Minifacts About Norway 2014

minifacts about Norway 2014

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ENG Norway, with Svalbard 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 5 109 056 inhabitants as of 1 January 2014 Norway has an indigenous Sami population as well as five national minorities, defined as groups with a long association with Norway. Official languages Norwegian (the two forms Bokmål and Nynorsk) Sami (three Sami languages, North Sami, Lule Sami and South Sami, which have the same status as Norwegian in the municipalities of Kautokeino, Karasjok, Tana, Porsanger and Nesseby in Finnmark; Kåfjord and Lavangen in Troms; Tysfjord in Nordland and Røyrvik and Snåsa in Nord-Trøndelag). In addition, Kven, Romani and Romanes are recognised as minority languages. Norwegian Sign Language also has an official status, primarily through the provisions of the Education Act. Religion Protestant Christianity Currency Norwegian kroner, NOK 1 EUR = NOK 8.39 as of January 2014 1 USD = NOK 6.17 as of January 2014

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 ...... 25 7. Education ...... 27 8. Media and culture ...... 32 9. Tourism and transportation ...... 37 10. Industries ...... 40 11. Energy ...... 48 12. The economy ...... 51 13. Norway abroad ...... 55 14. The EEA and Norway Grants ...... 57 15. Development cooperation ...... 58 16. Foreign trade ...... 60 17. Official flag days and public holidays in Norway ...... 63

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1. Government and elected representatives Number of Storting representatives and validated votes, 2013 elections Party Storting Per cent Validated Per cent representatives votes Total 169 100.0 2 836 029 100.0 Labour Party 55 32.5 874 769 30.8 Progress Party 29 17.2 463 560 16.3 Conservative Party 48 28.4 760 232 26.8 Socialist Left Party 7 4.1 116 021 4.1 Centre Party 10 5.9 155 357 5.5 Christian Democratic Party 10 5.9 158 475 5.6 Liberal Party 9 5.3 148 275 5.2 Green Party of Norway 1 0.6 79 152 2.8 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/stortingsvalg/ Party leaders Labour Party (A) Leader: Jens Stoltenberg Deputy Leader: Helga Pedersen Progress Party (FrP) Leader: Siv Jensen Deputy Leaders: Per Sandberg and Ketil Solvik-Olsen Conservative Party (H) Leader: Erna Solberg Deputy Leaders: Jan Tore Sanner and Bent Høie Christian Democratic Party (KrF) Leader: Knut Arild Hareide Deputy Leaders: Dagrun Eriksen and Bjørg Tysdal Moe Green Party (MDG) Leader: Rasmus Hansson National spokespersons: Hanna E. Marcussen and Harald A. Nissen Centre Party (Sp) Leader: Liv Signe Navarsete Deputy leaders: Ola Borten Moe and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Socialist Left Party (SV) Leader: Audun Lysbakken Deputy Leaders: Bård Vegar Solhjell and Inga Marte Thorkildsen Liberal Party (V) Leader: Trine Skei Grande Deputy Leaders: Ola Elvestuen and Terje Breivik Source: The parties' websites . More information: http://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/Members-of-the-Storting/ 2 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

0 1920 1925 1931 1937 1947 1955 1963 1971 1979 1987 1995 2003 20112013 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/valg/ Female representatives in the Storting and municipal councils Per cent 50 Storting elections 40

30 Municipal council elections 20

0 1969 1975 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 20112013 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/valg/ Percentage of female ministers in Norwegian governments Per cent 60

0 1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 Source: regjeringen.no. More information: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-ofthe- registry/ministries-and-offices/offices/men-and-women-in-norwegian-governments-s.html?id=586906 3 The Government and Ministries Office of the Prime Minister Prime Minister Erna Solberg (Conservative Party) Minister Vidar Helgesen (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (ASD) Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Robert Eriksson (Progress Party)

Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (BLD) Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion Solveig Horne (Progress Party)

Ministry of Finance (FIN) Minister of Finance Siv Jensen (Progress Party)

Ministry of Defence (FD) Minister of Defence Ine Eriksen Søreide (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Health and Care Services (HOD) Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Høie (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Justice and Public Security (JD) Minister of Justice and Public Security Anders Anundsen (Progress Party)

Ministry of Climate and Environment (KLD) Minister of Climate and Environment Tine Sundtoft (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation (KMD) Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Jan Tore Sanner (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Culture (KUD) Minister of Culture Thorhild Widwey (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Education and Research (KD) Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn Røe Isaksen (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Agriculture and Food (LMD) Minister of Agriculture and Food Sylvi Listhaug (Progress Party)

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (NFD) Minister of Fisheries Elisabeth Aspaker (Conservative Party) Minister of Trade and Industry Monica Mæland (Conservative Party)

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (OED) Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien (Progress Party)

Ministry of Transport and Communications (SD) Minister of Transport and Communications Ketil Solvik-Olsen (Progress Party)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende (Conservative Party) Source: government.no. More information: http://www.government.no

4 Storting Presidency President Olemic Thommessen (Conservative Party) Vice-Presidents First Vice-President: Marit Nybakk (Labour Party) Second Vice-President: Kenneth Svendsen (Progress Party) Third Vice-President: Svein Roald Hansen (Labour Party) Fourth Vice-President: Ingjerd Schou (Conservative Party) Fifth Vice-President: Line Henriette Hjemdal (Christian Democratic Party) Source: The Storting’s Information Service. More information: http://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/Standing-Commitees/The-Presidium/

Parliamentary Ombudsman for Public Administration PO Box 3 Sentrum, NO-0101 Oslo Tel. +47 22 82 85 00 Ombudsman Arne Fliflet E-mail: [email protected] Toll-free in Norway +47 800 80039 More information: http://www.sivilombudsmannen.no/?lang=en_GB

The Sami Parliament 2013-2017 Sametinget – Sámediggi Ávjovárgeaidnu 50, NO-9730 Karasjok/Kárášjohka. Tel. + 47 78 47 40 00 E-mail: [email protected] The Sami Parliament is a national elective assembly for the Sami of Norway. 39 representatives are elected every four years in 7 election districts throughout Norway.

Sami Parliament Council President of the Sami Parliament Aili Keskitalo Council member Henrik Oljen Council member Thomas Åhrén Council member Silje Karine Muotka Council member Ann-Mari Thomassen

Sami Parliament members, by party Labour Party 10, Norwegian Sami Association 11, Árja 4, Nordkalottfolket 3, Progress Party 2, Conservative Party 2, Åarjel-Saemiej Gïelh 2, Norwegian Sami Association and Sami People’s Party’s joint list 2, Permanent residents’ list 1, Nomadic Sami list 1 and Sami resident in the south of Norway 1. 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 Odd Olsen Ingerø E-mail: [email protected] More information: http://www.sysselmannen.no/en/

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 with Sweden 1 630 km with Finland 736 km with Russia 196 km Straight-line distance, Kinnarodden-Lindesnes 1 752 km Length of coastline, mainland 28 953 km Excluding fjords and bays 2 532 km Length of island coastlines 71 963 km Greatest breadth, mainland 431.7 km Narrowest breadth, mainland 1.6 km Area Kingdom of Norway 385 178 km2 Mainland (incl. freshwater bodies) 323 779 km2 Svalbard 61 022 km2 Jan Mayen 377 km2 Antarctica Bouvet Island 49 km2 Peter I Øy 156 km2 Queen Maud Land 2 741 000 km2

Largest lake Mjøsa 365 km2 Longest river Glomma 601 km Highest waterfall Kjelfossen 840 m Highest mountain Galdhøpiggen 2 469 m Largest glacier Jostedalsbreen 507 km2 Longest fjord Sognefjorden 204 km Largest inhabited island Hinnøya 2 205 km2 Source: Norwegian Mapping Authority. More information: http://www.statkart.no/en/

6 Air temperature averages1

Celsius 20 Oslo 15 Bergen 10 Vardø 5

-5

-10 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1Average for 1961-1990 (current standard normal period) in degrees C. Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute. More information: http://met.no/English/

Precipitation1 Oslo Bergen Trondheim Bodø Tromsø Vardø Annual average 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 for 1961-1990 (current standard normal period) in mm. Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute. More information: http://met.no/English/

Midnight sun (complete disc) and period of darkness. 2014 Period of darkness Latitude (N) Midnight sun End Start Svalbard (Longyearbyen) 78.2 20 Apr.-22 Aug. 16 Feb. 25 Oct. North Cape 71.2 13 May-29 July 24 Jan. 18 Nov. Hammerfest 70.7 16 May-27 July 21 Jan. 20 Nov. Tromsø 69.7 20 May-22 July 17 Jan. 25 Nov. Bodø 67.3 04 June-07 July 28 Dec. 15 Dec. Source: Almanac for Norway 2014. More information: http://www.almanakken.uio.no/

7 Protected areas under the Nature Conservation Act, the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act and the Act relating to Jan Mayen. 31 December 2012 Number Area, km2 National parks 43 45 635 Nature reserves 2 069 31 116 Landscape protection areas 200 17 281 Other protected areas1 478 402 1 Include flora and fauna protection areas (biotope protection), nature relics with and without area protection and biotopes protected under the Wildlife Act and the Act relating to salmonids and fresh-water fish. Source: Norwegian Environment Agency. More information: http://www.environment.no/ and http://www.ssb.no/en/arealvern/ Protected areas under the Nature Conservation Act, the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act and the Act relating to Jan Mayen. 31 December 2012

