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77 000 employees on short-term stays
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2009-06-23T10:00:00.000Z
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Employed short-term immigrants, 2008, 4th quarter

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77 000 employees on short-term stays

In the fourth quarter of 2008, 77 310 wage earners were staying in Norway short-term. Almost 80 per cent came from the Nordic countries and the EU states in Eastern Europe.

The growth from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008 was 20 per cent (13 013 persons). A good deal of the increase came in the provision of personnel. Some of the increase in this industry is not real, but is caused by improved reporting to the Central Register on Employers and Employees.

People who work in Norway for less than six months are defined as being on short-term stays and thus not registered as residents in the population register. In total, 26 561 people immigrated to Norway from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008. These people are classified as residents. The total immigration growth last year was therefore 39 574.

Majority from Nordic countries

About 30 000 short-term immigrants came from the Nordic countries, while more than 28 000 came from the EU states in Eastern Europe. In addition, 8 000 people came from Western Europe.

Short-term immigrants from the Nordic countries and EU states in Eastern Europe had the strongest rise with 26 and 22 per cent respectively from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008.

Distribution by industry

Short-term immigrants mostly work in the provision of personnel (23.5 per cent), construction (20 per cent), but a large share also work in the manufacturing industry (14.9 per cent).

The distribution by industry varies depending on country of origin. Employees from the Nordic countries or the EU states in Eastern Europe mainly work in the provision of personnel (29.1 and 24.5 per cent respectively) and construction (21.3 and 23.9 per cent respectively). A lot of short-term immigrants from EU states in Eastern Europe also work in the manufacturing industry (23.6 per cent). The dominating industries for short-term immigrants from Western Europe are the provision of personnel (17.7 per cent), construction (17.4 per cent), real estate and business activities (14.7 per cent) and extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (12.7 per cent).

Unemployed not registered as residents

A total of 248 unemployed from EU states in Eastern Europe were not registered as residents in Norway in the fourth quarter of 2008. These constitute only 0.9 per cent of those not registered as resident wage earners and unemployed persons. Figures on unemployed not registered as resident are published at http://www.ssb.no/tabell/innvarbl_en .

Self-employed persons

Self-employed persons have until now not been included in the statistics. It is not possible to give figures on how many self-employed persons work in Norway. However, we can provide figures on new self-employed persons in a specific year.

A total of 2 865 new self-employed persons worked in Norway in 2008. These are also not registered as self-employed persons in 2007, but have been registered as self employed during 2008. Compared with 2007, this is a decrease of 775 new self-employed persons.

Most new self-employed persons came from the EU states in Eastern Europe. New self-employed persons mainly work in construction, real estate and business activities, and wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants.

Who are included in the statistics?

The statistics include people who are expected to stay in Norway for less than six months. They are not registered as residents in the population register. The statistics also include people who do not live in Norway, but work here.

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