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6.3 Theatre and opera¹

Year	Performances2	Visitors, 1 000 persons	Employees		Man-years	Income, NOK million
			Artistic	Others		Total	Public grants	Other income
1927-28	1 641	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	..
1929-30	1 864	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	..
1939-40	2 729	..	..	..	..	..	0.7	..
1949-50	3 348	1 609	..	..	..	7.1	2.0	5.1
1959-60	3 693	1 361	..	..	..	18.8	6.8	12.0
1969	3 534	1 307	..	..	..	..	..	..
1974	4 505	1 348	515	746	..	..	..	..
1979	4 476	1 169	..	..	..	..	..	..
1980	4 747	1 104	562	900	..	243.3	221.8	21.5
1981	5 032	1 251	551	936	..	291.6	259.6	32.0
1982	4 968	1 188	561	938	..	327.0	289.8	37.3
1983	5 197	1 158	560	950	..	347.7	306.0	41.6
1984	5 098	1 073	558	1 124	..	358.4	317.4	41.0
1985	5 024	1 149	555	973	..	415.9	353.4	62.5
1986	4 877	1 131	568	1 012	..	451.6	376.9	74.7
1987	4 902	1 170	554	1 031	..	503.1	421.8	81.4
1988	5 180	1 261	581	1 039	..	541.0	436.6	104.4
1989	6 134	1 303	554	1 059	..	540.7	458.1	82.7
1990	5 827	1 321	573	1 070	..	624.3	522.1	102.2
1991	6 313	1 371	575	1 072	..	663.6	553.1	110.5
1992	6 460	1 448	581	1 070	..	718.0	583.5	134.5
1993	7 675	1 494	568	1 096	..	759.9	623.5	136.4
1994	6 306	1 203	578	1 068	..	805.6	673.0	132.6
1995	6 639	1 287	568	1 110	..	808.3	671.9	136.4
1996	6 284	1 313 815	545	1 108	..	850.8	699.4	151.4
1997	6 703	1 290 621	540	1 094	..	3 903.0	736.9	156.3
1998	6 823	1 366 665	536	1 119	..	957.6	770.1	187.6
1999	6 800	1 403 068	538	1 157	..	31 014.9	803.2	194.0
2000	7 548	1 476 827	568	1 129	..	1 060.0	845.4	214.6
2001	7 808	1 420 146	559	1 157	..	1 079.2	892.3	186.9
2002	7 590	1 504 760	1 707		..	1 142.8	917.3	225.4
2003	7 522	1 549 064	..	..	1 492	946.4	755.9	190.5
2004	8 149	1 621 290	..	..	1 536	1 007.2	797.0	210.2
2005	8 677	1 561 253	..	..	1 594	1 048.2	828.1	220.1
2006	9 624	1 781 755	..	..	1 636	1 155.9	881.2	274.7
2007	9 268	1 792 395	..	..	1 671	1 202.0	954.7	247.4
2008	9 803	1 858 855	..	..	1 791	1 451.4	1 078.3	373.1

1	The figures cover permanent theatres, excl. stage shows. After 2000 it includes members of NTO.
2	The total figures have been corrected due to double registration in connection with theatrical co-operation.
3	Including other subsidies.
Source: Employers' Association of the Norwegian Theatres and the Ministry of Culture.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/nos_cultural/

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