Two out of three people who completed the introductory program for newly arrived immigrants in 2013 were in work or education after five years. The…
Emissions of greenhouse gases in Norway decreased by 3% from 2018 to 2019. Last year they were 51 million tonnes, which is the lowest in…
Almost 3,000 children under the age of 15 were charged with criminal offenses last year. That is an increase of 52% since 2015, according to…
Eight out of ten Norwegians have been on a shorter hike in the mountains or the forest in the past year. However, fewer and fewer…
A recent survey by Statistics Norway (SSB) shows that only 21% of Norwegians went on a longer ski trip in the woods or the mountains…
From September last year to September this year, the number of jobs in Norway decreased by 2.8%. Following the introduction of infection control measures against…
Greenhouse gas emissions in Norway amounted to 51 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents in 2019, preliminary figures show. That is a decrease of 2% from…
Norway’s population is aging rapidly, and in just ten years, there will be more older people than children and young people in the country. The…
Unemployment increased in the third quarter of 2020 – a total of 153,000 people were unemployed (5.4%), according to Statistics Norway (SSB). Unemployment rose by…
The Tana river ended up on the top of the list of rivers where most salmon have been caught in the last decade, a survey…
The rise in food prices in Norway is more substantial than for other goods. Parliamentary representative Kårstein Løvaas (H) reacted to the price increase. According…
A total of almost 37,500 non-Nordic citizens immigrated to the country last year. Fewer immigrants seeking refuge moved to Norway in 2019, but labor immigration…
Payments for environmental subsidies and similar transfers increased by NOK 1.1 billion to NOK 9.4 billion last year. The preliminary figures from Statistics Norway (SSB)…
Norwegians who are unemployed and disabled experience the worst quality of life, while retirees and employed people are most satisfied with life, according to new…
The drinking habits of Norwegians have remained unchanged since last year. One in three Norwegians drinks alcohol every week, while 15% did not consume alcohol…
After registering improved revenues this summer, hotels in Norway saw a new decline in August. The reason? Foreign tourists are absent, especially in the cities…
In the last year, the number of young disabled people increased by 2,000. In the last seven years, the number of young disabled people has…
A total of 5.5 percent of immigrants in Norway were fully unemployed in the third quarter. This is a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from…
Do you want a true summer name for the baby? Spring and summer months are the most common to change first names in Norway….
Norway exported goods worth NOK 81.9 billion in April In April, Norway exported goods worth NOK 81.9 billion, an increase of 20.5 per cent compared…