Statistics Norway

Adoptions

1   Adoptions, by the relationship of the adoptive parents to the child before adoption, and by the child's previous citizenship. 1966-2003
Annual average. Year Total Adoptions of stepchildren Other adoptions
Total Norwegian children Foreign children Total Norwegian children Foreign children
1966-1970  791       309 .. ..       482 .. 183
1971-1975  881  391  382 9  490  230  260
1976-1980  976  488  478 10  488  158  330
1981-1985  892  324  309 15  568  114  456
1986-1990  857  234  222 11  625 94  530
1991-1995  831  181  173 8  650 89  561
1996-2000  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
19982 1 094  210  200 10  884 89  795
1999  802  207  195 12  595 68  527
2000  792  105  103 2  687 30  657
2001  908  162  152 10  746 35  711
2002  989  157  140 17  832 47  785
2003  870  158  150 8  712 56  656
1  Adoptions of stepchildren included.
2  Including a large backlog of adoption reports.

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