National park Nature reserve Landscape protection areas Other protected areas

Source: Norwegian Environment Agency. More information: http://www.environment.no/ and http://www.ssb.no/en/arealvern/ 8 National land use. 2013* Km2 Per cent Land area, excluding Svalbard and Jan Mayen 305 447 100.0 Agricultural area 9 832 3.2 Of which fully cultivated 8 078 2.6 Productive forest area1 83 497 27.3 Other 212 118 69.4 1 Includes productive forest area above the coniferous forest line. Source: Norwegian Mapping Authority, National Forest Inventory and Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/arealstat/

Household waste 1992 1998 2006 2012 Total household waste. 1 000 tonnes 1 012 1 364 1 940 2 172 Household waste. Kg per capita 237 309 414 430

Quantity recycled, including energy production. Kg per capita .. .. 287 359

Unsorted waste. Per cent 83350 55 Waste for incineration. Per cent .. 23 32 43 Waste for land disposal. Per cent .. 43 18 1 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/avfkomm/

Emissions to air1, compared with level of emissions in 1990. 1990=100

160 Volatile organic compounds except 140 methane (NMVOC)

120 Climate gases

100 Nitrogen oxide 80 (NOX) 60

40 Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 20

0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012*

Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/klimagassn/ and http://www.environment.no/

3. Demographics, health and crime

Population and population changes 1995 2013 Population1 4 369 957 5 109 056 Inhabitants per km2 land area 14 17

Live births, total 60 292 58 995 Male 31 006 30 138 Female 29 286 28 857 Live births per 1 000 inhabitants 13.8 11.6

Deaths, total 45 190 41 282 Male 23 020 19 976 Female 22 170 21 306 Deaths per 1 000 inhabitants 10.3 8.1

Excess of births 15 103 17 713 In-migration 25 678 75 789 Out-migration 19 312 35 716 Net in-migration 6 366 40 073 Population growth 21 547 57 781 Population growth. Per cent 0.5 1.1 1 Population as of 1 January 1996 and 1 January 2014. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/

Registered population as of 1 January 2014 and projection for 2020-2060 (average national growth rate). 1 000 Age 2014 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 Total 5 109 5 511 6 037 6 400 6 681 6 928 0-5 years of age 376 417 444 436 457 470 6-15 years of age 618 657 738 757 752 787 16-66 years of age 3 416 3 615 3 817 3 941 4 075 4 129 67 years of age and older 699 822 1 038 1 266 1 397 1 541 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/folkfram/

10 Counties and most densely populated municipalities. 1 January 2014 County/ Number of Area1. Per cent Population Per cent municipality municipalities Km2 Mainland 428 323 779 100.0 5 109 056 100.0 Østfold 18 4 181 1.3 284 962 5.6 Fredrikstad 284 77 591 Sarpsborg 370 54 059 Akershus 22 4 918 1.5 575 757 11.3 Bærum 189 118 588 Oslo 1 426 0.1 634 463 12.4 Hedmark 22 27 398 8.5 194 433 3.8 Ringsaker 1 123 33 463 Hamar 338 29 520 Oppland 26 25 192 7.8 187 820 3.7 Gjøvik 630 29 668 Lillehammer 451 27 028 Buskerud 21 14 911 4.6 272 228 5.3 Drammen 135 66 214 Ringerike 1 423 29 624 Vestfold 14 2 225 0.7 240 860 4.7 Sandefjord 119 44 976 Larvik 501 43 258 Telemark 18 15 296 4.7 171 469 3.4 Skien 719 53 439 Porsgrunn 161 35 516 Aust-Agder 15 9 158 2.8 113 747 2.2 Arendal 255 43 841 Grimstad 272 21 783 Vest-Agder 15 7 277 2.2 178 478 3.5 Kristiansand 259 85 983 Mandal 211 15 349 Rogaland 26 9 376 2.9 459 625 9.0 Stavanger 68 130 754 Sandnes 286 71 900 Hordaland 33 15 438 4.8 505 246 9.9 Bergen 445 271 949 Sogn og Fjordane 26 18 623 5.8 108 965 2.1 Førde 553 12 685 Møre og Romsdal 36 15 101 4.7 261 530 5.1 Ålesund 93 45 747 Molde 356 26 048 Sør-Trøndelag 25 18 839 5.8 306 197 6.0 Trondheim 322 182 035 Nord-Trøndelag 23 22 415 6.9 135 142 2.6 Stjørdal 913 22 683 Nordland 44 38 482 11.9 240 877 4.7 Bodø 1 312 49 731 Rana 4 204 25 943 Troms Romsa 24 25 863 8.0 162 050 3.2 Tromsø 2 474 71 590 Harstad 428 24 441 Finnmark Finnmárku 19 48 631 15.0 75 207 1.5 Alta 3 653 19 822 Hammerfest 819 10 287 1 Including lakes. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/folkemengde/ 11 Population by gender, age and marital status. 1 January 2014 90- Men 85-89 Women 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 100150200 50 0 0 50 100 150 200 1 000 1 000 Unmarried Married (incl. separated) Previously married

Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/folkemengde/ Married and cohabiting couples with and without children. 1 January 1990 2013 Couples, total 973 000 1 138 792 Married couples1 total 871 000 852 430 Without children2 467 000 510 700 With children2 404 000 341 730

Cohabiting couples, total 102 000 286 362 Without children2 52 000 128 499 With children2 50 000 157 863 1 Including registered partners. 2 Children = under 18, unmarried and living at home. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/familie/ Fertility rates in selected countries. 2012 Iceland 2.04 France 2.01 USA 1.99 UK 1.91 Sweden 1.91 Norway 1.85 Finland 1.80 Denmark 1.73 Switzerland 1.52 Russia (2011) 1.50 Italy 1.43 Germany 1.38 Spain 1.32 Poland 1.30 Portugal 1.28 Source: Eurostat and World Health Organization. More information: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ and http://www.who.int/gho/en/ 12 Fertility rates by county. 2013

Fertility rates. 2013 1.67-1.79 1.80-1.89 1.90-1.99 2.00-2.03

Source: Statistics Norway. Map data: Norwegian Mapping Authority More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/fodte/

Life expectancy at birth

Age 88 84 Female 80 76 72 Male 68 64 0 1946- 1956- 1966- 1976- 1986- 1996- 2006 2008 2010 2013 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/dode/

13 Life expectancy at birth in selected countries. 2012 Female Male Japan (2011) 86 79 France (2011) 86 79 Switzerland 85 81 Spain 85 80 Italy (2011) 85 80 Iceland 84 82 Sweden 84 80 Norway 84 80 Finland 84 78 Greece 83 78 Denmark 82 78 USA (2011) 81 76 Poland 81 73 Russia (2011) 75 63 Source: Eurostat and World Health Organization. More information: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ and http://www.who.int/gho/en/ Persons per private household 3,5 3,0 2,5 2,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 0,0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 20102013 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/familie/ Contracted registered partnerships 1993-2008. Contracted same- sex marriages 2009-2013

300 Female couples 250 Male couples

200

150

100

0 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/ekteskap/ 14 Marriages1 and divorces2

35 000 Contracted marriages 30 000

25 000

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000 Divorces

0 1886 1896 1906 1916 1926 1936 1946 1956 1966 1976 1986 1996 2013 1 From 2009, includes same-sex marriages. 2 Prior to 1951, divorces where one of the spouses was resident in Norway, from 1951 divorces where the husband was resident in Norway. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/ekteskap/

Adoptions by type of adoption 800 700

600 Intercountry adoptions 500 400 300 200 100 Adoption of stepchildren, fosterchildren, etc. 0 1970- 1975- 1980- 1985- 1990- 1995- 2000- 2005- 2010 2011 2012 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/adopsjon/

Most popular names given to children in 2013 Boys' names Girls' names 1 Filip/Fillip/Philip/Phillip Emma 2 William Sara/Sahra/Sarah 3 Lucas/Lukas Sofie/Sophie 4 Mathias/Matias Ingrid/Ingri 5 Jakob/Jacob Nora/Norah 6 Oskar/Oscar Maja 7 Oliver Linnea/Linea 8 Alexander/Aleksander Thea/Tea 9 Magnus Sofia/Sophia 10 Isak/Isac/Isaac Emilie Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/navn/ 15 Immigrant population1 and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents2 Norwegian-born to Immigrant population1 immigrant parents2 National background3 1995 2013 1995 2013 Total 186 039 593 321 29 009 117 144

Immigrant population and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, per cent of total population 4.3 11.7 0.7 2.3

Europe, total 92 887 323 260 6 850 32 883 Poland 5 015 76 662 561 5 939 Sweden 13 860 35 602 554 1 865 Germany 6 761 24 240 373 2 158 Denmark 17 265 18 672 1 224 1 632 Russia4 788 15 802 19 2 142 UK 10 247 13 718 509 786 Bosnia-Herzegovina4 9 409 13 232 255 3 381 Kosovo4 . 9 821 . 4 243 Netherlands 2 872 7 086 325 772 Finland 4 173 6 182 226 529

