Statistics Norway

6.10 State supported public and school libraries
Year Public libraries School libraries
Public libraries, total Stock of volumes Books lent School libraries, total Stock of volumes Books lent
    Million Million   Million Million
1918-19  561 1.01 2.07 .. .. ..
1920-21  619 1.08 2.51 .. .. ..
1924-25  836 1.32 3.26 .. .. ..
1930-31  799 1.50 3.67 .. .. ..
1934-35  889 1.72 4.11 .. .. ..
1940-41  987 1.97 3.66 .. .. ..
1945-46  924 2.19 3.28 5 109 0.61 1.21
1946-47  934 2.31 3.42 5 109 0.61 1.21
1947-48  960 2.39 3.69 5 255 0.71 1.50
1948-49 1 086 2.53 4.06 5 255 0.78 1.66
1949-50 1 136 2.66 4.40 5 259 0.86 1.81
1950-51 1 137 2.82 4.81 5 259 0.93 2.00
1951-52 1 137 3.02 5.17 5 265 1.02 2.17
1952-53 1 129 3.48 5.42 5 265 1.11 2.38
1953-54 1 133 3.65 5.25 5 265 1.17 2.48
1954-55 1 136 3.47 5.35 5 265 1.26 2.66
1955-56 1 144 3.64 5.72 5 094 1.34 2.97
1956-57 1 148 3.90 6.24 5 094 1.42 3.28
1957-58 1 078 4.14 6.92 4 976 1.69 3.59
1958-59 1 097 4.41 7.33 4 837 1.80 4.02
1959-60 1 103 4.55 7.97 .. 1.86 3.64
1961 1 105 4.86 7.90 4 826 2.08 3.63
1962 1 107 5.08 8.39 4 413 2.20 3.75
1963 1 109 5.40 8.05 4 206 2.29 3.76
1964 1 111 5.53 8.44 4 140 2.45 3.84
1965 1 111 5.95 8.77 4 342 2.57 3.99
1966 1 132 6.42 9.54 3 703 2.71 4.16
1967 1 154 6.64 8.85 3 714 2.86 4.36
1968 1 312 6.97 8.82 3 630 3.01 4.51
1969 1 310 7.51 9.60 3 621 3.29 4.62
1970 1 328 7.92 10.07 3 538 3.29 4.70
1971 1 317 8.41 10.54 3 632 3.66 4.86
1972 1 349 8.60 11.03 3 567 3.93 4.89
1973 1 368 9.38 12.07 3 467 3.97 5.07
1974 1 384 9.98 13.37 3 493 4.30 5.27
1975 1 402 10.56 15.16 3 553 4.59 5.98
1976 1 385 11.25 15.50 3 661 4.81 6.15
1977 1 394 12.00 15.96 3 661 5.11 6.18
1978 1 371 12.85 16.32 3 720 5.35 6.16
1979 1 360 13.51 16.61 3 760 5.67 6.11
1980 1 377 14.04 16.89 3 773 5.98 5.89
1981 1 373 14.71 17.13 3 757 6.22 5.76
1982 1 373 15.39 17.75 3 761 6.35 5.56
1983 1 395 16.00 18.56 3 804 6.53 5.55
1984 1 391 16.50 18.75 3 789 6.65 5.36
1985 1 375 16.81 18.60 3 658 6.58 5.21
1986 1 374 17.58 18.55 3 658 6.79 4.89
1987 1 373 17.78 18.87 3 380 6.50 4.37
1988 1 339 18.36 18.44 3 523 6.85 4.35
1989 1 290 18.55 19.87 3 437 7.02 4.53
1990 1 247 18.87 20.42 3 386 6.86 4.75
1991 1 218 19.38 19.20 3 330 7.11 4.81
1992 1 214 19.89 20.59 3 307 7.36 4.68
1993 1 184 20.03 20.07 3 189 7.62 4.70
1994 1 183 20.43 19.61 3 237 7.89 4.80
1995 1 157 20.41 19.50 3 212 7.93 4.72
1996 1 136 20.71 19.59 3 230 8.27 4.71
1997 1 108 20.51 18.81 3 075 7.73 4.23
1998 1 077 20.65 19.03 3 191 8.26 4.44
1999 1 047 20.79 18.52 3 116 8.31 4.62
2000 1 005 20.92 18.39 2 611 7.46 4.64
2001  974 20.64 17.90 12 971 8.39 4.85
2002  951 20.76 17.92 23 099 8.69 5.59
2003  892 20.49 18.36 33 032 9.13 5.80
2004  865 20.32 18.57 52 810 9.00 6.00
2005  832 20.06 17.90 42 586 8.86 6.35
2006  815 19.92 17.24 62 620 9.50 6.52
1  The data material covers 90 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
2  The data material covers 94 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
3  The data material covers 95 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
4  The data material covers 88 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
5  The data material covers 84 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
6  The data material covers 87 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
Source: Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority.
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