Statistics Norway
Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, May 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              
June 2 234 2 130 1 713 103 4.6 99 135
               
July 2 254 2 147 1 740 107 4.7 98 133
August 2 255 2 144 1 733 111 4.9 96 130
September 2 255 2 147 1 734 109 4.8 94 128
October 2 251 2 144 1 723 107 4.7 92 125
November 2 256 2 157 1 733 99 4.4 91 122
December 2 259 2 163 1 746 96 4.2 89 121
               
1997              
January 2 259 2 164 1 745 95 4.2 87 116
February 2 264 2 170 1 759 93 4.1 85 112
March 2 273 2 181 1 759 92 4.1 85 111
April 2 280 2 188 1 765 92 4.0 83 107
May 2 283 2 187 1 762 96 4.2 82 106
June 2 290 2 194 1 750 97 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 291 2 197 1 752 94 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 760 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 3.7 71 91
November 2 306 2 217 1 799 89 3.8 67 88
December 2 305 2 221 1 810 85 3.7 64 88
               
1998              
January 2 308 2 223 1 808 85 3.7 66 86
February 2 308 2 232 1 809 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 315 2 238 1 801 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 322 2 243 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 326 2 248 1 810 78 3.4 59 77
June 2 326 2 246 1 808 80 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 327 2 251 1 804 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 1 820 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 822 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 328 2 261 1 831 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 327 2 260 1 813 67 2.9 59 67
February 2 326 2 259 1 801 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 324 2 254 1 789 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 797 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 330 2 259 1 793 71 3.0 55 63
June 2 331 2 260 1 798 72 3.1 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 257 1 793 73 3.2 61 71
August 2 326 2 249 1 795 77 3.3 61 69
September 2 339 2 253 1 792 86 3.7 62 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 800 88 3.8 61 67
November 2 350 2 266 1 802 85 3.6 61 70
December 2 345 2 263 1 793 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 348 2 265 1 798 83 3.5 62 72
February 2 349 2 264 1 803 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 346 2 264 1 805 82 3.5 62 73
April 2 350 2 270 1 802 79 3.4 62 73
May2 2 352 2 277 1 808 75 3.2 65 75
June 2 349 2 273 1 801 75 3.2 62 74
July 2 349 2 271 1 805 78 3.3 62 74
August 2 346 2 266 1 793 80 3.4 62 74
September 2 353 2 273 1 797 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 354 2 274 1 794 79 3.4 63 75
November 2 353 2 269 1 777 84 3.6 63 75
December 2 352 2 267 1 776 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 353 2 268 1 776 85 3.6 62 74
February 2 355 2 275 1 801 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 362 2 284 1 815 78 3.3 61 73
April 2 358 2 282 1 823 76 3.2 60 72
May 2 359 2 278 1 821 80 3.4 60 71
June .. .. .. .. .. 60 71

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.