Africa, total 14 433 67 566 3 146 21 198 Somalia 3 328 24 015 667 9 102 Eritrea 43 10 040 3 1 718 Ethiopia 1 875 5 683 386 1 413 Morocco 3 026 5 228 1 168 3 616 Ghana 1 099 1 665 223 616

Asia, including Turkey, total 60 918 171 919 17 567 59 953 Iraq 2 337 21 961 199 7 653 Pakistan 11 507 18 440 7 266 15 194 Philippines 3 974 16 335 539 1 672 Iran 7 099 15 557 694 3 304 Thailand 1 925 14 988 71 595 Vietnam 10 520 13 422 2 811 7 929 Afghanistan 359 12 195 71 2 254 Turkey 5 922 10 786 2 121 6 218 Sri Lanka 5 951 8 943 1 162 5 648 India 3 704 8 691 1 457 3 269

North and Central America, total 10 028 13 602 377 758 USA 8 078 8 102 272 322 Canada 1 018 1 712 35 63

South America, total 6 993 15 024 1 041 2 301 Chile 5 074 6 198 887 1 667 Brazil 502 3 539 17 138

Oceania, total 778 1 950 30 51 1 Foreign-born with two foreign-born parents. 2 Persons with two foreign-born parents. 3 Country of birth for persons born abroad; mother's or father's country of birth for persons born in Norway with two foreign-born parents. 4 Comparisons are difficult due to changes in national borders. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/innvbef/

16 Asylum seekers arriving in Norway, by nationality Nationality 1993 1998 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total 12 876 8 374 5 402 10 064 9 053 9 785 11 192 Europe 11 523 4 716 1 435 1 318 847 1 143 1 029 Africa 464 1 229 1 624 5 112 5 097 5 263 6 897 Asia 731 2 138 2 106 3 143 2 796 3 086 2 705 North and Central America 12 2 10 30 38 27 19 South America 26 204 18 12 12 3 11 Oceania - 2 - 1 1 - 2 Stateless 120 85 209 448 262 263 529 Source: Norwegian Directorate of Immigration. More information: http://www.udi.no/en/

Persons aged 16-79 who are overweight (BMI 25-27) or obese (BMI >= 30)

Per cent 35

30 Obese Overweight 25

0 1973 1995 1998 2005 2008 2012 1973 1995 1998 2005 2008 2012 Women Men Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/helseforhold/

Daily smokers, by gender. Per cent Per cent 60

50 Men aged 16-74 40

30 Women aged 16-74 20

0 1973 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/royk/

17 Causes of death. 2012 Per cent Total Male Female Deaths, total 100.0 41 913 20 025 21 888

Diseases, total 94.2 39 489 18 630 20 859 Malignant tumours 26.0 11 062 5 890 5 172 Heart and circulatory diseases 33.0 13 010 5 975 7 035 Respiratory diseases 10.8 4 267 2 032 2 235 Other 28.9 11 412 4 866 6 546

Violent deaths, total 5.8 2 424 1 395 1 029 Accidents 4.5 1 874 1 001 873 Suicides 1.2 515 369 146 Homicides 0.1 30 21 9 Other 0.0 5 4 1 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/dodsarsak/

Persons criminally charged per 10 000 inhabitants; criminal offences investigated and cleared per 1 000 inhabitants

Persons criminally charged per 10 000 inhabitants Criminal offences investigated per 1 000 inhabitants 100 Criminal offences cleared per 1 000 inhabitants 80

0 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2012 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/lovbrudde/

Reported offences, by type of offence 2003 2012 Offence type Number Per 1 000 Number Per 1 000 inhabitants inhabitants Total 420 762 92.4 393 674 79.0 Economic 15 951 3.5 8 047 1.6 Other offences for gain 214 973 47.2 179 948 36.1 Violent 24 478 5.4 27 151 5.4 Sexual 3 322 0.7 4 719 0.9 Narcotics 36 657 8.1 45 921 9.2 Damage to property 21 618 4.7 18 165 3.6 Environmental 2 391 0.5 2 333 0.5 Workplace environment 793 0.2 773 0.2 Traffic 59 537 13.1 60 535 12.1 Other 41 042 9.0 46 082 9.2 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/lovbrudda/ 18

4. Living conditions and consumption

Housing figures. 2013 Total dwellings (occupied and vacant) 2 449 210 Cabins, summer dwellings and the like 413 114 Total buildings 4 015 718

Block apartments and buildings with elevators Per cent Elevator in building 35.2 No elevator in building 64.8

Building types – share of all dwellings Detached house 52.2 House with two dwellings 9.1 Row house, linked house and house with 3 or 4 dwellings 11.5 Multi-dwelling building 22.5 Residence for communities 1.9 Other building types 2.8

Dwellings by densely/sparsely populated areas Dwellings in densely populated areas 78.7 Dwellings in sparsely populated areas 21.3

Ownership form Private persons 72.4 Private enterprises 6.3 Housing cooperatives and house-building cooperatives 13.9 Publicly owned 3.3 Other 4.0 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/bygg-bolig-og-eiendom

19 Average annual expenditure per household. 1998-2000 and 2012 Commodity and service category 2000 NOK Per cent 2012 NOK Per cent Expenditures, total 280 100 100.0 435 500 100.0 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 33 500 12.0 51 400 11.8 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 8 100 2.9 11 700 2.7 Clothing and footwear 16 300 5.8 23 600 5.4 Housing, lighting and heating 71 300 25.4 136 000 31.2 Furniture and household articles 17 300 6.2 24 500 5.6 Health 7 700 2.8 11 400 2.6 Transport 56 800 20.3 81 600 18.7 Postal and telecommunication services 5 600 2.0 8 300 1.9 Culture and leisure 33 600 12.0 43 300 10.0 Education 900 0.3 1 000 0.2 Restaurant and hotel services 11 400 4.1 15 600 3.6 Other 17 500 6.3 27 100 6.2 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/fbu/

Proportion of household expenditure on food, housing and transport Per cent 70

50 Transport 40

30 Housing 20

10 Food 0 1958 1973 1977- 1983- 1989- 1996- 2002- 2012 1979 1985 1991 1998 2004 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/fbu/

5. Work and pay

Primary work status, persons aged 15-74. Average percentage 2013

Other activity/ Not stated Retired 5 % 8 % Early retirement/ disability 10 %

Homemakers 1 %

Working1 In education 62 % 13 %

1 Includes both full-time and part-time employment as primary activity. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/aku/

21 Labour force participation and unemployment. Persons aged 15-64. Selected countries. 2012

Iceland Sweden Denmark Norway Germany Russia UK Finland Spain Portugal Japan USA France Greece Working Poland Unemployed Italy 0 20406080100 Per cent Source: OECD. More information: http://www.oecd.org

Women in the labour force aged1 15-64 and proportion of part- time workers. Selected countries. 2012

Iceland Norway Sweden Netherlands Denmark Finland Germany UK France Portugal Poland Employed Spain Part-time Italy

0 20406080100 Per cent 1 Percentage of women in the same age group in the population. Source: Eurostat. More information: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ 22 Public sector employment as share of total employment Per cent 35

20 Municipal 15

5 State

0 1970 1980 1990 2000 2013* Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/nr/

Employment by industry. Average percentage 2013. Thousands and per cent Per cent Total Male Female Total (including "not stated") 100.0 2 610 1 378 1 231 Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 2.2 57 46 11 Mining and quarrying 2.8 72 57 15 Manufacturing 8.7 228 174 54 Electricity, water and refuse disposal 1.0 27 20 7 Construction 7.5 197 184 14 Domestic trade 13.6 355 189 166 Transport, storage and warehousing 5.3 139 111 29 Hotel and restaurant 2.6 69 27 41 Information and communications 4.0 105 75 30 Financial services and insurance 2.1 54 26 28 Technical activities, real estate 6.6 172 104 68 Business activities 4.0 104 59 44 Public administration, defence and social insurance 6.4 167 87 79 Education 8.4 220 76 144 Health and social work 20.5 534 95 438 Personal services 3.9 103 43 59 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/aku/

23 Average monthly pay1 for men and women in selected industries. 2012 Women's pay Industry Men Women as percentage of men's NOK Per cent All employees 42 100 36 400 86

Oil and natural gas production 60 800 56 600 93 Manufacturing 40 400 36 100 89 Construction 37 100 37 300 101 Wholesale and retail trade 38 000 31 200 82 Transport 39 700 35 900 90 Information and communications 52 800 44 600 84 Financial services 62 400 43 600 70 Professional, scientific and technical services 54 700 42 500 78 Business services 34 000 31 300 92 Public administration (central and local government) 43 300 39 300 91 Education 41 800 38 900 93 Health and social services 41 200 35 800 87 1 Pay for part-time workers converted to full-time equivalents. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/lonnansatt/

6. Care services and social welfare Children receiving cash benefit in lieu of day-care attendance. Percentage of all children1 as of December Per cent 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 1 Cash benefits are provided for children aged between 13 and 23 months. Cash benefits for two-year-olds were abolished from 1 August 2012. Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV). More information: http://www.nav.no/english/ Children under protection1 per 1 000 children 0-17 years 35

