Statistics Norway
Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, August 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              
September 2 256 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 98 4.4 91 122
December 2 259 2 163 1 746 95 4.2 89 121
               
1997              
January 2 259 2 164 1 746 95 4.2 87 116
February 2 264 2 170 1 760 93 4.1 85 112
March 2 273 2 181 1 760 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 2 193 1 750 96 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 291 2 197 1 752 93 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 759 90 3.9 77 97
September 2 297 2 209 1 783 89 3.9 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 2 306 2 221 1 810 85 3.7 64 88
               
1998              
January 2 309 2 224 1 808 85 3.7 66 86
February 2 309 2 232 1 809 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 78 3.4 59 77
June 2 325 2 246 1 807 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 251 1 803 75 3.2 58 73
August 2 324 2 253 1 811 71 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 259 1 816 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 326 2 259 1 821 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 823 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 329 2 261 1 831 68 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 328 2 260 1 813 67 2.9 59 67
February 2 327 2 259 1 802 68 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 2 329 2 258 1 793 71 3.1 56 64
June 2 329 2 258 1 797 70 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 257 1 792 73 3.1 61 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 796 77 3.3 61 70
September 2 341 2 254 1 793 87 3.7 61 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 801 88 3.8 61 67
November 2 351 2 266 1 802 85 3.6 61 70
December 2 347 2 263 1 793 83 3.6 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 349 2 265 1 798 84 3.6 62 72
February 2 350 2 264 1 803 86 3.7 62 72
March 2 346 2 263 1 805 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 349 2 270 1 802 79 3.4 62 73
May2 2 351 2 276 1 807 75 3.2 65 75
June 2 345 2 272 1 800 73 3.1 62 74
July 2 348 2 271 1 803 77 3.3 62 75
August 2 346 2 266 1 793 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 355 2 274 1 799 81 3.4 62 75
October 2 354 2 275 1 797 79 3.4 62 75
November 2 353 2 270 1 776 84 3.6 63 75
December 2 353 2 268 1 775 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 354 2 268 1 775 86 3.6 62 74
February 2 355 2 274 1 800 81 3.4 61 73
March 2 362 2 283 1 815 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 358 2 281 1 822 77 3.3 60 72
May 2 358 2 278 1 819 80 3.4 60 71
June 2 356 2 273 1 819 83 3.5 60 71
               
July 2 353 2 271 1 812 83 3.5 60 71
August 2 353 2 269 1 810 84 3.6 61 71
September .. .. .. .. .. 64 72

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.