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1 Occupational pension and individual pension1. NOK million (Corrected 26 February 2010 at 1215)
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Occupational pension          
Earned premiums 49 913 50 769 58 586 69 218 81 479
Defined benefit schemes 49 913 50 769 55 457 63 912 72 804
General government 26 587 25 201 30 760 37 654 43 886
Life insurance companies 15 545 14 511 19 487 25 572 30 203
Pension funds 2 465 2 372 2 860 3 591 4 597
The Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund2 8 577 8 318 8 413 8 491 9 086
Non-general government 23 326 25 568 24 697 26 258 28 918
Life insurance companies 16 847 17 145 16 540 16 979 18 223
Pension funds 6 749 8 423 8 157 9 279 10 695
Defined contribution schemes .. .. 3 129 5 306 8 675
Non-general government .. .. 3 129 5 306 8 675
Life insurance companies .. .. 3 129 5 306 8 675
           
Pension payments 29 394 32 473 34 801 37 632 43 557
Defined benefit schemes 29 394 32 473 34 542 37 355 40 799
General government 19 043 21 191 24 434 25 517 29 503
Life insurance companies 6 365 6 821 8 624 8 492 10 804
Pension funds  953 1 010 1 038 1 177 1 354
The Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund 11 725 13 360 14 772 15 848 17 345
Non-general government 10 351 11 282 10 108 11 838 11 296
Life insurance companies 7 778 8 506 7 368 8 907 8 157
Pension funds 2 573 2 776 2 740 2 931 3 139
Defined contribution schemes .. ..  259  277 2 758
Non-general government .. ..  259  277 2 758
Life insurance companies .. ..  259  277 2 758
           
Pension entitlements  756 568  809 087  886 285  950 589  997 511
Defined benefit schemes  756 568  809 087  886 267  950 543  981 921
General government  472 685  495 179  576 279  606 848  625 614
Life insurance companies  158 397  171 108  219 468  246 827  261 777
Pension funds 22 288 24 071 26 811 30 021 33 837
The Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund  292 000  300 000  330 000  330 000  330 000
Non-general government  283 883  313 908  309 988  343 695  356 307
Life insurance companies  212 057  234 874  224 560  251 004  256 014
Pension funds 71 826 79 034 85 428 92 691  100 293
Defined contribution schemes .. .. .. .. 15 590
Non-general government .. .. .. .. 15 590
Life insurance companies .. .. .. .. 15 491
Banks3 0 0 18 46 99
           
Individual pension          
Earned premiums 8 693 8 905 6 592 5 162 2 791
Life insurance companies 8 693 8 905 6 592 5 162 2 791
           
Pension payments 6 206 7 939 8 572 19 833 12 195
Life insurance companies 6 206 7 939 8 572 19 833 12 195
           
Pension entitlements 94 772  103 672  123 138 98 855 85 234
Life insurance companies 94 268  103 034  122 426 98 162 84 527
Banks  504  638  712  693  707
1  In life insurance companies, pension funds Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund and banks (only entitlements). Do not include defined contribution schemes in mutual funds management companies.
2  Includes 65 per cent of total earned premiums from the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
3  Defined benefit schemes from statistics of banks.

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