0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2012 1 As of 31 December. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/barneverng/ 25 Financial social security. Number of benefit cases

200 000

150 000

100 000

50 000

0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2012 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/soshjelpk/

Disability pension recipients. Total number 250 000

200 000

150 000 Female

100 000 Male 50 000

0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 Source: Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV). More information: http://www.nav.no/english

Users of nursing and care services1 200 000 180 000 Home service recipients 160 000 140 000 120 000 100 000 80 000 60 000 Assisted-living residents2 40 000 Institutional residents 20 000 0 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 1 As of 2007, the data source is the IPLOS health registry. 2Sheltered housing is not included in the figures after 2009. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/pleie/ 26

7. Education

Kindergarten coverage1 Per cent 100 Ages 3-5 90 80 70 60 Ages 1-5 50 40 30 Ages 1-2 20 10 0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2012 1 Proportion of children in kindergartens as percentage of children in corresponding age group. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/barnehager/

Pupils attending after-school care facilities 2000 2005 2013 Total 121 867 133 282 157 370 Year 1 38 440 44 937 49 656 Year 2 35 895 38 677 47 087 Year 3 29 779 31 421 37 642 Year 4 16 478 16 739 21 256 Years 5 to 7 1 275 1 508 1 729 Source: The information system for primary and lower secondary education. More information: http://www.gsi.udir.no

27 Schools and pupils/students 1984/85 2012/2013 Type of school Schools Pupils/ Schools Pupils/ students students Primary/lower secondary schools 3 540 545 879 2 957 614 894 Private primary/lower secondary schools . . 185 18 190 Upper secondary schools1 920 203 702 453 260 218 Private upper secondary schools . 16 936 104 31 923 Universities and colleges2 228 92 083 76 244 118 Private universities and colleges 67 15 402 38 38 649 1 Pupils and apprentices in upper secondary schools as well as pupils and students in technical schools and county colleges. 2 Military colleges are not included. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/utdanning/

Share of men and women with higher education. Per cent Per cent 35

15 Men 10 Women 5

0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 20102012 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/utniv/

Students in higher education, by category of educational institution1 Per cent Per cent 2000/01 2012/13 female female Total students 186 002 60.0 245 572 59.9 Universities 69 195 55.3 102 543 57.3 Specialised institutions at university level 7 706 48.9 30 820 51.8 University colleges 84 880 65.9 90 767 64.6 National institutes of the arts 770 68.3 832 65.3 Norwegian Police University College 940 29.7 2 461 37.7 Military colleges 949 6.0 1 454 13.5 Private university colleges 21 562 56.7 16 695 72.3 1 Norwegian students abroad are not included. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/utuvh/

28 Foreign students1 in Norway Students in higher education Nationality 2005/06 2010/11 2012/13 Share of women 2012/13 Total students2 13 631 18 740 21 192 57.1 Sweden 1 056 1 323 1 746 66.8 Russia 716 949 1 061 77.9 Germany 462 772 792 60.4 China 547 722 726 59.9 Denmark 779 726 812 59.6 Iran 253 322 415 55.4 USA 314 325 370 58.1 Poland 153 309 423 73.0 Nepal 73 329 397 26.4 Iceland 202 282 368 69.8 UK 314 308 324 50.9 Finland 264 276 266 77.1 Pakistan 163 252 310 22.3 Netherlands 138 262 290 53.4 Ukraine 113 266 311 81.0 Ethiopia 188 272 270 26.3 Lithuania 152 196 237 77.2 India 102 193 163 35.6 Ghana 124 186 194 30.9 France 119 137 154 51.9 Iraq 213 133 176 48.3 Romania 116 156 180 76.1 Spain 101 153 185 50.8 Latvia 94 120 129 88.4 Italy 48 107 133 46.6 Bosnia-Herzegovina 198 127 107 51.4 Philippines 60 111 176 82.4 Afghanistan 96 96 124 41.1

Others and unspecified3 6 473 9 330 10 353 53.6 1 Foreign students are not necessarily in Norway only for study purposes. Some students with foreign nationality may have permanent residence here. Persons attending doctoral programmes are not included. 2 Some foreign students were probably not yet registered on the date of the census, 1 October. This may have resulted in underestimation of the number of foreign nationals attending higher education. 3 Unspecified nationality. Includes exchange students. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/utuvh/

29 Norwegian students/pupils abroad Exchange or study-abroad Degree studies programmes Country 1992/93 2000/01 2012/13 2012/13 Total 8 932 15 510 16 260 8 116

UK 2195 3928 4657 567 Denmark 675 1 901 2 791 242 Poland 10 327 1 521 . Hungary 10 630 814 . Sweden 1 096 881 772 149 Netherlands 158 572 387 125 Slovakia . . 455 . Czech Republic . 53 313 . France 374 457 251 299 Germany 949 700 227 250 Spain 60 158 136 235 Ireland 3 148 90 . Italy 74 89 88 108 Switzerland 248 222 45 . Other Europe . 158 395 544

China . . . 309 Japan . . . 96 Singapore . . . 143 India . . . 136 Other Asia . 82 171 399

USA 2 305 1 699 1 650 1 523 Canada 130 164 140 204

Latin America . 65 25 457

South Africa . . 67 297 Tanzania . . . 462 Other Africa . 47 8 704

Australia . 3 062 1 189 753 New Zealand . 108 68 114

Other 522 . . . Source: Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund. More information: http://www.lanekassen.no/Toppmeny/Languages/

30 Research & Development expenditure 2001 2012* R & D R & D R & D R & D expenditure. man-years expenditure. man-years NOK mill. NOK mill. Total 24 469 27 108 48 135 37 804 Business and industry 12 614 12 636 21 268 16 159 Research institute sector 5 581 6 988 11 828 9 232 University and college sector 6 274 7 484 15 039 12 413

Total R & D expenditure as share of GDP. Per cent 1.59 1.66 Source: The Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU). More information: http://www.nifu.no/en/

Researchers per 1 000 persons in the labour force. Selected countries. 2012

Finland Denmark Iceland (2011) Norway Sweden Japan Portugal USA (2011) France (2011) Germany UK Russia Spain Italy Poland China

0246810121416 Source: OECD More information: http://www.oecd.org

8. Media and culture

Norway's largest newspapers Newspaper, city of publication Circulation Change Circulation Change 2012 from 2011 2013 from 2012 Per cent Per cent VG - Verdens Gang, Oslo 188 354 -10,9 164 430 -12,7 Aftenposten, morning edition, Oslo 225 981 -4,2 214 026 -5,3 Dagbladet, Oslo 88 539 -10,6 80 028 -9,6 Aftenposten, evening edition, Oslo 96 100 -5,6 discontinued . Bergens Tidende, Bergen 76 817 -3,3 73 470 -4,4 Adresseavisen, Trondheim 70 089 -2,2 67 325 -3,9 Dagens Næringsliv, Oslo 82 889 0,4 80 595 -2,8 Stavanger Aftenblad, Stavanger 61 636 -2,6 59 262 -3,9 Drammens Tidende, Drammen 31 213 -6,4 29 124 -6,7 Fædrelandsvennen, Kristiansand 35 441 -3,2 34 845 -1,7 Source: Norwegian Media Businesses' Association. More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/

Newspapers1 Number Circulation. 1 000 1993 2013 1993 2013 Newspapers, total 143 172 2 934 2 108 6 issues per week 62 61 2 197 1 556 2-5 issues per week 79 78 723 389 1 issue per week 2 33 14 163

Sunday editions .. 5 694 502 1 Members of the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association. Source: Norwegian Media Businesses' Association. More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/

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

Norsk Telegrambyrå AS (NTB) Tel.: +47 22 03 44 00 Holbergs gate 1, PO Box 6817, St. Olavs plass, www.ntb.no NO-0130 Oslo Contact: Pål Bjerketvedt

Agence France-Presse (AFP) Tel.: +47 95 89 40 86 Klingenberggata 5, NO-0161 Oslo E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Pierre-Henry Deshayes www.afp.com

Associated Press (AP) Tel.: +47 48 00 91 15 Lauritz Bergendahls gate 26, 4021 Stavanger www.ap.org Contact: Mark Lewis

Bloomberg Nyhetsbyrå Tel.: +47 22 99 62 10 CJ Hambros plass 2c, NO-0164 Oslo www.bloomberg.com

ITAR Tass Tel.: +47 96 82 98 92 Fougstads gate 9, NO-0173 Oslo www.itar-tass.com Contact: Yuri Mikhaylenko

Thomson Reuters Norway Tel.: +47 22 93 69 00 Karl Johans gate 37 B, NO-0162 Oslo www.reuters.com Contact: Balazs Koranyi

Xinhua News Tel.: +47 40 20 65 42 Klingenberggata 5, NO-0161 Oslo www.xinhuanet.com/english/ Contact: Li Guorong

Dow Jones Newswire Tel.: +47 90 22 79 08 Klingenberggata 5, NO-0161 Oslo www.dowjones.com/djnewswires.asp Contact: Kjetil Malkenes Hovland

Foreign Press Association Tel.: +47 92 41 72 82 Klingenberggata 5, NO-0161 Oslo www.fpanorway.com Contact: Björn Lindahl

