1   Adoptions, by the relationship of the adoptive parents to the child before adoption, and by previous citizenship of the child. 1966-1999
Year County Total Adoptions of stepchildren Other adoptions
Total Norwegian
children		 Foreign
children		 Total Norwegian
children		 Foreign
children
1966-701 791 309 .. .. 482 .. 283
1971-751 881 391 382 9 490 230 260
1976-801 976 488 478 10 488 158 330
1981-851 892 324 309 15 568 114 456
1986 845 262 251 11 583 106 477
1987 787 231 220 11 556 91 465
1988 880 229 213 16 661 85 566
1989 918 249 239 10 669 91 578
1990 855 197 188 9 658 95 563
1991 833 196 183 13 637 88 549
1992 851 184 176 8 667 103 564
1993 786 170 163 7 616 73 543
1994 788 162 158 4 626 81 545
1995 898 192 183 9 706 101 605
1996 822 220 216 4 602 79 523
1997 814 213 205 8 601 67 534
1998 1 094 210 200 10 884 89 795
               
1999 802 207 195 12 595 68 527
01 Østfold 40 10 8 2 30 9 21
02 Akershus 81 10 9 1 71 9 62
03 Oslo 106 20 20 - 86 10 76
04 Hedmark 32 8 8 - 24 1 23
05 Oppland 21 5 5 - 16 3 13
06 Buskerud 23 5 5 - 18 1 17
07 Vestfold 26 6 6 - 20 3 17
08 Telemark 33 15 13 2 18 3 15
09 Aust-Agder 27 5 5 - 22 2 20
10 Vest-Agder 33 8 5 3 25 3 22
11 Rogaland 101 36 36 - 65 3 62
12 Hordaland 94 26 24 2 68 4 64
14 Sogn og Fjordane 9 2 2 - 7 - 7
15 Møre og Romsdal 30 6 5 1 24 1 23
16 Sør-Trøndelag 40 12 11 1 28 6 22
17 Nord-Trøndelag 13 3 3 - 10 2 8
18 Nordland 53 16 16 - 37 3 34
19 Troms 28 7 7 - 21 3 18
20 Finnmark 11 7 7 - 4 2 2
Abroad 1 - - - 1 - 1
1  Annual average.
2  Adoptions of stepchildren included.

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