Statistics Norway
Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, December 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
               
1997              
January 2 260 2 165 1 746 95 4.2 87 116
February 2 264 2 170 1 760 94 4.1 84 112
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 1 761 96 4.2 82 106
June 2 289 2 193 1 750 96 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 290 2 197 1 752 93 4.1 78 100
August 2 295 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 2 218 1 799 89 3.8 67 89
December 2 306 2 221 1 811 85 3.7 64 88
               
1998              
January 2 308 2 223 1 809 84 3.6 66 85
February 2 307 2 232 1 810 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 314 2 238 1 802 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 2 325 2 246 1 806 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 327 2 251 1 803 76 3.3 58 73
August 2 324 2 252 1 810 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 324 2 258 1 814 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 325 2 259 1 821 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 331 2 261 1 823 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 329 2 261 1 833 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 327 2 260 1 815 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 325 2 258 1 804 67 2.9 58 66
March 2 324 2 254 1 789 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 796 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 258 1 792 71 3.1 56 64
June 2 329 2 258 1 795 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 257 1 790 73 3.1 61 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 793 77 3.3 61 70
September 2 340 2 254 1 791 87 3.7 62 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 802 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 352 2 267 1 804 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 345 2 262 1 797 83 3.5 61 69
               
2000              
January 2 347 2 263 1 801 83 3.6 61 71
February 2 346 2 261 1 805 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 346 2 263 1 805 83 3.5 62 72
April 2 350 2 270 1 800 80 3.4 62 73
May2 2 352 2 277 1 806 75 3.2 65 75
June 2 346 2 273 1 798 74 3.1 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 2 355 2 274 1 795 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 354 2 276 1 797 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 354 2 271 1 779 82 3.5 63 75
December 2 353 2 268 1 778 84 3.6 63 74
               
2001              
January 2 353 2 268 1 772 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 352 2 272 1 791 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 362 2 283 1 801 79 3.4 61 72
April 2 360 2 282 1 807 78 3.3 60 72
May 2 360 2 279 1 804 81 3.4 60 71
June 2 359 2 275 1 803 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 272 1 795 84 3.6 60 71
August 2 356 2 271 1 791 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 368 2 279 1 787 89 3.8 64 73
October 2 372 2 280 1 781 92 3.9 64 73
November 2 377 2 289 1 778 89 3.7 70 76
December 2 375 2 291 1 757 84 3.6 67 76
               
2002              
January .. .. .. .. .. 69 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.