Middle East News Agency (MENA) Tel.: +47 97 60 87 46 Klingenberggata 5, NO-0161 Oslo www.mena.org.eg Contact: Tarek Mahmoud

Norway International Press Center Tel.: +47 23 95 03 22 Klingenberggata 5, NO-0161 Oslo E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Anita Karin Opsvik

33 Fixed and mobile telephone subscriptions. 31 December1

7 000 000

6 000 000 Fixed telephony Mobile telephony 5 000 000

4 000 000

3 000 000

2 000 000

1 000 000

0 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013 1Figures for 2013 as of 30 June. Source: Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority. More information: http://eng.npt.no/

Access to media and electronic appliances at home, ages 9-79. Per cent 1991 1997 2009 2013 NRK TV 98 97 98 96 TV 2 . 91 94 89 TVNorge 36 72 91 88 TV3 33 53 87 86 Local TV 28 43 58 48 Swedish TV 40 45 56 57 Video cassette player 51 70 55 31 DVD player . . 87 79 Hard disc recorder . . 29 45 Tablet computer ... 61 DAB radio . . 18 32 Local radio 87 89 86 75

Cassette player 95 92 50 35 Record player 63 57 31 23 CD player 33 81 96 92 MP3 player . . 58 70

Private satellite dish 5 19 34 32 Cable 29 38 51 53 Terrestrial digital antenna . . . 26 Shared antenna 7 6 4 5

Home PC .. 50 92 96 Internet .. 13 91 96 Video games .. 23 53 54 Mobile telephone .. .. 97 98 Smart telephone . . . 73 Newspaper ..70 58 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/medie/ 34 Use of media and electronics, average day. Ages 9-79

Internet

Home PC

Radio

Newspaper Record/cassette/CD/ MP3/sound files Books

Video/DVD/hard disc recorder

Periodicals

Weeklies 2013 1991 Comics

0 102030405060708090100 Per cent Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/medie/

Use of various cultural facilities during previous 12 months. 9-79 years of age

Cinema

Concert

Sporting event

Public library Theatre (plays, musicals, revues) Museum

Art exhibition Religious/life stance meeting Cultural festival Ballet/other dance 2012 performance 1991 Opera/operetta

0 102030405060708090100 Per cent Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/kulturbar/ 35 Membership Church of Norway and other religious and life stance communities1. 31 December 2012 Members Per cent Population, total2 5 051 275 100.0 Membership, Church of Norway. 31 December 2012 3 848 295 76.2

Christian faith communities Total1 312 925 100.0 Seventh Day Adventist 4 841 1.5 Free Evangelical Fellowship 3 443 1.1 Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 19 552 6.2 Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church 3 440 1.1 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland in Norway 6 634 2.1 The Christian Church (Smith's Friends) 7 259 2.3 Orthodox Church in Norway 12 959 4.1 Roman Catholic 121 130 38.7 Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 209 1.0 Baptist 10 213 3.3 Missionary Covenant Church 9 589 3.1 Jehovah's Witnesses 12 049 3.9 The Christian Community 2 544 0.8 Christian Center 3 172 1.0 Methodist 10 715 3.4 Pentecostal 39 412 12.6 Church of Sweden in Norway 20 901 6.7 Other Christian faith communities 21 863 7.0

Other religions, total1 150 414 100.0 Bahá'í 1 122 0.7 Buddhism 16 001 10.6 Hinduism 6 797 4.5 Islam 120 882 80.4 Sikhism 3 323 2.2 Judaism 788 0.5 Other 1 501 1.0

Life stance communities, total1 86 061 100.0 Norwegian Humanist Association 84 319 98.0 Other 1 742 2.0 1 Includes only members for whom public financial support is received. Members as of 1 January 2013. 2 1 January 2013. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/trosamf/

9. Tourism and transportation

Guest nights in Norway, by nationality. 2013

Germany Sweden Denmark UK Netherlands USA France Poland Russia Spain Italy Japan

0 250 000 500 000 750 000 1 000 000 1 250 000 1 500 000 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/overnatting/

Norwegian Coastal Voyage, Bergen-Kirkenes. Passengers 600 000 Passengers 500 000

400 000

300 000 Northbound

200 000 Southbound 100 000

0 1982 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/havn/

37 Accommodation 2010 2011 2012 2013 All hotels1,3 1 128 1 115 1 102 1 201

Beds 165 041 168 125 171 456 171 735

Guest nights. 1 000 18 393 19 203 19 803 19 767

Guest nights Norwegians. Per cent 73.9 74.5 74.5 74.4 Foreign nationals. Per cent 26.1 25.5 25.5 25.6

Tourist cabins Cabin complexes, guest nights 1 532 761 1 433 325 1 521 190 2 420 625 Intermediaries of cabins, guest nights 1 127 361 1 057 871 ......

Registered camping sites2,4 782 768 771 824 Guest nights. 1 000 8 272 8 080 8 239 6 767 Norwegians. Per cent 73.8 74.2 75.3 80.0 Foreign nationals. Per cent 26.2 25.8 24.7 20.0 1 Includes hotels, guest houses, hostels and other lodging facilities with at least 20 beds. 2 Camping areas with at least 8 cabins or at least 50 caravan sites. 3 2013 Hotels and other lodging facilities (guest houses, hostels, etc.) with ten or more beds. 4 Camping sites with 10 or more units. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/overnatting/

Traffic deaths

600

500

400

300

200

100

0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 20102013

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

38 Vehicles, aircraft and transport infrastructure. 31 December 1993 2010 2011 2012 2013 Motor vehicles, etc. Total 2 986 381 4 604 846 4 730 193 4 862 938 4 980 051 Automobiles 1 985 609 2 855 937 2 929 927 3 004 384 3 066 154 Private cars 1 633 088 2 308 548 2 376 426 2 442 964 2 500 265 Buses 29 134 20 348 19 240 18 220 17 584 Commercial vans 169 981 397 279 410 730 424 634 434 636 Lorries, combination vehicles 153 406 129 762 123 531 118 566 113 669 Tractors and motorized equipment 213 550 254 674 257 521 262 288 267 024 Motorcycles 35 629 146 592 151 650 156 826 161 823 Snow scooters 37 741 68 766 70 961 73 514 76 401 Mopeds 125 442 168 904 171 846 174 873 176 087 Trailers 588 410 1 109 973 1 148 288 1 191 053 1 232 562

Civil aviation Airports with scheduled flights 52 52 52 52 .. Aircraft, total 848 984 981 998 .. Fixed-wing aircraft 741 745 745 762 .. Helicopters 107 239 236 236 ..

Public roads km Total 90 502 93 509 93 754 93 868 93 988 National roads 26 406 10 496 10 574 10 581 10 563 County roads 27 050 44 281 44 287 44 317 44 384 Municipal roads 37 046 38 732 38 893 38 970 39 041

State railways (NSB) Railway network, total 4 023 4 169 4 154 4 154 4 154 Electrified 2 422 2 566 2 552 2 552 2 552 Double track 99 241 241 247 247 Source: National Rail Administration, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Avinor and Civil Aviation Authority. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/transport-og-reiseliv/

10. Industries

Agricultural land use

Agricultural area, total km2 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 20092013* Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/jordbruksareal/

Agricultural livestock 2003 2013* Horses 28 531 34 304 Cattle, total 956 916 849 984 Cows1 329 698 302 450 Breeding pigs 97 106 97 329 Sheep over 1 year 986 639 904 792 Milk goats 45 692 33 000 Fowl 3 265 644 4 188 942 1 Includes milk cows and suckling cows. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/jordbruksareal/

40 Agricultural production and forestry 2002 2012 Crops1. 1 000 tonnes Grain, total 1 142 1 085 Wheat 262 275 Barley 593 573 Oats 278 232 Potatoes 393 305 Hay2 2 848 2 713

Livestock products. 1 000 tonnes Meat, total 262 324 Beef and veal 85 78 Pork 91 131 Mutton and lamb 25 23 Eggs 48 62 Cow's milk (1 000 litres) 1 509 1 534

Cut timber for sale, total. 1 000 m3 Softwood logs 7 208 8 711 Hardwood logs 55 76 1 Of active agricultural businesses. 2 Includes total yield of solid matter from haymaking meadows. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/

Forest properties1 and productive forest area by size. 2012 Area Units Per cent Productive forest area Km2 Per cent 25 decares and larger, total 129 101 100.0 70 251 100.0 25-99 decares 44 280 34.8 2 477 3.5 100-999 decares 72 077 55.5 24 465 34.8 1 000-4 999 decares 11 541 9.0 21 463 30.5 5 000- decares 1 203 1.0 21 846 31.1 Protected productive forest area . . 2 100 . 1 Includes properties of 25 decares productive forest area and larger. Source: Statistics Norway and Directorate for Nature Management. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/stskog/

41 Organically cultivated area in the Nordic countries, including areas in transition. Percentage of total cultivated area Per cent 18 16 14 Sweden 12 10

8 Finland 6 Denmark 4 Norway 2 0 1995 2000 2005 2010 2012* 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 1999 2010 2012 2013* Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/stjord/

