Table 1 Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average.
Absolute figures in 1000 and unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force.

  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked
of 37.5 hours
2		 Unemployed persons
(LFS)		 Unemployed persons
(LFS) in per
cent of the labour
force		 Registered unemployed
(NAV) 1		 Registered unemployed
+government measures
(NAV) 1
2003M01 2375 2281 1769 94 3.9 86 98
2003M02 2373 2279 1769 94 4.0 89 99
2003M03 2371 2275 1758 95 4.0 91 102
2003M04 2374 2275 1744 99 4.2 93 104
2003M05 2373 2274 1745 99 4.2 94 106
2003M06 2373 2271 1756 102 4.3 95 110
2003M07 2371 2270 1768 101 4.3 92 108
2003M08 2378 2274 1783 105 4.4 95 111
2003M09 2380 2276 1779 104 4.4 95 112
2003M10 2386 2283 1779 103 4.3 94 111
2003M11 2377 2274 1762 103 4.3 93 111
2003M12 2373 2269 1729 104 4.4 95 112
2004M01 2365 2267 1721 99 4.2 93 111
2004M02 2367 2269 1723 99 4.2 93 112
2004M03 2375 2278 1767 97 4.1 91 111
2004M04 2377 2277 1770 99 4.2 92 111
2004M05 2382 2281 1769 101 4.2 93 112
2004M06 2383 2282 1771 102 4.3 91 108
2004M07 2385 2283 1771 102 4.3 92 108
2004M08 2390 2284 1778 106 4.4 91 106
2004M09 2390 2285 1766 105 4.4 91 106
2004M10 2393 2287 1763 105 4.4 92 106
2004M11 2389 2284 1772 104 4.4 90 106
2004M12 2388 2283 1788 105 4.4 89 105
2005M01 2385 2279 1792 107 4.5 89 105
2005M02 2385 2279 1805 106 4.4 88 104
2005M03 2385 2276 1803 109 4.6 88 102
2005M04 2389 2280 1812 110 4.6 86 101
2005M05 2389 2280 1791 109 4.6 84 99
2005M06 2403 2293 1789 109 4.6 84 98
2005M07 2409 2295 1761 114 4.7 83 96
2005M08 2411 2299 1761 112 4.6 81 95
2005M09 2403 2295 1775 109 4.5 81 93
2005M10 2408 2300 1812 107 4.5 82 92
2005M11 2413 2306 1842 107 4.4 78 88
2005M12 2418 2314 1841 104 4.3 77 86
2006M01 2422 2324 1840 98 4.0 73 84
2006M02 2420 2327 1813 94 3.9 69 81
2006M03 2426 2331 1809 95 3.9 69 79
2006M04 2429 2337 1807 92 3.8 67 76
2006M05 2434 2343 1820 90 3.7 65 75
2006M06 2437 2352 1819 85 3.5 64 74
2006M07 2440 2359 1832 82 3.3 62 72
2006M08 2446 2367 1835 78 3.2 61 71
2006M09 2448 2373 1846 76 3.1 59 69
2006M10 2450 2377 1844 73 3.0 57 67
2006M11 2456 2386 1850 70 2.9 55 66
2006M12 2460 2390 1859 70 2.8 53 64
2007M01 2463 2396 1866 68 2.7 51 62
2007M02 2467 2401 1868 66 2.7 50 60
2007M03 2472 2407 1852 65 2.6 49 59
2007M04 2482 2417 1850 64 2.6 47 58
2007M05 2487 2426 1856 61 2.4 46 56
2007M06 2493 2432 1878 61 2.5 46 56
2007M07 2504 2443 1882 61 2.4 47 56
2007M08 2509 2448 1885 61 2.4 45 55
2007M09 2520 2457 1889 63 2.5 44 55
2007M10 2533 2470 1908 63 2.5 43 54
2007M11 2545 2481 1901 64 2.5 42 53
2007M12 2553 2490 1920 63 2.5 42 52
2008M01 2556 2495 1916 61 2.4 40 50
2008M02 2566 2505 1933 61 2.4 40 50
2008M03 2571 2512 1933 59 2.3 40 50
2008M04 2574 2514 1944 60 2.3 38 49
2008M05 2575 2512 1950 63 2.4 39 50
2008M06 2577 2511 1946 66 2.5 40 51
2008M07 2579 2517 1980 62 2.4 41 51
2008M08 2588 2526 1981 62 2.4 41 52
2008M09 2589 2524 1987 65 2.5 43 55
2008M10 2591 2520 1970 72 2.8 45 57
2008M11 2595 2519 1961 75 2.9 50 61
2008M12 2597 2522 1918 75 2.9 53 64
2009M01 2597 2519 1890 78 3.0 58 70
2009M02 2593 2514 1888 79 3.0 63 74
2009M03 2593 2511 1918 82 3.2 66 79
2009M04 2591 2512 1916 79 3.1 69 83
2009M05 2595 2514 1922 81 3.1 71 86
2009M06 2592 2514 1921 78 3.0 72 87
2009M07 2589 2508 1919 81 3.1 73 89
2009M08 2576 2493 1898 83 3.2 73 89
2009M09 2575 2493 1882 82 3.2 72 90
2009M10 2576 2493 1862 84 3.3 72 92
2009M11 2576 2494 1865 83 3.2 72 91
2009M12 2587 2500 1880 87 3.4 71 92
2010M01 2585 2497 1888 88 3.4 73 92
2010M02 2590 2498 1905 92 3.5 73 92
2010M03 2582 2491 1901 91 3.5 75 92
2010M04 2582 2489 1904 94 3.6 75 93
2010M05 2596 2503 1890 93 3.6 74 91
2010M06 2599 2506 1869 93 3.6 74 90
2010M07 2600 2510 1874 90 3.4 74 89
2010M08 2592 2502 1879 89 3.5 73 88
2010M09 2592 2500 1901 91 3.5 75 89
2010M10 2597 2506 1906 92 3.5 75 89
2010M11 2608 2514 1911 94 3.6 76 89
2010M12 2603 2515 1915 89 3.4 74 88
2011M01 2601 2514 1921 86 3.3 73 87
2011M02 2603 2521 1922 83 3.2 72 86
2011M03 2615 2529 1921 85 3.3 70 85
2011M04 2621 2533 1925 89 3.4 69 84
2011M05 2613 2527 1924 86 3.3 69 84
2011M06 2617 2531 1910 86 3.3 68 84
2011M07 2620 2537 1885 83 3.2 68 84
2011M08 2632 2548 1914 84 3.2 68 85
2011M09 2636 2549 1944 87 3.3 68 85
2011M10 .. .. .. .. .. 68 85

Source: Statistics Norway
1 Theses figures are monthly, and not three-months moving average
2 We have encountered problems with achieving satisfactory quality within the LFS seasonally-adjusted man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours. This is caused by the effects of moving and fixed holidays impacting on different weekdays. Since the survey week is not divided between months, the man-weeks worked will be affected by the division of the months. Man-worked weeks for December, January and the summer months are especially sensitive for this division.
Because of the division of the months, the first week of July 2010 started on 4 July. Consequently, July was only four weeks this year, and resulted in the share of staff holidays in July being higher than normal.