Adoptions

1   Adoptions, by the relationship of the adoptive parents to the child before adoption, and by the child's previous citizenship. 1966-2000
  Total Adoptions of stepchildren Other adoptions
  Total Norwegian children Foreign children Total Norwegian children Foreign children
1966-19701 791 309 .. .. 482 .. 283
1971-19751 881 391 382 9 490 230 260
1976-19801 976 488 478 10 488 158 330
1981-19851 892 324 309 15 568 114 456
1986-19901 857 234 222 11 625 94 530
1991-19951 831 181 173 8 650 89 561
1996-20001 865 191 184 7 674 67 607
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
19983 1 094 210 200 10 884 89 795
1999 802 207 195 12 595 68 527
2000 792 105 103 2 687 30 657
               
2000              
01 Østfold 42 12 11 1 30 2 28
02 Akershus 92 6 5 1 86 8 78
03 Oslo 93 10 10 - 83 1 82
04 Hedmark 18 3 3 - 15 - 15
05 Oppland 25 1 1 - 24 - 24
06 Buskerud 33 2 2 - 31 5 26
07 Vestfold 30 8 8 - 22 1 21
08 Telemark 27 2 2 - 25 1 24
09 Aust-Agder 19 6 6 - 13 1 12
10 Vest-Agder 28 2 2 - 26 - 26
11 Rogaland 98 13 13 - 85 6 79
12 Hordaland 101 10 10 - 91 - 91
14 Sogn og Fjordane 16 1 1 - 15 - 15
15 Møre og Romsdal 50 5 5 - 45 2 43
16 Sør-Trøndelag 36 9 9 - 27 1 26
17 Nord-Trøndelag 16 2 2 - 14 1 13
18 Nordland 34 8 8 - 26 1 25
19 Troms 22 2 2 - 20 - 20
20 Finnmark 12 3 3 - 9 - 9
1  Annual average.
2  Adoptions of stepchildren included.
3  Including a large backlog of adoption reports.

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