Statistics Norway

Foreign-controlled enterprises' activity in Norway, structural statistics

4 Enterprises under foreign control1, 2, , by country of ultimate owner3. 2008
  Number of enterprises Number of persons employed Personell costs Turnover Production value Value added at factor cost Total purchases of goods and services Purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as received Gross investment4
      NOK million
Total 5 845  294 801  157 143 1 246 010  950 595  434 331  816 505  298 087 53 991
                   
Nordic contries 2 788  129 328 63 551  356 195  242 819 90 000  266 652  114 733 8 039
EU-27 4 733  221 864  114 036  807 192  601 415  260 978  551 939  208 381 20 462
Offshore financial centres  145 4 659 3 505 21 373 18 104 5 480 16 459 3 267 1 908
                   
United States  522 42 369 26 603  321 912  256 811  143 786  173 124 64 791 29 081
France  248 19 255 11 637  125 198  110 906 68 921 59 020 14 854 3 481
Sweden 1 722 77 681 38 416  216 376  148 173 53 798  168 753 69 328 5 547
Great Britain and N-Ireland  707 34 712 19 268  157 937  137 763 51 234  103 643 20 675 2 481
Denmark  782 33 456 15 794 83 611 63 397 22 634 52 982 20 414 1 283
Italy 47 1 358 1 037 27 072 24 994 18 955 8 218 1 690  154
Germany  292 15 832 8 867 59 631 40 704 15 192 47 084 19 114  765
Finland  228 17 336 8 874 52 853 29 511 12 804 42 176 23 376 1 062
Netherlands  298 18 805 7 563 65 181 30 351 12 174 55 919 35 125 4 023
Switzerland  172 15 380 7 192 31 414 21 799 9 580 22 703 9 682  342
Japan 38 2 409 1 336 17 599 10 833 6 349 13 525 7 163  185
Canada 42 3 342 1 938 28 287 27 970 4 936 23 400  327 1 107
Netherlands Antilles 13 1 677 1 743 6 847 6 700 3 303 3 707  141  200
Cyprus 47  779  903 3 650 3 617 1 821 1 878 38  238
Bermuda 59 1 476  913 8 671 8 393 1 571 7 293  284  188
Luxembourg  111  812  517 4 020 3 445 1 246 2 907  596  704
Spain 70 1 034  456 4 076 3 930  774 3 414  188  394
Belgium 51  759  490 2 828 2 235  772 2 151  589 53
Iceland 56  855  467 3 355 1 738  764 2 741 1 615  147
1  Subsidiary enterprises under direct or indirect control by foreign enterprises.
2  Sections E Electricity, gas and water supply and J Financial intermediation are not included.
3  The enterprise in the ownership chain which is not controlled by another enterprise.
4  Aquistion of tangible assets (ev fixed).

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