Employed short-term immigrants, 2012, 4th quarter

In the fourth quarter of 2012, 82 700 wage-earners were staying in Norway short term. This is persons who are expected to stay in Norway for less than six months and as such are not registered as residents in the Central Population Register. Among other factors, this applies to people who commute to work in Norway for a shorter or longer period at a time. This means that even if a person is on a short-term stay in Norway, he or she can work in Norway for several years. For instance, this applies to people resident in Sweden who commute daily to work in Norway.

Most short-term employees from Nordic countries and EU countries in Eastern Europe

The number of short-term employees increased by 11 800 persons compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. About 30 700 short-term employees originated in EU countries in Eastern European; an increase of 6 540 persons or 27 per cent since the 4th quarter of 2011. Wage-earners on short-term stays from Poland increased by 4 000 persons, which amounts to an increase of 32 per cent. In addition, the number of short-term wage-earners from the Nordic countries increased by 4 200 persons. Of these, 2 800 persons were from Sweden, which amounts to an increase of 12.4 per cent since the 4th quarter of 2011. Persons from the Nordic countries and EU countries in Eastern European amount to 76 per cent of all short-term employees in Norway.

The increase in the number of short-term wage-earners is in addition to the immigration of 26 000 employed persons in the same time period.