Statistics Norway

Consumption of energy in households

9   Energy consumption per household1 in dwellings and cottages/ holiday houses. 1990-2005*. kWh
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total stationary energy consumption 23 594  23 980  23 296  23 459  24 048  24 098  24 921  23 698  23 748  23 609  22 795  23 616  23 511  22 244  21 705  21 845
Electricity 17 300 18 431 18 262 18 151 18 638 18 779 18 941 18 051 18 428 18 238 17 836 18 290 17 554 16 123 16 215 16 660
Of this electricity consumption in cottages/holiday houses      414  385  415  422  463  448  484  543  528  575  594  596  581 ..
Oil / kerosene 2 827 2 442 2 033 1 928 1 872 1 886 2 360 1 941 1 806 1 813 1 372 1 574 1 708 1 889 1 483 1 186
Fuel wood 3 239 2 886 2 802 3 170 3 349 3 231 3 406 3 510 3 305 3 345 3 407 3 520 3 991 3 941 3 682 3 662
District heating  163  167  153  160  142  157  172  146  156  169  122  166  169  189  209  212
LPG, coal, coke, natural gas 64 54 46 50 47 45 42 50 53 43 57 66 89  102  116  124
1  Energy consumption per household is calculated by dividing the total energy consumption from the the annual energy balance on the number of households for all the years.
Source: Energy balance, the Population and Housing Cencus 1990 and 2001 and other population statistics.

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