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Kindergarten fees up 0.6 per cent
Norwegian kindergarten fees increased on average by 0.6 per cent from January to August 2009. The private kindergarten fees rose slightly more than the public ones.
Household payment in public kindergartens showed a slight increase of 0.4 per cent from January to August 2009 while fees in private kindergartens went up 0.8 per cent. 54 per cent of all kindergarten children attend public kindergartens.
Public kindergarten fees have gone slightly up in all parts of the country. From August 2008 to August 2009 the fees in public kindergartens increased on average by 0.7 per cent.
The ceiling for kindergarten fees for a full-time place is NOK 2 330 per month and NOK 25 630 per year. The ceiling remains unchanged for 2009. |
August 2008-January 2009 | January 2009-August 2009 | August 2008-August 20094 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Public and private kindergartens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway in total | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Public kindergartens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway in total | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oslo and Akershus | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hedmark and Oppland | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Eastern Norway1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Agder/Rogaland2 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Norway3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trøndelag | -0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Norway | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private kindergartens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway in total | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | østfold, Buskerud, Vestfold and Telemark. |
2 | øst-Agder, Vest-Agder and Rogaland. |
3 | Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal. |
4 | Calculated with unrounded rates of change for January and August. |
The statistics is now published as Household payments for kindergarten.