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Increase in marriages in 2007
23 500 marriages were contracted in 2007, an increase of 1 750 from the year before. In addition, 10 300 marriages were dissolved by divorce and 11 400 couples were separated.
About 23 500 couples got married last year. This is an increase of 1 750 compared with 2006, and about 900 more than the average for the last five years. The county of Sør-Trøndelag had the largest increase in contracted marriages with 24 per cent more than in 2006.
Divorces and separations continued to decrease
In 2007, the number of divorces and separations continued to decrease compared with the previous year. Compared to 2006, 300 fewer divorces and 700 fewer separations were registered. There were 11.8 dissolved marriages per 1000 married and separated. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the rate has varied between 10.4 and 12.6. The rate in 2007 fell compared to the last five years and we must go back to the years before 2001 to find a lower rate.
Main figures and detailed figuresThe main figures contain the total number of marriages, divorces and separations for the country as a whole and by county based on the groom's county of residence. More detailed statistics will be published in autumn 2008. This change in publishing routines implies that final figures for the population per 1 January as well as population changes in the previous year and in the last quarter of the previous year will be published in February. See http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrkv_en/ and http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/folkemengde_en/ |
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This page has been discontinued, see Marriages and divorces, Annually, detailed figures.
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