42 Landings and landed value of major fish species 1 000 tonnes1 NOK mill.2 Fish species 2003 2013* 2003 2013* Total 2 548 2 081 8 883 12 460 Herring 563 506 1 408 2 423 Capelin 249 155 262 357 Cod 217 470 2 339 3 929 Mackerel 164 165 1 007 1 430 Saithe 212 148 802 943 Haddock 59 101 413 1 034 Other, unspecified 24 167 282 525 Sand eel 30 30 24 65 Deep water prawn 66 14 808 449 Horse mackerel 21 7 41 44 Blue whiting 851 196 722 385 Ling 14 16 151 148 Tusk 13 11 98 84 Sprat 13 11 98 84 Greenland halibut 13 13 211 261 Atlantic redfish 17 9 101 78 Catfish 6 11 29 61 Angler 3 4 78 77 Norway pout 12 47 10 83 1 Round weight. 2 Primary value of catch as reported by fishermen. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/fiskeri/

Fish farming. Salmon and trout, amount sold

(1 000 tonnes) 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2012 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/fiskeoppdrett/

43 Value of farmed and traditionally landed fish NOK bill. 50 45 40 35 30 25 Farmed 20 15 10 5 Landed fish 0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2012 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/fiskeoppdrett/ og http://www.ssb.no/en/fiskeri/

Export of fish and fish products 2001 2013* 1 000 NOK 1 000 NOK tonnes mill. tonnes mill. Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrate marine animals, including processed items, total 1 727 29 572 2 342 60 374 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fillets 417 8 418 1 081 35 324 Fish, frozen, excluding fillets 909 8 258 799 9 722 Fish fillets, frozen 182 4 310 90 3 631 Fish fillets and other fish meat, fresh or frozen 26 944 82 4 328 Dried cod and other dried fish 76 3 520 103 3 630 Fish fillets, dried, salted or brined 12 380 8 194 Fish, salted or brined 37 1 177 30 701 Fish, smoked 5 424 15 562 Crustaceans, frozen or made into meal or pellets, suitable for human consumption 12 267 3 180 Fish, processed or preserved, including caviar and caviar imitations 20 613 15 308 Crustaceans and molluscs, processed or preserved 21 949 6 393 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/muh/

44 Employed persons. Wholesale and retail trade and service activities. Employees and self-employed. 1 000

1 000 Administrative and support service activities 700 Professional, scientific and technical activities Real estate activities 600 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles 500 400 300 200 100 0 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/nr Norwegian petroleum activities 1993 1995 2000 2010 2012 Employees Oil and natural gas production 17 338 16 498 14 434 21 725 24 958 Work offshore 5 399 5 064 4 822 6 561 6 627 Work onshore 11 939 11 434 9 612 15 164 18 331 Service activities 4 173 4 437 7 743 26 828 33 616

Gross value of production. NOK mill. Extraction of oil and natural gas, incl. transport via pipelines 136 051 144 257 367 625 570 251 714 811 Service activities 5 303 6 151 15 883 99 843 111 835

Gross capital investment. NOK millions Extraction of oil and natural gas 50 886 42 497 52 898 124 868 172 128 Support activities for petroleum extraction -65 44 4 287 983 10 125 Pipeline transport of oil and natural gas 6 693 6 086 691 552 337

Crude oil production. 1 000 Sm3 o.e.1 131 843 156 776 181 181 104 388 89 202 Natural gas production. 1 000 Sm3 o.e. 24 804 27 814 49 790 107 264 114 711

Export Crude oil. 1 000 Sm3 o.e. 114 917 143 003 167 485 90 579 73 395 Natural gas. 1 000 Sm3 o.e. 24 804 27 814 48 521 102 558 113 592

Probable Norwegian reserves Original Crude oil. Mill. Sm3 o.e. 1 825 2 674 6 054 4 454 4 701 Natural gas. Mill. Sm3 o.e. 1 549 781 7 032 3 589 3 856 Remaining Crude oil. Mill. Sm3 o.e. 1 174 1 355 3 867 828 889 Natural gas. Mill. Sm3 o.e. 1 227 366 6 355 2 042 2 090 1 Oil equivalents (o.e.) is used as a common unit of measurement when comparing or totalling resources of oil and gas. 1 Sm3 o.e. = 1 Sm3 oil or 1 000 Sm3 natural gas. Source: Statistics Norway and Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/oljev/ and http://www.npd.no/en 45 Oil prices, Brent blend USD/barrel 120

100

0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 Source: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Reuters EcoWin. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/ogintma/

Manufacturing and mining/quarrying. 2011 Establish- Production value1 Main activity Employees ments NOK mill. Per cent Manufacturing and mining/quarrying 19 747 233 023 752 362 100.0

Mining/quarrying 769 5 078 14 422 1.9

Manufacturing 18 978 227 945 737 940 98.1 Food products, beverages and tobacco 2 415 48 128 163 944 21.8 Textiles, clothing, leather and leather products 1 461 4 585 7 003 0.9 Wood and wood products 2 026 14 241 25 527 3.4 Pulp, paper and paper products 86 4 885 16 445 2.2 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 1 319 6 614 10 636 1.4 Petroleum products, chemical products 327 13 956 150 411 20.0 Rubber and plastic products 413 4 754 10 204 1.4 Other non-metallic mineral products 942 10 392 26 905 3.6 Basic metals 160 9 655 66 950 8.9 Metal products 2 541 23 672 44 011 5.8 Computers and electrical equipment 783 15 999 39 329 5.2 Machinery and equipment 1 378 19 512 62 109 8.3 Other engineering industry (except ships and oil platforms) 183 4 069 8 994 1.2 Building of ships and oil platforms 496 20 008 56 315 7.5 Furniture, manufacturing 2 069 9 828 13 507 1.8 Machine repairs and installations 2 379 17 647 35 615 4.7 1 Value-added tax not included. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/sti/

46 Norwegian foreign-going ships. 1 July 2013 Norwegian Ordinary Norwegian Ship International Total Register Ship Register Foreign flag No. 1 000 No. 1 000 No. 1 000 No. 1 000 dwt. dwt. dwt. dwt Ships1, total 1 773 40 436 230 1 236 537 18 162 1 006 21 038 Passenger ships, catamarans and ferries2 17 397 6 251 5 13 6 133 Gas and chemical tankers 360 9 465 .. .. 156 5 006 204 4 459 Other tankers 71 7 812 .. .. 43 4 768 28 3 044 Shuttle tankers and storage ships 57 6 768 3 380 6 631 48 5 757 Combined carriers 12 1 340 .. .. 12 1 340 .. .. Bulk carriers 113 6 309 .. .. 65 3 544 48 2 765 Other dry cargo vessels 546 6 378 14 22 109 2 356 423 4 000 Offshore service vessels 597 2 364 207 834 141 517 249 1 013 1 Vessels of gross tonnage 100 and over. 2 Tonnage in units of 1 000. Not included in total dwt. Source: Norwegian Shipowners' Association. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/handelsfl/

Norwegian merchant fleet1, end of year. 1 000 gross tonnes 1995 2000 2010 2011 2012 Tonnage, total 20 834 21 572 15 711 15 586 15 698 Of which tankers 12 006 11 545 7 269 7 235 7 312 Tanker percentage 58 54 46 46 47 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/en/handelsfl/

Marine casualties. Vessels totally and partially lost Ships totally lost Ships partially lost Ships Gross tonnage Ships Gross tonnage 2000 18 41 421 157 976 709 2001 24 4 135 129 502 917 2002 22 56 206 137 982 184 2003 15 3 679 126 537 197 2004 18 659 118 336 674 2005 13 18 967 112 634 482 2006 12 389 71 525 545 2007 14 4 217 100 576 903 2008 18 8 881 105 409 072 2009 18 3 586 144 582 424 2010 13 1 837 149 616 010 2011 13 782 159 596 068 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/sjoulykker/

11. Energy

Extraction of energy resources. Petajoules1 1995 2000 2005 2010 2012* Total 7 502 9 300 9 659 8 685 8 544 Hydroelectricity 441 512 491 422 514 Crude oil and condensate 5 749 6 650 5 621 3 970 3 405 Natural gas and NGL2 1 282 2 097 3 478 4 209 4 562 Coal 8 18 41 54 35 Wood3 21 24 28 30 28 1 1 petajoule = 1015 joules. 2 Excluding produced gas that has been flared. NGL includes primary production of ethane, propane, butane, isobutane and LPG. 3 Wood, pellets and briquettes for household use. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/energiregn/

Energy consumption (excluding energy sector and international shipping). Petajoules1 PJ 1 000 900 800 Gas, district heating, solid fuel 700 600 Oil for transport 500 400 Oil, excluding transport 300 200 Electricity 100 0 1976 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2012* 1 1 petajoule = 1015 joule. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/energiregn/

48 Energy consumption in households per person, by energy source. Selected countries. 2011. kWh Coal, coke, peat Petroleum products Natural gas Electricity District heating Biomass and other renewable energy resources Finland USA Russia Norway Denmark Sweden Germany UK France Poland Japan Spain China Portugal India

0 2 000 4 000 6 000 8 000 10 000 12 000 KWh Source: International Energy Agency and Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.iea.org

