of immigrants who go on trips has increased considerably since 2017, figures from Statistics Norway (SSB) show. A new survey from Statistics Norway…
Import figures are always a good indication of what Norwegians will be putting under the Christmas tree. This year, electronics are the most popular. The…
