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6.9 Newspapers¹

Year	Newspapers, total		Daily newspapers issued 6-7 times weekly		Newspapers issued 2-5 times weekly		Newspapers issued once a week		Sunday editions and Sunday newspapers
	Number of newspapers2	Net circulation	Number of newspapers	Net circulation	Number of newspapers	Net circulation	Number of newspapers	Net circulation	Number of newspaper	Net circulation
		Million		Million
1956	206	1.69	81	1.30	96	345 000	29	49 000	..	..
1957	204	1.70	80	1.30	94	347 000	30	47 000	..	..
1958	199	1.67	80	1.30	94	335 000	25	37 000	..	..
1959	197	1.69	80	1.32	91	334 000	26	42 000	..	..
1960	195	1.72	82	1.35	88	323 000	25	40 000	..	..
1961	195	1.75	82	1.39	87	320 000	26	40 000	..	..
1962	192	1.73	81	1.38	85	317 000	26	40 000	..	..
1963	191	1.78	82	1.42	83	314 000	26	38 000	..	..
1964	183	1.78	84	1.43	77	321 000	22	28 000	..	..
1965	184	1.76	84	1.43	77	299 000	23	29 000	..	..
1966	181	1.77	83	1.43	75	299 000	23	37 000	..	..
1967	179	1.78	81	1.45	77	304 000	21	31 000	..	..
1968	176	1.82	81	1.47	76	315 000	19	38 000	..	..
1969	187	1.85	82	1.49	82	320 000	23	41 000	..	..
1970	185	1.84	81	1.49	83	325 000	21	31 000	..	..
1971	158	1.88	81	1.55	75	319 000	2	8 000	..	..
1972	159	1.87	79	1.54	78	315 000	2	12 000	..	..
1973	152	1.89	77	1.56	74	325 000	1	6 000	..	..
1974	156	1.94	75	1.57	78	352 000	3	16 000	..	..
1975	153	1.97	71	1.57	79	379 000	3	16 000	..	..
1976	154	2.03	72	1.62	79	394 000	3	15 000	..	..
1977	158	2.08	72	1.64	84	423 000	2	10 000	..	..
1978	160	2.13	72	1.68	87	444 000	1	7 000	..	..
1979	161	2.23	72	1.75	86	458 000	3	28 000	..	..
1980	163	2.27	72	1.76	88	484 000	3	27 000	..	..
1981	177	2.35	82	1.80	92	517 000	3	28 000	..	..
1982	165	2.36	69	1.80	93	532 000	3	27 000	..	..
1983	163	2.43	65	1.85	95	556 000	3	26 000	..	..
1984	163	2.48	64	1.88	96	569 000	3	27 000	..	..
1985	159	2.51	63	1.92	93	571 000	3	24 000	..	..
1986	161	2.60	64	2.01	94	570 000	3	23 000	..	..
1987	157	2.65	64	2.06	90	562 000	3	20 000	..	..
1988	153	2.68	61	2.09	88	567 000	4	29 000	..	..
1989	154	2.94	63	2.35	87	558 000	4	32 000	..	..
1990	150	2.94	61	2.16	85	744 000	4	28 000	..	..
1991	148	..	59	2.10	86	758 000	3	22 000	5	598 000
1992	148	..	61	1.96	84	972 000	3	22 000	5	629 000
1993	149	..	62	2.20	85	754 000	2	14 000	5	694 000
1994	152	..	61	2.21	88	760 000	3	20 000	5	727 000
1995	153	..	61	2.17	88	760 000	4	24 000	4	701 000
1996	154	..	64	2.22	82	685 000	8	40 000	5	793 000
1997	154	..	64	2.25	83	681 000	7	37 000	5	761 000
1998	155	..	64	2.25	86	695 000	5	26 000	11	958 000
1999	156	..	65	2.29	84	643 000	7	28 000	10	972 000
2000	151	..	64	2.25	82	639 000	5	21 000	9	953 000
2001	151	..	60	2.19	86	687 000	5	23 000	9	932 000
2002	152	..	61	2.20	86	668 000	5	21 000	10	978 000
2003	157	..	60	2.17	88	660 000	9	45 000	10	990 000

1	Refers to newspapers being members of the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
2	Not including Sunday papers.
Source: The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/nos_cultural/

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