Electricity supply 1995 2000 2005 2010 2012 Electric power installations 326 332 306 338 308 Power producing 215 178 163 188 170

gWh1 Electricity production 123 011 142 817 137 811 123 630 147 716 Import 2 300 1 474 3 653 14 673 4 190 Export 8 962 20 529 15 695 7 123 22 006 Net consumption, priority 97 450 101 838 108 453 116 062 114 527 Energy-intensive industry 33 503 35 685 40 728 34 075 33 654 Mining/quarrying and other industry 8 539 8 444 9 149 13 420 15 528 Households and agriculture 35 587 35 685 35 404 41 489 40 002 Services 19 819 22 022 23 172 25 889 25 342 Net consumption, non-priority 7 514 10 518 5 595 4 494 4 179 1 1 gWh = 1 000 000 kWh. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/elektrisitet/

49 Hydropower. 31 December 2012 gWh1 Per cent Potential2 213 967 100

Developed 130 495 61 Under development 1215 1 Concession issued 3 412 2 Concession applied for 5263 2 Preliminary plans announced3 1794 1 Protected water systems 50 755 24 Remainder 21 033 10 1 Power plants producing less than 50 kW not included in table. 2 Energy available in Norwegian waterways that are technically and economically developable. 3 Concession application expected. Source: Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration. More information: http://www.nve.no/en/

Total production of crude oil and natural gas. Million sm3 o.e.1 Mill.Mill. sm sm33 o.e. o.e. 300 000

250 000

200 000 Natural gas

150 000

100 000 Oil, including NGL and condensate 50 000

0 1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 1 sm3 (standard cubic metre) o.e. (oil equivalent). Source: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/ogprodre/

Largest oil-producing countries. 2012. Million barrels per day1 Saudi Arabia 11.53 Russia 10.64 USA 8.91 China 4.16 Canada 3.74 Iran 3.68 United Arab Emirates 3.38 Kuwait 3.13 Iraq 3.12 Mexico 2.91 Venezuela 2.73 Nigeria 2.42 Brazil 2.15 Norway 1.92 1 Natural gas liquids and condensate production are included in the international oil production figures. Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013. More information: http://www.bp.com

12. The economy

Gross domestic product, by main activity 1990 2013* NOK mill. Per cent NOK mill. Per cent Gross domestic product 736 289 100.0 3 003 605 100.0

Agriculture 14 232 1.9 12 007 0.4 Forestry 3 725 0.5 4 369 0.1 Fishing and fish farming 4 392 0.6 24 230 0.8 Oil and natural gas activity 87 597 11.9 646 104 21.5 Production of crude oil and natural gas 85 727 11.6 595 110 19.8 Services to the oil and gas sector 1 870 0.3 50 994 1.7

Mining and quarrying 1 730 0.2 5 542 0.2

Manufacturing 74 361 10.1 196 829 6.6 Electricity and water supply 21 723 3.0 61 730 2.1 Construction 28 993 3.9 167 368 5.6 Domestic trade 72 428 9.8 187 836 6.3 Hotels and restaurants 9 404 1.3 34 414 1.1 Pipeline operations 7 803 1.1 15 804 0.5 Transport excluding sea transport 26 075 3.5 77 773 2.4 Post and distribution services 4 925 0.7 10 037 0.3 Information and communications 23 716 3.2 91 422 3.0 Shipping 17 799 2.4 26 277 0.9 International shipping 16 005 2.2 23 064 0.8 Domestic shipping 1 794 0.2 3 214 0.1 Financial services and insurance 33 711 4.6 138 771 4.6 Housing services 43 936 6.0 109 715 3.7 Business services 30 870 4.2 276 405 9.2 Other private services 27 929 3.8 118 208 3.9

Public services 117 500 16.0 480 188 16.0 Correction items1 83 440 11.3 325 021 10.8 1 Value-added and investment taxes, other product taxes, net and statistical deviations. Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/nr/

51 Gross domestic product per capita, Selected countries (current PPP USD)1. 2012

Luxembourg Norway USA Sweden Denmark Germany Finland Iceland France UK Japan EU27 Spain Portugal Poland Russia (2011) China 0 20 000 40 000 60 000 80 000 100 000 Current PPP USD 1 PPP = Purchasing power parity. Source: OECD. More information: http://www.oecd.org/

GDP per inhabitant. Current prices and percentage change NOK Per cent 600 000 8

500 000 Per cent volume change 6

400 000 4

300 000 2

200 000 0 Current prices 100 000 -2

0 -4 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2013* Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/nr/

52 Government Pension Fund – Global1. 31 December NOK bill. 6 000

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 000

0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013 1 Formerly the Norwegian Petroleum Fund. Source: Norges Bank (Norway's central bank). More information: http://www.nbim.no/en/

Gross public debt, per cent of gross domestic product in selected countries, according to Maastricht definition1. 2012

Japan3 Greece Italy Portugal Ireland USA2 France UK Germany Spain Poland Finland Denmark Sweden Norway Luxembourg 0 50 100 150 200 250 Per cent 1 Gross public debt omits internal debt between units of public administration. The Maastricht definition indicates that the gross public debt must not exceed 60 per cent of GDP. 2 Divergent definition used - SNA 2008 (ESA 1995) instead of Maastricht definition. 3 Divergent definition used - SNA 1993 (ESA 1995) instead of Maastricht definition. Source: Statistics Norway, Eurostat and OECD. More information: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ and http://www.oecd.org/

53 Central government revenues and expenditures. NOK bill. 2002 2007 2013 A. Revenues, total (A1+A2) 724.0 1 146.5 1 434.9 A1. Revenues, excluding petroleum activity 564.3 832.4 1 106.9 Taxes and fees from mainland Norway 325.9 466.0 592.5 Social security and pension premiums 151.9 207.0 294.3 Property income 68.0 131.5 181.9 Transfers 2.9 4.0 11.1 Capital income 1.2 2.6 2.2 Fee-based revenues 14.4 21.3 24.8 A2. Revenues from petroleum activity 159.8 314.1 328.0 Taxes from petroleum activity 96.2 191.3 181.9 Other petroleum revenues 63.6 122.8 146.1

B. Total expenditures (B1) 583.8 734.8 1 075.9 B1. Expenditures 583.8 734.8 1 075.9 General public services 124.3 130.8 234.6 Defence 31.1 37.7 43.0 Public order and safety 15.4 17.0 25.6 Business development 55.3 65.9 98.6 Environmental protection 2.1 2.6 8.1 Housing and community 1.3 1.0 1.6 Health 86.5 120.1 164.7 Recreation, cultural affairs and religion 7.0 10.1 15.4 Education 36.4 43.5 55.0 Social security services 224.4 306.1 429.3

C. Net financial investment (A-B) 140.3 411.7 359.0 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/offinnut/

13. Norway abroad

Foreign Service Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street address: 7. juni-plassen / Victoria Terrasse Postal address: Postboks 8114 Dep. NO-0032 Oslo Tel.: + 47 23 95 00 00 Fax: + 47 23 95 00 99 E-mail: [email protected]

Diplomatic and Consular Missions 101 diplomatic and consular missions, of which: 85 embassies 8 consulates general 7 missions/delegations 1 embassy branch office

Approximately 350 honorary consulates

Ministry personnel Approximately 830 posts

At diplomatic and consular missions: Approximately 630, including approximately 85 special envoys from other agencies Approximately 990 local employees More information: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/ and http://www.norway.info/

55 Innovation Norway Innovation Norway is the Norwegian national and regional authorities’ instrument for realising value-creating commercial and industrial development throughout Norway. The goal of Innovation Norway is to encourage financially and socio-economically profitable commercial and industrial development while fostering the industrial potential of the regions. This is to be achieved by increasing the number of capable entrepreneurs, growth-oriented enterprises and innovative industrial environments.

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. The employees' wide knowledge of local and international conditions helps clients to convert their ideas into successful businesses.

Street address in Oslo: Akersgata 13, Oslo Telephone: + 47 22 00 25 00 Telefax: + 47 22 00 25 01 E-mail: [email protected]

Postal address: Innovation Norway PO Box 448 Sentrum NO-0104 Oslo More information: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/no/Contact-us/

Norwegian Seamen's Mission/Norwegian Church Abroad The Norwegian Seamen’s Mission/Norwegian Church Abroad is a volunteer organisation 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. There are 31 seamen’s churches abroad, but the organisation is represented in 80 countries throughout the world.

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: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/sjomannskirken Kilde: Norwegian Seamen’s Mission. Mer informasjon: http://www.sjomannskirken.no/english

14. The EEA and Norway Grants

EEA and Norway Grants – Solidarity and cooperation The EEA Agreement includes a common goal of reducing social and economic disparities in Europe. Through the EEA and Norway Grants, Norway contributes to this effort and to strengthening the bilateral relations between Norway and the beneficiary states. The EEA and Norway Grants support development projects in priority areas such as environment and climate change, health and childcare, conservation of European cultural heritage, research and education, Schengen measures and judiciary, social dialogue and the strengthening of civil society. A number of Norwegian partners are engaged in projects and programmes.

