Statistics Norway
Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, January 2001
1 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
               
1996              
February 2 223 2 104 1 695 119 5.3 99 143
March 2 222 2 109 1 702 113 5.1 99 141
April 2 220 2 111 1 689 110 4.9 100 140
May 2 226 2 122 1 702 104 4.7 101 138
June 2 234 2 130 1 714 103 4.6 99 135
               
July 2 253 2 147 1 740 107 4.7 98 133
August 2 255 2 144 1 734 111 4.9 95 130
September 2 256 2 147 1 733 109 4.8 94 128
October 2 251 2 144 1 723 107 4.7 92 125
November 2 256 2 158 1 733 99 4.4 91 122
December 2 259 2 164 1 746 96 4.2 89 121
               
1997              
January 2 260 2 165 1 745 95 4.2 87 116
February 2 264 2 171 1 759 94 4.1 85 112
March 2 273 2 181 1 759 92 4.1 85 111
April 2 280 2 188 1 766 92 4.0 83 107
May 2 282 2 187 1 763 96 4.2 82 106
June 2 289 2 193 1 751 96 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 290 2 197 1 753 94 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 760 90 3.9 77 97
September 2 297 2 209 1 783 88 3.8 75 94
October 2 297 2 213 1 796 84 3.7 71 91
November 2 306 2 217 1 798 89 3.9 67 88
December 2 306 2 221 1 809 85 3.7 65 88
               
1998              
January 2 308 2 224 1 807 85 3.7 66 86
February 2 308 2 233 1 808 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 314 2 238 1 801 76 3.3 62 81
April 2 322 2 243 1 809 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 247 1 812 78 3.3 59 77
June 2 325 2 245 1 809 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 250 1 805 76 3.3 58 72
August 2 324 2 252 1 811 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 324 2 258 1 815 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 326 2 259 1 819 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 331 2 260 1 821 71 3.0 58 67
December 2 330 2 262 1 829 68 2.9 59 67
               
1999              
January 2 328 2 261 1 810 67 2.9 59 67
February 2 326 2 259 1 801 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 324 2 254 1 789 70 3.0 59 67
April 2 321 2 252 1 802 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 258 1 797 71 3.1 55 63
June 2 329 2 258 1 800 72 3.1 59 68
               
July 2 329 2 255 1 793 74 3.2 61 71
August 2 326 2 249 1 794 77 3.3 61 69
September 2 340 2 253 1 791 87 3.7 62 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 798 88 3.8 61 67
November 2 351 2 266 1 800 85 3.6 61 70
December 2 348 2 265 1 791 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 349 2 266 1 794 83 3.5 62 72
February 2 348 2 263 1 801 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 345 2 263 1 806 82 3.5 62 73
April 2 351 2 271 1 810 80 3.4 62 72
May2 2 352 2 276 1 815 76 3.2 64 74
June 2 347 2 271 1 805 76 3.2 62 74
July 2 347 2 269 1 804 77 3.3 62 74
August 2 346 2 267 1 791 79 3.4 62 74
September 2 353 2 274 1 795 79 3.4 62 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 792 79 3.3 63 76
November 2 354 2 270 1 773 84 3.6 64 75
December 2 353 2 268 1 771 85 3.6 64 75
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 274 1 773 83 3.5 65 76
February .. .. .. .. .. 62 73

1 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.