Statistics Norway
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2002
17 Persons aged 16-74 years by labour force status, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. 1000
  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours Unemployed persons (LFS) Unemployed persons (LFS) in per cent of the labour force Registered unemployed1 Registered unemployed +government measures1
               
1997              
March 2 273 2 180 1 759 92 4.1 85 111
April 2 280 2 187 1 765 93 4.1 83 107
May 2 282 2 186 1 762 97 4.2 82 106
June 2 290 2 193 1 750 97 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 291 2 197 1 752 94 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 759 90 3.9 77 97
September 2 297 2 209 1 783 88 3.8 75 94
October 2 297 2 213 1 797 84 3.6 72 91
November 2 306 2 218 1 799 88 3.8 67 89
December 2 305 2 221 1 811 84 3.7 64 87
               
1998              
January 2 308 2 224 1 809 84 3.6 66 85
February 2 308 2 232 1 810 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 315 2 238 1 801 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 321 2 242 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 247 1 809 79 3.4 59 77
June 2 324 2 245 1 807 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 250 1 803 76 3.3 58 73
August 2 324 2 252 1 810 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 258 1 815 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 326 2 259 1 821 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 331 2 261 1 823 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 328 2 261 1 832 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 327 2 260 1 814 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 325 2 258 1 803 67 2.9 58 66
March 2 325 2 254 1 788 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 320 2 250 1 797 70 3.0 59 68
May 2 329 2 258 1 793 71 3.1 56 64
June 2 329 2 258 1 796 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 257 1 791 73 3.1 62 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 794 77 3.3 61 70
September 2 340 2 254 1 791 87 3.7 62 69
October 2 351 2 263 1 801 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 352 2 267 1 803 85 3.6 61 70
December 2 344 2 261 1 796 83 3.5 61 69
               
2000              
January 2 347 2 263 1 800 84 3.6 62 71
February 2 346 2 261 1 805 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 347 2 264 1 804 83 3.5 61 72
April 2 349 2 270 1 802 80 3.4 62 72
May2 2 351 2 276 1 807 75 3.2 65 75
June 2 346 2 272 1 799 74 3.2 63 74
July 2 349 2 272 1 801 78 3.3 62 75
August 2 348 2 268 1 790 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 354 2 274 1 796 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 354 2 276 1 796 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 354 2 271 1 778 83 3.5 63 75
December 2 352 2 267 1 777 85 3.6 63 74
               
2001              
January 2 353 2 268 1 769 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 353 2 273 1 790 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 363 2 285 1 800 79 3.3 61 72
April 2 359 2 282 1 808 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 359 2 278 1 805 81 3.4 60 71
June 2 358 2 274 1 803 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 355 2 272 1 796 84 3.5 60 71
August 2 356 2 271 1 792 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 368 2 279 1 788 90 3.8 64 73
October 2 372 2 280 1 781 92 3.9 64 73
November 2 378 2 288 1 778 90 3.8 70 76
December 2 371 2 285 1 753 86 3.6 67 76
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 289 1 756 86 3.6 69 78
February 2 376 2 288 1 755 88 3.7 67 76
March .. .. .. .. .. 70 78

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average. The figures previous to January 1999 are adjusted for the definition-break in the series.
2 Due to the method of estimation the result of the strike in May is not included in the figures of man-week worked.