Contributions1 to beneficiary states. EUR millions2 2009-20143 Total 1 788.50 Poland 578.10 Romania 305.95 Hungary 153.30 Czech Republic 131.80 Bulgaria 126.60 Lithuania 84.00 Slovakia 80.75 Latvia 72.95 Greece 63.40 Portugal 57.95 Estonia 48.60 Spain 445.85 Slovenia 26.90 Croatia 59.60 Cyprus 7.85 Malta 4.50 1 Total contribution from EEA/EFTA countries Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein. Norway’s share is approximately 97 per cent of the total amount. 2 The agreements are denominated in EUR. 3 According to the signed agreement of 28 July 2010. 4 Transitional support 1 May 2009-31 December 2013. 5 Agreed contribution following Croatia’s membership of EU July 2013. The agreement has not yet been ratified. Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More information: http://www.eeagrants.org

15. Development cooperation

Development assistance, public expenditures. NOK mill. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Development aid expenditures, total (gross aid) 22 862 25 624 26 424 26 653 27 644 Per cent of GNP 0.89 1.06 1.05 0.96 0.93

Bilateral assistance 15 584 17 940 18 563 18 458 19 163 Directly bilateral 10 372 12 132 12 357 12 674 12 841 Administered by multilateral organizations (multi-bi) 5 212 5 808 6 206 5 784 6 322 Multilateral assistance 6 056 6 296 6 409 6 692 6 944 Administration 1 222 1 387 1 452 1 503 1 537

Bilateral assistance by type of recipient organisation Non-profit organizations, total 4 946 5 436 5 616 5 917 5 950 Of which Norwegian non-profit organizations 3 493 3 566 3 620 3 518 3 711 Local non-profit organizations 623 744 799 899 960 International non-profit organizations 829 1 125 1 197 1 500 1 279 Other, total 10 638 12 505 12 947 12 541 13 214

Total bilateral assistance 15 584 17 940 18 563 18 458 19 163

Total assistance by topic area Economic development and trade 3 673 3 374 3 612 3 944 3 307 Emergency relief 1 760 1 398 2 161 2 115 1 949 Environment and energy 1 966 2 366 3 227 3 300 4 963 Good governance 3 459 3 896 3 865 3 940 3 859 Education 1 541 1 759 1 601 1 517 1 623 Health and social sector 2 107 2 277 1 725 1 803 1 807 Costs in Norway and unspecified costs 2 301 4 258 3 823 3 344 3 191 Multilateral assistance 6 056 6 296 6 409 6 692 6 944 Source: NORAD - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. More information: http://www.norad.no/en/tools-and-publications/norwegian-aid-statistics

58 Bilateral assistance to the 25 largest recipient countries. 2012. NOK million

Brazil Afghanistan Palestinian Territory Tanzania Mozambique South Sudan Malawi Uganda Zambia Vietnam Nepal Ethiopia India Somalia Liberia Sudan Democratic Republic of Congo Chile Pakistan Zimbabwe China Myanmar (Burma) Haiti Sri Lanka Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400 NOK mill.

Source: NORAD – Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. More information: http://www.norad.no/en/tools-and-publications/norwegian-aid-statistics

16. Foreign trade

Current account. NOK mill.

NOK mill. 500 000

400 000 Current account surplus Net income and transfers 300 000 Trade surplus

200 000

100 000

-100 000 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2013* Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/ur/

Foreign trade in goods, by category. 2013* Imports Exports NOK mill. Per cent NOK mill. Per cent Total 529 236 100.0 899 746 100.0 Food products and live animals 35 276 6.7 64 470 7.2 Beverages and tobacco 6 606 1.2 559 0.1 Raw materials, excluding fuel 30 263 5.7 14 663 1.6 Fuel (including crude oil, natural gas), electric power, etc. 38 722 7.3 605 663 67.3 Animal and vegetable oils and fat 5 136 1.0 1 626 0.2 Chemical products 50 518 9.5 41 505 4.6 Finished goods 76 404 14.4 67 269 7.5 Machinery and transport equipment 205 847 38.9 79 210 8.8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 79 292 15.0 23 465 2.6 Other goods and transactions 1 172 0.2 1 316 0.1 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/muh/

60 Foreign trade, by region and country. 2013* Imports Exports NOK mill. Per cent NOK mill. Per cent Total 529 236 100.0 899 746 100.0

Nordic countries 117 379 22.2 103 261 11.5 EFTA 8 356 1.6 8 637 1.0 EU 340 870 64.4 730 145 81.2 Developing countries 96 680 18.3 52 716 5.9

Europe 366 723 69.3 759 449 84.4 Belgium 9 966 1.9 30 234 3.4 Denmark 32 011 6.0 35 918 4.0 Finland 13 391 2.5 9 511 1.1 France 17 653 3.3 57 675 6.4 Greece 380 0.1 1 197 0.1 Ireland 3 888 0.7 9 414 1.0 Iceland 1 364 0.3 3 757 0.4 Italy 15 654 3.0 21 314 2.4 Netherlands 20 455 3.9 117 465 13.1 Poland 16 905 3.2 16 059 1.8 Portugal 1 794 0.3 2 744 0.3 Russia 9 073 1.7 8 610 1.0 Spain 8 374 1.6 16 630 1.8 UK 33 560 6.3 220 118 24.5 Switzerland 6 933 1.3 4 878 0.5 Sweden 70 287 13.3 52 341 5.8 Germany 65 458 12.4 116 065 12.9 Austria 4 461 0.8 5 114 0.6

Africa 13 176 2.5 10 264 1.1 Botswana 1 897 0.4 0 0.0 South Africa 2 003 0.4 1 336 0.1

Asia 91 212 17.2 67 199 7.5 Japan 11 372 2.1 7 315 0.8 China 48 351 9.1 16 267 1.8 Singapore 3 115 0.6 9 741 1.1 South Korea 9 520 1.8 15 570 1.7

North America 45 123 8.5 53 445 5.9 Canada 11 737 2.2 8 064 0.9 USA 31 072 5.9 40 547 4.5

South America 11 943 2.3 6 858 0.8 Brazil 7 726 1.5 5 027 0.6 Chile 827 0.2 396 0.0 Peru 1 952 0.4 109 0.0

Oceania 1 060 0.2 2 531 0.3 Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/muh/

61 Share of Norway’s import of goods 2013*

Sweden Germany China UK Denmark USA Netherlands France Poland Italy

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Per cent Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/muh/

Share of Norway’s export of goods. 2013*

UK Netherlands Germany France Sweden USA Denmark Belgium Italy Spain

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Per cent Source: Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/muh/

17. Official flag days and public holidays in Norway

20141 1 January F New Year’s Day 21 January F HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s birthday 6 February F Sami National Day 21 February F HM King Harald’s birthday 17 April Maundy Thursday * 18 April Good Friday * 20 April F Easter Sunday * 21 April Easter Monday * 1 May F Public holiday 8 May F Liberation Day 1945 17 May F Constitution Day. Norway is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution, which was signed at Eidsvoll on 17 May 1814. 29 May Ascension Day * 41 797 F Dissolution of union with Sweden 1905 8 June F Whit Sunday * 9 June Whit Monday * 4 July F HM Queen Sonja’s birthday 20 July F HRH Crown Prince Haakon’s birthday 29 July F St. Olav’s Day 19 August F HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s birthday 25 December F Christmas Day 26 December Boxing Day 1 Official flag-flying days = F. Public holidays = bold type. Holidays with unfixed dates = *. Norwegian holidays with unfixed dates Holiday 2013 2014 2015 2016 Maundy Thursday 28.03. 17.04. 02.04. 24.03. Good Friday 29.03. 18.04. 03.04. 25.03. Easter Sunday 31.03. 20.04. 05.04. 27.03. Easter Monday 01.04. 21.04. 06.04. 28.03. Ascension Day 09.05. 29.05. 14.05. 05.05. Whit Sunday 19.05. 08.06. 24.05. 15.05. Whit Monday 20.05. 09.06. 25.05. 16.05. Source: Almanac for Norway 2014 and Lovdata. More information: http://www.almanakken.uio.no/ and http:// lovdata.no 63 Picture credits Cover: Winter mood at Steilneset. The Steilneset Memorial over those who lost their lives during the Finnmark Witchcraft Trials in the 17th century was opened in 2011, and is part of the National Tourist Routes. The memorial was designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor in collaboration with the French-American artist Louise Bourgeois. Historical texts were written by Liv Helene Willumsen. Photo: Bjarne Riesto

1: The new government in front of the Royal Palace in Oslo on 16 October 2013. Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix / SMK 2: Willy Haraldsen / NTB scanpix 3: Johan Wildhagen / Innovation Norway 4: Marius E. Hauge 5: Guri Dahl / tinagent.com 6: Stein J. Bjørge / NTB scanpix 7: Guri Dahl / tinagent.com 8: Anette Berentsen / NRK 9: Anders Gjengedal / Innovation Norway 10: Kai Jensen / NTB scanpix 11: John Petter Reinertsen / Statkraft 12: Rolf Jarle Ødegaard / NTB scanpix 13: Ilja C. Hendel / NTB scanpix 14: Guri Dahl / tinagent.com 15: Norwegian knowledge investment helps to optimise hydropower in Nepal. Cecilie Abusdal Hegg 16: Berit Roald / NTB scanpix 17: The Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. Painting by Oscar Wergeland / Copyright: DNFI

64 Norway, with Svalbard Facts about Norway

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