Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

9 Members of board in (public) limited companies by number of positions in a board and gender. 1st of January 2008
  Number of members of board Per cent
  Total Women Men Total Women Men
Total  229 555 52 936  176 619  100.0  100.0  100.0
1 position in a board  152 753 42 010  110 743 66.5 79.4 62.7
2-3 positions in board 54 318 8 975 45 343 23.7 17.0 25.7
4-5 positions in board 12 290 1 274 11 016 5.4 2.4 6.2
6-9 positions in board 6 512  477 6 035 2.8 0.9 3.4
10-19 positions in board 2 916  161 2 755 1.3 0.3 1.6
20-49 positions in board  696 35  661 0.3 0.1 0.4
50-99 positions in board 66 3 63 0.0 0.0 0.0
100 or more positions in board 4 1 3 0.0 0.0 0.0

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